Is it difficult to apply for undergraduate study in the United States?

Studying in the United States should be the application goal of many students, so is the application requirement for undergraduate courses in the United States high? How to plan the time when applying? Come and learn about the undergraduate application in the United States.

First, the application conditions for undergraduate courses in the United States

Requirements for undergraduate application in American universities

The admission methods of American universities are TOEFL and SAT (not necessarily required by the top 50 schools), followed by certificates (PS, essays, resumes, letters of recommendation) and final exam results of grade three and grade three.

If you want to go directly to the United States to study as a freshman after graduating from high school, you actually start to apply for a job in September of the last semester of high school, and the deadline for admission to the school is generally around 65438+ 10. There were also rolling enrollment in February, but the rankings of such universities were not very good.

Requirements for applying to American universities:

1, TOEFL, it takes at least 80 points to apply for TOP 100, and at least 95 points to apply for TOP50. Of course, the higher the score, the higher the competitiveness;

SAT is an academic ability test, which tests vocabulary, mathematics and writing. If you want to apply for a famous American university, you need to provide a score of TOP 100 1600 and a score of TOP502000.

2. Final grade: High school in the United States lasts for four years, so our third year and three years in high school add up to four years. The final exam results can reflect your learning ability and attitude at school;

3. Documentation: This is a very flexible selection method. It is very important to establish and recommend letters. Showing yourself through words can make the admissions officer interested in you;

4. Proof of assets: When applying for a school, you need to cover the tuition and living expenses of about 250,000 yuan for one year, and when applying for a visa, you need to cover the total expenses of about 1 10,000 yuan for four years, and deposit it in the bank three months in advance.

Second, the time planning of undergraduate application

Spring (March to May, 202 1)

1. List your universities.

If you don't have a clear goal at first, you can make a list of 15-20 universities, and then narrow it down as needed.

Consider some factors, such as location, tuition, reputation, scale, diversity, and most importantly, the ranking of schools and majors. In this regard, you can refer to the data of major academic ranking websites.

2.SAT or ACT exam

SAT exams are usually in March-June and10-65438+February, and ACT exams are in February to 65438+February.

If you haven't started learning yet, start now! The reason why we should prepare SAT and ACT as early as possible is to reserve as much review time as possible for ourselves. In addition, if the results of the first exam are not satisfactory, there is still time to try again.

3. TOEFL test

Students who need to provide TOEFL scores for their applications will start reviewing their scores from now on.

4. Maintain a good GPA

Don't ignore your usual grades at school just because you have the idea of going abroad. GPA is an important achievement of American university application, and American universities have clear requirements for applicants' GPA.

Summer (202 1 June to August)

When applying for an American university, hard requirements such as academic performance are basic. In the application for prestigious schools, almost every applicant has a beautiful score. At this time, soft requirements such as personal experience have become a must.

1, how to spend the summer vacation

American universities attach great importance to applicants' extracurricular activities and personal experiences. In China, June to August is usually the summer vacation. Students who are going to apply for American universities can volunteer, find internships, or participate in summer programs and summer camps of universities during this time to enrich their soft power background.

Ideally, these extracurricular activities can show your interests, skills and professional/career goals and become the highlights of your resume or document.

2. Know the school you want to apply for.

Many students in China, especially senior high school students, have no idea about universities and majors. After the college entrance examination, they apply for schools in a muddle, and may finally find that they don't like it, and so do future teachers.

Therefore, it is really important to know the school you want to apply for.

Now that the network is so developed, we can learn about tutors and major settings through the school official website, and we can also find alumni for direct communication through the school blog, YouTube, Facebook and even LinkedIn. If conditions permit, we can also visit the site.

3. Resume preparation

From June to August, I will begin to prepare my resume.

In addition to personal information, personal abilities and characteristics should be highlighted in a resume. You can make a list of your extracurricular activities, special achievements and awards, volunteers or work experience in time, and then give some actual data or examples to quantify your achievements in these activities and highlight your personal characteristics.

Different schools may have different emphasis on the screening of students' applications, so in the process of writing your resume, you can ask your alumni or predecessors, and they may give some targeted opinions.

4. University application schedule

The easiest way to make a university application schedule is to clearly mark the key dates on the calendar. If you want to find an organization to help you apply, this step will save you a lot of trouble.

For example, the deadline of ED/EA, the deadline of routine application, the date of examination, etc ... For such an important day, you must know for yourself, so that you can make full preparations before the end of each item.

Third, the advantages of studying abroad in the United States

1. The visa for studying in the United States has been relaxed, and there are more opportunities for studying abroad and broader opportunities for development.

In the past two years, the United States has presented a good visa situation, especially during Obama's visit to China the year before last. The US Immigration Service further liberalized the criteria for China students to study in the United States, and even many students who were refused visas by other countries finally got American visas. I believe that the United States will become the first choice for more China students to study abroad after the doubts and misunderstandings about visa difficulties in the United States are eliminated.

2. American education ranks first in the world, with a good academic atmosphere and a wide range of undergraduate majors.

This is the most important reason to study in America. Education in the United States is recognized as the first in the world, with the best universities and professors, and there are also public universities in the United States. There are private universities and comprehensive universities; There are liberal arts colleges and community colleges; There are four-year universities and two-year universities; There are basic comprehensive education and vocational education. Degrees range from associate degree, bachelor degree, master degree to doctor degree. Almost every student can choose the school that suits him best according to his own situation.

There are more than 4,000 universities in the United States, with the highest teaching quality and the largest courses and scope. Students have a lot of choices before starting classes. At the same time, American universities have the highest teacher level and the strongest research. Up to now, more than 70% of all Nobel Prize winners are Americans, most of whom are professors who teach in American universities.

3. American universities have flexible academic system, easy transfer and more humanized learning.

To study and live in the United States, the choice of schools is very flexible. In order to give students enough time to consider their interests and future development, many universities in the United States do not require freshmen and sophomores to choose a clear professional direction. Except for some courses with special professional requirements, the courses for freshmen and sophomores are basically set for all students, and they only choose their own majors in the third and fourth grades. Some students have chosen their major and want to change their major, so it is very easy to apply. In addition, when applying for graduate students, you can choose a major different from the undergraduate course according to your actual situation.

Not only the choice of schools is flexible, but also the conversion of credits between different schools is flexible. For example, if an international student is studying in a school ranking around 80, he can choose to be admitted to the top 30 schools if he has the ability to rank in the top 30 schools, and the credits he took in the previous school can also be recognized in the later schools. American universities do not restrict students with ability to choose schools.