Study abroad tips: United States applied for detailed process

School choice: choice of law

Select a school can apply to study abroad is the first step in a long, whether to go on the first step in a direct relationship to the entire application process is successful, select the school failures may have a very strong qualifications to apply for a few years still remain internally, on the contrary conditions are not good people pays dividends.

Choice of the most simple way is to use the precedence list. A professional ranking and a comprehensive ranking is essential. Sure some people will say ranking is not absolute, there are many many other aspects to consider. However, due to the Chinese students learn United States schools, starting from the top is a shortcut.

When it comes to professional ranking and importance of ranking, of opinion that the person's opinion is very good, but basically should be both, many people still value the ranking. In addition to the ranking, the University was founded in the year, teachers and students, library and University publications and its outstanding courses and very illustrative. In addition, you must understand the school's entry requirements, admission standards, competition and the application deadline, objectively estimate their conformity to the school's admission criteria and conditions, there is no strong competitiveness. Based on individual situations and sometimes geographical conditions, the level of consumption is also a factor to consider. Many universities also foreign students have specific requirements, for example, the United States many universities require the applicant to pay a filing fee, minority religious schools ban smoking, drinking, etc. So thoughtful and then proceed to contact the school.

First, choose the way to school

In Beijing there are the following units of United States colleges to these units long sent "schools describe": National Library of the Foreign Affairs Council, Beijing, Beijing cultural Department of the Embassy of the United States (28 floors-Guang building). The main bibliography are:

The United States universities and colleges, the college selection guide, the United States College Handbook, the Handbook of United States college costs, College grants, scholarships, Blue:, Scholarship Yearbook, catalogue of the postgraduate course "," index "," United States University World Guide, a directory of the United States colleges and teachers, the Yearbook of Petersons postgraduate studies Guide, the Guide to studying in the United States, the United States colleges comparison guide, Dahab 85 years higher education directory, the United States graduate school guide, willing to America to study and research of Chinese scholars and students can apply for grants, the World University Yearbook, the United States MBA Guide, the United States Council on graduate medical education Yearbook.

2. Select schools should consider

1. first of all it is necessary to correctly estimate the capacity of their professional background, according to own actual situation to choose the right school.

2. understand the selected school teaching, research and professional setting position is in line with their specialty and are engaged in research on similar, thereby avoiding professional does not bring a lot of trouble with.

3. solution for school admission requirements, admission standards, competition and the application deadline, objectively estimate their conformity to the school's admission criteria and conditions, there is no strong competitiveness. Many of the United States for foreign students at the University has specific requirements, it is necessary to pay attention to the different requirements of each school. For example, some schools require special GRE scores, if you did not apply for special examination, will be at a disadvantage.

4. understand the various schools and financial aid, that is your economic situation is able to pay you in school learning, cost of living. At the same time, we must pay attention to apply for financial support of the conditions and requirements, to measure their own strength. If you do not have the full prize, for many Chinese students, admission is meaningless.

5. Note also that the school is located in the climate, habits and customs, their ability to adapt.

III. method of selection of schools

First information source first filter. Good, bad schools are looking for some, the column list, select one of the standard is for international students may award-winning. The E-MAIL address of the school down after E-MAIL requests for information. Get the information read, filter-by-school. All international students "in the first year," said NO, the scholarship will be thrown into the trash. To electronic and information engineering, for example, its internal direction is complex, what does the individual schools, you apply for the direction of what direction you want to select. Generally speaking you are the best direction for this direction of the school are relatively strong, more so, Professor, student, many more opportunities. You can also cause schools on this Web site to see, search a free State students, if more people often get award China hopes for students.

How to choose your specialty?

United States has many sansiqian universities, colleges, faced with so many choices that you have fudged it ought to be some confusion. The choice of what kind of professional learning? is the original build on, or open up new horizons?

Specialization

Select a specialty course depends on your own interests, but you should also look at how the employment prospects of the market. For example, you want to apply for a chemistry PhD degree, you should know now in the academia and industry working opportunities fairly narrow. You'd better should pursue and biomedical and environmental related professional, since both seems to have good prospects for development.

Your tutor, your Department

When you get a degree, you will join a professional association, whether academic, clinical practice or in the business community. Each professional societies is your own little world, and famous personalities, thinking of the school, and his own contacts, acquaintance with the composition of the network. Your instructor will take you into this world, his/her fame will affect you. When you begin your career, you will be deemed a "Professor x" perspective, students may also be due to your tutor, you can

Soon in academia or academia, find your first job.

Your Department. Many of their research and teaching focus on planting a smaller areas, special academic thinking and methods become characterized the lines. In your career, you will be deemed "the glory of them a member".