Слайд 1How to get accepted to US university
Слайд 2The beginning
9-11th grades are most important. Start searching for university
NOW.
In 12th grade you won’t have a time
Слайд 3Self-initiated activities
Clubs: dance, singing
Seminars
Research
Volunteering teams
Entertainment
Publicity
Слайд 4Sports (above amature level)
Слайд 5Honors (are not that important)
Olympiads (republic and higher)
Forums prize
winner
Honor roll
Слайд 6English practice
Medium level
SAT/ACT (1300+/27+)
IELTS/TOEFL (7.0+/100+)
If you are ambitious
SAT 1530 out
of 1600
IELTS 8.0 out of 9.0
Communities with 1000+ visitors per
month
Слайд 7ESSAYs
CommonApp essay (100 successful essays book)
University prompt essays/questions
One
year before application
Слайд 8Application timeline
9th grade - activities, honors, english
10th grade -
activities, honors, english
11th grade - all exams sufficient results are
ready, determine universities
1st choice university, early action in November of 12th grade
2nd choice regular decision in December
3-4 backup (could non american universites)
Слайд 9BASICS
SAT 1300+/ACT eq
https://blog.prepscholar.com/act-vs-sat
IELTS 6.5+/TOEFL eq
https://scottsenglish.com/ielts/whats-the-difference-between-ielts-and-toefl.asp
https://magoosh.com/toefl/2013/toefl-vs-ielts/
GPA 4.5+
AP “Advanced Placement” (optional)
https://blog.prepscholar.com/what-are-ap-classes-and-why-should-you-take-them
Activities
Honors
https://blog.prepscholar.com/successful-harvard-application-common-application-harvard-supplement#common_academic
SAT
Subjects
http://www.cracksat.net/index.html
Слайд 10Activities
https://supertutortv.com/informational/5-activities-that-dont-help-your-college-application
https://www.princetonreview.com/college-advice/summer-activities-for-college-applications
https://www.fastweb.com/student-life/articles/impressive-extracurriculars
https://blog.prepscholar.com/extracurricular-activities-examples-for-college-applications
Слайд 11Application Process
The Common Application (CommonApp)
Recommendation letters:2 (opional 3)
Personal essays and
uni prompts
Transcripts (9-11,12 mid year report)
Справка
CSS
Слайд 12College Search
https://www.internationalstudent.com
https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/all-colleges/
https://www.collegexpress.com/college/search/
https://www.scholarships.com/college-search
https://www.princetonreview.com/college-search
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/find-colleges/how-to-find-your-college-fit/college-search-step-by-step
Слайд 13Financial Aid
https://www.wes.org/advisor-blog/financial-aid-for-international-students/
https://lendedu.com/blog/international-students-financial-aid-study
https://ischemist.ru/blog/why-you-need-to-apply-to-best-universities-and-which-ones-give-full-aid/
http://thecollegematchmaker.com/65-colleges-give-generous-aid-international-students/
https://www.quora.com/Which-schools-have-generous-aid-for-international-students
Слайд 14College Application Checklist
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-in/applying-101/college-application-checklist