International Applicants

Every year we try to put together a well rounded class with students from diverse backgrounds. What we look at is the educational background a student brings to the classroom. Therefore, regardless whether an applicant has a green card or a passport other than PRC, if the student has received the majority of his or her education from a Chinese school, public or private, that applicant is considered an applicant from China.

If an applicant has received the majority of his or her education from an international school in China which only admits non-Chinese passport holders, he or she will be considered non-Chinese.

If an applicant with a PRC passport has attended a school in the US for a minimum of three years immediately prior to attending high school, he or she will be considered non-Chinese.

All applicants are required to take the SSAT.

• To register for the SSAT click here
• WRA's school code is 8110.

TOEFL is optional. You can choose to submit your score or not. WRA uses a comprehensive interview process to evaluate an applicant's English. We care more about one's real English language ability than an often inflated TOEFL score through months of test prep.

All applicants from Greater China (including Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan) are required to have an in-person interview. Applicants and their families should contact WRA's Shanghai Admission Representative Ms. Jessie Chen, at chenj@wra.net and you may schedule your interview here.

Please note that the application must be started and the application fee paid before scheduling an interview.

Each interview session lasts 120-140 minutes. Applicants will be interviewed individually and put into a group of 4-6 for a reading and discussion exercise followed by timed writing.

This in-person group interview is REQUIRED.

A skype interview or Vericant cannot substitute this in-person group interview. We offer group interviews in many different cities in China throughout the admission season. For students that are currently studying in the US during the school year, we recommend you attend a group interview in China during your Christmas holiday. There are on campus group interviews at the end of February. If your parents are in China and cannot accompany you to come, please contact Jessie Chen.

Shanghai: Oct. 6 at 2 p.m.
Shenzhen: Oct. 7 at 2 p.m.
Beijing: Oct. 9 at 6 p.m.
Nanjing: Nov. 1 at 6 p.m.
Wuhan: Nov. 3 at 10 a.m.
Chengdu: Nov. 30 at 10 a.m.
Hong Kong: Jan. 4 at 2 p.m.

Nanjing: 11/2/2019
Wuhan: 11/3/2019
Chengdu: 11/30/2019
Xiamen: 12/15/2019
Beijing: 12/20/2019 - 12/22/2019
Shenzhen: 12/31/2019 - 1/1/2020
Shanghai: 12/28/2019 - 12/29/2019, 1/11/2020 - 1/12/2020, 1/18/2020, 2/9/2020
Shenzhen: 12/31/2019-1/1/2020
Hong Kong: 1/5/2020
On Campus: 2/29/2020 - 2/30/2020

Yes! Since the applicant is still a minor, we would like to meet with both parents. Our current and past parents will be at the interview site to answer any questions. And our admission officer will also be there to meet parents.

• Start an online account on SSAT. fill out the basic information and pay for the application fee.
• Then schedule an interview on WRA website.

Our application deadline is January 17. We understand that your transcript, your recommendations and your test score may not be ready by Jan 17 . You must submit everything by February 14.

You may check the status of your application on the SSAT site yourself. If there is something missing, we will contact you. It is extremely important that you put on your application a working email address which you will check daily