The following are the instructions for China undergraduates to transfer to American universities:
American colleges and universities accept students' multi-channel transfer, for example, they can transfer from American two-year community colleges to comprehensive universities, and upgrade from associate degree to bachelor degree;
Basically accept international students from universities all over the world. Therefore, when domestic undergraduates are not satisfied with the current school, they can also consider transferring to the United States;
Because American freshmen and sophomores mainly take general education courses, students can change majors and apply for transfer, which is a great advantage for those students who can't change majors in China.
The GPA requirements for transfer are generally lower than those for freshmen; Many schools do not have to submit SAT scores; Deadline is usually a few months later than that of freshmen.
There are also many unfavorable factors that need special attention when students transfer:
Pre-courses: Pre-courses refer to the requirements of the majors that students apply for, such as calculus and microeconomics. Therefore, students can't apply for this major if they don't meet the prerequisites.
GPA requirements: Although the GPA requirements for transfer are lower than those for freshmen, the GPA requirements for popular majors and colleges are still very high.
Credit requirements: American universities are not divided into freshmen, sophomores, sophomores and seniors according to time, but according to the scores they have learned; Generally, an undergraduate needs to complete 120- 130 credits, so a score below 30 is equivalent to a freshman. When transferring, most schools require students to have completed thirty or sixty credits, that is, freshman to sophomore, or sophomore to junior; Basically, freshmen are not allowed to transfer, and juniors are not allowed to be seniors.
Language and standardized test scores: international transfer students basically need TOEFL or IELTS scores; Most transfer students who have completed 30 credits no longer need SAT or ACT, but some top universities in TOP30 strongly recommend students to submit and even require SAT2.
Special requirements: some schools directly declare that they will not accept international transfer students; Most schools directly state that there is no scholarship for international transfer students.
Based on the relevant factors required for university transfer, both undergraduates who have studied in the United States and those who have studied in China need to pay attention to the following points if they want to transfer to a better American university:
First of all, you should consider your major and check whether you meet the requirements of pre-courses based on professional enrollment.
Second, we should consider the level of the transfer school, evaluate our TOEFL and GPA scores, check whether we need to take the SAT, and make a good time plan. Generally speaking, schools in TOP50 recommend GPA above 3.5 and TOEFL above 90. Schools in Top30 recommend GPA above 3.8, TOEFL 100 above, and submit SAT scores as much as possible, especially those that are mandatory. Similar to undergraduate application, admissions officers should not only look at hardware conditions, but also fully demonstrate students' comprehensive ability; Of course, when transferring, students' GPA academic ability and recommendation letter are more important.
3. Consider transferable credits, which is the most helpless factor, because at present, most schools adopt the policy of first accepting, then evaluating transferable credits or even accepting; In other words, just because you are a freshman or a sophomore doesn't mean you are a sophomore in America. American universities need to re-evaluate students' previous credits to determine how much they can transfer. Most of the transferred student credits can't be accepted 100%. The reason may be that the courses do not match, only C or above can be transferred, or the school has credit restrictions. In fact, only 20%-80% of the credits meet the graduation requirements of the new university. Therefore, the vast majority of students' undergraduate careers may be more than 4 years.