Do you want to study in the United States through an intermediary or by yourself?

"Do you want to find a study agent?" This question has been asked thousands of times, and the answer is actually only one: it varies from person to person.

First, what kind of situation needs to find an intermediary agency for studying abroad?

Judging from the application requirements of different countries and their policy impact, whether to use intermediary services (including phased incomplete services) is different in different countries.

First of all, the vast majority of students who apply to study in technical secondary schools and undergraduate courses apply through study abroad agencies, and only a few students who have emigrated or have immediate family members abroad fail to go through study abroad agencies. Even if there are some inter-school cooperation programs, students will turn to the agency in the final application process, because the school does not provide services in application and visa.

Secondly, according to the country, the difference is relatively large.

1. More than 85% of the applicants in North America have found a study agent, which seems to have nothing to do with learning bullying, because many students from famous universities like Peking University and Tsinghua also use the study agent. This may be due to several reasons: the number of applicants to North America is soaring every year, and the competition is becoming more and more fierce. Students themselves need to spend more time on exams and improving extracurricular activities, and study abroad agents can also provide effective help for students to choose schools and study abroad documents by virtue of their own experience advantages. In addition, it should be reminded that the difficulty and complexity of applying for graduate students in Canada is actually very high. Even if they are study agents, many institutions simply can't cope with the applications of Canadian graduate students.

More than 2.70% of the applicants in Britain and Australia have used the full service or staged service of the study abroad agency. Why is there a distinction between full-service and phased service? Because of the obvious characteristics of education industrialization in these two countries, education is an export product, and it is easier to apply than North America in general. In addition, the institutions in these two countries generally implement the agency system, that is, some intermediaries are authorized to act as their enrollment agents in China. Organizations with agency rights have certain advantages in information and application process processing. So many students choose the services of such institutions. Because the application is relatively easy and the required materials are relatively simple, students who have the ability can apply for the school themselves and entrust the visa application to the intermediary. Especially in Australia, if you want to apply for an "electronic visa" with high speed and high visa rate, you can only apply for an "electronic visa". This e-visa qualification is only available to some institutions authorized by the Australian Immigration Department, and students do not have this channel.

3. More than 50% of the students who apply to Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and other Asian countries use the services of study abroad agencies, while most of the students who apply to small European countries such as France, Germany, Spain, Italy and even Russia use study abroad agencies. The main reasons are language barrier and visa rate. For example, the visa rates in France and Germany are not high, with the former less than 50% and the latter less than 75%.

Second, is it better to find an intermediary or DIY to study abroad?

Now many students will consider whether to apply for DIY when applying for studying abroad. There is a very interesting phenomenon. Some students were originally prepared to study abroad with DIY mentality, but they found that their grades were not good, their time was not enough, their experience was not enough, and they were not sure about the location of the school, so they hurriedly found a study agency. This kind of haste is sometimes very harmful. Therefore. If you want to do DIY, you must prepare as early as possible, arrange exams reasonably, spend more time studying the situation of foreign universities, and find more applicants to understand the application process and lessons, so as to avoid the unsatisfactory application results after a long time. Therefore, studying abroad by DIY or looking for a study abroad agent has advantages and disadvantages.

In short, diy study abroad can exercise your ability, but it may not save money, and the risk of failure is greater, depending on the students' own ability and the bottom line of bearing the results.