First, high school students apply for undergraduate preparation in the United States
If possible, meet and communicate with university admissions representatives.
At present, many American universities regularly give lectures in China. Students can pay more attention to the activity information of some art study abroad institutions (AAE International Art Education) and choose some interested schools to attend the meeting of their own university enrollment representatives. If possible, try to make an appointment for a one-on-one conversation with the admissions representative.
If there are conditions and time, visit the campus.
Many students have never experienced the atmosphere of American universities before applying or even after receiving the admission notice. Although there are important objective factors in this matter, I suggest you visit the campus as much as possible. If you have relevant summer school courses, you can also take them. This experience will also be very helpful to your application.
Began to form the habit of systematic planning.
Students should learn to use tools and methods to plan and arrange their own time reasonably and understand the application progress. For example, use a calendar to record the deadlines of all interested schools.
Make test plans such as SAT and TOEFL.
If there is a big gap between the application strength of students and the target school at this stage, it is suggested that students can find a suitable counseling institution or arrange a self-study plan to understand the requirements of the target school and arrange the time for each exam.
Start writing application documents
This may be the longest and most boring part of the whole university application process, but it is also a problem that everyone must face and solve. The sooner you start thinking and thinking, the sooner you prepare, and then you won't be in a hurry.
Start preparing letters of recommendation
Don't wait until the summer vacation or before you need to submit an application. There may be too many things to prepare at this time, or something that needs to be dealt with will happen temporarily, which will make you unprepared.
Second, high school students apply for undergraduate courses in the United States
Don't take the college entrance examination, apply directly for the American undergraduate course.
Suitable for the crowd: domestic high school students with excellent grades and preparation for studying abroad.
This is the most important and routine way for China students to apply for undergraduate courses in American universities. Students need to take various language and standardized tests required by American universities, mainly including SAT or ACT, TOEFL or IELTS and SAT2.
Double Admission or Conditional Admission in American Universities
Suitable for the crowd: high school students with excellent grades, but their language scores are not up to standard or they have no time to prepare for language exams.
Some American universities offer conditional admission without TOEFL or IELTS to students who have no language scores or whose language scores fail to meet the school's bottom line requirements; The school will send two admission notices: one is the admission notice of the school language center, and the other is the conditional admission notice of the school undergraduate course, so it is also called "double admission".
First enter a two-year community college, and then transfer to a four-year undergraduate college.
Suitable for the crowd: working families, students who are speechless and have standardized test scores.
Community college is an open education system, which not only accepts students who are willing to study as much as possible, but also facilitates their further study after graduation. Going to a community college first and then transferring to a public university can save a lot of study expenses.
Domestic undergraduate transfer
Suitable for the crowd: domestic undergraduate or junior college students, mainly freshmen and sophomores.
Almost all American universities accept applications for transfer students. Domestic college students can enter American universities through transfer, and their credits can also be transferred accordingly. Students can only graduate if they complete other credits required for transferring to a university, and they can get a degree from a transferring university when they graduate.
First go to the United States to attend high school, and then apply for an American undergraduate course from Gaomei.
Suitable for the crowd: families with strong economic strength plan to send their children to American high schools.
Choosing this method, parents need to plan their children's study abroad as early as possible. At the same time, we should pay attention to cultivating children's language ability, self-care ability, stress resistance and learning ability from an early age.
After the college entrance examination, I temporarily decided to go abroad for undergraduate study.
Suitable for the crowd: students with unsatisfactory college entrance examination results or unsatisfactory majors in domestic universities.
This is a special case. For students who decide to go to the United States for undergraduate studies temporarily because of their unsatisfactory results after the college entrance examination, they usually choose a gap year, during which they prepare for various exams and apply for admission to American undergraduate freshmen next spring or autumn.
Three, the United States undergraduate application materials
1. It is best to have a list of materials, listing the materials needed by each school;
2. Pay the application fee, and it is recommended to pay by credit card;
3. Fill in various application forms required by the school, and generally apply directly online;
4. Personal statements, papers and resumes;
5. Papers or works. The school does not require high school students to apply for university materials. If students have published professional papers, they should attach copies to the materials. For students who apply for art and architecture, they should submit relevant works, depending on the requirements of the school;
6. High school transcripts and proof of study (or graduation certificate). Transcripts should be bilingual and stamped with the official seal of the school. Students can also go to the school to issue relevant certificates of student ranking to prove their academic ability;
7. Letter of recommendation. Generally speaking, there are three kinds of English letters of recommendation, which can be written by a student's class teacher, professional teacher or school leader. Referees need to know the students very well. The recommendation letter shall be signed by the recommender, sealed and signed at the seal of the envelope;
8. Copies of TOEFL and SAT transcripts;
9. Chinese and English bank deposit certificates.