The academic performance /GPA of a university is a key hardware condition in the audit process, especially for students or applicants who have just graduated for less than 1-2 years, and it is an important reference index to measure their academic qualifications. The percentage system is basically adopted in domestic universities, and the following standards can be referred to when converting into GPA: 90- 100=4, 80-89=3, 70-79=2, 60-69= 1. It can be seen here that although 89 and 9 1 are only 2 points apart, if converted into GPA, the impact is still great.
( 1)GPA & gt； 3.5 points
The GPA is greater than 3.5, or about 3.5, especially for students from famous schools in China, 985,265,438+065,438+0. When applying, they can give priority to the top 50 or 30 universities in the United States. Other conditions are met, and even American Ivy League schools such as Harvard University and Yale University can be considered.
(2) Students with a GPA of 3.2.
Students with an average GPA of about 3.2 should give priority to American universities ranked between 50- 100 when applying, and the probability of successful application is relatively high. For two or three students who want to apply for the Top50 universities in the United States, it is suggested to do relevant academic research from their sophomore year, and highlight their academic ability through academic papers or research activities to make up for the lack of GPA. For interdisciplinary students, they can take the second degree course in freshmen and sophomores, or take the basic courses of the target major to enrich their knowledge structure and improve their academic background competitiveness. In this case, if other aspects are outstanding, it is also possible to apply to a top30 school.
Students with poor grades
Students with a GPA below 3.0 are advised to apply for a school with a ranking of around 100, or choose some universities with better geographical location, such as a master's degree in business in finance, or universities near new york, Chicago or Boston. Generally speaking, if the GPA is lower than 3.0, it is unlikely that you want to apply for a Top50 school unless you give a full and reasonable explanation. If the grades of freshmen and sophomores are not very good, but the grades of juniors are good, and the academic year grades have an upward trend, this will dilute the influence of the overall low GPA to some extent. Of course, it also depends on how the words are worded.
Second, TOEFL/IELTS
Generally, applying for graduate students in the United States requires TOEFL score above 79/80 or equivalent IELTS score. The highest requirements are TOEFL 100 and IELTS 7.5.
The level of language achievement requirements is mainly related to two factors: one is the school ranking. Generally speaking, the higher the school ranking, the higher the TOEFL score requirements. The top 30 universities are different. For example, USC has no minimum requirements for language, and students with TOEFL scores above 80 and 90 are often admitted. Berkeley really has more than 80 admission cases. Of course, this is only an example and cannot be generalized. Second, the professional nature, natural science, engineering and other science and engineering have relatively low requirements for grades, while business, media, literature and other majors have higher requirements. A good school generally requires 65,438+000+,such as MPA application, the basic requirement of a prestigious school is 65,438+000, and a cow school even requires students below 65,438+06,5438+00 to attend the school to participate in the language. However, the top universities of petroleum engineering have only 80+ requirements for TOEFL. Therefore, when applying for professional inquiry, we should not only look at the requirements of graduate schools, but also see whether each department has special requirements.
It is a trend that IELTS is recognized by American universities, and more and more American graduate schools recognize IELTS scores. However, from the perspective of application, if you decide to study in the United States, it is recommended to take the TOEFL. First, the recognition of IELTS will still be limited by the application requirements of departments. Second, it is still difficult to improve IELTS from 6.5 to 7.0. If you can't exceed 6.5 after repeated attempts, the minimum language requirements of American graduate schools will be alienated from famous schools forever!
Third, GRE/GMAT
TOP50' s university proposal requires GRE (Graduate Achievement Test) or GMAT (MBA Entrance Examination) and LSAT (Law School Entrance Examination).
Science and engineering, the total score is above 365,438+00, and you can apply to most schools if your composition is above 3. You can apply for all prestigious schools above 320, and applying for some big universities below 325 is definitely not a weakness. If other hardware is average, then this GRE can be tested several times more, and the score is higher, which is worth getting high marks for those students who are cross-majors. For the application of master of art and design, except for comprehensive universities, other professional art and design colleges generally do not require GRE. For those comprehensive universities that require GRE, just have an OK score.
Most of GMAT's master's applications come from business schools or management schools, such as MBA, accounting, finance, human resources, management information system, book management, economics, insurance statistics, marketing, hotel management, logistics and so on. GMAT with a score above 720 can apply for Top30. Other conditions being good, there is no need to set the goal in the top 20. The GMAT of 680 to 700 is basically in line with the average admission of business schools ranked around 50; Generally, the TOP 100 school should not be less than 650 GMAT.