First of all, do you need to apply for undergraduate or graduate? However, there are too many people above IBT 100+, whether undergraduate or graduate. Do you think you have a good chance of being admitted if you only get 90 points in the same background? Although applying for a prestigious American school is not entirely determined by scores, scores are the hardware foundation. Try to get higher. The following is a summary of some articles I collected about the application of famous American universities. There are a lot of tabular data that cannot be displayed. You can check it in the specific website link. Good luck with your application.

Admission criteria of top universities in the United States

The admission criteria of world famous schools are quite different from those of universities in China. The academic ability of the applicant is very important, and so is the non-academic ability. Moreover, there are many assessment standards to evaluate their academic ability, and the standard test score (similar to the national college entrance examination in China) is only one of the indicators, which avoids that a score determines the future and excellent students will not lose opportunities.

What kind of students go to these schools? Of course, they are students with good study, strong independent spirit and special skills. Generally speaking, these schools go to high schools very early to find suitable candidates. Many of them have won the National Excellent Student Award or excellent SAT scores. The intensity of high school courses ranks in the top ten in the school, and students of various majors are the targets of the network. However, academic performance is not the only factor in the enrollment of these schools. Whether students have independent spirit and can adapt to the tense and stressful life of freshmen in school is also an important factor they should consider. Letters of recommendation from high school teachers are also important.

All these schools adopt the principle of "only choosing the best students, regardless of family income", that is to say, the admissions office can enroll students according to their own situation, regardless of the ability of their families to pay tuition fees. The school's strong financial resources will make up for the shortcomings, thus benefiting outstanding children from many poor families. Children of rich families, even if they have money, can't be admitted because of this. It is this strict admission principle that ensures that these prestigious schools can last for hundreds of years.

Admission criteria (level) of Ivy League schools

The goal of the network:

Excellent national student award or SAT score;

Top ten in high school;

Have all kinds of expertise;

Some schools, such as Harvard, Yale and Princeton, all adopt the principle of "only selecting students on the basis of merit, regardless of family income", that is to say, the admissions office has the right to admit students according to its own situation, regardless of the family's ability to pay tuition fees;

Academic performance is not the only factor in the enrollment of these schools;

Good study, strong independent spirit and special skills.

In the table below, we selected two Ivy League universities, two world-class universities in very Ivy League universities and two famous liberal arts colleges. Comparing the basic information of the schools and the enrollment of freshmen, we can draw a conclusion that the teaching quality of these world-class universities is comparable, and the students admitted must be excellent students in all aspects.