During the ten years of China's opening-up, most students studying in the United States were studying for graduate students. Some of them won scholarships. The conditions for getting a scholarship mainly depend on your TOEFL score, GRE score, your college grades and extracurricular activities, your own research and letters of recommendation. Scholarships usually include the provision of teaching assistants (TA) or research assistants (RA), who work 20 hours a week, mainly to help professors do things. Doing TA requires giving classes to college students and correcting homework, and the workload cannot escape. But being an RA depends entirely on your professor.
After graduating from domestic universities (or graduate students) with excellent professional achievements, they can apply for graduate scholarships from American universities, including private universities and public universities. The full scholarship is enough to cover tuition and living expenses. If it is a partial scholarship, it is also very good. After all, it greatly reduces the financial burden. You can apply one year before you graduate from China. It should be noted that not all majors have scholarships. When choosing a major in China University, it is best to consider those graduate programs that offer scholarships in the United States.
Second, go to the United States to study in a private university.
Why do you have to go to a private university instead of a public university? Because public universities in the United States are all state universities, their sources of funding mainly depend on the taxes of the state where they are located. American citizens or permanent residents who have lived in the state where the state university is located for at least 1 year can enjoy the tuition discount, that is, the tuition in the state, which is about 1 million dollars per year. Out-of-state residents and foreigners need to pay about 20 thousand to 30 thousand dollars. Because the parents of these students have never paid taxes in the state. Without contribution, there is naturally no welfare. In addition, even if state universities have various scholarships, they are only awarded to American citizens or permanent residents. Private universities, on the other hand, rely mainly on donations and tuition fees. Therefore, residents inside and outside the state, even foreign residents, pay the same tuition fees without discrimination. Tuition of about $30,000 to $50,000 a year is so expensive that ordinary Americans are afraid. How can ordinary people in China afford it?
If you pay attention to domestic reports, you must often see the news that a high school graduate has been admitted to a prestigious school and won a full scholarship. In order to attract outstanding students, American private universities, especially famous schools, will provide scholarships for students with financial difficulties. Like tuition, scholarships are treated equally, that is, no matter where you come from, you have the same right to get scholarships.
The most typical example is Harvard University, which opens its doors to outstanding students all over the world. Any undergraduate admitted to Harvard University can get a scholarship. There is only one standard, family income. At present, the standard line is that if the annual income does not exceed $65,000, Harvard provides a full scholarship to pay all tuition and fees, accommodation, meals, gym and medical insurance during the study period, even including air tickets for visiting parents during holidays. If it is higher than this line, a small fee will be paid according to a small proportion of the annual salary. For example, if the annual salary is as high as $654.38+600,000, only about $654.38+600,000 will be paid. The average person in China is below $65,000, so once a child is admitted, he will naturally get a full scholarship, and the family will not have to pay a penny at all. If many officials only look at the annual salary, they are also below this line, so if the children of officials are admitted to Harvard, they can also get full scholarships. Harvard has a tradition of taking care of the children of senior officials, so * * * children are admitted in order.
Children from ordinary families need to be excellent in all aspects to be admitted. Simply put, it mainly depends on four aspects. First, high school grades, second, SAT scores, third, extracurricular activities, fourth, personality and characteristics, such as leadership, love and perseverance. Famous American schools don't like children who can only take exams, so many top candidates in the college entrance examination are rejected.
If ordinary people want their children to enter Harvard, Yale, Stanford and other famous schools, and don't have to worry about the cost, then they must consciously train their children and train them into all-round talents with characteristics.
Third, get financial guarantee for going to college.
"University" here includes private and public universities, undergraduates or graduate students. University applicants who are not excellent students will be admitted to American universities as long as they meet the basic conditions, but there is no scholarship.
How do you convince the visa consul that you have enough financial resources to pay all the expenses during your study abroad? This needs to be supported by an affidavit, that is, the I- 134 form, which is filled in and signed by your relatives and friends with certain economic strength, and promises to bear the expenses for studying abroad. A few years after the reform and opening up, "ten thousand households" are almost all local tyrants today. Most people only earn tens of yuan a month. It is impossible to make up the astronomical figures of studying in America. At that time, people without scholarships went to the United States to study in the form of letters of guarantee from relatives and friends. However, in fact, the relatives and friends who guaranteed it did not pay for it. So, where do the tuition and living expenses of those international students come from? You may have read the news that movie star Chen Chong is studying in the United States and working in a restaurant. Yes, China students who have no money earn tuition and living expenses by working hard. At that time, movie stars could do this, but today, young people who are interested in studying in the United States should be able to afford it.
China students work in China restaurant. It is illegal for foreign students to work, and only China restaurants dare to accept foreign students to work.
Although relatives and friends in China can also be guarantors, visa consuls know that there are too many frauds in China, so you'd better find relatives and friends in the United States or other countries as financial guarantors.
Fourth, strive for the public to be visiting scholars or study for degrees.
As a visiting scholar, the threshold is very low. However, a degree requires academic qualifications and English proficiency, and there are public schools in China every year. On June 5438+ 10, 2008, Beijing Youth Daily interviewed a reporter. Peng Yun answered the question "Why do you stay in the United States?" He said, "I want to find a quiet place to study in a down-to-earth way. Although this school is also very busy now, it is very quiet and the environment is very relaxed, which suits me very well. "
After the expiration of formal study abroad, you must return to China to serve. Many young people who are interested in studying in the United States but lack money are willing to return to China after their studies. Since we are ready to return to China, public schools should certainly fight for it. After serving in China for a period of time, if you miss America, it is quite easy to return to America.
5. Attend public primary and secondary schools in the United States.
Why must it be public primary and secondary schools? Because American public primary and secondary schools are free. Free for American citizens, permanent residents and foreign children living in the United States.
To qualify for public primary and secondary schools in the United States, at least one parent lives in the United States. It can be a student at school, such as a doctoral student; Can work in the United States with a work visa; You can be a visiting scholar. Then, their children can attend public primary and secondary schools for free. If your income is limited, you can also enjoy free breakfast and lunch provided by the school. Of course, parents' visas are over and they are going back to China, so the children have to leave school. The advantage is that children who have experience in primary and secondary schools in the United States can get great points when applying for universities in the future.
Children go to public primary and secondary schools in the United States by "fighting for their fathers" or "fighting for their mothers". Usually, the most feasible way is for parents to look for vacant positions in their major in the United States and then submit job applications. If hired, you can apply for a work visa to go to the United States, and your family can accompany you to the United States. Those with skills, such as computer engineers, accountants and math teachers, can try to find job advertisements in the United States. Of course, English must pass. After obtaining an American work visa, if the company (school) wants to be employed permanently, it will help to apply for a green card. Then children will enjoy the same rights and interests as Americans when they go to college in the future.