Camp (summer camp) summer school is generally sponsored by American universities and high schools, with courses with credits as the main course, usually 6-8 weeks, with certain intensity and difficulty. In contrast, the summer camp will be more relaxed and designed around the themes of science and technology, art, sports and public welfare. Projects for international students will also include traveling and visiting famous schools. Accordingly, summer schools will be more strict in terms of enrollment, and the application difficulty will be much greater than that of summer camps, especially the summer schools of famous schools.
University credit course
The hottest thing is the pre-university courses offered by Ivy League and top American universities for students who have spare capacity from Grade One to Grade Three. These courses have credits (generally 4 points/course), and the most important thing is that these courses are taught by professors in our university, giving high school students an excellent opportunity to experience the university environment and life in advance. There will be a formal exam before the end of the course, and the school report card will be issued. If students have excellent academic performance, it will be of great help to university application, because this performance can well prove that students have the ability to live and study independently in top universities in the United States.
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This kind of project has a high threshold, and the application is as difficult as undergraduate application. Although each university has different application requirements, it is almost equivalent to a mini version of a university application. Take Stanford for example. The applicant should be 16- 17 years old, and the application fee is $75. Require TOEFL (minimum: 90).
Standardized test scores such as SAT/ACT/PSAT, online application for opening an online account requires uploading certificates and letters of recommendation.
And activity resumes. Students with spare capacity can use this opportunity to conduct an application simulation and accumulate experience, which is conducive to more effective application to the ideal university in the future.
University non-credit courses
It is very difficult to enter the summer credit courses of famous American universities. At present, there are many intermediary companies providing application services in China, but only a few can successfully apply. Parents can also consider non-credit courses of famous American schools, ranging from 3 to 8 weeks, and the application difficulty is lower than that of credit courses. Although there are no credits, children still experience the study life of famous American schools, which will add a lot of color to students' application for universities.