<p>Is there an online source that has a list of prominent Chinese international schools? Or, what are the schools or academies in China that tend to send students to the US for college? </p>
<p>Thanks for your help…</p>
<p>hi roconnor!
there are some international schools in beijing(beijing itnl school, korean itnl school, etc) and shanghai
beijing international school is good. i have some friends there who go to very good universities.
if you have a foreign nationality, i think you can get in :)</p>
<p>The more prominent schools in China are:</p>
<p>Beijing:
International School of Beijing (ISB)
Western Academy of Beijing (WAB)</p>
<p>Shanghai:
Shanghai American School (SAS)
Concordia International School</p>
<p>Others:
American International School of Guangzhou (AISG)
Hong Kong International School (HKIS)</p>
<p>These are off the top of my head, there are probably more, but these are probably some of the most elite international schools in China. They have a reputation for getting students into Ivy League schools each year, and several other upper tier alternatives in the US. I know that Shanghai American School is accredited by the WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) which means that their transcript is reliable and is accepted anywhere in the US for college.</p>
<p>HKIS is a school in hong kong, however. technically speaking, that is not a chinese international school.</p>
<p>I would have to say that since China is such a huge place, there is one major international school for each major city that has the most prestige. ISB and SAS definitely mark the best international schools in beijing and shanghai respectively, as well as all of china. aisg is also a very good school, but perhaps because it’s located in a fairly non-urban city like beijing it doesn’t get as much prestige or credit. HKIS is also the “major” school in all of hong kong.</p>
<p>but of course keep in mind these are actually very difficult schools to ace in. it’s also somewhat difficult to get in, which is a surprise considering most international schools are a shoe-in with a foreign nationality. </p>
<p>I believe all international schools are given a WASC accreditation, so no worries there.</p>
<p>EDIT: and i feel stupid because i realized this post was from two months ago. my bad, hope this might help someone in the future!</p>
<p>thanks for all of u , i also want to knowthe reason , now i understand it.</p>
<p>Gambino gave some good schools</p>
<p>I’m just about graduated from Shanghai American School. Because i have very high standards I’m not actually in love with the quality of teaching here but for what it’s worth an SAS diploma will take you far in terms of higher education.</p>
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<li><p>The education is rigorous, either in a “a lot of homework” way or in rare cases, an “intellectually demanding” way.</p></li>
<li><p>We get extremely high scores for AP/IB. Because schools know how hard it is to get good grades (we don’t have ANY 4.0 cumulatives), we get a lot of leeway. For example, the average GPA to get into the University of Hong Kong is 3.54. Northwestern, 3.7 etc.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>For the class of 2011, here are some acceptances off the top of my head.</p>
<p>Harvard (unfortunately, none)
Yale (1?)
Princeton (4)
Stanford (2)
Duke (1)
Columbia (I actually don’t know but at least 1)
Chicago (1)
Berkeley (14)
UCLA (~20)
MIT (2)
Georgetown (at least 2)
Northwestern (at least 2)
UPenn (at least 2)
Cornell (at least 1)
Williams (1)
USC (I have no idea but probably around UCLA level- we had about 24 last year)
NYU (a lot)
Emory (4)</p>
<p>etc.</p>
<p>I don’t know about liberal arts colleges but overall our school isn’t that intellectual- I don’t think we care about LACs too much.</p>
<p>High school education in China is far superior in learning science-related subjects. I graduated in China back in 1979. When came to US for my Ph.D. in 1986, I was surprised to find that college materials in US was taught in China at the high school level. It was a shocker to me at the time…But in terms of graduate school, US is superior.</p>
<p>What would you consider to be some of the more athletic international schools in the beijing area? Because i have the opportunity to receive an athletic scholarship and do not want to lose it! And how will the college application process be different for me since I will be applying as a US citizen but will be living in china?</p>
<p>As far as I’m concerned,there is an international school in No.2 middle school,Qingdao,which is pretty good in the aspect of English teaching.YOu’d better try it.</p>
<p>I’m moving to Dalian, China next year where there is a British Columbia Certified school called Dalian Maple Leaf International School. </p>
<p>Hope I helped :)</p>
<p>There are quite a few good International schools based in Beijing and Shanghai. But, if you are hoping to go to the US for college, perhaps Yew Chung International School (YCIS) in Shanghai or Beijing is a good choice. They operate a global focus, and help to create ‘global-minded people’. They use co-teaching format, with one Chinese and one native-English speaking teacher, which helps when adopting a bilingual approach as well as adopting values from East and western cultures. The school recently excelled at the ACAMIS ‘Meet in Chinese’ Speaking Competition, boasting winning finalists in several disciplines’; in fact, over 40% of the International Baccalaureate (IB) diplomas conferred this year are bilingual compared to the world average of 30%, which would be good traits whether trying to get into an American College or any university in the world. Their ‘World Classroom’ program allows for students to travel the world, creating strong links with foreign cultures and schools, for example representing the Model United Nations at Harvard. YCIS is also the only school in China to receive the University of Cambridge award for educational excellence, and were also commended for their excellent IGCSE scores, which are integral when applying to British Universities’. As far as I’m aware they have strong links with institutions globally.</p>
<p>Just wanted to add my two cents. If anyone is headed around the Guangdong area, Shenzhen College of International Education is an A-level school that has received a lot of prestige around the area. Every year, kids routinely get into top universities (last year 10 kids to cambridge, 10 kids to oxford out of a graduating class of 150). It seems like most of the kids go to the UK after graduating but there are ~50 kids who go to the US each year (schools like UCLA, G-town, Pomona, Uva). Be warned though, most of the kids are local chinese and while their english is alright most of the communication happens in mandarin. It would be very difficult to to be happy there if you did not know any chinese…</p>
<p>I’m reviving a dead thread, but INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BEIJING woot! 
By far the best of the 3 I’ve been to. We’re very athletic, so if that’s your concern don’t worry - we’ve had graduated students go on to play division 1 sports in college.</p>