Early Decision: DAIS Class of 2024 on the Road to Success

We are in the season for university applications for DAIS/DHS Class of 2024 students. College admission is a summary of the four-year study of graduating students and the starting point of a new journey in life for them. We sincerely wish the students to fulfill their dream of entering their desired colleges and universities! Good university applications take months of time, effort and work that eventually pay off.

College admissions in the United States and other countries start in December and continue until the summer. We will update the admission results promptly. Stay tuned!

Deadlines

Universities in the US offer several types of deadlines to submit applications (dates and conditions may vary):

• Early Decision (ED1: October 15 or November 1, ED2: January 1)
  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)
  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.

Based on last year's data, the US application number of international students is 1,057,188 which is higher than in 2020, this indicates the application number of the global international students for the US has returned to pre-Covid level. China, still, as the top one place of origin, contributes 30% of the international students of the world. Last year, approximately 300,000 international students from China went to the US for study. I believe with this trend, the US will remain the most popular destination for higher education in the future. And the competition in the future will become more and more fierce. I hope our seniors are lucky enough to get into their best fit school and look forward to more good news coming soon.

Ms. Queenie Zhang
Counselor

Why Apply Early?

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:

• Higher acceptance rate.
  Your chances may be 300% higher if you apply ED!
• Smaller applicant pool.
  Every candidate can only apply to one school, and you have good chances to stand out.
• 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.
• 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.

Class of 2024 Offers

Our seniors have already received Early Decision offers from the following universities:

• Boston University - Communication
• Grinnell college - Computer Science
• Hamilton College - Chemistry
• Northeastern University - Psychology
• Santa Clara University - Business

As of today, DAIS/DHS Class of 2024 students received more than 30 offers from colleges and universities worldwide and a tremendous amount of US$691,000 and HK$680,000 in scholarships. More are coming very soon!

United States

*All universities are listed in alphabetical order

Europe, Asia, and other regions

*All universities are listed in alphabetical order

Arts Majors

*All universities are listed in alphabetical order

We're proud of our outstanding Class of 2024 students as they transition from secondary to higher education!