Are you looking to study in the United States,
but don’t know which universities to look at?
Would you rather that we save you time and tell you which ones are the best?
Hi, I’m Corrie with EssayPro.com,
and our expert writers prepared a list of the most
recommended universities for all international students.
Flying over to America to study in its reputable higher education institutions means you’re
likely to come out with a head full of priceless knowledge, and a degree that will let employers
know that you are equipped with a valuable background.
We looked at what expert analysts said about
which universities are best for international students.
The following is our report on their findings.
Number 1.
Babson College
Babson College is a private business school located in Wellesley…
Babson College is a private business school located in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Its focus is on entrepreneurship education, and its student body numbers at over 3000
students, with 306 academic staff employed.
As for the application process for international undergraduate students, it states on their
official website:
“Prospective international undergraduate students interested in applying to Babson
go through the same application process as domestic students with the added requirement
of the TOEFL or IELTS exam for applicants whose native language is not English.”
So this means you need to pass an official language test like TOEFL or IELTS on top of
the grades required to get in.
They also have programs for both Graduate and Exchange students.
Famous alumni include billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli …
Famous alumni include billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli, and the co-founder of the Home
Depot Arthur M. Blank.
Number 2.
Stanford University
Stanford University is a private research university located in Stanford, California.
Make sense.
Ranked as one of the world’s top universities, it has an endowment of over $27 Billion USD.
International students can apply, as it’s stated on Stanford U’s official website:
“Members of our admission staff specialize in evaluating educational systems from countries
around the world and will consider your application within the context of the resources available
to you.
We recognize the educational procedures within your school and country as well as cultural
and regional differences.
Regardless of citizenship, applicants are reviewed in the context and country where
they attend high school.”
They also state that:
“The application process is the same for all applicants regardless of citizenship or
country of residence. [...]
All applicants must submit either the Common
Application or the Coalition Application online.”
Famous alumni include: one of the fathers of the Internet Vinton Cerf,
among a massive list …
Famous alumni include: one of the fathers of the Internet Vinton Cerf,
among a massive list of successful graduates.
Number 3.
Amherst College
Amherst is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts.
With a 10.8% acceptance rate, Amherst is ranked
as the best liberal arts college in 2019 by the Wall Street Journal.
Amazing!
International students are accepted according to the following information from their website:
“Regardless of your citizenship or geographic location, you should follow the same first-year
or transfer application process that other students follow.
The only additional application requirement for international student applicants (both
first-year and transfer) is demonstration of English proficiency.”
Famous alumni include Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta,
I hope I said that right,
the 4th and current president of Kenya.
Number 5.
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, or Cooper Union for short, is a private
college in Manhattan, New York City.
Ranked as the “#1 Most Desirable Small School” by Newsweek, Cooper Union has 57 academic
staff members, and a little over 900 students.
Cooper Union’s official website says the following about international students:
“ISA serves all international students in the Cooper community by providing immigration
advisement, services, and resources.
Additionally, ISA works to provide engaging programming and support to all international
students during their time at Cooper.
The ISA Office also defines an international student as anyone who is not a U.S. Citizen
or Permanent Resident.”
Cooper Union’s alumni include 23 Guggenheim Fellows, and Batman creator Bob Kane.
California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology, a.k.a. Caltech, is a private doctorate-granting research
university in Pasadena, California.
Known for its strengths in natural science and engineering, it’s among the top 10 universities
in the world.
With a little over 2,200 students, and 300 academic staff,
Caltech has an almost $3 Billion USD endowment.
This is what their website has to say about International Student admission:
“You must apply as an international citizen if you are not a U.S. citizen or permanent
resident at the time of submitting an application to Caltech.
[...] International citizens must have completed
Caltech's required academic preparation during
their secondary school career.
We accept applications from students who have completed the approved curriculum provided
by their home countries.”
Famous alumni include 38 Nobel laureates as of October 2019.
That's kind of a lot ...
Columbia University
Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.
With an endowment of over $10 Billion USD, Columbia is huge: it has over 33 thousand
students, and almost 4000 academic staff.
International students have to qualify for something called a Certificate of Eligibility.
To keep it, you have to, as their website puts it:
be admitted to a full-time program of study (and maintain full-time enrollment every term)
document the financial resources to cover tuition, fees and living expenses of the first
academic year and have a plan to finance any additional time.
For a full list of rules, visit isso.columbia.edu.
Famous alumni include 53 living billionaires.
Next stop is the most famous one ...
Harvard University
Harvard University is famous for a reason.
With an endowment of over $40 Billion USD, Harvard is a private Ivy League research university
in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
It has 2,400 academic staff, and over 20,000 students.
According to their website:
“There are no quotas or limits of any kind at any point in the admissions process.
All students are considered in the same pool for all places in the incoming class, regardless
of citizenship or the secondary school they attend.
A student's chances for admission and financial aid are not affected by citizenship or by
the location of the school that the student attends.”
In terms of financial aid:
“... admissions decisions are made without regard to whether an applicant has applied
for financial aid, even if the applicant is a foreign citizen.”
Famous alumni include 44th President of the United States Barack Obama, and Facebook founder
Mark Zuckerberg.
Even though he didn't graduate, but he went there.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a.k.a. MIT, is a private research university
in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
With a little over 1000 academic staff, over 11,000 students, and an endowment of over
$17 Billion USD, MIT is noted for being a source in some of the world’s greatest modern
innovations in science and engineering.
This is what the MIT website has to say about international applicants:
“For the TOEFL Internet Based Test (iBT), the minimum composite score is a 90.”
And:
“all students need to demonstrate minimum competence in fields they will continue to
study at MIT.
We recommend that all international students study: Four years of English; Mathematics,
and at least to the level of calculus. Two or ...
We recommend that all international students study: Four years of English; Mathematics,
and at least to the level of calculus; Two or more years of history/social studies;
Biology; Chemistry; Physics.”
If we combine the revenues from companies started by MIT alumni, you get a number of
$1.9 Trillion USD.
That’s like the 10th largest economy in the world.
Yale University
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.
With an endowment of $30 Billion USD, 4400+ academic staff, over 13,000 students,
Yale is one of the world’s greatest educational establishments.
Here’s what their website has to say about International admissions:
“Applications from students schooled abroad are evaluated in the same contextual and whole-person
admissions process as domestic applicants.
[...] Students applying from outside the US follow essentially the same procedure and
use the same application forms as students applying from US high schools.”
Famous alumni include Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.
Princeton’s got over 1000 academic staff, over 8000 students, and an endowment of over
$25 Billion USD.
This university rivals Yale and Harvard in the rankings of the best universities
in the world.
On applying as an international student, Princeton’s website states:
“The graded written paper must be submitted in English and can come from O- or A-level
coursework [...]. The graded written paper and teacher comments should not be translated
from another language into English, they must be written in English.”
Keep that in mind.
This, of course, means Princeton requires you to write a graded written paper.
And:
“If English is not your native language and you are attending a school where English
is not the language of instruction, you must take the TOEFL, IELTS Academic, or the PTE
Academic, in addition to the SAT or ACT.”
Notable alumni includes 68 Nobel laureates.
That’s our list of universities for international students.
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