United States: There is not much to pay attention to when applying for American universities, and most American universities have no special restrictions on the courses students study in high school. There are only some exceptions, such as applying for art or music majors in American universities, and applicants need to submit their portfolios. American universities don't pay as much attention to CIE test scores as British universities do. They pay more attention to your report card and GPA, and beautiful CIE exam results can also be icing on the cake. If you can get good grades in CIE three times, you can use the CIE test scores from the time you first entered the university to replace the credits of some simple compulsory courses.
UK: When applying for an undergraduate course in the UK, it is required to determine the major that the applicant wants to study during the undergraduate course. Different majors require applicants to study different A-Level courses. A-Level courses can be roughly divided into two categories: hard.
Theme and theme. Soft subject O, where hard subject = preferred/traditional subject,
Soft theme = non-preferred theme. That is to say, in the absence of specific professional course selection requirements, try to choose all hard topics.
For example, Zhu from Nanwai chose to study A-Level mathematics and further study mathematics because he wanted to apply for economics or related majors.
Three courses in economics and half physics.
Need to prepare for different exams.
United States: Applying for American universities requires a large number of standardized tests, such as TOEFL, SAT 1, SAT2 or ACT. TOEFL reading is more about detailed questions, that is, candidates are required to choose answers that meet the requirements of the questions corresponding to the paragraphs and sentences mentioned in the questions. TOEFL writing has two parts: one is the combination of listening and reading, and the other is independent writing. The reading and writing difficulty of SAT is greatly improved, which is even more difficult, whether it is the length required for independent writing, the flexible use of words and the investigation of case matching, or the investigation of a large number of words in reading, rigorous reading logic and rhetorical devices.
UK: The exams required to apply for the UK are the annual CIE and IELTS exams. Some British universities can use TOEFL, IB English and IGCSE English instead of IELTS.
The emphasis of extracurricular activities is different.
United States: Students applying for American universities should pay attention to extracurricular activities. Combine your hobbies with the fields you want to enter in the future, not asking for more but improving. In the eyes of admissions officers, quality is always the first factor to be investigated, not quantity.
Britain: What British universities value most is your academics.
Background: The academic background here not only refers to which middle school you graduated from and what your GPA is, but also includes books related to your major you have read, academic activities you have participated in, such as internship related to your major or working experience in the laboratory, and whether you have had academic exchanges with professors of your major.
The number of selected schools is different from that of compiling documents.
United States: There is no limit on the number of schools applying to American universities, so if the applicant has enough energy and financial resources, he can apply to as many schools as he wants. Of course, this is unrealistic, because although every school will require the submission of a unified master document, different schools will require applicants to write subsidiary documents on different topics. So if there are too many schools to apply for, ordinary students can't cope.
UK: There are five options for applying to UK universities: you can apply to 5 universities, each university.
Apply for one major: you can also apply for four universities, one of which applies for two majors ... There is only one pS in the UK with less than 4,000 words. You can't apply for a major that spans too much (for example, math and art are put together, you can only choose a university according to your major, and you can't choose a major according to the university. Of course there are exceptions. For example, a student from Nanwai once applied for both physics and geology at Imperial College, and then both of them were accepted. Because there is only one ps, and you have to apply to five universities at the same time with this ps, so don't mention the right position in the ps! What! One! So!
Love in specific universities!
The application time nodes of schools in the two countries are different.
United States: American universities are relatively diverse in application time, including ed (early decision) and EA (early decision).
Action), RO (rolling) and RD (periodic decision), etc.
The deadline for ED is earlier than the routine application, which is basically from the beginning of June 165438+ to1mid-October. The deadline of EA is similar to that of ED, mostly from the first ten days of1October to the middle of1October. RO is a rolling admission, that is, the earlier the applicant submits an application, the sooner the submitted application is heard by the admissions officer, and the sooner you may get the Offer. The deadline for RD is generally 65438+the end of February, and the following February 1.
UK: The deadline for applying for UK universities is 65438+ 10, and the deadline for Cambridge and Oxford is September, 65438+ 10. After that, an interview will be held, and the offer will be released in 5438+ 10.