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Jul 2023
53m 35s

College lists

Afaf Ouardi
About this episode
I hope this episode would be beneficial to students who are trying to apply for universities abroad and who started making their college lists. There are so many factors to consider before making a college list, today I talked about a variety of them from my own experience with the US application process. 
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