Because the admission standards of each school are different, many schools do not value standardized scores, so it is more likely to have "low scores and high records".
1 Wake Forest University Wake Forest University 2020 American News University ranked 27th.
Reason for listing:
Wake Forest School is an early school to implement the policy of optional examination. Since 2008, it has stopped mandatory submission of SAT/ACT. It believes that only through a deeper understanding can the applicant's intelligence and potential be discovered, while life experience, ambition, career orientation, school participation and other important criteria for examining the applicant can not be measured by standardized scores.
Wake Forest has always been a flexible admission school. Almost every year, it is the first to open an application and start offering Offer.
Subscribe to it in official website, and you will often receive its application invitation. Wake Forest has always maintained such a maverick attitude because it believes that suitable students should seize it quickly.
According to the application results of Palm a few years ago, we have been admitted with ACT 29 (equivalent to SAT 1330- 1350), and TOEFL 95 and ACT 27 have achieved counterattack.
Wake Forest admission pays special attention to students' creativity, encourages students to be bold and innovative, refuses to be conformist, and attaches great importance to students' performance in the interview, so students with strong ability but not standardized are very suitable for application.
2. The University of new york, new york University, ranked 29th among American news universities in 2020.
Reason for listing:
New york University's Stern School of Business and Tisch College of Art have a very good reputation, and Stern School of Business ranks fifth in the United States. Many people will regard Stern Business School of new york University as the second choice after Wharton Business School of Penn State University, and the competition is fierce. However, new york University's Tisch College of Art and Steinhardt College of Humanities pay less attention to students' achievements.
Because these two colleges are mainly music, painting and other art majors, and these majors often pay more attention to students' activities and document display. Previously, Palm was successfully admitted to Steinhardt Media Major of new york University with a TOEFL score of 98 and a SAT score of 65,438+0,400 with excellent documents and personal projects. Therefore, students with low grades can choose these two institutions if they want to study art majors.
3 The University of Rochester ranked 29th in American News University in 2020.
Reason for listing:
Rochester is also a distinctive university. Since 20 1 1, we have been adhering to the policy of exam flexibility (SAT/ACT can be replaced by other grades), and this year it has been changed to optional (SAT/ACT cannot be submitted). In fact, this school has not paid much attention to standardization.
Rochester's engineering and music are strong points. Palm used to have many talented science and engineering students in music, all of whom successfully entered this university. Some of them have SAT scores of 1300+, while others have TOEFL scores of less than 100.
From Rochester's comments to students' Offer every year, we can see the enthusiasm of the whole school for "national music" and the concern for students' personality and characteristics. ?
"Many songs you wrote and many albums you sent impressed us deeply. Rochester is very suitable for you, because it can connect your musical passion with CS skills. "
"Your personal project about improving the subway order in Beijing left a very deep impression on us. Rochester is very suitable for you, because you can study sociology, psychology and anthropology and try to make the world a better place. "
"We were deeply impressed by the way you started the volunteer project in the local museum. Rochester is very suitable for you, because we can help you fully connect your hobbies in mathematics and statistics with your interests in music and art. "
* The above screenshot is from palm Student Admission Offer.
4 University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara 2020 American News University ranked 34.
Reason for listing:
Compared with Berkeley and Los Angeles, UCSB has more relaxed requirements and is one of the top 50 schools with high admission rate. According to the first-hand information obtained by the personal interest tutor from this year's UC consultant conference, nearly 65,438+10,000 people applied for UCSB this year, of which 50% students scored1300-15654,38+00, and 50% students scored 27-34 in ACT.
The span is still very big, and the high scores are still many children who want to sprint Berkeley and Los Angeles without success. However, it should be noted that there is a great demand for engineering majors in UCSB. official website also said that it is basically impossible to apply for other majors and then transfer to engineering, so families who want to apply for engineering majors should never take it lightly.
5 University of Florida University of Florida 2020 American News University ranked 34th.
Reason for listing:
Recently, the ranking of the University of Florida has been rising, directly from 40 to the top 30. As a public university, it is really not easy. According to the statistics of official website, the average grade of ACT of freshmen enrolled in 20 19 is between 29 and 33, and the SAT is between 1330- 1460, with a high admission rate of about 34%.
In the latest common data set statistics, the University of Florida puts standardized scores in a secondary position, alongside "whether it is a first-generation college student" and "work experience". In contrast, the school said that it pays more attention to students' GPA, documents, activities, personal characteristics, volunteer experience and other factors.
6. The University of California, Irvine, ranked 36th in the 2020 American News University.
Reason for listing:
Every year, many sat1200+1300+students are admitted to UCI. UCI has a perfect geographical location and excellent study and living environment. Irvine, where many high-tech industries gather, is a typical science and engineering school. At the same time, there are many internship and employment opportunities.
In Orange County, which is known as "Silicon Valley in Southern California", UCI is supported by a large number of high-tech enterprises, and it is the fastest growing branch of the University of California system. Among the best 100 schools with a history of less than 50 years, it ranks first in the United States and fifth in the world.
7. University of California, Davis University of California, Davis 2020 ranked 39 th in the American News University.
Reason for listing:
Another California department is Davis. In fact, on the whole, several schools in California are very good. If you value the location of California, you can choose these schools. Relatively speaking, Davis is the best one in the same class compared with the previous UC school. SAT average score 1260- 1480, ACT average score 28-34.
This school is less than 2 hours' drive from San Francisco and Silicon Valley, which is very helpful for internship and employment, and will also provide a lot of scientific research opportunities for undergraduates.
8. Brandeis University Brandeis University ranked 40th among American news universities in 2020.
Reason for listing:
Although Brandis was founded by Jews, the school's philosophy is fair teaching without religious color. This school is also famous for welcoming international students of all races in the world, among which Asian students can account for 20%. According to relevant data, the SAT scores of students studying at Brandis are between 1280- 1500, which is relatively low among the top 50 students.
P students who were admitted to this school said that they also saw high scores rejected and low scores admitted. It was after getting to know the school deeply that they constantly overturned and improved their own documents before they were successfully admitted in the early application stage. Therefore, he believes that the school attaches great importance to the temperament of students and their enthusiasm for this school.
9 Northeastern University Northeastern University 2020 American News University ranked 40th.
Reason for listing:
The good results of Northeastern University are mainly reflected in the rich projects. Including NU immersion, that is, N.U.in program, NU Bound and normal admission, some students need to learn English for one more year, and some will arrange for students to study in different schools for four years.
These programs really enrich students' choices and provide more opportunities for those students whose grades are not very satisfactory. So in recent years, many SAT 1300+ and even 1200+ students have been admitted to Northeastern University.
After reading it, I believe many people will think: Is it so easy to get a "low score and high score"? Then I will choose these schools! However, if you want to "score low and record high", you still need these.
Wonderful activities and documents, different from others.
Master Zhang has a famous saying: If a school doesn't want the SAT or doesn't have high requirements, it actually has higher requirements for other parts of you. If your standardization score is not ideal, it is more important that your extracurricular activities and documents are eye-catching.
Let's take the document as an example.
Before Palm, a student was admitted to Wake Forest, TOEFL 99, SAT 1380, and her credentials were novel. Compared with many children who want to have a very complete and perfect family, she writes that she wants her parents to divorce and live her own life, and also expresses her thoughts on life and family roles.
This is very unexpected. I think you should leave him and move on. (I think you should leave him and live the life you want. ) It's very different.
Therefore, every part of the document, such as material, beginning, expression and ending, should be carefully polished, and every part should attract the admissions officer and express the most unique you. In this regard, the mentor in the palm also summed up several common misunderstandings in document writing, and everyone who is writing a document can check it out.
In addition, many students have achieved "low marks and high records", grasped the overall system and correlation of documents, activities and achievements in the application, and showed their professionalism and enthusiasm, thus successfully counterattack.
Most of them take part in various extracurricular activities out of interest, and then deepen the activities step by step in the years of high school. To this end, they choose to participate in AP, summer school and other related courses to increase the professionalism of their activities. Finally, they will reflect this process and their own thinking and growth in the document when applying. This systematic presentation can make your whole application more convincing.
What's the most important thing about enrolling in America now? Matching degree, of course. Not to mention the top schools, those schools with relatively low rankings will attach great importance to the matching degree between students and themselves in order to recruit students. Many students with high scores may be eager to enter a higher-ranking school, and the school will be especially cautious about these students in case they can't provide admission notices. So many students can get "low scores and high scores" because they are too close to the school.
Therefore, it is necessary to fully understand these schools in the United States and list the schools that are most suitable for you. At the same time, learn more about the school you want to apply for and polish your application materials more pertinently.
Finally, Zhang Jun wants to say that although "low score and high record" seems to have taken a shortcut, it is only a very rare case. There are no shortcuts and no final conditions for applying.
Application is a comprehensive system engineering. If you are weak in one aspect, you should make up for it in other aspects, and be better than your classmates with matching grades. In addition, the situation of "low scores and high records" does not mean that standardized scores are no longer important. In fact, it is still an important factor that can reflect academic ability, and many schools are very "divided".
You can know the admission situation of the school in previous years in advance, and it is recommended to keep the score at the top of the school admission range. Zhang Jun here also has a general standard for your reference. ?
In addition to standardization, each school has different preferences, some may value activities more, some value your interview effect more, and some value your teacher's evaluation more. For filling in the list of activities, preparing for interviews, submitting letters of recommendation and other application materials. Zhang Jun suggests that you find a professional to enrich and improve.