The establishment of American community colleges can be traced back to the junior college movement at the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century. The junior college movement is a great innovation of American higher education, which developed in the process of transplantation, creation and innovation, from attaching importance to academics to paying equal attention to academics and careers. After a hundred years of vicissitudes, American community colleges have experienced three stages of development.

The first stage: the gestation and development of community colleges (1892 1944),

The second stage: the vigorous development of community colleges (1945 1980),

The third stage: the functional improvement stage of community colleges (198 1 year).

Advantages of American community colleges;

(1) Setting up majors and courses according to the needs of community economic development,

(2) To undertake the task of training enterprise employees,

(3) Pay attention to the construction of teaching staff; (4) Perfect legal guarantee.

86 analysis:

American universities are public and private, and the tuition fees vary greatly.

The tuition fee of public universities is about $20,000/year, and that of private universities is about $35,000/year. In addition to paying tuition fees, you also need about $6.5438+0 million in living expenses every year. But the tuition of American community colleges is much lower, about $5,000/year. The reason is that community colleges are supported by government funds, so the tuition fees are low, which is incomparable to four-year universities.

So how do you transfer from American community colleges to the top 50 universities? American community college is a high school graduate who wants to go to a prestigious school, but there is no shortcut to the corresponding SAT and TOEFL scores. To transfer from an American community college, you only need to provide freshman and sophomore grades. If you are an international student, you need to provide TOEFL scores. If you are applying for a top university, you need to provide SAT scores. In American universities, the course code for freshmen is 1, for sophomores it is 2, and so on. American community college has only two years, so if the university you apply for has this course, the code is basically the same, you can apply for transfer.

86 prompt students to pay attention to the following points when applying for transfer to American community colleges:

1. Many community colleges don't have on-campus dormitories, so they can choose to rent a house outside or choose a host family, which is better.

2. Community colleges are very flexible. The student groups are diverse, ranging from newly graduated high school students to employees who have already worked. Generally speaking, the learning atmosphere is good and flexible.

3. China students who apply for exit documents and visas with the I-20 form of American community college are more likely to be refused visas, so we should pay great attention to the visa process.

American community college transfer program and American elite through train program are suitable for the following students:

The first category: excellent students with excellent grades but average English foundation, without TOEFL and SAT scores or other outstanding students who have not directly applied to famous American universities. After such students enter the community college, their academic performance will be very good, and it is easy to transfer to famous universities.

The second category: mature students who have not graduated from Grade One or above. Such students enter the part-time high school program and go to college one or two years in advance. They have strong self-control, usually get good grades and transfer to famous schools smoothly.

The third category: students with above-average grades. Change the way of education and study hard, you can get good grades and transfer to a prestigious school.

The fourth category: students with poor grades but potential due to various environmental factors. In the new learning environment, you can get ideal grades and transfer to a good American university.

The fifth category: students whose family economic conditions are not particularly ideal.

Summary: For China students, it is lucky to receive a complete undergraduate education in the United States. If you choose a community college to study freshman and sophomore, and then transfer to a comprehensive university to study junior and senior, it may be the best choice with low starting point, early adaptation and higher cost performance. Everyone knows the difference between quality education and exam-oriented education. Students who failed in China's exam-oriented education can enter world famous schools in succession in the United States, precisely because American universities do not only look at academic performance when enrolling students. So-called? Moral, intellectual, physical and artistic work? All-round development, I think, China's original five words are very incisive, but unfortunately they are all on paper. On the contrary, they are fully reflected in the open and inclusive social environment in the United States.