Some universities are always regarded as guaranteed schools by international students . They have received batches of Why School documents that are insincere by scumbags and scumbags. It is really sad and miserable. However, those popular guaranteed schools may not be able to guarantee the guaranteed schools. If you dare to fool them with papers that you have pieced together, they will dare to reject you by hand, directly taking you to the edge of Quanjude, and catching you off guard . Next, let’s take a look at which 10 universities that are always underestimated as guaranteed schools but are actually quite difficult to apply! TD Creation Plan Call for Papers is on. If you have any practical knowledge about studying and life during the study/application process, you are welcome to reply " Creation Plan " in the background. The generous royalties are waiting for you~
University of California, Irvine
U.S. News Ranking: #34 in National Universities (tie)
UC Irvine is a public university located in Irvine in the Los Angeles area of California. It is a large institution with about 29,800 undergraduate students. Popular majors include biology, management economics and social psychology. UC Irvine students have a graduation rate of 84%, and the median starting salary for graduates is about $41,100.
"There are thousands of internet celebrities in California, and UC Irvine accounts for half" should be widely circulated, but the academic strength of UCI cannot be underestimated. It has also performed very well in the U.S. News rankings in recent years.
Because the admission of local students in California has relatively advantages, for international students, the admission of UCI is actually quite difficult.
However, UCI is a member of the UC family bucket. When applying, it only checks one more school and pays an extra application fee. hardly takes extra energy, so it is perfect for friends to apply~
University of Texas at Austin
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U.S. News Ranking: #38 in National Universities (tie)
UT Austin is a public university located in Austin, Texas. It is a large institution that enrolls approximately 37,520 undergraduate students. Popular majors include business, biology and economics. UT Austin students have a graduation rate of 86%, and the median starting salary for graduates is about $46,000.
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For Class of 2025, there are a total of 66,077 students applying for , of which 18,994 were admitted. It is worth mentioning that because it is a public university, UT Austin is relatively friendly to students in this state, and is quite cruel to international students. It really cannot be said to be a "insurance" guaranteed school.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
U.S. News Ranking: #38 in National Universities (tie)
UW-Madison is a public university located in Madison, Wisconsin. It is a large institution with about 30,160 undergraduate students. Popular majors include information science, economics and biology. UW-Madison students have a graduation rate of 88%, and the median starting salary for graduates is about $45,000.
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For Class of Fall 2021, a total of 53,829 students applied, the admission rate of is 60.3% and the enrollment rate is 26.1%.
Although the admission rate is not low, the application difficulty of popular majors is much greater than this.And, UW-Madison is really serious about implementing the principle that one day is a day in EA release. When it announces the results, maybe the DDL applied for by RD may have passed, which really makes people wait for the daylily to be cold.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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U.S. News Ranking: #41 in National Universities (tie)
UIUC is a public university, it is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system, established in 1867.
The university contains 16 colleges, providing more than 150 undergraduate and more than 100 graduate courses, and also operates a research campus, including more than 90 startups and multinational innovation centers, including Abbott, AbbVie, Caterpillar, Capital One, Dow, State Farm and Yahoo.
UIUC is an old guaranteed school, but its strong majors, such as CS and engineering, are comparable to those of Ivy League schools. So, if you want to treat UIUC as a guaranteed school, it is best to avoid those majors whose application difficulty is in the hell mode (there are also admission data of each college on the official website, and interested friends can explore it themselves) ~
Case Western Reserve University
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U.S. News Ranking: #44 in National Universities (tie)
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1967 and joined the American University Association in 1969.
Case Western Reserve University undergraduate and graduate schools include the School of Arts and Sciences, Case School of Engineering, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case School of Medicine, Weatherhead School of Management, Case School of Dental Medicine, Law School and Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing.
As of now, has a total of 17 Nobel Prize winners who are faculty or alumni of Case Western Reserve University.
CWRU's EA rankings have always been released earlier, so they are also one of the popular choices for guaranteed schools. However, CWRU is also a Defer madman. In addition, it also provides multiple early application methods for ED and ED2, so the difficulty of admission to EA is not small.
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According to the data provided by the school official website, the ACT Mid-range of the admitted students is 32-35, SAT reading and grammar Mid-range is 640-730, SAT Mathematics Mid-range700-790.
Northeastern University
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U.S. News Ranking: #44 in National Universities (tie)
Northeastern University is a private research university with its main campus located in Boston. Founded in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus in Boston as well as on multiple satellite campuses. Northeastern University is large in scale, with about 19,000 undergraduates and 8,600 graduate students.
Northeastern University features a cooperative education program , commonly known as “co-op”, combining classroom learning with internship experience, including more than 3,100 partners from seven continents.
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For Class of Fall 2021, there are 75,244 students applying, of which 13,829 were admitted, with an overall admission rate of 18.38%. The average SAT scores of freshmen are 1,484.
Northeastern University is definitely a professional (dog head) in improving its ranking.In addition to investing heavily in other factors that will affect rankings besides academics, also has corresponding strategies for admission, such as becoming particularly controlled by , because the academic performance of admitted students also has an impact on the ranking of universities.
Ohio State University, Columbus
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U.S. News Ranking: #49 in National Universities (tie)
Ohio State University (OSU), is a public research university in Columbus, Ohio . As the flagship of the Ohio University system, it is considered a public Ivy League university and is ranked as one of the best public universities in the United States by major institutions.
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The ACT Mid-range of the students admitted last year was 28-33, and the SAT Mid-range is 1330-1460.
is similar to the above public universities. OSU's admission requirements for state students are relatively low. The difficulty of admission to international students will be above the difficulty of the average standardized data~
Lehigh University
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U.S. News Ranking: #51 in National Universities (tie)
Lehigh is a private university located in Bethlehem, Allentown, Pennsylvania. It is a medium-sized institution that enrolls approximately 5,200 undergraduate students. Popular majors include finance, mechanical engineering and computer science. Lehigh students have a graduation rate of 90%, and the median starting salary for graduates is about $66,200.
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For Class of 2023, there are 14,107 students applying for , of which 6,485 were admitted to , ACT Mid-range is 32-34, SAT total score Mid-range is 1380-1500, SAT reading and grammar Mid-range is 670-740, and SAT mathematics Mid-range is 700-740.
From the standardized data of admission, the requirements are indeed not low~
Purdue University, West Lafayette
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U.S. News Ranking: #51 in National Universities (tie)
Purdue University is a public research university located in West Lafayette, Indiana. It is also the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. It was founded in 1869.
Purdue University offers more than 200 undergraduate majors, more than 69 master's and doctoral programs, as well as professional degrees in pharmacy, veterinary medicine and nursing practice. In addition, Purdue University has 18 inter-school sports teams and more than 900 student organizations.
Although the name makes people feel that it can save all living beings, In fact, it is not that easy for Purdue University, especially the difficulty of admission to a strong science and engineering major is really not small.
Finally, the admission data is attached for your reference~
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University of Washington
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U.S. News ranking: #55 in National Universities (tie)
University of Washington is a public university located in Seattle, Washington. It is a large institution with about 29,330 undergraduate students. Popular majors include research and experimental psychology, media, political science and government. The graduation rate for the University of Washington students is 84%, and the median starting salary for graduates is about $44,900.
Although the University of Washington performs poorly in the U.S. News US university rankings, it ranks among the top in many world university rankings, so it is definitely an excellent existence.
Although the overall admission rate is not low, The University of Washington will throw people into Pre-major at a disagreement, instead of admitting the major you originally applied for, which will prevent students from choosing good courses and transferring to good majors after admission.
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For strong professional Computer science/computer For engineering, the probability of international students being directly admitted to this major is only 4%, but it is really difficult~
was written at the end
Although everyone may generally not pay much attention to the application for a guaranteed school, it is undeniable that the good guaranteed school choice for is crucial to the success of the application season.
Especially when ED is unfortunately rejected, the offer of the guaranteed school can be said to be an important guarantee for allowing applicants to have a clear mind and concentrate their energy on Match and Reach schools in RD.
The application difficulty may be really not as small as imagined, so when you choose them as a guaranteed school, you should still consider it carefully~
