1, and confirm your intention to study abroad. At this stage, first confirm your willingness to study abroad and evaluate your ability and family affordability. You'd better discuss it with your parents. If you don't understand anything, you can consult your predecessors studying abroad or other more professional people. The idea of studying abroad may come from your parents or yourself, but you must decide as soon as possible.

2, study hard, don't be partial. If you decide to study abroad, you must put your study first and don't be biased. GPA has a great influence on the application.

3. Collect information about studying in the United States and understand the application process ~

4. Extracurricular activities. Extracurricular activities are equally important. Try to exercise and demonstrate your abilities (creativity, leadership or teamwork, etc.). ) In these activities. But don't spend too much time on extracurricular activities. After all, these may be your extra points, but they will affect your academic performance, lead to your low GPA and make your application very dangerous.

5. Have a broad understanding of various subject competitions, participate in some selectively according to your own strength and energy, and give up some, so as to achieve a balanced distribution of energy and time.

6. Prepare for TOEFL or IELTS! Listening, speaking, reading and writing can't fall behind. Make good use of the fragmentation time and plan the review plan reasonably. There are many online materials and review methods, but not every one is suitable for you, so you need to identify and choose the method that suits you. Don't blindly participate in training institutions, and decide whether to train according to your own conditions.

7. If you have the opportunity and conditions to exchange abroad, you can also participate ~

Senior three semester and summer vacation (competition and activity preparation stage)

1、GPA！ GPA！ GPA！ The main theme that runs through the high school stage, you still can't be partial to the subject, and strive to improve your grades!

There will be some subject competitions in high school. You can choose some to participate, but you should give full play to your strengths and strive for a better ranking according to your ability and time schedule, which will be extra points in your application ~

3. It is still an extracurricular activity ~ provided that it cannot affect learning. Choosing activities that are meaningful and helpful to your application will also add luster to your future documents.

4. Continue to improve English ability and improve all aspects of TOEFL IELTS! Steady progress!

5. According to your own conditions, if possible, take part in activities such as going abroad for exchanges ~

6. If you think your TOEFL or IELTS review is almost complete, you can try to sign up.

Senior two last semester and winter vacation (competition and activity preparation and preparation stage)

The basic points are the same as the previous stage, and the strengthening of this strengthening is progressing steadily. At the same time, I'm going to sign up for the SAT.

Next semester and summer vacation of senior two (TOEFL and SAT preparation stage)

1-March

Prepare for TOEFL;

Prepare for the first-stage study of AP and SAT/ACT.

April

Students who take the ACT take the ACT exam.

Students who do not take the ACT exam prepare for the SAT exam; May and June; Or prepare SAT2.

May

Take the SAT, SAT2 or AP exam

June

Take the SAT/ACT exam

Officially start the writing of personal statement, and start the preliminary selection of schools.

July to August

1) According to the SAT/ACT score, decide the exam situation in September and 10;

2) Apply for summer projects, internships and research projects. Before the summer vacation, negotiate with the relevant teachers to write a recommendation letter;

3) You can take the TOEFL again;

4) Register an account on the general application;

5) Choose 3-4 schools that have applied in advance, formally start writing supplementary articles of the schools, and participate in third-party interviews.

September of Senior Three (preparation stage of application materials)

1) At this stage, the application is officially started. If you apply by yourself, you need to take time out, but the premise still cannot affect your study. If you want to find a study abroad institution, you should know in advance, and choosing a reliable institution can save a lot of trouble.

2) Finalize the list of schools applying. Schools need to be graded. Generally speaking, the results are divided into sprint files, main application files and guaranteed files. Don't fill in one grade at a time.

3) You can consult a professional, or wait for yourself to finish the application article for the school before applying in advance.

4) Communicate with referees and write letters of recommendation! Be sure to remember that there are alternative referees, and some students have encountered situations in which referees come forward. This kind of emergency must be prepared in advance to prevent it from being difficult to remedy when the deadline is approaching.

5) Prepare family property certificate

10- 1 1 month senior three (application for sending the first batch of materials)

1) Fill in and submit the online application form;

2) Complete the documents and recommendation letters applied by normal schools and send them by express mail;

3) Send TOEFL and SAT test scores to normal admission schools through official institutions;

4) Submit all supplementary materials to the normal application school;

5) Contact the school by email or telephone to confirm whether all the materials have been received;

6) If you are not satisfied with the SAT or TOEFL score, you can consider retaking the test.

65438+ Senior 3 February (application materials sorting stage)

1) Check the unfinished matters in the previous stage, such as the preparation of similar application documents, the preparation of recommendation letters, the sending of grades, and the preparation of supplementary materials. , and process them and submit or send them out this month.

2) If the school requires an interview, it is necessary to make some preparations for the interview in advance.

3) Around 65438+mid-February, the results of early admission will come out, so wait patiently. If early admission is successful, all submitted applications can be cancelled. If the application is not delivered, you can choose whether to continue the application according to the policy of early admission to the school.

However, if you fail to enroll in advance, don't lose heart, actively adjust your mentality, maintain a good state, and continue to face normal applications. If you feel uneasy, you can choose a school with a late application deadline or rolling admission, continue to add it to the list of applying schools, and complete all the application matters.

Senior three winter vacation (waiting for admission results)

1) keep in touch with schools that have no results, but not too often, just moderately.

2) If you are on the waiting list for applying to the school in advance, send the updated status of the latest valuable situation to the school by selectively submitting the form. Take part in academic competitions selectively according to time and energy, and strive to get valuable achievements as status updates and inform the school.

3) Accept possible face-to-face or telephone interviews.

4) Don't worry, keep a good attitude, or concentrate on your studies. Even if you feel hopeless, don't give up learning. After all, there is a college entrance examination waiting for you. ...

Next semester of senior three (decision-making stage after admission)

1) Generally, from mid-March to early April, all applications will have results. What you can do is to accept them frankly, don't lose heart when rejected, and actively prepare for the next study and face the college entrance examination.

If you get the offer, you should choose a successful school as soon as possible and reply to the only institution you are willing to attend. At the same time, you should fill in whether you want to attend by email or receipt from the school, and express your heartfelt thanks to the school that has accepted you but is unwilling to go.

For the favorite institutions that are still on the waiting list, send a letter to update their valuable performance. You can't wait for a reply from this school silently. You must choose a school before the deadline, otherwise the admission will be cancelled.

2) Fill in the admission form, send the check-in fee back to the school, and handle matters such as dormitory selection.

3) Apply for a passport at the Public Security Bureau.

4) Choose whether to take the college entrance examination according to personal interests and strength.

Graduation from senior three (preparation stage before departure)

1) You can make an appointment for a visa in April. There will be specific time on the I-20 form. According to the schedule, prepare the visa answers and related materials, and then go to the consulate to apply for a visa ~

2) What if the visa fails? Don't worry, just start booking the next visa, think about why I failed, and try to pass it as smoothly as possible next time!

3) Prepare luggage, contact the airport to pick up, stay, book air tickets and other matters.

4) Handle bills of exchange and credit cards, and handle future tuition payment.

5) Strengthen listening and speaking practice, understand and learn American culture and customs, and prepare for future American life ~