1, academic performance is the basis of application.
Academic achievements, including English achievements, are the basis for applying for prestigious American universities. Although many American universities claim that "college entrance examination scores" play little role in the admission process and are not the only important factor, grades still play a role. In addition, each school looks at the same score from different angles, weights and viewpoints. Last academic year, 33,754 students applied for admission to USC, and the final number of students admitted was 2,964, with an average gpa of 3.7, an average sat score of 2054 and an act writing score of 28-32.
Officials of the Admission Committee are also concerned about students' academic performance in senior high schools over the years, especially whether there is an upward trend in their performance. American famous schools have designed a set of ranking conversion system and academic ranking formula, which can treat candidates from different schools, different regions and different backgrounds more scientifically.
Note that schools pay more attention to students' comprehensive quality in admission, and these "softwares" can be measured and judged by application materials such as application forms, propositional compositions, personal statements and letters of recommendation.
2. American elite schools are more concerned about the quality of students applying.
For applying for prestigious universities in the United States, some students who graduated from domestic universities are often very yearning, but they are discouraged. They graduated from an institution that is neither "2 1 1" nor "985", and they are worried about being at a disadvantage in the application. In fact, the United States is not as familiar with the situation of domestic universities as Australia. The United States has not linked the performance standards of domestic universities with those of Australian universities. There is no such docking mechanism in the United States, but each university also has its own preconceived standards. This criterion is not whether the school where students graduated is "2 1 1" or "985", but the quality of the first batch of applicants in the same university. If the average quality is high, the teachers of the Admission Committee will naturally have a good impression on this institution, and often the requirements for students will be reduced accordingly, and the scores will be higher.
3. Pay attention to whether the referee is familiar with the applicant.
Some students attach great importance to the writing of letters of recommendation, thinking that what is written by famous schools carries weight, and they do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to invite famous professors at home and abroad to write; Some students think that the higher the rank or administrative position of the person who writes the recommendation letter, the better, so they usually go to the department head, dean or even principal. In fact, relatively speaking, American admissions officers pay more attention to the research results and academic status of people who rewrite letters of recommendation, and pay more attention to whether the referees are familiar with and know the applicants, because they want to know the real you from the referees. Professors who spend a lot of money will often responsibly indicate at the beginning of letters of recommendation that they are not familiar with the applicants. This fact will put the applicant in a passive position.
Each school has its own special requirements for different majors. If you need to know more detailed application requirements of universities, you can check the successful cases of previous applications through the reference system for studying abroad, according to your own college background and achievements.
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