I. Requirements for American Scholarship Application
1, GPA
Scholarships in any university are awarded on the basis of merit, so GPA is regarded as a basic item of scholarship evaluation. Students applying for a full scholarship must have a GPA of 3.5 or above. If students want to improve the success rate of application, GPA above 3.6 is safer.
2, entrance examination results
If you apply for a postgraduate scholarship, the school will also examine the students' test scores when they enter the school, which is stricter than the GPA because there is only one GRE test. Students must score above 320 points in the entrance examination, and if it is a rattan school, this requirement will be higher.
3. English level
American colleges and universities more agree with students' TOEFL scores, so the total score of TOEFL scores of students applying for full scholarships should not be lower than 105, and individual scores must be above 20.
4. Awards and honors won
American universities are friendly to students with special specialties, such as baseball, rugby, gymnastics, swimming and other excellent sports. If students have won honors and awards, they can submit them to the school in the materials for applying for scholarships.
Second, the types of American scholarships
1, scholarship
Scholarships generally refer to scholarships awarded by schools to students. There are many kinds of scholarships that can be used for educational expenses, such as tuition, books and other miscellaneous expenses. Basically similar to domestic scholarships, awarded to students with good grades. Students can apply for multiple scholarships at the same time, without affecting the application of other types of scholarships. The amount of scholarship will not be very high, but as an honor, it can add a lot of color to students' resumes in the future.
2. scholarships
Scholarship refers to the scholarships awarded by enterprises to aided schools, which is the most difficult and competitive one among the scholarship types. Scholarships are similar to scholarships, and can also be used for educational expenses, such as tuition, books and other miscellaneous expenses. The difference is that the grant is high, and the tuition fee can be reduced while most of the living expenses can be reduced. Students who want to apply for Fellowship should not only have good standardized scores, but also have enough domestic transcripts, letters of recommendation and personal statements.
2. Tuition fee remission
Free tuition is a financial aid policy for American universities. After the students apply, the school usually sends a notice of tuition fee reduction and exemption at the same time, but other than that, they will not provide financial help to the students.
3. Research assistance
Research grant (RA) is basically the application of students above the graduate level, which can be understood as a full prize. The school will not only exempt everyone from tuition fees, but also pay according to working hours, and the working hours per week will not exceed 20 hours. The job is to help the tutor do experiments and analyze the data. There are many applications from international students in China, especially students of science and engineering.
4. Teaching assistant
Assistant Scholarship (TA) can only be applied by graduate students studying in the United States, which is similar to the concept of full prize. You can get paid for your work without paying tuition. It is more suitable for students with good English and excellent grades to apply. TA's main job is to substitute for junior undergraduates.
Third, American scholarship application skills
1, and comprehensively enhance their own strength
Improving one's own strength is mainly divided into two parts. First, improve your hard conditions, such as your GPA and Rank (ranking) and standardized test scores (TOEFL or IELTS, GRE or GMAT). The second is to improve their soft conditions and show their leadership, artistic hobbies, sports hobbies, the publication of papers and research, the experience of experimental projects, etc. And reflect these advantages in the application documents to improve their competitiveness and make themselves better and more stereoscopic in the eyes of admissions officers. Is the most important way to get an American scholarship.
To apply for an American research scholarship, you must first be excellent in your own strength. It is best for the graduate institutions to be national key universities, especially those that have entered the national 985, 2 1 1 project; Universities require excellent grades in all subjects, and it is best to get university scholarships; Excellent grades in English. If you have internship experience or research results in professional fields, it will undoubtedly increase the weight of winning. American colleges and universities attach great importance to students' extracurricular practical activities, such as volunteer work, school associations and clubs. The enrollment function explores students' personality and characteristics from extracurricular practice, so as to judge whether students can meet the requirements of the school.
2. Choose a school that is more willing to provide scholarships.
Not all American universities offer scholarships to international students. Different universities have different scholarship settings, ability to pay and willingness to pay. Generally speaking, private universities have more funds at their disposal and are more willing to pay scholarships. Public universities generally have less disposable funds, and most of them will be distributed to local students, especially those in their own state.
Although the types and amounts of scholarships offered by American universities are different, the types of scholarships awarded to China students are nothing more than scholarships and tuition fee remission. So if you want to apply for a scholarship, you should not only know the types of scholarships, but also know some inside information, such as when to award prizes and the proportion of scholarships awarded in previous years.