A

School year: the unit that constitutes the school year, such as semester, school season, etc.

Academic adviser: a professor or staff member in a school acts as an adviser to students on academic issues.

Accreditation: Qualification accreditation. When applying for a school, we should pay special attention to whether the applied school is recognized by the relevant authorities.

Admission: Admission.

Advanced placement: When applying for an American university, you can enter the freshman, sophomore, junior or senior directly by taking an exam or transferring credits.

Advanced standing: the same as advanced meditation.

Associate degree: Associate degree. After graduating from high school, a two-year community college or a two-year college degree will be awarded.

Audit: audit. There are no credits and exams, but the cost is the same as that of formal students.

B

Bachelor degree: Bachelor degree. A degree from a four-year university.

Bachelor degree: Bachelor degree. A degree from a four-year university.

Finance department: the financial accounting department of the school.

Announcement: notice, announcement. Usually, the school curriculum introduction catalogue is also called bulletin.

C

Campus: campus, campus

Candidates' notification date: the date when the school announces the results of students' application.

Candidate's reply date: reply deadline. Most schools will specify a date, before which students must inform the school whether to accept or not.

College directory: school introduction directory.

Community College: A two-year community college.

Competitiveness: the competitiveness of the school; The more competitive the school, the harder it is to apply.

Conditional admission: that is, conditional admission; Some schools will give conditional permission to students who don't meet the requirements (usually their English level is not up to standard), and they can't formally start degree study before completing the required courses.

Cooperative education plan: a cooperative plan between architecture and education; Students can engage in related work while attending school, work while attending class, or work while attending class. Generally, this kind of program takes five years to get a bachelor's degree. However, due to immigration regulations, international students rarely have such opportunities.

Core course: it is a compulsory general subject for obtaining a university degree, and only a few schools do not require it. Usually compulsory subjects are divided into three categories: natural science, social science and humanities. Before graduation, each category needs to complete certain academic achievements, and most of them usually take such courses in their freshman or sophomore years.

Credits or credit hours or units: credits.

Resume: Show your educational background, research experience and professional experience in a structured way, similar to a resume. This form is equivalent to the resume used in academia.

D

Dean: Dean of the College.

Degree: degree.

Postponement of admission: students are allowed to postpone their admission for a certain period of time, such as one year.

Dissertation: a thesis, usually a doctoral thesis.

Distribution requirements: same as core courses.

Doctor or doctor's degree: doctor's degree.

Dormitory or dormitory: Dormitory.

Double repair: double repair; Students complete the professional compulsory courses of two subjects.

Give up: Give up a course. Refers to withdrawal.

Drop out: Drop out. Refers to students who have left school for more than two years without obtaining a degree or transferring.

E

Elective course: Elective course; You can choose your major or minor, professional or non-professional courses.

Admission deposit: deposit; Some schools will require admitted students to pay a non-refundable deposit to reserve places.

F

Faculty: All professors.

Scholarships: Scholarships; Provide full-time students with tuition and school living expenses.

Financial aid: financial aid. Including scholarships (for those with excellent grades) and grants (for those with financial difficulties). , including: 1) grants (scholarships) that do not need to be returned; 2) loans, but rarely to international students; 3) Work-study program on campus. Each school has different rules for applying for grants, and most of them are rarely given to foreign students, especially undergraduate students.

Flunk: failed; Be pawned.

Foreign student adviser: foreign student adviser; Many schools have this department, and professionals provide academic or personal advice to foreign students.

Freshman: fresh people; Refers to the first-year college students.

Full-time students: Full-time students. As for how many credits you have to take to become a full-time student, it varies according to the regulations of each school.

G

GPA: Weighted average of GPA and credits.

GPR (Grade Point Ratio): Same as GPA (Average Grade Point Average).

Graduate Management Entrance Examination (GMAT): A worldwide examination entrusted by educational testing service (ETS) to GMAC Committee as one of the reference conditions for applying for admission to American business schools. Most American business research institutions require GMAT scores. This test consists of quantitative, oral and analytical writing, which provides the school with an assessment of the applicant's future study performance in the graduate school of business.

Postgraduate Entrance Examination (GRE): A worldwide examination entrusted by educational testing service (ETS) as one of the reference conditions for applying for admission to research institutes or research institutions in American universities. GRE test is divided into general test and subject test. The general test is to measure candidates' Chinese (oral), quantitative and analytical abilities, and then reflect the possibility of success in future academic achievements.

Postgraduate study: graduate school; After obtaining a bachelor's degree, he entered the graduate school to study for master's and doctoral degrees.

Postgraduate program: Postgraduate program.

H

High school: High school.

Higher education: higher education.

Honors: Honors course; Special learning opportunities for outstanding students.

I

Independent study: independent research; In some courses, students can study independently without taking part in group courses or group assignments. Basically, students and one or more tutors plan their study plans, report their progress to them regularly, and submit a general report for grading at the end of the semester.

IAP-66: A document issued by a qualified educational exchange scholar funding institution designated by the US state government, which is a necessary document for J- 1 visa.

International Student Advisor: See Foreign Student Advisor.

I-20: Admission permit, necessary documents for student visa.

I-94: Entry and exit record form, which will be clipped in your passport when you enter the United States.

I-538: Application for extension of residence for non-immigrant visa students.

Immigration and Naturalization Service: US Immigration Service, abbreviated as INS.

Interdisciplinary: cross-disciplinary; Refers to the combination of several academic disciplines in some courses, such as biology and physics, engineering and business.

Internship: short-term internship; It is usually related to the subjects of the students' major, and students usually get credits. Work can be full-time or part-time, on or off campus, paid or voluntary.

J

Junior year: refers to the third-year college students.

K

K- 12: kindergarten to 12 grade; Kindergarten to 12 grade (probably equivalent to our senior three).

L

Liberal arts courses: select some basic courses from humanities, art, society, natural science and other fields as the basis of basic knowledge.

Leave: drop out of school; Students are allowed to leave school for a period of time and then go back to school to finish their studies.

M

Maintenance: basic maintenance cost; In school, it usually refers to expenses other than tuition, including accommodation, books, clothing, transportation and other expenses.

Adjustment: registration; Register for a degree in a junior college.

Major: Major. The field that students choose to specialize in.

Master's degree: Master's degree.

Secondary: secondary attack; Compared with the main subject, students specialize in subjects outside the course.

ordinary

Non-resident: a citizen of the state where the school is located. Students from other States or foreign countries who usually study in state universities are considered as non-state citizens, and the tuition fees paid will be more expensive than those paid by state citizens.

Notarization: Notarization.

O

Open admission: open admission. That is, regardless of the qualifications of the applicants, they will be admitted.

P

Pass/fail scoring system: a method of scoring by passing/failing. Some schools use this system completely, while others only use it for special courses or students. There are also records with/without credits.

Placement test: placement test; Students can go directly to higher courses if they do well in the degree exam after they arrive at school.

Pre-courses: pre-courses; Before taking some courses, you need to have certain conditions, such as introduction to accounting as a prerequisite for advanced accounting.

Q

Season system: school season system. The length of a school season is about 12 weeks. Usually, a school year is divided into spring, autumn and winter plus Xia San season.

Quiz: A quiz in class.

rare

Residents: People who have lived in the state where the school is located for at least one year can pay cheaper tuition fees for citizens at state universities. In addition, residents are also called residents.

Residence requirements: Most schools require students to take several semesters of courses before graduation (except for independent research and credits transferred from other schools). Another meaning is the number of years of residence required to obtain state citizenship.

Dormitory: that is, dormitory.

Rolling admission: first come, first served; In a circular way, there is no certain deadline for admission applications, and the application materials will be reviewed as soon as they arrive at any time.

S

Semester system: Semester system, the length of a semester is about 15 to 16 weeks. Usually a school year is divided into two semesters: spring and autumn plus summer vacation.

Senior: refers to the students in the fourth year of college.

Social Security Number: SSN for short: It was originally used as social security insurance, but in fact, it is almost everywhere regardless of driving test, insurance purchase or bank account opening. Some schools also use this number as a student identification number, which is as important as our ID number. International students can go to relevant institutions after arriving in the local area.

Seminar: seminar; Small seminar courses, under the guidance of professors, conduct independent research and classroom discussion on a certain field or theme. Usually open to seniors or graduate students.

Sophomore: refers to a sophomore.

Scholarship: Scholarship awarded to students every year.

Syllabus: course progress; The course schedule of a semester is released by the professor at the beginning of each semester.

T

English as a foreign language test or TOEFL: Also known as TOEFL, it is used by American universities and research institutions to evaluate the English ability of foreign students.

Thesis: Thesis, generally referring to master's thesis.

$ Term: it can mean a semester or a school year.

Transcript: Transcript.

Transfer student: transfer student. As far as the undergraduate department is concerned, it refers to the students who have taken university courses for one semester to three years and want to transfer to another university to continue their studies.

Tuition: refers to tuition, excluding accommodation, books and other expenses.

U

Unit: same credit.

Undergraduate study: undergraduate. That is, two or four years of college courses after graduating from high school.

Senior course: usually refers to an advanced course in junior or senior year.

Senior school: a school that offers the second and second years of bachelor's degree, but students must first complete the first two years of other schools.

V

vocational school

Resume: See currency resume.

W

Work-study program: The on-campus work that students can do is part of the American federal scholarship.

Drop out of class: drop out of a class. Students must formally notify the school to drop out within the specified time, otherwise the results will be included in the transcript.

Z

Postal code: Postal code.