蘇菲爾德學院

每年Suffield從每個國家接收2-3名學生。今年我們有400名學生，大概90名是來自36個不同國家的國際學生。

申請時，學生的錄取不僅僅看考試成績和等地，每個孩子都會被獨立的對待，同時學校會致力于尋求學生和學校之間的契合點，尋找與學校互相適合的孩子。 申請過程要求面試（可以親自探訪學校面試也可以電話面試），附帶申請文書的申請表格，現在就讀學校的學術成績單，三封推薦信，以及SSAT，SAT I，或者PSAT。英語非母語的學生必須遞交托福成績。

同學您好： 基于您的背景分析，建議調整梯隊： 沖刺檔： - Loomis、Madeira定位準確 - 建議移除Suffield、Stony Brook、Pennington至匹配檔 - 可考慮增加Emma Willard（女校，與背景匹配） 匹配檔： - 增加：Suffield、Stony Brook、Pennington - 移除：Iolani（競爭激烈，建議升至沖刺） - 移除：Saint Andrews（建議降至保底） - Masters保持匹配合適 保底檔： - 現有選擇合理 - 增加Saint Andrews - 可考慮增加Grier School（女校，錄取率較高） 您的托福、SSAT分數及領導力經歷很有競爭力，總體申請數量和分布合理。

同學你好： 是否能錄，作為中介，無法給出正確答案，但是從你的申請條件來看，整體背景是不錯的。Loomis 喜歡有體育技能的學生，特別是游泳，我們曾有學生因為游泳的特殊才能被錄取；從你的條件對應我們被 Pomfret 和 Suffield 錄取的學生，應該是不錯的。 加油！

如果以學術和未來走向為主來看，Lake Forest, 如果地理位置St. George最好，但St. George理科并不強。

It is important to do independent research on each school and consider the best-fit scenario for your child considering your major factors. Deciphering opinions on school search sites will result in a variety of answers. As it relates to Math courses, Mr. Rao could not be more wrong. Only Phillips Exeter Academy has a few higher math offerings. We offer higher than Andover, and easily more than all other NE boarding schools and every private prep school in the NYC area. We currently have 60+ students now beyond AP Calculus BC. We offer College-Level Multivariable Calculus and College-Level Linear Algebra (both of which are accredited through SBU'S ACE program for dual enrollment). We also offer Advanced Mathematical Logic and, Advanced Topics in Mathematics. We have increasingly seen students specifically choose to come to SBS for our math curriculum, as we are confident in saying our math course offerings are currently among the best in the country. Advanced Topics in Mathematics originated due to students completing our math sequence, especially possible now due to summer courses through our Gravitas program. The course is co-taught by our Math Department Chair, who is also now an adjunct professor at SBU at their math chair's request, and a new faculty member who holds a PhD in rocket science and has taught mathematics and physics at the college level for many years. The course is designed to be flexible to student research and interests. As a capstone project, students will do a research project and defend their research in a "thesis defense" style forum in May, alongside our Advanced Scientific Research students (a similar new course to facilitate research in science - we have had multiple students with internships at Brookhaven National Labs and Cold Spring Harbor Labs over the past several years and this course is designed to support that initiative) and Advanced Engineering, Innovation, and Design students from the STEM department. Our students are performing at a higher level than most college juniors and seniors our teachers have taught at the university level. Here is the course description: N.170/ Advanced Topics in Mathematics Prerequisite: Linear Algebra or Multivariable Calculus and instructor’s recommendation . This course is a rigorous, college-level math course for high-achieving students of mathematics. Topics such as combinatorics, probability, real analysis, complex analysis, advanced calculus and number theory will be covered to expose students to a variety of advanced subjects. Take a look at our course offerings: https://issuu.com/sbsacademics/docs/course_catalog_23-24 Our robotics and rocketry programs are some of best in the nation and we have a project with NASA. See https://abc7ny.com/stony-brook-school-students-international-space-station-stem-program/13036657

雖然這幾所學校在Niche 排名不相上下，但其實申請的門檻要求還是有很大的區別的。Kent的要求是最高的，即使你有滿分的托福和99% 的SSAT，也未必能被Kent錄取。 建議學生好好看看這些學校的官網，特別是Admission的要求，這樣會對學生有非常大的幫助。

所有提到的信息，完全可以申請到任何一所學校，但還要考慮GPA，孩子目前學校的Legacy，文書，面試等等。

首先在擇校的時候考慮幾年以后大學的競爭力的問題是很對的，有前瞻性，不過您的顧慮的點稍稍地可以調整一下，從我從業十幾年的經驗包括每年多次參訪美國大學，跟美本招辦訪談來看，其實美國的大學在選拔學生的時候，得具體看學校，比如有些大學是根據你的高中在哪上的來界定你是不是國際生，跟你是否有美國身份沒有關系，比如普利斯頓大學、芝加哥大學、哥大、康奈爾大學等學校， 普林斯頓大學明確界定了學校對于美國本土生和國際生的： Citizenship has no impact on our determination of an applicant’s status as either domestic or international. Students are considered domestic applicants if they are attending a secondary school in the United States; likewise, students attending a secondary school abroad are considered international applicants. The Office of Admission does not evaluate or advantage applicants differently based on their status as either domestic or international students.可見普林斯頓大學區分你是否是美國本土生其實主要是你在哪讀的高中，這其實也是為什么這些年很多學生選擇在高中階段去美國讀高中的原因之一。 康奈爾大學對于國際生的界定：Cornell reads applications based on where you currently attend school rather than by your citizenship status; we will read your application with others from your school and those from the same state (U.S.) or country. 通過這兩個學校的官方說法，可以看出來美本招辦對于國際生的界定了，當然不是所有的美本院校都是這樣的界定，就需要根據學校的情況來case by case 的分析了。不過您提到的“怕內卷”的這個理念呢，其實在您列出來的這些學校里邊，不存在不內卷的情況，其實這個“卷”的定義吧，我覺得重點還是回歸到是否是孩子的興趣所在，比如我在UC伯克利的學生，學的是化學，每天泡實驗室很長的時間，但是他樂在其中，但是要是不喜歡化學的學生，是不是也會覺得這是“卷”呢。 所以這個我覺得您不用過多糾結“卷”的問題，重點是這個高中是否跟您的孩子匹配，比如北野山中學的體育很強，學校的C-MAP是特色，是否跟您孩子匹配？Berkshire偏理，尤其數學比較強，是否跟孩子匹配呢？Suffield的領導力培養和計算器很強，跟您孩子匹配嗎？等等，所以可見，學校是否跟孩子匹配這個才是我們在進行高中擇校重點需要考慮的參數，所以不用過于糾結“升學走向好中國人少的學校有哪些”，因為還有更多你需要關注的參數。 希望以上解答能夠對您有所幫助，祝順利！