It’s no secret that admissions to Ivy League Plus schools are hyper-competitive. One of the most common reasons that students are denied admission from selective colleges has nothing to do with a weakness or deficiency, academic otherwise. “It’s simply that there are… thousands of other strong students applying in a given year,” says Yale Admissions […]
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UC Berkeley application requirement: How does Berkeley select students？
UC Berkeley is one of the schools in the University of California school system and often known as the “best” UC school. Tens of thousands of excellent students apply each year to become students at UC Berkeley, but only the selected few will get in. If you are interested in applying to UC Berkeley, you’ll need to know the requirements in the UC Berkeley application and methods Berkeley uses to select students.
Ivy-Way Case Study: Chris’s Success Story
Photo Credit：University of College@Shutterstock Student Profile What We Did Results Chris’s Success Story Chris came to us at the end of the first semester of his junior year. He was near the top of his class academically with very good standardized test scores (95th percentile). He enjoyed economics most of all his subjects and had […]
老師推薦信 (Letter of Recommendation)：完整攻略看這篇！
在申請美國大學時，一般都會需要兩到三封推薦信。你知道推薦信的意義是什麼嗎？推薦信的內容應該要包含哪些東西，才對你申請大學有加分的作用呢？
5 Levels of Classes for High School Students to Truly Stand Out in Their Application
To stand out in college applications, students often take classes outside of school. However, what classes should you take? Here, we recommend 5 different levels of classes to stand out in your application.
What’s A Safety School
Coming up with a list of colleges can take longer than you expect. Many students end up with more colleges than they intended to because they received suggestions from not only teachers and counselors, but also parents, friends, and sometimes even others’ parents (especially in Asia :P). Though you can choose to not apply to reach/dream schools, one thing you must have is safety school, schools you’re almost guaranteed admissions. In this post, we will tell you how to find these schools and help you make that decision.
Editing Your College Essay: 5 Hurdles and How to Clear Them
You’ve finally finished a draft of your college essay. You’ve mined your experiences in and out of school, brainstormed and organized your thoughts, and crafted it all into a compelling narrative. Now it’s time to get down to the business of editing your college essay. You need to refine your draft, smooth over the rough edges, and polish it so it can shine. But how do you do that?
5 Things to Do (And 2 Things Not to Do) After Submitting Your College Apps
You’ve finally finished all of your college applications. Months of writing, rewriting, editing, and even more rewriting later, you’re finally free from all this stress. Congratulations! So what should you do (and not do) between now and mid-March, when all the decisions come out?
Tips on UC Application Essay Prompts (Part II)
Previously, we looked at 4 of the 8 UC essay prompts and discussed how you may go about writing them. For those who plan to apply to any of the 9 UC campuses, we will move on to the next 4 prompts and provide a general direction for you to follow as you compose your first draft.
Tips on UC Application Essay Prompts (Part I)
The University of California has 9 campuses that offer undergraduate admissions. For those who plan to apply to any of the 9 schools, you would only need to fill out the UC Application once and check the corresponding campus boxes at the end. Recently, UC has changed its essay prompts, now asking applicants to submit four 350-word essays as opposed to its previous two (1000 words total). Let’s dive into these prompts and look at the crucial points you must touch on and elaborate before submitting your final draft.
ED vs. EA
Waiting for college admissions results can cause tremendous anxiety for most high school seniors. Also, with today’s increasing applicant pool, it’s getting harder for colleges to determine where/who their prospects are. For these reasons, early decision (ED) and early action (EA) were born. In this post, we will examine both ED and EA, compare them to regular decision (RD), and explain to you why they might help you get into your dream school.
8 Things 10th Graders Must Do
不論你在9年級的時候表現如何，作為一個10年級學生，你能夠把握機會發掘或更深入你熱愛的專業及興趣，在這一年努力打造最具競爭力的履歷去申請到理想中的大學！
Writing a Recommendation Letter for a Prestigious College: Example + Analysis from a Harvard University Recommendation (Share it With Your Recommender)
The quality of the recommendation letter can determine whether a student is accepted by the school.
Recommendation letter, interview, and counselor’s report are the only three ways universities can get to know students through a third party and understand what the student behind the cold application form look like. However, not every university has an interview. In addition, the school counselor cannot truly know every student, so it is less important for the student. However, almost every college requires at least one letter of recommendation, and it is an extremely important piece of information for colleges to evaluate students.
[Updated] Colleges That Are Going Test-Optional This Year
今年因疫情影響，很多大學都陸續將申請的考試政策改為 “test optional”，我們整理了110+所大學官方的考試政策宣布，並附上官方連結，方便學生搜尋。
【最新】耶魯大學要求SAT/ACT成績，但不考量SAT2成績
針對新冠肺炎（COVID-19，武漢肺炎），耶魯大學今天在官方網站針對今年年底要申請的學生作出以下調整公告了！
【Breaking】Cal State University will hold online classes in the fall
To prevent a second breakout of COVID-19, California State University is the first school to announce that its 23 campuses will turn to online classes for the fall semester.
How do you write the “Why NYU” Essay (and other “why ___” essays)
While more and more schools join the Common App and Coalition App, they also want to have a better understanding of their applicants from across the world. One way to do so is using supplement essays, and among various topics, the most popular one is the “Why [School]?” essay prompt because it requires applicants to not only elaborate on their reasons for choosing the school, but also show why they are a good match for the school. In this post, we will use New York University (NYU) as a case study and look at how you may go about writing “Why [School]?” essays.
大學申請表中的內容（針對父母和學生）
完成大學申請可能很可怕。 在過去的四年高中，您已經做了很多事情，但是現在您必須將所有內容放到幾頁中，然後，您夢想中的學校的招生人員會用它來評估您的人格。
What to Put Down as Your Major in College App
As you complete your college application and later the supplement questions, most colleges would ask you to indicate your “intended major,” “alternative majors,” or something as simple as “area/field of interests.” There are countless myths about what to put down and whether your answer affects your chance of getting in. Every school can be different when it comes to undergraduate admissions: some schools have requirements for different colleges within the school, while some wouldn’t look at intended major at all.
What To Do If Your GPA Is Bad
If you’re an upperclassman with a mediocre GPA, you might be worried about your chance of getting into your dream college. In this post, we offer some ways for you to mitigate the negative impact of bad grades at school as well as the steps to take proactively.
