美國各大學2018年秋季錄取的中國學生背景！今年的你更優秀嗎？

Class of 2022申請已經開始，你的夢校是不是「分控」？今年都錄取了哪些人？被錄取的中國學生都是什麼情況？

主頁菌整理了美國部分大學2018年秋季入學的天朝學生，我們一起來「窺探」一番今年被錄取的中國學生背景，以供大家參考！

杜克大學

申請人昵稱：dragojeff

錄取狀態: Class of 2022；Accepted

申請院校：杜克大學三一文理學院 ED

個人信息：

國籍：China

偏好專業：Chemistry /Biology /Environmental Science

學校類型：私立國際中學

種族：Chinese

性別：Male

硬性背景：

SAT I：1570 (800M，770 R)

ACT：無

SAT II：770 US History；800 Math II (twice)；800 Chem (twice)(感覺自己有點笨，每個都是兩次)

GPA：3.95 / 4.0

班級排名：Top 20%

AP (4,5,5,5,5)：Chem, Seminar, US History, Calc BC, Psych

IB：無

高三課業：AP Physics 1，AP Biology，AP Research，AP Literature

獲獎情況：Local ISEF Excellence2個，Life Science1個三等

軟性背景：

課外活動：Science NHS (President)，Gastronomy Club (President)，Science Magazine for Elementary Schoolers (Editor)，ISEF Research Projects，Jazz Band, Symphony Orchestra

社區志願服務：在中國政府主辦的「Weekend class」免費教英語

暑期活動：9th UC Berkeley ATDP；10th Self Studied Honors Chem；11th RISE Boston University

Essays：

Common App Essay：運用蒙太奇風格寫的文章，選取生活中的一些關鍵事件，將它們聯繫在一起，以展示我學習研究科學的意義，不僅是獲取知識，更是為了分享更多。這篇文章我不是強調在數學/科學方面有多好，而是描述我致力於幫助其他人理解數學和科學知識。

Duke Specific：

Why Trinity?

This one kind of talked about the interdisciplinary approach Duke education took and kinda spoke to my status as a third culture child. Not anything particularly innovative but not anything mundane or repetitive either.

What Perspective?

This one was all about my music. I figured that since I had spent so much time in my extracurriculars highlighting my passion for science, my LORs would definitely all mention my science I wanted to highlight that I wasn"t just a nerd who studied textbooks nonstop. I told the story of how my experience playing music had allowed me to connect with Jazz Musicians completely in an improvised style the one year I was at Berkeley for the Summer.

Sexual Orientation?

Okay this might be controversial, but I actually did NOT talk about my own orientation. Since it asked "experiences with sexual orientation" I actually brought up my experiences of when I discriminated/attacked another person for their orientation. I wasn"t trying to be particularly edgy or cool or trying to claim a sob story, but I was (and still am) reeling from a really bad break up and felt the need to get it out there: that I had been really mean to someone for being "asexual". I don"t know if this helped me or harmed me, but I figured I would be really honest and tell them that I had made mistakes in my anger of attacking another person for being different.

化學老師推薦信（1-10評級）：9/10 I was one of the very few juniors taking AP Chemistry at my school on top of that I always loved learning about chemistry. Even though I didn"t end up getting a 5 on the AP exam I still think she was a huge advocate for me and really tried to understand me as a person when writing my letter of recommendation. She asked in particular about things I did outside of academics solely for fun and we started talking about cooking shows (which I hadn"t known beforehand she enjoyed watching as well).

英文老師推薦信（1-10評級）：9.5/10 He was one of those teachers that you couldn"t always tell what he thought of you but you knew that if he wrote you a LOR and he liked you it would be damn good. I only later found out (since he was fired over a scandal at our school) that he actually observed me in the classroom and spoke to my strengths as a natural leader that I hadn"t really discussed with other teachers and only mentioned in my essay. I think this may have been super beneficial as now you had a teacher backing up the claims I made in my personal statement.

申請顧問推薦信（1-10評級）：6.5/10 He knew me, but I definitely was not the closest to him, he knew I was a very strong science student and that I participated in a lot of community service centered around that science aspect but beyond that I was never the type to visit his office on a daily basis or talk for great lengths of time on subjects not directly pertinent to the college search/application process. Tl;dr he knew me as a student but not a person.

面試情況（1-10評級）：5/10 I think the interviewer liked me but it was a very shady interview since it was in his office in the East part of Shanghai and there were a few other applicants there which he initially started us all off with a group interview.

總結：

優勢：

我寫的每件事都是真實的，腳踏實地；並沒有試圖把自己描寫成一個非常聰明的人，也不是一個特別善良和熱情的人；但至少讓讀過文章的人注意到我的聲音是強有力的，這可能幫助我脫穎而出。

劣勢：我在學校里沒有太多的成就，所獲獎項也不多，沒有太多獎項表明我的能力，所以我試著把這些作為軟技能，而不是蠻力論證我擅長科學。

認為自己被錄取原因：Honestly, I would say it was plain honesty and discussion of my skills as soft skills rather than as a hard achievement.

建議評價：I think that while it"s very tempting in the college application process to try and hide mistakes you made in the past, or to write yourself as a super kind/smart/caring whatever person, admission officers aren"t stupid and probably have enough experience to see through some "BS" so I would say the best approach (at least it worked for me) is to be really honest about everything and try to portray yourself as a normal human being with unique characteristics rather than an altruistic hero (particularly if you normally aren"t one).

埃默里大學

申請人昵稱：internationalgirlnico

錄取狀態: Class of 2022；Accepted

申請院校：埃默里大學ED1/ED2

國籍：China

SAT I：1480

TOEFL：110

GPA：3.95

申請人昵稱：xuanxuliu

錄取狀態：Accepted；Math eco major

申請院校：埃默里大學2018年Transfer

國籍：China

SAT（舊）：2180

TOEFL：111

GPA：紐約州某私立大學大二4.0（60個學分）

推薦信：3封

北卡教堂山

申請人昵稱：Aturtle

錄取狀態: Class of 2022； Accepted

申請院校：北卡教堂山分校EA

個人情況：

偏好專業： Chemistry

國籍：China

獎助學金：無

學校類型：德克薩斯州私立高中

硬性背景：

SAT I：1520 (720E 800M)

SAT II：800M-800CHEM-790PHY

TOEFL：107

GPA：3.97 /4.16

AP：5 Cal BC (sub 5)，5 Chem，5 Mechanics，5 E&M，5 APUSH，5 Chinese

獲獎情況：在視覺藝術、science/math方面有些獎項

軟性背景：

課外活動：president of math club, STEM society, founder of school orchestra and Active Minds; cello principal of local youth symphony, all state orchestra; research every summer

實習經驗：lab assistant, environmental service intern

社區志願服務：animal activist, peer tutoring

Essays：CA alright; UNCs r crap

推薦信：good choices of recommenders

面試：無

總結：

優勢：3 research；major-related ECs；competitive arts

劣勢：Chinese, no competitive sports, no national awards

認為自己被錄取原因：作為國際生，任何結果都不意外，很高興結果是好消息。P.S.未申請經濟援助的大學結果是「Accepted」，申請經濟援助的大學給的是「deferred 」。

建議評價：對於國際生小夥伴來說，祝賀所有錄取的人，也祝福未被錄取的人，想要在激烈競爭中被美國大學所接受確實非常困難。記住，千萬不要因為結果是rejection/deferral而懲罰自己，因為有很多你無法控制的因素，比如國籍和種族。請始終相信自己有能力在任何地方做偉大的事。學校失去你，是他們的損失。

喬治城大學

申請人昵稱：scottzyh

錄取狀態: Accepted

申請院校：喬治城大學2018年Transfer

國籍：China

硬性背景：

大學GPA：3.76（Freshman in TOP 40 UC school）

專業：Mathematics

高中GPA：94/100

班級排名：10%

SAT I：1490 (700 Reading+ English，790 Math，21 Writing)

SAT II：800 Math 2，750 Physics，720 Chemistry

AP：1. Cal BC (4)；2. Chinese Lang (5)；3. Chemistry (4)

推薦信：一封數學教授推薦信，另一封推薦教授非常了解我，他最好的朋友在GU學習過。（去年直申GU被放進Wait-listed，今年參觀GU多次，並與招生人員交談了解。）

加州伯克利

申請人昵稱：mainer199

錄取狀態: Rejected

申請院校：加州伯克利分校Class of 2022

個人信息：

學校類型： Maine（私立中學）

國籍：China

性別：男

偏好專業：Statistics

硬性背景：

SAT：1530 (730 Reading, 800 Math)

SAT II：750 Chemistry; 800 Math II

GPA：4.37 W; 3.67 UW（Come in as an ESL student and this is just my junior year grade）

TOEFL: 111(28R，28R，26S，29W)

班級排名：Top 10%

AP：Chem 5

高三課業：AP Literature，AP Physics C Mech，AP Bio，AP Music Theory，Multivariable Calculus

軟性背景：

課外活動：Science Olympiad Captain, JV Soccer, Basketball, Varsity Track and Field, Drum set, Snare drum, Electric/Acoustic Guitar, Piano(all instrument played over 10 years except guitar for 5), Swimming, Studio Recording, Orchestra/ Jazz Band Percussion leader, Model Making.

獲獎情況：3rd in state Science Olympiad Chem and Optics；District & All state drummer...

補充材料：Submitted a 15112 project；a robotic arm；one drum cover；electric guitar cover and piano song

建議評價：作為被拒學生沒啥建議…

弗吉尼亞大學

申請人昵稱：sinotine

錄取狀態: Accepted

申請院校：弗吉尼亞大學Class of 2022

個人情況：

偏好專業：Biochem

經濟援助：無

學校類型：加州宗教私立

國籍：中國

性別：女

硬性背景：

ACT：36 M 36 E 35 R 36 S 9 W

GPA ：4.0 UW/4.7 W

排名：should be top 1%~2%

AP：APUSH (5)，AP Chem (5)，AP Psychology (5)，AP Cal AB (5)，AP Physics 1(5)

高三課業：(5.0) Church History H，Neuroscience/Genetics H (Medical Magnet Program Class)，AP US Gov，APES，AP Physics 2，AP Cal BC，AP Lang, AP Stats online

獎項情況：ACS First-year Chemistry Contest, Chinese National Dancing Competition, Chinese Province Science Research Papers Contest (state-level, published), Chinese Provincial Biology Subject Contest (state-level), AP Scholar with Distinction.

軟性背景：

課外活動：President of our school international club (mobilize ~100 intl students)，Leader at many clubs (fund-raising, charity sale, etc.)，Cross Country (JV)，Online learning at Coursera

實習經驗：Interned at a psychiatric institution in China during summer

社區志願服務：Assist at an equestrian therapeutic center

暑期活動：Interned at a psychiatric clinic (I have a student visa and can"t intern in the U.S. before 18 out of campus)

Essays (1-10評級)：9, described how I witnessed women from both China and U.S. suffering from eating disorders and try to help "em.

推薦信(1-10評級)：

老師：8/9, from my Chem teacher, I remember he said I"m the first student to question and discover a mistake in the pretty prestigious textbook during my first-year chemistry learning

老師：8/9 from APUSH teacher, knows I"m pretty good at writing and also knows I love caligraphy and once handwrote a real-size Declaration of Independence for that class.

申請顧問：7 not very familiar, probably mediocre

附加：7/8 from the chair of our school"s Medical Magnet Program***

面試：Did not have any from UVA

總結：

優勢：成績不錯，GPA也不錯，觀點多、獨特

劣勢：沒有多少重大獎項，AP不夠多

認為自己被錄取原因：標化成績不錯

其他申請情況：Yale SCEA（Deferred），MIT（Rejected），WUSTL（Waitlisted）

加州理工

申請人昵稱：SherryLiang

錄取狀態: Accepted

申請院校：加州理工學院Class of 2021

個人信息：

國籍：China

學校類型：私立中學

性別：女

硬體條件：

SAT I : 舊2230，新1490

SAT II : Math 2, Chem, Physics all 800s

GPA：4.0 UW，4.52 W

獲獎情況：National AP Scholar

總結：

優勢:essays

劣勢:SAT 1 score

認為自己被錄取原因：I honestly don"t know... still shocked

最後一個是去年加州理工學院的錄取信息，其他都是今年最新的，供大家參考~

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