1. The increase in the number of students is the main reason for the decline in the admission rate of famous American schools. The increase in the number of applicants in China has played a crucial role. With the open policy of studying in the United States, China students have become the largest group of international students in American universities, and the number of China students studying in the United States is still growing rapidly.
20 13 number of students from China studying in the United States.
It has reached 235597. In 20 14, the number of students studying in the United States increased by 20%, and the number of students studying in China was nearly 270,000. However, we should pay more attention to the fact that the number of China students applying for prestigious universities in the United States is much higher than the actual number of students studying in the United States. Every China applicant usually applies for 8 to 10 or even a dozen American universities. It is not difficult to see that the "most difficult admission season" of American universities is largely due to the sudden increase in the number of China students applying for American universities.
2. American universities with concentrated application schools, serious elite school complex and low admission rate are very concentrated, and they are basically the top 50 universities in the United States. These universities meet the characteristics of China students applying for American universities:
First of all, China students only look at the rankings when choosing schools, and the American universities they apply for are basically concentrated in the top 50 institutions.
Some experts pointed out that students and parents in China like to use the college entrance examination model to study in the United States. For example, American universities have no admission scores, while students and parents in China create their own scores. It is said that TOEFL score 100, SAT score 2000. After crossing this line, you can talk about applying for the "Top 50". In the eyes of many international students and their parents, Ivy League is probably "one book" and "the top 50" is "two books". As a result, students clustered together to apply, and the admission rate was naturally low.
Secondly, China students choose American universities only to look at comprehensive universities, and only apply for schools they have heard of. The more popular schools in China, the better. As a result, many universities that are really excellent in some majors are ignored, and those popular schools apply together, which will only make it more difficult for them to apply. These schools may not be suitable for themselves, but they just miss out on the excellent universities that really suit them. Even after applying for admission, some students found that the environment was not as good as they thought at first, but the campus was occupied by most China people.
Third, China students only choose popular majors, especially business majors, regardless of their hobbies and values.
So the real energy should be spent on truly competitive schools. Instead of applying for a so-called popular school with luck, I might as well unload my burden and spend my energy on how to improve and enrich my soft and hard strength, and make a down-to-earth assessment of what major I am suitable for and what kind of work I want to do in the future, so as to decide which institutions in the United States really meet my needs.
3. It is related to the release of visas in the United States in 2008.
Statistics of the number of American consulates studying in the United States over the years show that from 2005 to 2008, the number of students studying in the United States was about 50,000-60,000, increasing by about 1 10,000 every year; After 2008, Obama was elected president and the United States liberalized its visa policy. The number of people began to grow rapidly at the rate of 40,000 to 50,000 per year. In 2065, 438+02000 people went to study in the United States, and it is estimated that in 2065, it will exceed12000,438+438+0 10/0.
After the opening of visas in the United States, international students in the United States began to apply for graduate studies this year, with the largest base in history.
Compared with the surge in the number of people going to the United States, the number of places granted to China by the United States has increased very little, especially in American secondary schools and above where the number of applicants is relatively concentrated. The enrollment of American elite schools in China has hardly changed, and the number of middle schools has not increased much. There are many applicants and few places, and the application pressure increases.
More and more overseas legions join the ranks of high-scoring students.
The improvement of students' quality also makes the competition more and more fierce. Students who apply now are more prepared. It turns out that many students who applied for graduate school didn't start preparing until the end of their junior year. Now that their junior year begins, many parents and students begin to contact the intermediary to take the language test. In the past, students' TOEFL score of 890 was enough, but now students can get high marks by taking repeated exams.
TOEFL 100 (full score 120) and GMAT above 700 (full score 800), so there are many students with high scores. Some students have been planning since their freshman year, and GPA (College Average Grade Point) can reach full marks. There are also many students who have internship and overseas experience during their college years.
Another group of university graduates with overseas study background are also increasingly joining the army of graduate students applying for the United States. They are called "Overseas Corps". These students have obvious competitive advantages.
The admission conditions of famous schools are becoming more and more demanding.
More and more outstanding students go to the United States for graduate studies, which virtually improves the admission conditions of graduate students in American universities, among which the conditions of famous schools are almost harsh.
Finance, accounting and MBA are still the three main majors in American master's application. In particular, the master of finance accounts for almost 60% of business applications. The scores of American business schools in China are getting higher and higher, and high scores become the threshold of competition.
Business schools attach great importance to students' practical work ability, language ability and work experience, and especially prefer China students who have studied overseas.
It is also difficult for students with pure mainland background to apply for postgraduate entrance examination in the United States. If the GMAT (Graduate Entrance Examination for Business Administration) does not reach 700 points, it is almost impossible to hit the top 50 hot majors in the United States and South Korea. Students studying abroad can not only get TOEFL-free treatment, but also greatly reduce the GMAT score requirements.
So, is there any way for us to apply to our dream school easily? Of course there is. On the one hand, we should expand the information of colleges and universities, fully understand all kinds of schools, and combine the comprehensive ranking, professional ranking, professional research direction and employment situation to determine the school we really want to go to.
Second, after we decide on a good school, we should upgrade the software and hardware in an all-round way according to the target institution, take precautions, make full use of our own time to enhance our background, enhance our competitive strength, and increase heavyweight internship, paper publishing, competition experience, etc. In this way, every activity of our own will be the highlight of our application. In the application process of American universities, students with high comprehensive quality are often more attractive and more likely to win the favor of schools!