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Weekly Article 7/26
Hello Amity students! This is Ethan from Sendai Amity! Every week, I will be posting a short article to help everyone practice reading! Today, we will be talking about applying to university in the US!
The university application period usually happens for high school students between November and the end of January. Students can choose between thousands of universities, and apply for numerous majors. Private universities have their own application, but public university systems have their own applications, such as the Common Application, where one application can be used to apply for many schools. Unlike Japan, where students must take a single test to see which universities they can enter, American students can choose optional smaller tests, such as the SAT, SAT Subject Tests, and ACT. Recently, many of these tests have become optional. American schools do not use rankings, so unlike Japanese schools, rankings are often unimportant.
In addition to these optional tests, a student's activities, such as clubs and sports, are used in the application as well. Furthermore, students must write personal essays explaining their goals and their personalities. The American system takes a "holistic application," where a student's grades, activities, tests, and personal essays are all considered together when deciding to accept a student. If a student's grades in school are not the best, their personal essays may still convince the university to accept them. This is because American universities value flexibility, creativity, and individuality just as much as academic achievement.
Is the Japanese university application process different?
Would you like to study in the United States?
Thanks for reading this week's article!
~ Ethan D.
The university application period usually happens for high school students between November and the end of January. Students can choose between thousands of universities, and apply for numerous majors. Private universities have their own application, but public university systems have their own applications, such as the Common Application, where one application can be used to apply for many schools. Unlike Japan, where students must take a single test to see which universities they can enter, American students can choose optional smaller tests, such as the SAT, SAT Subject Tests, and ACT. Recently, many of these tests have become optional. American schools do not use rankings, so unlike Japanese schools, rankings are often unimportant.
In addition to these optional tests, a student's activities, such as clubs and sports, are used in the application as well. Furthermore, students must write personal essays explaining their goals and their personalities. The American system takes a "holistic application," where a student's grades, activities, tests, and personal essays are all considered together when deciding to accept a student. If a student's grades in school are not the best, their personal essays may still convince the university to accept them. This is because American universities value flexibility, creativity, and individuality just as much as academic achievement.
Is the Japanese university application process different?
Would you like to study in the United States?
Thanks for reading this week's article!
~ Ethan D.
