<p>So I've been trying to fill in the common application (I'm doing it on a hard paper copy, by hand), but I've run into a few roadblocks... I tried looking them up already, but I didn't get resolute answers - sorry if these questions have already been addressed and I just overlooked them...</p>
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<li>On the first page under Future Plans, can Academic Interests be in a list format?</li>
<li>For the language proficiency part... I speak Chinese well enough to converse, but not well enough to understand a news report, and I can read and write at a very basic level. Should I fill in just the Speak bubble? Also (stupid question?) but should I list English?</li>
<li>For the family part.... My biological parents are divorced. I live with my mom and my stepdad, who I pretty much count as my dad (he's been there since I was 4). Should I list my biological parents? Do I list my stepdad in Additional Information, or under Legal Guardian?</li>
<li>Also for the colleges part for my parents, both biological parents went to a foreign college - do foriegn colleges have CEEB codes (I'm pretty sure not, but I just want to clarify)? If not, should I put the code with 4 zeroes (0000) or 6 zeroes (000000)?</li>
<li>Under Education - I took a summer course (for required credit) through a summer school online, should I list that under other secondary schools? I'm not sure if it has a CEEB code....</li>
<li>For GPA, should I put my current GPA before the end of the semester, or the GPA from the end of the last full semester? Also, should I put weighted or unweighted - my school offers weighted. </li>
<li>Under extracurriculars, if I didn't hold a position/win any awards for the activity but still was active, should I just leave the positions held/honors won/etc. blank and then elaborate on the actual Activity line?</li>
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<p>Ok, I can’t answer all of these but I’ll do what I can. </p>
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<li><p>I guess all colleges have their “future plans” part formated differently because on mine its a drop down list where you choose 3 interests. So if yours is a text box I wouldn’t list more than 3.</p></li>
<li><p>I would only put spoken if you really think your fluent and could hold your own in an extended conversation. </p></li>
<li><p>I really couldn’t say.</p></li>
<li><p>Also couldn’t say</p></li>
<li><p>Couldn’t say</p></li>
<li><p>I think its your concrete GPA from last semester because your current one is in flux.</p></li>
<li><p>If you were active then list the activities, service projects, conferences, etc. you participated in.</p></li>
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<p>future plans are college specific. So answer the questions posed. I have not seen any questions there requiring detailed responses and they have only one answer at a time.</p>
<p>you always list english. what else you want to list is based on your comfort level.</p>
<p>Your biological father remains your father unless your were given up for adoption at birth. The real problem comes in when turning in financial statements and whether your father contributes anything. Your stepdad counts as a legal guardian and step father for paperwork.</p>
<p>The college code for foreign colleges is whatever CA suggests. they give you specific instructions when you can’t find the college.</p>
<p>Summer credit - how you list it depends on whether it transferred to your school transcript or not. You would need to list it as a separate high school complicating your application whereas a college class is much easier to list.</p>
<p>Whichever GPA looks better.</p>
<p>The main role of ECs is to figure out what you do outside of school with your time. So if you spend 5 hours a day taking care of your siblings, that is your most important EC as an example. A club you joined but did not do anything in is an useless EC but a club you joined and put in an hour a day is pretty important, with or without a title.</p>