Instructi ions for com mpleting Co ommon App plication for r IIE Please ha ave these ins structions

av vailable durin ng registratio on and subm mission of the e Common Applicati ion for the In nstitute of In nternational Education (I IIE). If you have any qu uestions regarding g these instru uctions, plea ase e-mail BS SWBapp_Fa all@iie.org. STEP 1: A. If you u have not pr reviously reg gistered with h Common A Application, you need to register and d create yo our account by b visiting: https://www h .commonapp p.org/ and cl licking on th he link Crea ate an Accou unt on the Applicants A st tarting page. .

Please make m sure you u are not usin ng Internet Explorer E sin ce this brow wser does not t support the e Common n App site. If you ha ave previousl ly registered d, please log in and proce eed to Step 2 2. B. In crea ating your ac ccount, plea ase remembe er the followi ing:

The T most im mportant section of your r registratio on is creatin ng your login n informati ion. You Y will regi ister using yo our e-mail ad ddress as yo our username e. Your Y passwo ord should be e: Brazil2014! Please n ote that the B in Brazil m must be in up ppercase. After A completing your log gin credentia als, please cl lick continu ue to complete the re egistration in nformation section. s

Bra azil2014! Bra azil2014!

Under U first na ame, please type t your co omplete give en name exac ctly as it app pears on you ur passport. If your y passpor rt says that your y given na ame is Elizabeth Anne or Bruno Luiz, L you sh hould not put t just Elizab beth or Br runo. Under U last na ame, please type t your com mplete surna ame as it app pears on you ur passport.

Elizabeth Anne n Keane Carrington

Enter E an addr ress by clicking on the Enter E Address button. Ple ease write in n IIEs addre ess as your permane ent address, then t continu ue: o Count try United States of Am merica o Addre ess Line 1 809 United Nations N Plaz za o Addre ess Line 2 Institute of International I l Education o Addre ess Line 3 C/O Shahreen Rahman


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City New York State New York k Zip Code 10017 7 Then click Contin nue (if a box asks you to verify your address you u should clic ck on use as a entered to o continue)

Select your gender Enter E your ph hone number r and date of f birth (DOB B) For the I am m applying as s a: question n, select Tr ransfer Stude ent. In n the I am a(n): a section n, please select Applica ant planning g to enroll wi ithin the nex xt 12 months. m Check C the box x that says you y wish the colleges yo ou are consid dering to com mmunicate w with you by e-mail prior to sub bmission. Then T check th he box sayin ng that you a are age 13 or r older and agree to the lice ense agreem ment. Click C on Crea ate

You are now n register red on Comm mon Applica ation. Once y you are in th he Common Application, please no ote the CAID D number lis sted at the top p right hand d corner of th he page. Thi is is your common app ID num mber, which you y will nee ed later. Plea ase save this s for your rec cords.

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STEP 2: Now that t you have completed reg gistration, cl lick on the ta ab labeled C College Sear rch. Enter Institute e of Internati ional Educat tion into the e school or c city name se ection and se earch.

When IIE E appears, cl lick on the fa ar left check k box and sel lect add. T This will add d IIE to your r My Colleges tab so o that you ca an now comp plete the IIE E Common A Application.

You will see a pop-u up box that sa ays College e Successful lly added. C Click the Res sults List bu utton.

STEP 3: ck on the My y Colleges ta ab. You shou uld now pro oceed to com mplete the IIE E Applicatio on Next, clic under your My Coll leges tab.

C on Qu uestions. A. Click a. Under r preferred st tart term, sel lect Fall 20 013. b. Under r preferred admission a pla an, select R Regular Deci ision. c. Select t No for ne eed-based fin nancial aid, then click C Continue. d. Under r Academics s, select Bra azil Scientifi ic Mobility P Program - Fa all as your progra am. e. Select t the major you y intend to o study in the e U.S. for yo our field of s study. If you ur field of o study does not appear r on the list, c check to see e if its listed d under a slig ghtly differe ent name or if there is a very similar r field availa able (for exam mple, if you ur field of o study in Brazil B is Prod duction Engi ineering, you u should cho oose Indust trial, Manu ufacturing, an nd Productio on Engineeri ing). If you u cannot find d anything

related d to your fie eld of study, please selec ct one of the Other opt tions at the e end of the list. f. Enter your CPF without w any non-numeric n cal characters s (01234567 7899, not 012.34 45.678-99) and a click C Continue

g. Under r the activitie es section, you y can prior ritize any ex xtracurricular r activities y you wish to t participate e in while in n the U.S.; ho owever, you u do not need d to select an ny. Click continue when w you ar re finished. B. Click C on Ass sign Recomm menders a. Under r the FERPA A Release Au uthorization, , click the un nderlined tex xt that says relea ase authoriza ation

Please read th hrough the st tatement exp plaining wha at FERPA is s and confirm m that you ha ave re ead and unde erstood the authorization a n by checkin ng the I hav ve fully read and underst tood th he FERPA re elease authorization box. Click co ontinue.

b. Next, please autho orize the rele ease of recor rds, by check king the I a authorize eve ery requested rec cords and rec commendati ions school that I have attended to release all r to coll leges to which I am appl lying for adm mission e etc box. c. Please e select, I waive w my rig ght to review w all recomm mendation and support docum ments submit tted by me or o on my beh half box. d. Then check the bo ox that states s I understa and that my w waiver or no o waiver ertains to all l colleges etc.) selection above pe de a digital signature s by typing your r name and c click Save e. Provid

A completing the FER RPA Release e Authorizati tion, you nee ed to select a college offi ficial C. After to o complete your y Registra ar Report. o For th he Registrar Report, you u should sele ect a college official who o has access to your grade g inform mation and will w be able to o attest to wh hether or not you are in good academ mic standing g. You shou uld not provi ide an e-mai il address.

o Blank k forms for th he instructor r evaluation and registrar rs report ca an be found o on our website. Do not n invite yo our recomme enders throug gh the online e interface, a as it is very y difficult to o use and cur rrently does not function n. **For the reg gistrar report t, it is very im mportant tha at your cumu ulative GPA and GPA sc cale be filled in ac ccurately. Fo or those who o are not fam miliar with th he term, a GP PA is your g grade point average e, which show ws your aver rage perform mance in all of your cour rses based on n your grades. In the U.S., GPAs are calculated on n a 4.0 scale, , but most un niversities in n Brazil B use a 10.0 1 grading scale. It is fine to use y your Brazilia an institution ns grading s scale, bu ut it must be e clearly note ed what the scale is (5.0 , 10.0, etc.). Your grade es should be marked m as w weighted if your y school uses a curve e when gradi ing (where t the student w with th he highest gr rade is given n a 100, and all other students grade es are increased by the sa ame am mount). Your grades sh hould be mar rked as unw weighted if your school does not ch hange gr rades from what w is score ed by each st tudent. **While we understand u th hat not every y institution tracks class s rank or high hest GPA in n lass, it is imp portant for your y advisor to be able to o provide a b brief stateme ent about your cl ac cademic per rformance if these numbe ers are not tr racked by yo our institutio on in Brazil. Since Brazil and a the U.S. have differe ent approach hes to gradin ng, showing where your GPA fi its with the overall o GPA for other stu udents study ying the sam me subject at t hool the same sch ca an be extrem mely helpful for U.S. inst titutions whe en reviewing g your applic cation. Mos st Brazilian B stud dents will ha ave lower GP PAs than U.S S. students b because of th he difference e in how grading is handled. The more in nformation y you can prov vide about yo our academic c performance, the more U.S. institutio ons will be ab ble to unders stand your a abilities. STEP P 4: Pleas se select Wr riting Supple ement next. Most of th hese question ns are essay prompts, tho ough we al lso ask for a few docume ents to be up ploaded. Yo ou should rea ad through th he essay prompts carefu fully before beginning b to o write. The prompts p are included be elow with som me additiona al clarif fication. The e Signature Page P that sho ould be uploa aded on this s page is incl luded with th hese instru uctions.

A. A Please upload a copy of the biographical page e of your pas ssport in this s section. If y you currently do not have a valid pass sport, you mu ust apply for r one immed diately. Your r IIE applicatio on will be pe ending until we w receive a copy of you ur passport w with expirati ion date as lis sted on the In nstructions. You can sub ubmit the Com mmon Appl lication with hout this docum ment, but yo ou need to su ubmit this do ocument as s soon as possi ible. B. B Study Obj jectives:In an a essay of no n less than 250 words a and no more than 500 wo ords, write a cle ear and detailed descript tion of your study object tives. Be spe ecific about y your field of st tudy and you ur specialized d interests w within this fie eld. This q question foc cuses on what you y want to learn l during your progra am. Please tr try to outline e what you w want to get from m the progra am academic cally. C. C Perspectiv ves in the U. .S.: In an ess say of no les ss than 250 w words and no o more than 500 words, ex xplain the un nique perspec ctives you ho ope to gain i in the U.S. a and how you u intend to use u these skills, knowled dge and expe erience upon n your return n to your hom me country. This quest tion focuses on what you u hope to get t out of bein ng in the U.S S. uld be a more e general ess say about wh hy you want t to participa ate in the This shou program and a why you u wanted to come c to the U.S. D. D Research Topics: In a short essay y of no more than 100 wo ords, please discuss rese earch topics you u would like e to pursue if f given the o opportunity w while studyin ng in the U.S S. Please pro ovide a brief f explanation n of topics th hat interest y you and research projects that you would d be interest ted in partici ipating in wh hile in the U U.S. Try to b be as specific c as possible. For exampl le, if you are e interested in n working o on biopolyme ers, please specify th his rather tha an stating bio ological mate erials or poly ymers. E. E Resume/C CV: Please upload u your most m recent resume/CV in this sectio on. This sh hould be a 1 pag ge document t showing yo our work exp perience and d any academ mic awards y you have received or parti icularly sign nificant proje ects you have e worked on n.

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F. Institution nal preferenc ces: Pl lease indicate e if you wou uld be interes sted in place ement at an H HBCU, religious-affili iated institut tion, single-g gender instit tution, or ins stitution in th he no on-contiguou us U.S. Ra ank up to 3 institutions i that t you wou uld prefer to attend. In no o more than 75 wo ords, explain n the academ mic opportun nities that the ese institutio ons are able t to of ffer you. Try y to be as spe ecific as poss sible. Pl lease note that while we do try to tak ke student pr references in nto account, we ca annot guaran ntee that we will w be able to do so. T This essay is s your chance to request specifi fic host instit tutions. If yo ou feel stron ngly that a ce ertain school l is the best one fo or you, pleas se explain br riefly why yo ou feel this w way. If a rofessor you work with has h an associ iation with a an institution n or if the pr institution is doing d researc ch in an area a you are ver ry interested d in, these are e bo oth good reas sons that hel lp inform IIE Es reviewer rs of why tha at school is a go ood fit for yo ou. These re easons shoul ld be specific c to you and d unique arguments abo out why you u should go to o a given ins stitution. Ra anking or egional prefe ferences are not substan ntial reason ns and shoul ld not be lis sted. re Yo ou should be e sure to look k into the ad dmission req quirements fo or any reque ested institutions, as s it is unlikel ly you can b be placed at a an institution n you are no ot qu ualified for. For example, if you hav ve only score ed an 82 on t the TOEFL, , and the institution you wish to o attend requ uires a 100, y you are unlik kely to be ad dmitted there e. You shou uld also keep p in mind tha at many com mmonly reque ested institutions ca annot be cons sidered for m most student ts. For exam mple, one institution was s requested by b over 500 students this past year, b but only acc cepts 10 0 students ea ach cohort. Th hese 2 reason ns are the most m common n ones that w we cannot pla ace students at requested insti itutions. Be e sure to do y your research h on a wide variety of nd make a go ood case for why you sho ould go to th he institution n you institutions an de esire. There are over 200 0 U.S. institu utions curren ntly hosting students thr rough the program, so s try to be clear c about w why you thin nk a given in nstitution is t the ght one for you. y rig If you wish to be placed at the same in nstitution as another stud dent, you sho ould bo oth research your preferr red institutio ons thorough hly and make e strong case es for wh hy you shou uld be placed d at those sch hools. IIE do oes not acce ept requests t to be placed at the same s institut tion as anoth her student. If you are re equesting to be placed in a spe ecific area because you h have family who reside in the U.S., please research multiple in nly institutio nstitutions in n this area an nd request on ons in this area. An ny requests made after r you have s submitted yo our commo on applicatio on ca annot be tak ken into account for you ur placemen nt.

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G. G Courses: Please P list up p to 8 course es with brief f description ns that you w wish to take i in the U.S. - Thi is list will be e reviewed by b potential h host instituti ions and use ed to determi ine whether or o not they have appropri iate coursew work for you. If a specif fic course is absolutely y necessary for f you durin ng the time y you are in th he U.S., be sure to state t this clearly. H. H Signature: Please uplo oad a signed d copy of the e IIE Signatu ure Page in th his section. Y Your applicatio on will be co onsidered inc complete wit thout this sig gnature page e (which can n be found on the IIE webs site (http://w www.iie.org/ /en/Programs/Brazil-Scie entificMobility/A Apply-Now/ /Application n-Instruction ns ) I. Once you u have finishe ed answering all the que estions in the e Writing Su upplement section, click Continu ue. mpleting all required que estions, plea ase move on to the Comm mon App itself. Please After com remembe er that you sh hould not su ubmit your ap pplication or r writing sup pplement. STEP 5: To begin n n the Commo on App, click k on the Com mmon App t tab. Certain parts of you ur application will be fi illed in alrea ady based on n the informa ation you pro ovided while e registering g.

Profile Tab: T A. Personal P Inf formation: In n this section n, you should d fill in any blank fields that pertain n to you, y and the en continue. A Th his section sh hould already y be comple eted with IIE Es address. I If you had B. Address: previously p registered r for r the Commo on Applicati ion using yo our own addr ress, please b be sure to upda ate the address according g to part B of f the registra ation instructions above. . C. Contact Det tails: Please change c your r e-mail addr ress to BSW WB_Fall@iie.org, and selected you ur preferred phone p as 646 6-308-8861. . This shoul ld be selected d as a home e phone. p Und der alternate phone, pleas se select No o other telep phone, and then continu ue.

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D. Demographi D ics: All infor rmation in th his section is s voluntary. You can ch hoose to state e your y religiou us preferenc ce, but are no ot required to o do so. If y you wish to p provide Ethn nic identification, you are fr ree to do so, but this is n not required. If I you ident tify as: Amarela A Branca B Indigena Preta P Parda P Ple ease mark: As sian W White Am merican Indi iana or Alask ka Native Bl lack or Afric can America an Ple ease select m multiple opti ions based on n wh hat you iden ntify with

ill in the info ormation reg garding your r country and d city E. Geography: In this section, please fi of birth, alon ng with the number n of years you hav ve lived in an nd outside o of the United d States. You u should roun nd up to the nearest year r. L Please P select the number of language es you are pr roficient in, a and then fill l out F. Language: the t informat tion for each h language. You Y should include both h Portuguese e and English at minimum, m but b if you spe eak any addi itional langu uages, you sh hould includ de those as w well. e whether or not you hold d Dual Citiz zenship in the e U.S. or if y you G. Citizenship: Please note already have e a Green Ca ard (U.S. per rmanent resi ident). If yo ou do not hav ve dual U.S. citizenship or o have a Green Card, se elect Other (Non-US). will be asked to a. If yo ou are a U.S. citizen or have h U.S. per rmanent resi idency, you w prov vide addition nal informatio on such as y your social se ecurity numb ber or your Gree en Card num mber b. If yo ou select Oth her (Non-US), you shoul ld list your c country of cit tizenship and if you have h ever ha ad a U.S. vis sa

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H. Common Ap pp Fee Waiv ver: IIE does s not charge a common a application f fee. Please s select No for thi is question, then t continue.

Family Tab: T I. Family F Tab: : Please fill in i informatio on about you ur family as appropriate. . Education Tab: J. College: Use e the Find College C sea arch tool to f find your ins stitution in B Brazil. If you u find your co ollege, please e select it. If f not, please select I do ont see the c college I am looking for , then fill in n your college informatio on. After thi is, please pro ovide the information regarding your educatio on. For your r advisors in nformation, please use th he same person n you selecte ed as your re egistrar if you u do not hav ve an academ mic advisor.

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S Ente er the numbe er of seconda ary schools ( (high schools) you attend d K. Secondary School: then t click Continue. Use e the Find School S sear rch tool. If y you find the secondary school or sch hools you at ttended, sele ect it/them. I If not, please e select I do ont see my high school on th his list, and fill out your r secondary s school inform mation acco ordingly. Th hen fill in your start s date and d graduation n date for you ur secondary y school. Co ontinue. L. CBO: Please e skip this se ection. This question on nly applies to o U.S. studen nts and programs. p M. Education In nterruption: Please mark k any situatio on here that m may apply to o you. You d do not n have to complete c thi is section if it i does not ap apply to you. .

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N. Colleges & Universities U : If you took k any univer rsity-level co ourses during g secondary school, please indicate th hat in this se ection. You should not include any y university ylevel course es that you completed c at a your curr rent univers sity.

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Testing Tab: T O. Tests Taken n: Please mar rk No for reporting r sta andardized te est scores. In nstructions f for reporting r yo our test score es are includ ded in Step 6 . Activities Tab: A Please P includ de any extra-curricular ac ctivities that t you wish to o be considered P. Activities: when w potent tial host insti itutions are reviewing r yo our applicati ion. This se ection is regarding r ac ctivities that you have do one previous sly, not activ vities you wi ish to participate in while in the t U.S. Writing Tab: T Q. Personal P Ess say: Please copy c the essa ay you wrote e for the Per rspectives in n the U.S. pro ompt question and d insert it in this section. . R. Disciplinary D y History: Please answer r these questi ions honestly y and accura ately. S. Additional A Information: I Please leave this section n blank, and d save. STEP 6: Now that t you have completed the e Common Application, A , you should d submit all s sections to II IE. You shou uld not be su ubmitting yo our Common n Application n to any othe er institution n. To submit your appli ication, go to o your Dashb board. Click k on Institu ute of Interna ational Educ cation (IIE). If f any section n of your app plication is marked m as I Incomplete, please go b back to this section and check wh hat informati ion is missin ng. Complet te any missin ng informati ion. Once al ll sections are a listed as Ready, cl lick the Subm mit button.

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After you u click subm mit, the Comm mon App wi ill generate a preview of f your applic cation. Pleas se review th his to make sure s there are no sections you wish t to change. O Once you hav ve submitted d your application, you u cannot mak ke any chang ges. If the p preview look ks correct, cli ick Continue e.

mmon App will w now ask you to confi irm that you have review wed your app plication and d The Com wish to submit. Plea ase check the e confirmatio on box, and click continu ue.

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The Com mmon App will w now tell you y that IIE does not ch harge an appl lication fee. Click Conti inue.

Read thro ough the signature statem ments, and th hen check al ll 4 boxes to o confirm the e information n. Write in your name under u the Sig gnature field d, and click S Submit to su ubmit your ap pplication.

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u have subm mitted the Common Appl lication and W Writing Sup pplement to I IIE, please s send Once you an e-mail l confirmatio on to IIE at BSWBapp_F B Fall@iie.org g. Please inc clude the following informati ion in your e-mail: e

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The subje ect line of th he e-mail sho ould be writt ten: BSMP Fall_Your F Full Name The e-ma ail should include: A. Your Y given name as it app pears on you ur passport ( (if you do no ot yet have y your passport t, please comple ete this as yo ou did on yo our passport application. If you not h have started your passport application yet, please p do so o immediatel ly.) Y surname e as it appea ars on your passport p B. Your C. Common C App p ID Numbe er D. Your Y field of f study as you u listed it in the Commo on Applicatio on E. Your Y current institution in n Brazil F. The T e-mail ad ddress you used u to regist ter in the Co ommon Appl lication. Als so, please no ote if you used a different passw word than th he requested one. G. Confirmation C n that your in nstructor eva aluations and d registrars report have been submit tted. Please make sure s to check k with your recommend ers that they y have submi itted these it tems on n your behal lf. H. Confirmation C n that you ha ave submitted d your TOEF FL* score re eport to IIE w with the date e you to ook the test. If you took the TOEFL ITP through h the Brazilia an Fulbright t Commissio on, please just no ote the date you y took the test. *TOEFL inst titution code is 3828, und dergraduate You shou uld also attac ch to the e-m mail the follo owing other documents: Translated T co opy of your transcripts t please make e sure that th he transcript includes the e name of the course(s), c wh hen it was ta aken, and the e grade(s) yo ou received. This transcr ript sh vel. If you h hould includ de all courses s you have ta aken at the u university lev have change ed un niversities, you y should get g a transcri ipt for each s school you h have attended. The trans script tr ranslation mu ust be an off ficial transla ation, either d done by an o official at yo our university y, or by y a certified translator. If your university canno ot provide a t translated co opy of the tr ranscript, we e encourage you y to reach h out to the n nearest Educ cationUSA o office for tr ranslation assistance. Portuguese ve ersion of you ur transcripts please su ubmit the copy of your tr ranscripts th hat you had trans slated. If the e translation is done by y your university and the tr ranslated copy is rinted on off ficial letterhe ead, the orig ginal Portugu uese version n is not requi ired. pr Registrars R Report R please make sure e that the reg gistrars repo ort informati ion and your r tr ranscripts are e issued at th he same time e and have th he same info ormation reg garding your r gr rades. 2 Instructor Evaluations E If your inst tructor wishes to submit t the evaluati ion directly, ather than to you, please note this in your e-mail l. Your instr ructor can e-mail this ra th hemselves to o BSWBApp p_Fall@iie.o org. The e-m mail they sen nd should inc clude your co omplete nam me, e-mail ad ddress, and Common C Ap pp ID to insu ure that it is c correctly as ssociated wi ith your file.

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Passport ple ease make su ure that your r passport is valid throug gh Septembe er 2015. Copies C of you ur TOEFL or r ITP score report. r

If any of f the required d documents are not inclu uded, please e include an explanation of why the documen nt was not included and when w you ex xpect to be ab able to submi it it. If you ha ave any climate sensitivit ties that requ uire special c consideratio on, please no ote them in th his email and provide a do octors note explaining your y conditio on and why you need to o be in a spec cific climate. If you have e any medica al conditions s that require e consistent medication o or any disabilities that may require spec cial accommo odation, plea ase also note e these in yo our e-mail. T This informati ion will not restrict your r ability to pa articipate in the program m, but is important once y your placemen nt has been finalized f so that t the prop per accommo odations can n be made.

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