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  • Multiple Candidates / Children

    Each applicant must be represented by a unique account. If multiple children from the same household will be applying, you must create a unique account with a unique email address for each applicant. ...

  • Online Payment Difficulties (Gateway)

    Online payment is not available until after you submit the Part 1: Candidate Profile. Application fees are paid directly to the schools. Please contact the school directly if you have difficulties wit...

  • Recommendation Status

    Recommendation status is updated automatically on the 'Checklist' page based on the status of the items. This information will be updated automatically and instantly. Please contact your teacher or co...

  • Part 2 Candidate statements and Parent Statements

    If a school requires a Candidate Statement and a Parent Statement (or other similar Part 2 forms), these are done through the same account as the Applicant....

  • When applying to multiple schools, will the schools know to which other schools I have applied?

    No. When you use Gateway to Prep School to apply to multiple schools, each individual school knows only that you applied to their specific school. They do not know if, or where, you also applied....

  • Email notification (Gateway Applicant)

    You will not receive any confirmation email from the Gateway to Prep Schools when you submit a form. If you have any questions regarding the status of your application components, please refer to your...

  • Multimedia content

    If you would like to share multimedia content such as videos, websites, newspaper stories, or an online art portfolio, there are a variety of methods to make this content available on the web, if it i...

  • When is my application submitted?

    There is NOT an overall 'Submit Application' button. Each item is sent to the institution as soon as you submit it. Nothing is held back or delayed....

  • Item Not Yet Available (Gateway)

    If an item displays the message that it is not yet available then the school is not ready with the item and has not yet made it available. This is not an error. If you have questions about the unavail...

  • Apply for Financial Aid

    This is technical support and we are not a school. For any questions regarding financial aid please contact the schools directly. You can find the contact information of the schools here: https://www....