The MIT interviewer said:? There are three criteria for the talents that Massachusetts needs. The first is to love technology and like technology. Second, we must have a certain foundation; Third, we must have personal characteristics. ?
Why are such students more popular with famous American schools?
First of all, American universities advocate diverse campus culture and hope to recruit diverse student groups. In other words, Yale doesn't want to recruit only people with leadership ability, but also people with research ability.
Secondly, students who have a wide range of interests and hobbies and like to think positively are more likely to integrate into American universities and get better development.
In addition, compared with test scores, hobbies will affect inspiration and determine creativity, which is also a sign that students can devote themselves to a certain field and succeed in the future.
Anyone who is keen on personal hobbies or even obsessed with it will be able to forget time and stick to one thing without fatigue and full of motivation. Only in this way can people go deeper and further on the career path.
The standardized test scores are required to be improved, facing a new round of reform.
There are more and more applicants from famous schools in the United States. Have you been playing well? Hard fight? China students and their parents, who attach importance to test scores, pay more attention to TOEFL and SAT, two standardized tests required by the application for undergraduate courses in the United States. The endless stream of students with high scores has also raised the threshold of standardized scores.
In addition, the increasingly fierce training center of examination institutions in China can basically achieve a good result as long as students can seriously keep up with the progress, make proper preparations, make use of the higher prediction rate of learning institutions and face the question bank with high repetition rate.
Moreover, before the new SAT reform on 20 16, the test question research and development team did not have enough experience to develop new test questions for the old question bank, and there should be old questions with high repetition rate in the last few months. It will be much easier for students to get high marks.
By comparing the data in recent years, it is found that the admission scores of the top ten have been rising, which also shows that students spend more energy on standardized examinations in order to enter famous schools.
The enrollment requirements of American universities have changed greatly.
The admission rules of American universities are difficult to grasp, and there are many influencing factors.
Compared with the previous two years, the admission criteria of the University of California have made a qualitative leap. UC-IRVINE ranks last among the top 50 universities in the United States. In the enrollment last year, UC-Irvine scored 90+ TOEFL and 1800+sat 1, which is of course related to the choice of major.
The University of Washington, Seattle, together with Pennsylvania State University and Miami University, as the most frequent school to apply for TOP50 in the past three years, a large number of students with TOEFL 80+ but no SAT 1 entered these three schools because they did not make the SAT mandatory two years ago.
The year before last, Penn State University took the lead in setting an example and began to reject students without SAT 1 on a large scale. Last year's ranking also entered the top 40 in one fell swoop. Last year's enrollment conditions also increased, and it was also clear that the SAT was a must.
Therefore, students are advised to prepare in advance, take the TOEFL and the American college entrance examination, and strive to choose a school instead of being chosen by the school.
Admissions officers prefer it? Real, unique? Tools of
The lowering of the threshold of high score in standardized examination will inevitably lead to the improvement of the importance of documents. A document that can show a person's unique charm can often impress admissions officers.
In the application process of American universities, thesis is the most critical link. Compared with a little too much? Packaging? In terms of fancy documents, the admissions officers of famous American schools appreciate those personalized and authentic documents.
The reasons are as follows: first, the packaging of luxury documents can only be superficial, and it is impossible to exert force on the core; Second, over-packaged documents are often empty and lack long-term planning and representative activities.
The admissions officer of the University of Southern California once pointed out? It is important to reflect your understanding of the activities, your unique views, and your thinking and questioning of reality in the documents, which are valued by American universities. ?
? Aggressive high school students? Intensify the competitive pressure.
Compared with senior high school students in China, senior high school students in the United States have better English communication skills and a higher degree of integration into American society. The American high school they attend is familiar to Americans, and the application materials submitted will be more credible, valued and recognized.
In view of this situation, it is suggested that the admission criteria of American famous schools include GPA, standardized test scores (TOEFL, SAT), extracurricular activities and application documents. And the admission requirements of these programs are balanced, which shows that the admissions officers of famous American schools attach great importance to these inspection programs. Therefore, for high school students in China, on the one hand, they can't relax their academic performance, on the other hand, they should pay special attention to extracurricular activities, actively participate in them and make eye-catching activities.
Pay more attention to the interview and increase the pre-interview links.
In recent years, more and more schools and majors in the United States require interviews, especially science and engineering majors. In the last two years, interviews have been fully played by various institutions.
There are three reasons why the United States attaches more importance to interviews:
First, because some intermediaries over-package students and even provide false materials to help students be admitted, schools can't see the true level of students.
Second, some schools report that the enrolled students have high TOEFL and IELTS scores, but they still can't understand them in class. Therefore, online interview can help you understand students' real language ability and adaptability.
Thirdly, some international students in China love pushing and shoving, and often gather in the local Chinatown to eat and drink. After four years of undergraduate study, the language is still not enough, which is out of touch with American culture and domestic market, and is dubbed as studying in Chinatown.
Therefore, many schools embed interviews in the online application process, that is, VideoQuestion, which can also be called pre-interview.
But how can we not only solve the high cost of overseas interviews, but also avoid the time difference caused by ordinary online interviews?
In order to ensure the safety and credibility of the interview process and results, CollegeNet cooperated with China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) to launch an online video interview project, aiming at building a fair and just online interview platform for China students studying in the United States. China students need to go to the designated interview point and complete their own interview process through the online video interview technology of American university network.