美国高校高度重视学生在各类学术竞赛中的表现,以下是一些备受美国高校认可的竞赛:
数学竞赛
AMC (American Mathematics Competition)
AIME (American Mathematics Invitation)
HMMT (Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament)
SMT (Stanford Math Tournament)
HiMCM (High School Mathematics Modeling Contest)
物理竞赛
物理碗 (Physics Bowl)
PUPC (Princeton University Physics Competition)
IYPT (International Young Physicists Tournament)
生物竞赛
USABO (United States of America Biology Olympiad)
COMC (College Board's Chemistry Olympiad)
计算机竞赛
IOI (International Olympiad in Informatics)
Google Code Jam
综合竞赛
MCM/ICM (Mathematical Contest in Modeling/International Collegiate Programming Contest)
Intel Science Talent Search
Regeneron Science Talent Search
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)
人文社科竞赛
NYT 写作竞赛 (New York Times Writing Competitions)
The Concord Review
History Day National History Day
参与这些竞赛不仅能提升学生的学术能力,还能展示他们的兴趣、热情和解决问题的能力,对申请美国顶尖高校非常有帮助。