China News Service, August 18. According to a comprehensive report by the US "World Journal", since the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, the admissions of Ivy League universities in the United States no longer require SAT/ACT standard test scores. For Asian students who are good at standard test and get high scores Said, lost a platform to express their advantages.

In this case, what other performances can Asian-American students use to increase their chances of being admitted?

All-round development of morality, intelligence and physique

　　Harvard admissions office points out that there is no formula for getting into Harvard.

Academic achievement in high school is important, but admissions committees also consider many other criteria, such as community involvement, leadership and excellence in extracurricular activities, and personal qualities and character.

The school relies on faculty, counselors and alumni to share information on applicants' character strengths, ability to overcome adversity and other personal qualities.

　　For students applying to Harvard for the Class of 2027-2030, it is possible to apply for admission without standardized test scores.

If applicants wish to submit test scores, transcripts from the SAT or ACT (with or without the writing section) may be selected.

Although the College Board no longer offers subject tests, and these transcripts are not required to apply, applicants can still submit subject tests taken in the past five years.

If you choose to submit a subject test, it is more useful to select only one math test score than two.

High early application acceptance rate

　　Among Harvard's class of 2026, 9,406 applied through the "Early Action Plan", of which 740 were admitted, or 7.8%.

However, Harvard's overall acceptance rate for the class of 2026 is only 3.19%, and the acceptance rate for early application is more than double or 245% higher than that of regular applicants.

In addition, for the Class of 2025, Harvard selected 743 students from a pool of 10,087 applicants, with an acceptance rate of 4.32%, slightly higher than the regular acceptance rate of 3.43% that year.

　　Also, if you are not selected in the early application process, you will have one more chance when you wait until the regular application.

Fitzsimmons, director of Harvard's Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, said all students who were deferred during the early admissions process will be reconsidered during the regular application cycle.

Regular applicants typically receive offers of admission in late March.

Actively create extracurricular files

　　Zhang, a freshman graduating from Harvard University in 2026 who will report to study at the end of August, shared his experience. He encouraged potential applicants of the class of 2027 to start preparing application essays as early as possible and ask teachers to provide recommendation letters, because teachers will be busier after the fall semester.

Personal extracurricular activities are basically determined by the end of the summer of high school 11th grade, so this is a good time to prepare for your senior class and start applying for a college essay.

However, he advises against applying to your first choice university through early action or early decision.

　　Students surnamed Zhang believe that college application essays do not reflect personal best work (knowing from first-hand experience).

The top 20 to top five universities almost never consider applicants' interest in the school (MIT explicitly says not at all) because such universities are every applicant's "dream school."

　　He recommends that other applicants, such as current high school 11th or 10th graders, continue to create their own extracurricular profiles, drop any projects or activities that are not of particular interest, and write a story about extracurricular activities that concern them, through Share personal ambitions and find a way to make a real difference within your own community.

(Ding Shu)