一、学生背景
学生姓名:Li同学
成绩概况:GPA 3.9,IELTS:95,SAT1400
学校背景及专业:加州2年美高
录取专业:经济学
录取学校:德州奥斯汀(US.News全美排名56同时世界排名前50)
德克萨斯州大学奥斯汀分校(University of Texas at Austin,简称UT Austin),成立于1883年,是德克萨斯州州立系统中的主校区,也是德克萨斯州境内最顶尖的高等学府之一,建于1883年,主校园离位于奥斯汀的德克萨斯州州政府总部不足一里。现有学生人数49,696(2005年秋季统计资料),为全美单一校园中学生人数中第五大的大学(2005年秋季统计资料)。除奥斯汀主校区外,Pickle研究校区(J. J. PickleResearch Campus)位于奥斯汀北部,而该校天文系亦负责位于得州西部戴维斯山区的麦当劳天文台。
二、申请诊断分析
优势分析
1、美高期间GPA较高;
2、课外活动丰富;
3、有较强的领导力及批判性思维体现。
劣势分析
1、缺乏学术类的经竞赛;
2、活动多单无体系;
3、申请初期标化,托福88分,sat 1360都比较低。
三、申请及沟通思路
A.咨询时
Yukii同学申请2018年秋本科入学是在2017年6月才回国开始找的留学办理机构;初次接触就感受到浓重的“被之前出国高中办理机构坑了”;同她聊天知道,留短短的回国几日先后对比很多家大大小小的留学机构及老师。但Yukii比较活泼,有自己的主见及想法,整个咨询过程持续将近3小时,但申请在即,标化无理想成绩(T:75;SAT:1210);ED/EA 11月1日截止,暑假已经提前报名去云南支教,申请目标是美国排名前30,世界排名前50的目标。全面的了解信息,分析了他的优势、劣势,并提出了扬长避短的解决方案和思路。
B.申请时
1、通过SWOT分析,选校根据学生对目标学校的学术环境、师资力量、地理位置和口碑的要求,精准的选校定校方案。
2、结合学生的成长背景、学习、活动和实习经历,跟学生一起分析他的兴趣和性格特长后,选定了common系统的主文书题目和UC系统的8选4文书题目,并且在跟学生和家长的深入沟通后,确定了文书的素材和思路。
3、因为有了解,所以文书一切都比较顺畅。在文书方面需要注意的是:推敲哪个素材更有特色、思路的布局如何更清晰,如何更引人入胜,用词的表达等等;
4、成功申请ED/EA;
5、递交申请后的继续刷分及和院校保持积极的沟通——由于11月份托福一直未达90分,sat没达到1360+,学生和家长心里都非常着急,学生自己有点气馁放弃,家长也是对孩子这个没有信心了,多次开导解开她的心理压力,并对她的考试小分做了分析,并提出学习解决办法,让她有信心再次重考托福和SAT,也安排学生考试,也和家长沟通目前的情况我们该怎么去解决,让家长没有那么焦虑,在经过一个月的双方努力后,学生11月3号考了托福,在11月中下旬出了分数,93分,12月2号再考了sat1390,虽然这个分数不是很高,但是一个月的时间提升了不少,在出分的第一时间,立马给学校进行官方送分和邮件通知已经申请的学校,在等待学校录取过程中,把学生任何的更新的活动以及成绩单都及时给学校发过去,和学校保持紧密联系。
6、成功录取——在2018年2月春节过后的第一天,就收到了德州奥斯汀的本新录取offer,YUKII的dream 学校!
四、offer展示
五、德州奥斯汀大学官网要求:
参考链接:
http://admissions.utexas.edu/apply/freshman-admission#fndtn-freshman-admission-about-recs
需要的材料:
1.90美金申请费
2. AnEssay:
What was theenvironment in which you were raised? Describe your family, home,neighborhood or community, and explain how it has shaped you as a person.
3. Threeshorts answers
All applicants must submit threeshort answers responding to prompts in your admissions application. Answers arelimited to no more than 40 lines, or about 250 – 300 words.
Short Answer Prompts
Short Answer 1: Career Plans
If you could have any career,what would it be? Why? Describe any activities you are involved in, lifeexperiences you’ve had, or even classes you’ve taken that have helped youidentify this professional path.
Tips to consider: This is an opportunity to describe your academic andfuture professional interests. You may not yet be 100% certain about what youwant to do, but is there a particular field that you think you want to work in,or a certain path you want to pursue after college? How have your interests andexperiences influenced your choice of majors or your plans to explore incollege?
Short Answer 2:Academics
Do you believe your academicrecord (transcript information and test scores) provide an accuraterepresentation of you as a student? Why or why not?
Tips to consider: Feel free to address anything you want the Office ofAdmissions to know about your academic record so that we can consider thisinformation when we review your application. You can discuss your academicwork, class rank, GPA, individual course grades, test scores, and/or theclasses that you took or the classes that were available to you. You can alsodescribe how special circumstances and/or your school, community, and familyenvironments impacted your high school performance.
Short Answer 3:Leadership
How do you show leadership inyour life? How do you see yourself being a leader at UT Austin?
Tips to consider: Leadership can be demonstrated by positions you holdas an officer in a club or organization, but other types of leadership areimportant too. Leaders can emerge in various situations at any given time,including outside of the school experience. Please share a brief description ofthe type of leadership qualities you possess, from school and non-schoolrelated experiences, including demonstrations of leadership in your job, yourcommunity, or within your family responsibilities, and then share how you hopeto demonstrate leadership as a member of our campus community.
4. Your high school transcript(s) with ranking
5. Anycollege transcript(s):collegecredit earned while in high school
6. SAT/ACT
7. TOEFL/IELTS:托福79,雅思6.5以上
8.Major-specificitems: In addition to reviewing the prerequisites,submit any additional items required by the majorsyou’ve selected asyour first and second choices.
9. Résumé
10.Letter(s) ofrecommendation: appreciated but not required
六、申请警示:
1.目标是美国前三十的院校,一定要尽早规划;
2. 所参加的活动背景最好具有集中的体现;
3.如果是美高的学生,GPA很重要;