USA

TOEFL/ IELTS

Personal Statement

• Extra-curricular activities **

• e.g. write an app? Help tutoring siblings? Contribute to community? Attend MOOCs? Learn to cook for family? Share as an YouTuber?

• English Writing Resources: http://bit.ly/FreeWRC

• Education USA: essay review service within 3 days

  • • http://www.educationusa.hk/

• Good examples:

  • https://apply.jhu.edu/college-planning-guide/essays-that-worked/

  • “I hate the letter S” (Abigail Mack got into Harvard) https://www.boredpanda.com/harvard-university-admissions-essay-abigail-mack/

  • “The Costco Essay” (Got offers from 4 Ivy League universities): https://www.princetoncollegeconsulting.net/blog/the-costco-essay-deconstructed

Reference letters x 2

• 1 from teacher

• 1 from other parties

Contact Admission Officers: https://hk.usconsulate.gove/education-culture/study-usa

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