The application for Chinese students attending to the summer schools of Harvard University, University of Chicago and other leading universities has started. According to the Ameson Foundation, more than 500 Chinese students have consulted and applied for the programs so far despite a limited number of 200 places in 2009. Among the hundreds of applicants, about 90 students have met the selection criteria and passed the Ameson Scholastic Test (AST) .

The participating schools include Harvard University, University of Chicago, Columbia University and UC Berkeley. According to Mr. Zhou, project officer of the Harvard Summer School selection program of Ameson, the requirements for the summer school application were almost the same as the application for undergraduate programs at Harvard. Students are required to have TOEFL or AST scores, excellent English essay writing skills, reference letters, transcripts and other related materials. Students selected by the Ameson Foundation could earn eight academic credits at Harvard University.

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