u/Accomplished-Nose275

I decided to dilly dally all month and never really got to study until yesterday, then I realized how long the material actually is. I am in Calc AB class so I was pretty confident I can self study BC in a few days but holy cow why is unit 10 so long. THEN this morning I caught some virus and now I’m super sick so I can’t focus and I’m constantly tired. I’ll be happy with anything above a 3 if it’s even possible bye 😭

Hi, I recently got in with scholarship and there are so many things I wished I had known to save all my worrying. This is for international students applying for English Undergraduate Program in 2026 or later, do ask me if you have any other questions.

1. CSCA Since it’s a really new thing with little info, the required scores are pretty vague. I’d say you’d need at least 50 for admission (from what I’ve seen on the internet), but there’s no specific number. Personally, I got 75 for both physics and math. When to take: I took CSCA in late January and submitted my application about February, and got emailed for an interview in March. I think it’s about perfect time to take it because you already learned from semester 1, and although you can get accepted without CSCA scores for now, it’s a good addition to your application.

2. Interview It was not super technical, mostly asking about yourself and your experiences/achievements that you wrote in your essays. I had an internship so they asked me for its details, what I learned, and how I plan to apply my knowledge from this internship to SJTU. They also asked about life/culture kind of stuff. I think it’s mainly to see your experiences, personality, and English skills.

3. Timeline I submitted my common app application early in December, then uploaded extra documents in February after I received my CSCA scores. I received an interview invitation March 17 then received my offer+scholarship April 17th. I think it’s good to try to submitted everything early so you have more time to decide/explore options.

4. Scholarship There’s many Chinese scholarship but I got the SJTU scholarship. There’s also CSC which requires a separate application that I missed. You don’t have to do extra steps for the SJTU scholarship, just check the box “I would like to be considered” in the SJTU portal. To get the scholarship, they look at your activities, achievements, and scores.

Hi, I recently got admitted to Shanghai Jiaotong GC with First-class scholarship. I paid the tuition, but I’m still wondering if I can still get rejected if my grades tank to like B or if I don’t do really well on AP exams. I just wanna spend my last 2 months of high school having fun lowkey 😅