Biographic Information

If you commonly use a first or middle name that differs from your legal name, select Yes in this section and enter the information.

If you are sending any documentation or test scores where your name is listed differently than it appears on your application, select Yes in this section and enter the alternate or former information. This ensures that your documents and test scores are matched to your application. Contact customer service so they can manually match these items to your application; failure to do so could cause significant delays.

Examples of alternate or former names include:

• Birth names (if different from current legal name)
• Maiden names
• Nicknames (e.g., "Bob" for Robert, "Beth" for Elizabeth, etc.)
• "Westernized" names
• Alternate punctuation (e.g., your name appears with/without a hyphen, apostrophe, or diacritical marking)
• Alternate spacing (e.g., your name appears with or without specific spaces)
• Known misspellings (if a document contains a misspelling)

Enter the phonetic pronunciation of your first and last name or write a familiar word that rhymes with your name. Phonetic pronunciation is how your names sound when read or spoken aloud. Make sure to separate syllables with dashes and capitalize syllables that are stressed.

Examples:

• Raul Gonzalez = rah-OOL gon-SAH-les
• Ngoc Nguyen = nahk nuhWEN or sounds like “knock” “WIN”
• Sophia Lamagna = so-FEE-uh, sounds like “lasagna”

Select the appropriate option. This information is required for reporting purposes to the US Federal government, using these values only.

If your gender identity differs from your legal sex, use this section to indicate your gender and pronouns.

Enter your date of birth. Make sure you enter your date of birth correctly; failure to do so could cause significant delays with matching documentation and test scores.

Then, enter your country, city, state/territory/province, and county of birth. If you are unsure of your county of birth, select N/A.

Note: to ensure applicants are entering consistent data for some questions, this application uses pre-populated answer options that are maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). For example, country answer options are derived from ISO 3166, which is the international standard for country codes and codes for their subdivisions.