First of all, Dutch universities are divided into two categories. Research universities (U universities) mainly cultivate students' ability to operate research projects independently in academic and professional environments. However, applied science universities (H-type universities) pay more attention to cultivating students' practical ability and prepare students for a certain industry in the future.
Secondly, your background, a five-year college graduate, has graduated for two years, and you are 22 years old this year. Applying to a university in the Netherlands basically has nothing to do with your age or how long you graduated. I don't know if you want to go to junior college or go back to undergraduate course. Generally, the so-called junior college courses are mainly provided by H-type universities, and the length of schooling varies from 1 to 2 years. Moreover, the professional coverage of Dutch college courses is not large, mainly based on management. The premise of applying for junior college courses is that the courses you study in China need to be highly related to the courses you intend to apply for. As for whether Dutch universities recognize your academic qualifications, you need to consult your favorite university. If you want to go to junior college, you need a junior college diploma. If you want to go to college again, you need a high school diploma.
Regarding applying for a school, you should make sure what you want to study. If you plan to study undergraduate from scratch, you should still have many choices, but others can't help you choose your major. You must know your interests. Generally speaking, the teaching level of Dutch universities is still very good, and personally, research universities are better. Universities applying for the Netherlands can provide TOEFL or IELTS scores. In Dutch universities, both U (research type) and H (application type) offer English undergraduate courses. You don't have to speak Dutch to study in the Netherlands. If you are interested in Dutch, you can study while studying abroad. If you choose to take IELTS, the total score is generally above 6 (some majors and universities have higher requirements), and you may need a nuffic certificate when applying for a school. Information about nuffic certificates and Dutch universities can be found in nesochina.
However, the tuition and living expenses of Dutch undergraduate courses are not low. Dutch undergraduate, the annual tuition fee ranges from 5500- 1 10,000 euros, and the living expenses can be calculated as 850 euros a month (of course, it can also be saved). International students are allowed to work 10 hour per week at most, so it is impossible to pay tuition and living expenses in full by the income from their usual work.
Suppose you apply to the university, you can start thinking about other issues.
Dutch people generally have a high level of English. If they only know English, there will be no big problems in their daily life. Since I can pass IELTS or TOEFL, I can't speak English at all. When you come into contact with ordinary life expressions, you will naturally say them. However, if you have a poor English foundation and just want to pass some intensive classes for the exam, even if you pass the exam, you won't understand it in class when you really go abroad, and you need to spend more time and energy than others to keep up with the learning progress. It is impossible for a good university in the Netherlands to be graduated by gangsters. Whether you can graduate smoothly depends on whether you have spent time and energy to study hard. Moreover, these universities will not turn a blind eye to students' achievements for the sake of enrollment rate. After all, whether you can graduate is a question of students' own ability. If they fail in the exam, of course they will be brushed off.
For the first time in Holland, you can contact the school in advance. Generally, schools will organize people to pick you up at the airport and take you to school or dormitory from the airport. If you have no idea about renting a house at all, you can let the school arrange a house in the first year (it is more expensive, but the advantage is that you don't have to worry about it yourself, and the equipment is basically complete). After getting familiar with the environment, you can consider finding your own house to live in. The person who picks up the plane or the person in the student dormitory will also prepare a guide and a simple map for you to guide the students to do next (such as school registration, city hall registration, etc.). If you don't have confidence in yourself, you can go to the Netherlands to attend the China International Students Forum (for example, working hard in the Netherlands) before going to the Netherlands, and make an appointment for classmates to travel together.
Studying in the Netherlands, I basically don't plan to return to China in the first year. You can prepare common clothes, shoes and daily necessities (toothbrushes, umbrellas, etc.). ), common drugs (but it depends on whether the drug ingredients can be brought into the EU), enough money, laptops, mobile phones, etc. And you can also go to the forum to see your experience.
And you said that even after finishing junior college, it is actually a junior high school culture. Does that mean that you didn't lay a good foundation when you were in college? If the foundation is weak, you'd better take some useful courses yourself in advance (depending on the major you want to apply for), otherwise it will be very hard.