First, the steps to apply for American universities
1. Take the standardized entrance examination
TOEFL scores are required to apply for undergraduate study in the United States. If you want to apply for the TOP 100 university in the United States, you will also be required to provide SAT scores. To apply for graduate students, you need to take TOEFL, GRE or GMAT, depending on the school and major you are applying for.
select a school
Different schools in the United States have different application deadlines. Generally speaking, the better the university, the earlier the deadline. The deadline for first-class universities is generally before 1 or earlier. Therefore, applicants should pay close attention to the deadline of their target schools so as not to miss the opportunity. There are many universities in America, so don't be picky. What suits you is the most important.
3. Provide school transcripts
The average school grade is provided by the school and converted into a four-point GPA in the United States. The higher the GPA, the more favorable it is to apply for a good school. Take applying for an American undergraduate course as an example. American high schools have a four-year academic system. Most American universities require candidates to provide application materials when applying for the exam, while China high schools have a three-year academic system. Therefore, when China students apply for American universities, they should not only submit their grades for three years in high school, but also generally add their grades for the third year.
Prepare personal statements and articles
Personal statement is an important document that affects admission. Personal statements should be true, comprehensive, concise and to the point, meet the requirements of American universities, and relevant contents should not be omitted. Personal statements are especially important for getting scholarships. You can fully reflect your ability to the school you apply for by writing. In addition, students applying for undergraduate courses usually need to provide one or several propositions or self-propositional compositions. These articles usually examine your values, outlook on life, attitude towards life and your ability to face challenges. Because China students' grades are often neck and neck, a good composition can distinguish everyone and win by surprise.
Prepare a resume
Resume studying in the United States is an important auxiliary tool for writing personal statements. Students should not only pay attention to their own advantages, rich experience and enthusiastic learning attitude, but also pay attention to the appearance of resumes, the choice of paper, concise words, appropriate vocabulary and personalized language style.
Prepare a letter of recommendation
Applicants generally need to provide more than 2 letters of recommendation in English. The recommendation letter shall explain the basic situation of the recommended person and introduce the performance of the recommended person, including academic papers, scientific research achievements, awards won, abilities possessed, etc. Then who is the best person to write a letter of recommendation? Generally, letters of recommendation are written by your dean and professional tutor. It would be better if you could get a recommendation letter from the principal or an influential tutor with a senior academic title or academic circle.
7. Other supporting materials
In order to highlight their own advantages, you can also supplement other supporting materials. For example, the experience of participating in social activities, specialty certificates, invention certificates, published articles, award certificates of various competitions, etc. , will be helpful to your application for studying abroad.
8. Formal application
Submit all the application materials together with the application fee to the school of your choice, and supplement the materials at any time according to the requirements of the school. It should be noted that in order to ensure the application results, you can apply for some prestigious schools or several guaranteed schools.
9. Get the school admission notice
Waiting for the school admission notice. If you are admitted to several schools at the same time, don't react too quickly. You should carefully consider the scholarship situation, whether the tuition fee is reasonable and a series of comprehensive evaluations and your own wishes, and finally determine the school you want to go to.
Second, the conditions for studying abroad
1, English requirements
English achievement is one of the conditions for studying in the United States. All American universities require students to provide English scores when applying. The basic requirement is that the TOEFL score of undergraduate course is not less than 500 points. Graduate students not only require TOEFL scores above 550, but also may need to provide other related English scores, such as GRE scores of science and engineering, liberal arts and mathematics majors, GMAT scores of business majors, DAT scores of dentistry majors, MCAT scores of medical majors and LSAT scores of law majors. However, some American universities do not require GRE or GMAT scores for students applying for postgraduate courses. Excellent English scores can help students apply for scholarships at different levels.
2. Education
For China students, to apply for an undergraduate degree in the United States, they must graduate from high school at least, and to apply for a master's degree, they must have a bachelor's degree. When applying for schools and majors, you should try your best to meet your academic qualifications, work experience and hobbies, but you can also consider some special majors for conversion. For example, students majoring in English in China can transfer to the United States to study MBA.
3. Economic requirements
Due to different schools and majors, the cost of studying in the United States varies greatly. Generally speaking, the tuition fee of community colleges is about $2,000 a year, while the tuition and accommodation fees of some excellent private universities are as high as $28,000 a year. American universities have 4-5 years of bachelor's degree, 0-3 years of master's degree/kloc, and 5-7 years of doctor's degree. For students applying for home schooling, the annual expenses for their spouses are about 5,000 dollars, and the expenses for their children are about 4,000 dollars each. Family medical insurance costs about $3,500-4,000 a year. For those students who want to work with student visas, American immigration laws have very strict restrictions. With the most common F- 1 visa, they can work part-time or on campus for less than 20 hours a week.
Among the conditions for studying in the United States, economic problems are definitely the most important. In addition to the different tuition fees of each university, tuition and fees and living expenses should also be considered. On the whole, it is about 80,000 yuan to 654.38+10,000 yuan per year. Accommodation: Living in the school dormitory costs 3000-7500 dollars a year, and renting it out costs about 3600-7200 dollars; Secondly, the cost of books: Compared with China, the cost of textbooks in the United States is quite high. Therefore, the cost of books this year may be as high as 500- 1000 dollars; Finally, meals: about $2,500 a year.