When applying to study abroad, it is important to seize the opportunity to apply early!The probability of admitting students in the early application stage of American colleges and universities has always been higher, and many popular majors still have places. Therefore, many students will choose to submit an early application. Recently, many prestigious universities in the United States have announced the results of early admission, and this year's situation does not seem to be optimistic, and some schools have only admitted 1 Chinese student ......Let's take a look!
1. California Institute of Technology.
California Polytechnic University is one of the best polytechnic universities in the United States and the world, and maintains a world leader in physics, chemistry, aeronautics, electrical engineering, mathematics and other fields.
Caltech did not disclose early application data for this year, and the Common Data Set shows that the school's overall acceptance rate for the 2022-23 academic year is just 27%
As of press time, a total of 2 Chinese students will be admitted to Caltech in the EA admission stage in 2024 (6 last year), of which 1 is in the science direction, and the rest have not been informed.
In the early enrollment of the class of 2027, Caltech has admitted only one student from the International Campus of Beijing No. 4 High School. For the class of 2026, Caltech admitted 3 students from the Experimental High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University, Nanjing Foreign Chinese School, and Shanghai Private Pinghe School.
Caltech is one of the world's top polytechnic universities, with a small enrollment capacity of no more than 10 undergraduate students in China each year.
2. Wellesley College.
Wellesley College is a top women's college located in Wesleyan Township, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and is the first of the famous "Seven Sisters Women's College". Wellesley College is committed to nurturing the world's best women and has seen many famous women come out of it, including Soong Meiling, Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, and Chinese writer Bing Xin.
Wellesley College is the nation's best-known and most competitive institution of higher learning for women, with an overall acceptance rate of just 13 percent for the Class of 2026 and more than half in ten (51 percent) of admitted students from all 42 states and 29 countries around the world.
Wellesley College's Class of 2026 received a total of 887 applications in two rounds of early decision, of which 259 students were admitted, representing a 29% acceptance rate.
Wellesley's Class of 2026 includes 16% of international students (including U.S. students from overseas), and its top five international students are from China, Canada, India, Nigeria and South Korea.
Wellesley College announced its Early Decision I admission notice on December 9, local time. As of press time, the school has not released official admission data for the class of 2028. Its 2027 figures are as follows:
Number of applicants: 8400+
Acceptance Rate: 13%.
People of color: 64 percent
First-generation college students: 23%.
International students: 11%.
As of press time, a total of 18 Chinese students will be admitted to Wellesley College in the 2024 ED1 admission stage (15 last year), of which 8 have submitted standardized scores, 3 have not submitted, and the rest have not been informed3 in science, 5 in humanities and social sciences, 2 in media, 1 in public affairs, and the rest were not informed.
3. Williams College.
The liberal arts and sciences college, which is ranked first all year round, is as difficult to apply as the top ten comprehensive universities, and the admission of mainland students is in the single digits every year. As the nation's top-ranked liberal arts college, Williams admitted 255 students out of 943 applications in the early application stage of the Class of 2027, with an acceptance rate of 27%.
As of press time, a total of 2 Chinese students have been admitted to Williams College in the 2028 ED admission stage (5 last year). The two admitted students are all women, one chose the direction of humanities and social sciences, and one is unknown.
4. Amherst College.
Amherst College, ranked No. 2 in the United States, has announced its Class of 2028 Early Application admissions results.
According to the official WeChat information, the deadline for Amherst's regular application is January 3, 2024, and the results of the regular application will be announced in mid-to-late March.
This year, Amherst College received a total of 780 ED applications (734 last year), with an acceptance rate of 25%, which is the same as last year. According to the university, 52 percent (42 percent last year) of new students admitted to ED submitted standardized test scores, while the remaining 48 percent did not submit any SAT or ACT scores. Amherst College will continue to use the test-optional policy.
The new students include 19 (18 last year) international students from 14 countries, including: Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Ghana, India, Kenya, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe.
As of press time, only 1 student who applied for admission to Amherst College early has been counted!
Positioning of schools to study in the United States.
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