The topic we are sharing today is a detailed analysis of summer school in the United States, and let's take a look at how summer school is applied to study abroad applications.
This sharing is mainly divided into the following aspects. The first is the concept of American summer schools, the second is the classification of summer schools, the third is how summer schools are applied in the process of applying for undergraduate studies in the United States, and the fourth is what matters need to be paid attention to in the process of applying for summer schools. 
New York, USA, the author of the image is Uwe ConradThis article mainly focuses on the elements of applying to colleges and universities in the United States, as well as the concept and classification of summer schools. Before sharing, let's talk about the six elements of applying to colleges and universities in the United States. I believe that parents and students who have listened to many lectures know more or less that there are hard and soft conditions required to apply for an undergraduate degree in the United States. The specific hard and soft conditions of the core are to be highlighted separately. I have grouped it into six categories of application elements. The first one is a standardized test, which is the TOEFL or SAT (American College Entrance Examination scores). Both the SAT and ACT are American college entrance exams. The top 30 institutions may require a TOEFL score of 110 or above, SAT 1500 or above or ACT score of at least 33 or above, institutions over 50 require a TOEFL score of 100 or above, SAT recommendation is 1430 or above, and ACT recommendation is at least 28 or 30 or above. The second is school grades。If we are a U.S. high school or an international high school, in the U.S. priority echelon, the top one is the U.S. high school;This is followed by the International High School. For example, if we are an English high school or a Japanese high school or a European high school, etc., these are also in the priority batchThen there is our international high school, and then there is the general high school. In fact, it does not mean that the curriculum system of our general high school is not recognized, but that some core courses offered by American universities are learned at the high school level, such as American history, world history, English, language, literature, etc., and this kind of course is not taken in general high school. 
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For example, the University of California will require students to take at least a few science and English-related Xi courses in high school, and our general high school courses sometimes do not meet this condition. If you are a student of the general high school system and want to apply to a U.S. university, we still have to look at the matching situation of this course. The third is summer school。Summer school is also known as summer school because it is partly a hard condition. In soft terms, it is an academic experience. In terms of hardware, in the summer school Xi process, you can finally get a final score to get A, or A+, which is another proof of academic ability. The fourth point is representative activities。For example, some personalized personas and labels, applicants' academic abilities and social good leadership, these are representative activities. The fifth area is awards。Not all majors must use awards, and not every child is good at winning awards, and some parents say that my child is not a competitive player, so he has to participate in the competitionNot exactly, about the award, don't feel more afraid after mentioning it, although all need awards, but different competitions, the ability of students is different. For example, AMC in the field of mathematics that everyone is very familiar with and various business competitions, the dimensions of assessment are different for different competitions. We can participate in activities and competitions that suit our children according to what they are good at and what they like. The sixth component is global competencyThis is also a point that American universities attach great importance to. For example, children have a second foreign language and the ability to apply what they have learned, including public speaking and debating skills, critical thinking, etc. 
This brings us to our focus today – the detailed planning of the summer school. part.
What is Summer School?First of all, let's take a look at what is summer schoolThe first one, which is different from what we traditionally call "summer camp", is a summer program. We all know that American college courses are not like our China in spring and autumn, they have a lot of summer or winter, there will be about four seasons, that is, spring, summer, autumn and winter. During the summer vacation in the United States, if a child wants to speed up the pace of taking courses and graduation, he can choose to continue taking summer courses to speed up his credits. At the same time, these summer courses are also offered to students in other schools, so the concept of summer school was born. Summer school is a kind of summer study tour based on learning, unlike the general summer camp or school visit, which is mainly based on play, but mainly on classes. Summer school is generally held from late June to the end of August every year, which can match the vacation time of our Chinese children, and many colleges and universities in the United States offer professional courses or language courses for high school and undergraduate students at home and abroad. In other words, not only international high school students can apply, but also students from general high schools, and if you are an overseas undergraduate student, you can also apply for a summer school in the United States. The second, the epitome of the university. Summer school is the experience of entering the school, eating and living in the school, including using the school's meal card, which is the same as the feeling of a formal university, so we also call it a microcosm of the university. We can enter the school to feel the atmosphere of their learning Xi, the environment of the school, and see if you like the school. The third is classification. For example, there is a credit summer school or a project summer school. Basically, most of them are residential programs, living in the school dormitory, feeling the atmosphere of this well-known institution, including exams at the end of the course, and for those courses that pass the grades, the school will issue certificates and official transcripts to students, this is a credit summer school, there are official transcripts. Choose non-credit courses and language courses to receive a certificate of completion. The time and cost will vary depending on the type of summer school. For non-credit summer school, it is basically about two to three weeks. For example, most of the credit school summer schools may be four to six weeks, of course, there are a few three-week programs like Cornell University and Penn, but very few. In terms of fees, the non-credit system is basically under $5,000. The credit system varies according to the number of credits we take. For example, New York University and Cornell University all stipulate how much a credit is, normally speaking, a course is two to three credits, and a credit is about $1200 to 1400 US dollars, we can calculate the cost of summer school. The cost of different colleges and universities is also different, such as Harvard's summer school, which is basically about $8,000 or $10,000. part.
Summer School ClassificationThe first is the experiential summer school, which is the non-credit summer school I just mentioned above. Non-credit summer school does not have such high requirements for the students themselves, you come to the school to eat and live here, the classes are credit-bearing, and some English courses may be the mainstay, or some general courses to feel its school environment and atmosphere. Like Columbia University, Brown University, and Duke University, non-credit programs in these schools may require a TOEFL score of 80, even if it is a little higher, a TOEFL score of 90, and the threshold is not so high. The second is the credit summer school, which is the most applied by our Chinese children. At the time of application, a TOEFL score of at least 100 is required. The top 30 colleges and universities that we are very familiar with all have credit system summer schools. Harvard University officially requires a TOEFL score of 102, Johns Hopkins University's official summer school requires a TOEFL score of 103, and it also has a single requirement, which is no less than 26 in reading. Speaking is also not less than 24 points. In most schools, a TOEFL score of 100 or higher is sufficient. The application process for a formal credit school is similar to that of an undergraduate application, requiring transcripts, letters of recommendation, essays, visas, and so on. 
Johns Hopkins University 12019 In addition to the above two more conventional summer schools, I will focus on the following two summer schools. The third is the Summer School for Young Ages. Suitable for junior high school students. Some children are very good, but they have not yet reached the age of high school, and they want to experience the academic atmosphere in the United States in advance, or they want to cultivate their academic interests in advance. Such children can consider young summer schools, such as Johns Hopkins's Gifted Youth Camp, Northwestern University, and Berkeley, California, which are suitable for elementary and junior high school students to experience. The fourth is what I want to talk about, top summer schools. The top summer schools belong to the category with a very high threshold. If you can apply for the top summer school, you may have half your foot in the door of this prestigious school or the top 20 colleges. At the same time, the requirements for children are also relatively high, such as the Ross Math Camp at OSU, which hosts the school Ohio State;Including international pioneering academic programs like the PIONER online, it is a pure online research summer program. These are all top-notch summer schools, also known as high-end summer schools. Its admission difficulty and requirements are very high, some of the top summer schools, the number of admissions in the world is only ten every year, like MIT's RSI program, it is free, and you don't need to spend money once you are enrolled;LBW, like Penn, may recruit about 100 people worldwide.