9月申请美国大学太晚么？

IS IT TOO LATE TO APPLY TO THE USA FOR COLLEGE IN SEPTEMBER

　　在美国一共有2200个授权的4年制学位授予院校。去年3月1日，在大学申请者已经寄送出他们的押金以后，仍然有265个院校可以接收大一新生。在大学第二或者第三年有278个地方可以接收交换生。考虑一下吧。一直到3月1日之前，申请美国大学都不晚。

　　In America, there are 2,211 accredited, four-year degree program colleges and universities. Last year on May 1, after college applicants had sent in their deposit for freshman year, there were still 265 colleges that had more space available for freshman. There were　278 places for transfer students in 2nd and 3rd years of university. Think of it! You are not too late to apply to university in America and you have until May 1 to apply.

　　对于已经考过雅思或者托福的中国高校学生来说，几乎永远都不晚。如果你考过SAT或者ACT或者有AP分数，那么你就已经做好申请的准备了。如果没考过雅思或者托福，那就赶紧考一次吧。考哪一个并不重要，美国大学都是接受的。你能提交的国际性的考试成绩越多，就越能证明你的学业水平。如果没有这些分数，也没有关系，仍然有很多学校会接收你，这取决于你的英语熟练程度和高中成绩。

　　It is almost never to late for Chinese high school graduates who have taken an English proficiency test, the IELTS or the TOEFL. If you have taken the SAT or the ACT or have AP exam scores you are ready to apply. If you have not yet taken the IELTS or the TOEFL, then take one or the other of them! It doesn’t matter which one you take. Both are acceptable for U.S. admissions. The more international test scores you can show, the better you can document your academic record. If you have not taken any SAT, ACT or AP exams, then there are still colleges and universities who may accept you without them, depending on your English proficiency and high school record.

　　比方说你不需要有任何考试，即使是有关英语的考试，也可以申请。如果你可以说，读，写，听英语，那么你可以申请有条件录取。大学会接收你，安排你到一个英语学习项目中直到你的英语足够好了，可以在教室里上课了。

　　Let’s say you don’t have any exams whatsoever! Not even an English proficiency exam. If you can speak English, read, write, and listen in English, you can apply for a Conditional Acceptance. That is, the university will accept you and put you in an English learning program until you learn enough English to study in a regular classroom.

　　注意，如果你学不好英语你可能会在那个英语学习项目学习十年。花费跟你上大学是一样的。更好的计划是呆在中国，先学好英语之后保证你可以申请一个竞争性低一点的学校。雅思5分或者6分，你就可以申请美国大学了。

　　BEWARE! You may have to stay in that English study for ten years without ever getting into the college courses if you can’t learn English. And it will cost you as much as going to the university. The better plan may be to stay in China, live at home, and learn English well enough to get into a less competitive university, say with a 5 or 6 on the IELTS or a 61 TOEFL score, and then apply to the American universities.

　　对那些已经有托福或者雅思成绩但是没有申请大学，或者申请的是全世界竞争性最强大学的的高三的学生来说，这里有一个16个院校的列表，申请日期会晚一点。多数是3月1日，一些是是6月。到网站上看看这些院校，到Zinch上去查查每一所院校的资料，然后选6个或者8个看上去适合你的，现在就申请吧。

　　For those Senior 3s who have at least an English Proficiency score in IELTS or TOEFL and have not yet applied to college, or who applied only to the most selective in the USA, where the whole world is applying, here are a list of sixteen colleges and universities who have a late application date. Most are for May 1 and a few are for June. Look for these colleges on the Web, look at Zinch.com to read more about each of these colleges. Choose six or eight that sound best to you and apply now.

1 Anderson University, South Carolina 安德森大学，南加利福尼亚

2. Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana 巴特勒大学，印第安纳波利斯印第安纳

3. California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California 加州艺术学院，旧金山，加利福尼亚

4. Central Florida, Orlando, University of, Florida 中央佛罗里达大学，奥兰多，佛罗里达

5. Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 克莱姆森大学克莱姆森南加利福尼亚

6. Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas 亨德弗里克学院，康威，阿肯色

7. High Point University, High Point, North Carolina 高点大学，高点，北加利福尼亚

8. Hollins College, for women, Roanoke, Virginia 霍林斯学院，女子学院，罗阿诺克，弗吉尼亚

9. Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri 林登伍德大学，圣查尔斯密苏里

10. Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, Vermont 林登州立大学，林登维尔，佛蒙特

11. Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York 曼哈顿学院河谷纽约

12. Nevada, University of, Reno, Nevada 内华达大学里诺内华达