1. mean product point

The excellent results of specialized courses can explain students' ability in professional learning. The choice of courses reflects students' ability to challenge and overcome difficult courses, and also provides direct evidence for the school to evaluate the credit conversion. Generally speaking, in American universities, the average score of transfer students in general liberal arts colleges is basically around 3.0, and business schools and engineering colleges will be higher.

2. TOEFL (Test of English as a foreign language)

Most colleges and universities stipulate that students who have studied in the United States for more than two years or even obtained an undergraduate degree can be exempted from TOEFL scores, so if they transfer, they still need to submit TOEFL scores. The TOEFL requirements for undergraduate transfer are usually the same as those for freshman application. The top 35 TOEFL generally requires the lowest 100, and 36-50 schools generally require a TOEFL score of 90 or above, and some schools also require a minimum score of 80.

3. Academic aptitude test (USA)

It is worth noting that whether some schools need to provide SAT scores for transfer students depends on whether transfer students can meet the minimum credit requirements of the school. Generally, schools stipulate that you can be exempted from taking the SAT if the transferable credits reach 30 points or more, but if the target is the top 30 schools, having good SAT scores will be relatively more competitive.

Soft access condition of transfer

1. Application documents:

Although the school attaches great importance to students' achievements in college, the role of activity experience and application documents in transfer is also very huge. Like freshmen, undergraduate transfer applications usually use the common online application system. Personal basic information is the same as the activity list, but there will be differences in the document. The main document is to ask students why they want to transfer, and the additional documents applied by each school and freshmen will be different.

2. Extracurricular activities:

It is a very important factor for American universities to actively participate in research-based learning and rich extracurricular activities related to majors, enhance practical experience and gain something from these activities.

In addition, the transfer of American universities also requires applicants to provide a course description, which usually includes the course name, course content and assessment form. After enrolling students, American universities will hand over this course description to the department of discipline that enrolled students, who will evaluate which courses they think are eligible to transfer to the school, and then give a credit transfer report.

Of course, there are letters of recommendation. Generally, two letters of recommendation are required for undergraduate transfer applications. The recommendation letter is a place that can make up for the applicant's GPA defect. If you want to make full use of the power of letters of recommendation, you must choose good references. So, what kind of reference arrangement is reasonable?

It should be said that only an authoritative person who knows your grades very well can explain the reasons for the low GPA of students, such as the dean, the instructor or the class teacher (teaching is better at the same time). The dean has professional authority, and the instructor or head teacher can emphasize the advantages of the school and major from their perspective, or make a credible explanation for the low GPA and make an objective evaluation of your undergraduate study.

Here is a reminder for everyone. If you are going to transfer, you should plan the course selection in advance and try to take effective credits.