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【考上牛津的一點經驗】

(2009-08-23 16:00:24) 下一個
 

兒子有個同學,也是個小中,聰明是很聰明,但平時念書不認真,常忘了交作業,寫

PAPER什麽的也不當回事兒,高中四年下來GPA 不怎麽高,估計因為上課稀鬆,老師對他印象也一般般,課外活動什麽的也乏陳可述。按美國大學申請的要求的主要幾項:ESSAYGPA,推薦信,課外活動,他都不在前列。

可他有一條優勢,會考試,

SAT考的很好,可在美國光SAT成績好也沒用。他父母估計急眼了,急中生智之下想到了歐洲的好大學,據說牛津劍橋的錄取隻看入學考試,和國內高考似的,加上參照SAT。他結果考英國的考試考的極好,一舉被牛津和劍橋雙雙錄取(好像是)

在美國他也報考了一堆學校結果連伯克利都沒取,更別提藤校什麽的了。

這個經驗可以用於有類似背景,明年要報考的孩子,象

GPA什麽的已經無法補救了,但申請其它國家的好學校是條好的出路,尤其牛津劍橋一類的,還是很值得的。

正所謂條條大路通羅馬,甲之砒霜乙隻蜜糖,美國不收自有英國收等等......



College Attending2009 %2006-2008 %
Harvard University             3 2%           14 3%
Princeton University             3 2%             5 1%
Yale University             3 2%             3 1%
Brown University             4 2%             5 1%
Columbia University             1 1%             5 1%
Cornell University             5 3%             8 2%
Dartmouth College             2 1%             2 0%
University of Pennsylvania             4 2%           22 5%
Total Ivy           25  15%           64  14%
Oxford University             1
California Institute of Technology             2 1%             7 2%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology             2 1%           15 3%
Stanford University             9 5%           15 3%
Total Top           13  8%           37  8%
Total Ivy+ Top           39  23%         101  22%
Amerst             2 1%            -   0%
Swarthmore College            -   0%             1 0%
Williams College            -   0%             2 0%
Wellesley College            -   0%             9 2%
Smith College            -   0%             2 0%
Claremont McKenna College            -   0%             1 0%
Harvy Mudd College             1 1%            -   0%
Pomona College             1 1%             1 0%
Prizer College             1 1%            -   0%
Scripps College             2 1%             2 0%
Bryn Mawr             1 1%0%
Occidental College             1 1%             1 0%
College of William and Mary            -   0%             1 0%
Pepperdine             1 1%            -   0%
Total LAC           10  6%           20  4%
Carnegie Mellon University             1 1%           15 3%
Johns Hopkins University             2 1%             4 1%
Duke University             2 1%             2 0%
Georgetown University             2 1%             3 1%
New York University             5 3%             7 2%
Northwestern University             1 1%             4 1%
University of Chicago             1 1%             8 2%
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign            -   0%             3 1%
University of Michigan            -   0%             1 0%
Washington University in St. Louis             4 2%             3 1%
Total Good           18  11%           50  11%
UC Berkeley           19 11%           46 10%
UC Los Angeles             1 1%           14 3%
UC Davis             1 1%           19 4%
UC Irvine             3 2%             8 2%
UC Merced            -   0%             1 0%
UC Riverside            -   0%             4 1%
UC San Diego             8 5%           26 6%
UC Santa Barbara             3 2%             7 2%
UC Santa Cruz             4 2%             5 1%
University of Southern California           26 16%           39 8%
Total UC +USC           65  39%         169  37%
Academy of Art University            -   0%             1 0%
Albion College            -   0%             1 0%
Bentley College             2 1%             2 0%
Boston College             1 1%             1 0%
Boston University             3 2%           16 3%
California College of the Arts            -   0%             1 0%
California Polytechnic State University             4 2%             5 1%
Case Western Reserve University             1 1%             1 0%
Colgate University            -   0%             2 0%
Connecticut College            -   0%             1 0%
Creighton University            -   0%             1 0%
De Anza College             2 1%            -   0%
Eckerd             1 1%            -   0%
Elon             1 1%            -   0%
Embry-Riddle             1 1%            -   0%
Emory University            -   0%             1 0%
FDU College at Florham, Madison, NJ            -   0%             1 0%
Illinois Institute of Technology            -   0%             1 0%
Lehigh University            -   0%             1 0%
Lewis & Clark College            -   0%             1 0%
Loyola Marymount             1 1%            -   0%
Mount Holyoke College             1 1%             2 0%
Northeastern University            -   0%             2 0%
Pacific Union College            -   0%             2 0%
Pennsylvania State University            -   0%             1 0%
Purdue University            -   0%             1 0%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute             3 2%             1 0%
Rice University             1 1%             2 0%
Saint Louis University            -   0%             2 0%
Saint Mary's College of California             1 1%             1 0%
San Francisco State University             1 1%             1 0%
San Jose State University             1 1%             6 1%
Santa Clara University             3 2%           16 3%
Sarah Lawrence College            -   0%             1 0%
School of the Arti Institue of Chicago             1 1%            -   0%
Seattle University            -   0%             2 0%
Sewanee, the University of South             1 1%            -   0%
Sonoma State University            -   0%             2 0%
Southern Methodist University            -   0%             3 1%
The Citadel, the Military College of SC             -   0%             1 0%
The George Washington University             2 1%             3 1%
The University of Texas, Austin            -   0%             1 0%
Tufts University             1 1%             4 1%
Tulane University            -   0%             1 0%
Univ. of Zurich            -   0%             1 0%
University of British Columbia            -   0%             1 0%
University of Connecticut            -   0%             1 0%
University of Portland            -   0%             1 0%
University of Redlands            -   0%             4 1%
University of Rochester            -   0%             4 1%
University of San Diego            -   0%             1 0%
University of San Francisco            -   0%             2 0%
University of the Pacific            -   0%             1 0%
University of Washington            -   0%             1 0%
University of Wisconsin, Madison            -   0%             1 0%
Vassar College            -   0%             4 1%
Villanova             1 1%            -   0%
West Valley College            -   0%             1 0%
Whitman College            -   0%             1 0%
Willamette University            -   0%             1 0%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute            -   0%             2 0%
Total All Others           34  20%         119  26%
Total:         166          459

上麵是兒子學校今年的錄取詳情,學校的分組有我個人主觀因素,請大家參考著看

通過我的統計數字可以看出:隻要進了前百分之二十,肯定能進藤校一流大學,百分之

40%以上能進好大學加好的LAC,百分之八十以上的,所有好大學加UC都沒問題

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淑女司令 回複 悄悄話 thank you everyone for stopping by, have a nice weekend
伊然. 回複 悄悄話 Which school is that? A private school?
LingYuan 回複 悄悄話 看來應該說:路是人想出來的.
很好的經驗.值得記住.
later_yh 回複 悄悄話 I am sorry to say that each candidate only allows to apply for one of Oxbridge, either Oxford or Cambridge, NOT both.
chaya 回複 悄悄話 Fees and living cost will be much higher?
歪歪歪 回複 悄悄話 very good info, it sounds like your son goes to Harker?
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