Because the cost of studying in the United States is relatively high, many students who apply for studying in the United States are interested in its scholarships. So what factors have a greater impact on American university scholarships? Now I will tell the students who want to apply for a scholarship.

First, the factors of applying for scholarships.

1. The number of scholarships is greatly influenced by the major.

The number of graduate scholarships in the United States is relatively related to majors, and the probability and amount of graduate students in engineering and most science and engineering are much higher than those applying for graduate students in other fields. Relatively speaking, students majoring in law, medicine and business are much less likely to receive school funding.

2. Differences in the number of scholarships

The number of scholarships and grants in American universities varies according to your chosen major. In engineering, computer science, mathematics and other fields, about 82% full-time doctoral students and about 50% master students can get grants, most of which are provided by the government or enterprises.

3. The number of scholarships is influenced by the financial resources of the school.

In some schools with strong financial resources, such as Cornell University and Yale University, almost all students who successfully apply for doctoral degrees will receive scholarships or grants covering tuition, miscellaneous fees, allowances and medical insurance.

Scholarship is not a free lunch.

In American universities, only the best part of the students who apply for American graduate study scholarships will receive financial aid from the school, while other students can only wait until the second semester or the second academic year to obtain this qualification (the general scholarship is granted without requiring students to sacrifice their lives for school work). The grant requires students to provide various services for the school, such as helping professors to correct test papers, leading students to organize study discussion groups, supervising students to carry out experiments or assisting professors in research work.

Two. Types of American scholarships

1, Friendship

Scholarship is one of the most competitive non-service scholarships. Under normal circumstances, if you get a scholarship granted by the college, you will get a full reward, that is, in addition to exempting tuition, accommodation, insurance, books and other expenses, you will also give the winning students a certain amount as personal expenses. In the application process, the competition for grants is particularly fierce. Generally speaking, in addition to higher TOEFL, GRE or GMAT scores, there must be better domestic school transcripts, GPA, letters of recommendation and personal statements. The preparation of these materials should pay great attention to skills and be different in order to get a full scholarship smoothly.

2. scholarships

The form of scholarship can be a certain amount, and it can be awarded to students with excellent grades as some kind of scholarship (such as economic scholarship, postgraduate scholarship, etc.). ), or it can be free of tuition or miscellaneous fees (tuition scholarship or tuition &; Fee scholarship), the specific amount of this scholarship varies according to the amount of tuition and fees stipulated by the college. Unlike grants, scholarships have only one form. The same university may have several or even a dozen scholarships in different forms, and a student may be eligible to apply for more than two scholarships at the same time. Generally speaking, the probability of getting a scholarship is higher than the probability of getting a scholarship, but the amount of the scholarship is less than the amount of the scholarship.

3. Tuition fee remission.

In some colleges in the United States, there are tuition-free scholarships, some colleges regard it as a kind of scholarship, and some colleges list it separately. Free tuition is one of the easiest non-service scholarships to apply for, but because tuition is only a part of the total cost, you need to apply for other forms of scholarships at the same time if you want to get enough funds.

4. Research assistance and teaching assistance.

For China students who apply for postgraduate level or above in the United States, the chances of getting scholarships are much greater than those of undergraduates or undergraduate transfer students, and most of them get full bonuses by getting one of these two service salaries. Most graduate schools in American universities have set up these two kinds of grants, but not all colleges can afford the full cost of a year, but most of them are more than two-thirds of the total.