Biographic Information

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.

Indicate any pronouns you wish to be referred to by (i.e., they, them, theirs).

You can also enter alternate pronouns; examples of additional pronouns include:

• ze, zir, zir/zirs, zirself
• ze, hir, hir/hirs, hirself
• xe, xem, xyr/xyrs, xyrself
• ey, em, eir/eirs, emself

This section pulls in information you entered when you created your account. Confirm that what appears here is correct; click the Profile Section link to make changes.

If you commonly use a preferred/chosen name that differs from your legal name, enter the preferred 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 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.

To provide the phonetic pronunciation of your name (i.e., how your name sounds when read or spoken aloud) to your schools, visit NameCoach, create an account, and enter your NameCoach URL in the space provided.