<p>I think the most challenging thing about applying from a school that doesn’t usually send students to US universities (e.g. my school sends almost everyone to unis in the UK or back home) is that you have to fish for all the information yourself. Your teachers, guidance counselor and classmates probably won’t know much (if anything at all) about SATs, application processes, essays, the style of recommendations expected for US unis, etc. I didn’t mind this much because I like to work with first-hand information anyway so I just spent a lot of time trying to figure out the process, but from helping prospective students on the UK equivalent of CC, I think this is where most of the confusion stems from. The US admission process is also the most complicated I’ve seen, and I applied to universities in 4 different countries…</p>