Four major points of extracurricular activities help you successfully apply for a prestigious school
"Knocking on the door" and "pointing the stone"：Four major points of extracurricular activities help you successfully apply for a prestigious school
If Chinese-style education is a model of test-oriented education that is "one-year test-taking", then the concept of American-style education is based on another direction of "comprehensive ability training." Under the influence of this educational concept, the elite schools in the United States have adopted the holistic review of the overall assessment, and are more inclined to consider the student's grades, documents, activities, etc., and finally give the results of the admission requirements.
Therefore, in the process of admission to American universities, the key GPA and standardized test scores are only hard criteria for admission, and they are the “knock-on” for qualified candidates; subsequent documents, letters of recommendation and extracurricular activities are finalists. Is it possible to stay with the "point stone".
The most important thing: extracurricular activities throughout the process of “pointing gold”, extracurricular activities are based on “basic work” and become the core influencing factors throughout the entire application process.
After all, it is necessary to write a document that is nutritious, connotative, and in-depth. It is not to be a fan of the wind, but to reflect its personal abilities and expectations of future career planning through participation and cognition of extracurricular activities.
Similarly, some referees are recommendation letters based on an activity, and the content of the recommendation letter is naturally a reflection of the actual situation of the participation of the event.
Therefore, extracurricular activities as the core content throughout the "golden" process, its importance is no less than the GPA's achievements, often determines whether we can successfully enter the elite schools through the screening.
Four key points: to help you choose the activity, "point stone into gold"
In the process of selecting activities, how to combine the best activities of a series of activities, thus becoming the preferred target of the “comprehensive strength explosion table” in the eyes of the famous school auditors? Please see the four main points of the extracurricular activities we have summarized below:
- Key point 1: high and low balance, rain and dew
Based on past experience, activities that are helpful for the application are:
- Student associations and volunteers at the basic level;
- Personal expertise at the mid-level level;
- Intermediate and upper level internships and academic activities;
- High-end personal projects.
Some small partners think that they can participate in internships, academic activities, and personal projects, and they will definitely get a famous school offer, then we can only regret to tell you that this idea is wrong! Because the United States recognizes the individual "comprehensive ability"! This shows that although the basic activities are simple in the assessment process, they are also the basic embodiment of a person's comprehensive quality and ability, and are one of the essential key activities.
- Key point 2: attach importance to specialties and comprehensive development
In the middle-level assessment process, the United States has carried out the slogan of China's "exclusive development of morality, intelligence, art and crafts". The breadth and depth of the students' own strengths are the criteria for considering the overall quality of the students. The skills of the students or the skills of the students are the embodiment of the overall development in the eyes of the admissions officers, and are more likely to be favored by the admissions officers.
- Key point three: academic internship, fit professional
In the United States, where practice and effectiveness are important, how to connect interests, learning, and practice is an important issue.
Therefore, for the third-level internships and academic activities, students should pay attention to whether the academic activities and internships involved are related to the majors to be studied in the future. The professional fit of academic and internships has become the basis for the gold content of this level of activity.
- Key point four: the results process, both at the same time
If successful participation in a molding activity is a manifestation of individual abilities, then successfully launching or organizing an activity and achieving certain results is the best way to demonstrate self-worth. As the initiator and organizer of the project, the problems and pressures to be considered during the operation of the project far exceed the participants. In this case, they can withstand the pressure and solve the problem; it is itself a self-transcending The process; and ultimately the achievement of certain results, is the proof of self-value through the transcendence of self.
Have you seen the above analysis of the key points of admission to the famous universities in the United States, do you understand the importance and choice of extracurricular activities? Our consultants are happy to give advice on extracurricular activities based on their individual circumstances.
