The school 'makes every effort' [=the school does all that it can] 'to help' new students become adjusted to college life.
His novel's surprise ending is not really convincing, but we'll give him 'an A for effort'.
He wanted to contribute in some way to the 'war effort'. [=to the effort to win the war]
(..) Yep - sociopath, I'm seeing it now. She didn't think about her daughter. She scratched her name on the floor with her fingernails. She was dying. It took effort, it would have hurt. You said that the victims all took the poison themselves, that he makes them take it. Well, maybe he...I don't know, (..)2010 TvShow: Sherlock Title: A Study in Pink Season: 1 Episode 1