Standard Application Online (SAO)

To find out whether a school participates in the SAO, use the school search.

As soon as you complete your profile and pay for an application, a school will receive it.

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Yes, you can apply for multiple session years with the SAO.

In that case, you must submit a traditional application to that school.

The Standard Application Online contains a wide library of online common forms used by schools accepting the SAO to fulfill their school-specific requirements.

Some schools that accept the SAO require an additional form completed. That is a school supplement.

You can change your grade and residential status on all unpaid applications by following these steps.

You can track the overall completion of a school application via the completion meter placed on the top right of a school application card.

Parents can complete and track applications for multiple children associated with their parent account.

The SAO delivers applications and related components to school/s in real time.

Many schools like to know more about the student and their interests.

The multimedia links tab is an optional tab on the Student Profile that can be used to provide links to media.

Confirm that the email address you entered for your recommender is correct.

If the recommendation form has not been submitted by the initial recommender, simply resend the recommendation by replacing the former recommender information.

If the recommendation form has not been submitted by the initial recommender, simply resend the recommendation.

Please have them send those to the school/s directly.

You must request and have your school administrators fulfill these requirements.

Schools prefer to see the most updated official reports and transcripts for the current year.

No.

You can choose a school or educational consultant that is a member of EMA, the providers of the SAO, to be your SAO Advisor.

They will help with the overall application process.

Yes.

Yes, however, please note that any changes made after a profile is submitted to a school will not be delivered to that school.

An SAO Fee Waiver waives the application fee to the specific school that issued it to you.

The administrative fee is a nominal fee charged for online processing of the SAO.

As a best practice, we highly recommend that you track the completion of your SAO and components against the school application deadline.

A SAO can be submitted to a school simply by completing your student profile and submitting the application fee for that school.

Please send any critical updates to the school directly.

If your profile is incomplete, you will not be able to submit or pay for your application/s.