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We are in the season for university applications for DAIS/DHS Class of 2023 students. All our 70 seniors are busy working on their applications, drafting essays and submitting their application packages. Good university applications take months of time, effort and work that eventually pay off. Last year, 100% of Class of 2022 students have been admitted to universities worldwide with the total amount of scholarships received exceeding $600,000, and 70% of our graduates are accepted into top 100 US universities.
Universities in the US offer several types of deadlines to submit applications (dates and conditions may vary):
Early Decision (ED1: October 15th or November 1st, ED2: January 1st)
You can only apply to one school. These are binding applications which require, if you are accepted, that you attend that particular school. You must withdraw applications to all other schools once accepted and cannot apply to any additional schools in any part of the world.
Early Action (November 1)
These applications are non-binding and non-restrictive (with a few exceptions – for example, most selective Ivy League schools have restrictive EA). Usually, you can apply to more than one school. You will be informed of the admissions decisions earlier (typically in January or February), but you do not need to commit until May 1.
Regular Decision (January 1-15)
With Regular Decision, you have the option to apply to several schools, review offers of admission and financial aid, and make choice. You will have until May 1 to either accept or decline the offer.
Rolling Admissions
There is no set deadline to apply. Schools constantly and continuously accept applications and provide decisions as soon as your application review is complete.
While early programs mean early deadlines (typically November 1, but for some schools it’s even October 15), and all standardized testing, where necessary, and applications must be completed in a limited timeframe, there are certain benefits that Early Decision offers:
1、 Higher acceptance rate：Your chances may be 300% higher if you apply ED!
2、Smaller applicant pool：Every candidate can only apply to one school, and you have good chances to stand out.
3、Show your commitment: Admissions officers tend to give preference to ED applicants as these students commit to attending this specific school if accepted. ED acceptances also improve the colleges’ yield rate (the percentage of people who accepted their offers of admission) and let them start forming the class earlier.
4. Know the admissions decision sooner: While for Regular Decision you will only hear back from prospective schools in March or April, for ED you will know the result as early as December.
In the previous years, DAIS/DHS students have been accepted to these highly selective universities through ED:
For now, only few schools in the United States offer ED, but their number is growing, and we encourage every senior to consider this unique opportunity to get into his or her dream school.
Now we are waiting for Early Decision offers from US universities in mid-December. Some of this year’s ED destinations are:
Last year, Raymond earned the AP International Diploma and EARCOS Global Citizen Award. Currently, he is taking a 2nd year university mathematics course from Harvard in addition to 16 AP courses he will have taken in his four years of high school. Raymond is the DAIS StuGov Vice President. He’s applying ED to Computer Science major at Carnegie Mellon University with only 7% acceptance rate.
"My future plan is to use computer science to create connections. Whether that be through nodes in neural networks, or people of different languages through computer translation, I believe that computers are the key to creating symbiotic relationships in this increasingly diverse world.”
“DAIS’s culture is what left the greatest impression on me during my 4 years of high school. Navigating the thin mountain ridge separating Chinese and American culture allowed me to not only overcome the language barrier, but also break through the barrier between myself and the community.”
- Raymond Bian
Tommy is the DAIS Student Government President, the captain of the DAIS varsity soccer team, and earned AP International Diploma in 2022. Tommy has been coding since he was 12, and in 2019 he was the youngest participant of the Global Game Jam in Chengdu. He also enjoys sports, especially soccer.
“I plan on pursuing a computer science degree and working as a front-end developer or a programmer for the entertainment industry.
The pitch leaves me with the deepest impression of my school life, it might not be the best out there but it's somewhere that's taught me so much both as an athlete and as a person.”
- Tommy Cho
Eileen has participated in many STEM competitions. She worked on a solar panel project in UC Berkeley summer camp and designed a health monitoring system for Shanghai Cosco Shipping during her internship last winter. She is also the Executive Administrative Officer of DAISMUN and a member of the girls soccer team.
“At DAIS, I learned to acknowledge my individuality and to express myself more. Since I’ve always had a passion for STEM, when I realized my empathetic nature, I finally decided to major in an interdisciplinary field: human-centered engineering, which will support me in innovating designs in my future career. DAIS community challenges me academically and socially, but with support from friends and families, I gained self-confidence to overcome them. Eventually, I am thankful for all the support and challenges that prepare me for the larger complex world.”
- Eileen Wu
Charmain is the Secretary-General of the DAIS Model UN program. She is a first place gold medalist and was qualified for the 2022 World Scholar’s Cup Global Round. She has taken online university courses in Cambridge in her interest in cognitive psychology. Outside of school, she has done plenty of community volunteerism work.
“For my post-secondary education, I will pursue psychology as my major. I want to do something that will impact and help people with my influence. I plan on staying in academia for a while to conduct research or become a therapist or social worker.
Being in this school for almost the entirety of my academic career, I will have to say the opportunities presented to us here as a small and tightknit community are extremely special. With that said, it’s easy to find a place for yourself both in and outside the classroom”
- Charmain Xu
Jane has received the AP International Diploma this year (with 13 AP courses in total). She also published a book about her experience of being an Asian American and finding a balance between cultures that is available on Amazon. Her fields of interest are Education and Psychology.
“My future plan is to become an international teacher. But before that, I wish to continue my education in America, reaching out to the local communities about ways we could improve the educational system. My deepest impression of the school is the teacher-student connectivity. Compared to my previous school in America, the teacher-student ratio in this school allows students to connect well with their teachers. The teachers will also be able to give help to each individual student. I believe the connectivity of the school is a powerful strength of the school.”
- Jane Li