What preparations do you need to make to study in the United States?

What preparations do you need to make to study in American high schools? Social resources in America are very scarce. If you don't make an appointment in advance, it will easily lead to nowhere to live and eat. Therefore, students in China must plan their accommodation and diet.

● Airport pick-up, hotels and dormitories should be booked.

People in China rarely have the habit of making an appointment, and basically they can't worry about getting things done when they go out with money. But in America, money may not always be what you want. Some freshmen are used to being taken care of, so international students also regard teachers in the international department as nannies, thinking that everything will be fine as long as they book air tickets and fly to the local area.

Some schools will arrange airport pick-up service, but students need to confirm in advance. Some schools will attach traffic information to the welcome letter, listing the information of airport buses and some taxi companies for students' reference. Students should consider how to get to school after landing before leaving. If you don't know or understand the contents of the welcome letter, you can call and email the teacher in the international department in advance to confirm.

Students who need to live on campus must also reply to the accommodation information in the admission notice and contact the school accommodation office to choose and book a dormitory. The school accommodation office gave a confirmation form to prove that the dormitory had been booked. After that, we should pay attention to the time and date marked above in order to get the permission to move in.

Students who need to get to school before the dormitory opens, and those who plan to rent a house outside the campus, should also consider booking hotels in advance. It is best to choose a hotel that can be booked and cancelled free of charge within the prescribed time limit, and occupy the room first. If you find an apartment or better accommodation before flying to the United States, you can consider canceling your previous hotel reservation.

● Don't arrive at school too early.

Students will also receive some practical information and a reminder letter when they receive the admission notice. In the reminder letter/welcome letter, the date of commencement and orientation will be specially reminded. Our suggestion is that it is best for freshmen to register one or two days before induction training. The advantage of this is that you have time to rest and buy daily necessities, the dormitory can be opened one after another, and all departments on campus are open to accept new students.

Many students and parents have a misconception that the earlier they get to school, the better. The US Immigration Service allows international students with student visas to enter the country as early as one month before the start of school. Therefore, many new international students can't wait to get to school two or three weeks in advance. They think that getting to school early can adapt to the environment and seize the opportunity to find a job on campus.

However, the fact is that almost all dormitories in the United States are closed during holidays, especially during the summer vacation. In other words, students who arrive at school too early can not only move into the dormitory, but also have to find their own hotel to stay until the start of school. Hotels are generally far from the campus, so it is not only inconvenient to go in and out of the campus every day, because there is no car, so we can only wander around the hotel.

In addition, in the United States, you can't work without legal work permits and certificates (such as social security cards). For students who have just arrived at school without any entrance education, the international department of colleges and universities will not provide employment information. At the same time, because the campus has not yet started, except for a few foreign students and a few athletes who come to the school for training, there is almost no population, which can not play the role of "integrating into the campus".

Unless, of course, local relatives and friends can spend the night with them. Therefore, students should arrange their school time reasonably according to the suggestions in the admission notice and welcome letter, and don't be disappointed after imagining a beautiful blueprint out of thin air.

● Credit and registration information should be prepared.

Due to the different educational systems between China and the United States, in many cases, students can't provide transcripts of domestic universities or high schools when applying for studying abroad. Colleges and universities in the United States require students to show the most complete records of all their grades before entering the school. Therefore, for foreign students who have not submitted their transcripts for the last semester when they receive the admission notice, they must send the official transcripts in Chinese and English to the school as soon as possible. At the same time, I suggest that students make a copy of their official transcripts and bring them with them when they report.

For students who have completed credits in China or other universities in the United States, if they want to transfer the credits to a new school, they must send their transcripts to the school according to the time stipulated by the international department of the school or the admissions office. The conversion between grades and certification courses is complicated, usually involving several staff members and even several departments. Schools usually mark "Please submit your transcripts before a certain day of the month" on the application materials, and students must abide by it.

If students who really can't provide the final and complete transcripts and course descriptions don't have the previous transfer credit records at the time of enrollment, there may be cases where students who have obviously studied in China in their sophomore and junior years are selected to register as freshmen because their credits have not been recognized or transferred to a new school.

At this time, don't force the teacher to transfer credits to you, because the speed can't make you get credit certification one week before the start of school, and it will also bring a great burden to the teacher. It will take some time to transfer credits, but qualified credits will be transferred next semester, so students don't have to worry.

● Bring your own bedding.

This situation varies from person to person and from school to school. Generally speaking, school dormitories and apartments do not provide bedding such as bedding and pillows. Some schools do, but they need to be purchased separately. This requires students to ask more questions after determining the dormitory and determine what they can expect and what they need to prepare.

Students who arrive at school during the day usually have the opportunity to take the school bus or take a taxi to the supermarket to buy necessities. If they arrive at midnight without any bedding, they will feel even worse. The situation of renting a house off campus is similar. Some apartments or rental houses may have simple furniture (generally not), but almost all rental houses have no bedding. The solution is to decide whether to pack simple bedding in your luggage according to your flight schedule.

● Be flexible.

When people are traveling, any unexpected situation may happen, such as delayed entry or delayed flight, which may disrupt the later trip. Be calm and flexible when encountering unexpected situations, think about countermeasures and learn to ask for help when necessary. The staff in airport hotel are excellent candidates for seeking help. I suggest you take emergency contact numbers with you, including the telephone numbers of family and friends and the international department of American schools.

In some universities, the international department will also provide an international hotline at the beginning of the semester, and a Commissioner will be on duty 24 hours a day to answer questions from international students at any time. But please note that the teachers in charge of the international hotline are all teachers of the international department. They go to work during the day to receive new and old students, and are always on standby to solve intractable diseases after work. Please respect the time and labor of these teachers.

If a student calls and says, "I am at the airport, come and pick me up!" " Or "I'm staying in a hotel near the school". Where to eat in the evening? "This is all thoughtless behavior.