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@stefania
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 • 4 years ago •
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what are the admission requirements for hawaii college?
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Hello, I am a highschool student from Romania (Europe) and I want to apply for college in Hawaii. What are the main admission requirements in general?

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@chiccc
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 • 4 years ago

Hello,

Typically US schools are not as strict on course requirements as European countries tend to be when it comes to majors (for instance, one can apply for engineering or an applied science major without having taken physics or calculus despite both being encouraged). ALL US schools for the most part have the same or similar requirements that are indicated by the link below;

https://manoa.hawaii.edu/admissions/freshman/index.html

Also, there isn't a school called Hawaii college. I suppose you just mean any college in Hawaii. The link above is one of the more renowned schools in Hawaii, University of Hawaii- Manoa and will help as a bar set for students such as yourself when applying to the US.

The main things to keep in mind is that the US university admissions tends to be more subjective than those of other countries. Hence, make sure to pay attention to the following supplements;

Letter of Recommendation (at least 2- one from a maths or science teacher and one from a humanities or english teacher. Feel free to send more if you like)

Supplemental Essays (The main one to focus on is the common app essay prompts. These impact your application HEAVILY. I would recommend that you start this early in your grade 11 year)

Course requirements are already in the link. Hope this helps!

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[🎤 AUTHOR]@stefania4 years ago [edited]

Thank you, I still have some questions, if you have time. Is a Cambridge English Certificate (CAE) accepted to prove my English qualifications? Should I make my teachers to write the recommendation letter in English? And lastly, I saw on the link that I need some high school course requirements, for example 3 units of maths. Does that mean that I have to do 3 classes of Maths per week every year in high school? Or is it there a specific number of total classes from the beginning to the end?

@chiccc4 years ago

Hi. The CAE should suffice however you may also want to look into the TOEFL exam as well. It may be ideal to have your teachers provide an english letter of rec, however, that is not always made clear by every university in the US. 3 Units of maths would mean that you have taken 3 disciplines in maths (ei. geometry, trigonometry and calc) and for science it's the same (ei. physics, chemistry, biology) For a language, you will have likely needed to take at least two years and have that indicated.

@chiccc4 years ago

It's more of a concern about what level of material you have covered more than the time. For instance, if you cover algebra/trig in one class, it may count as two units. What is important to universities is your GPA that is calculated from these courses, if there are any grade scale or scheduling differences that are vast DEFINITELY mention that in the "additional info" section provided on the common app. Have your counsellor vouge for you as well. Hope this helps!

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