About studying abroad

The question you asked contains too much content, so I will write what I can think of at present and recommend you to go to the United States.

1, the difficulty of going abroad varies from person to person, depending on your IQ and hard work. TOEFL registration fee 1370 RMB, whether attending classes or not varies from person to person. You can try a set of TOEFL simulation questions first If you think you can handle it, you don't have to attend class. The tuition fee for New Oriental large classes is more than RMB 1300 (I don't know if it has increased during class).

It depends on your own position. I don't know how many people there are in your school, and I don't know what the overall level of students your school is looking for. Are you a person who wants to go abroad because you can't get into a university at home, or a person with lofty ideals who wants to go to a top American school? If you can't get into a domestic university, you can find an intermediary and listen to the opinions of the intermediary, but I tell you that the intermediary can only run 50 schools, and the top schools won't let you find an intermediary, and the intermediary can't do it. If you are high flyers, you need to take TOEFL and SAT, which are the necessary conditions for you to apply for the top 50 schools. If you want to apply for Harvard, you'd better have won the AP exam and competition. There are provincial first prizes, national first prizes or even international gold medals in mathematical physical chemistry competitions that have a decisive influence on the application. For SAT, it is divided into two parts, reasoning test and subject test. The former tests reading, mathematics and writing. Mathematics is very simple. If you are serious, you will get full marks. Reading is better than 700 (full marks 800). When you get 750 in writing, it's almost enough to apply to the top 20 schools in the United States. There are more than 20 courses in the subject examination. Students in China generally choose mathematics and physical chemistry, and the questions are very simple. If you are serious, you will get full marks. Note that if you don't get full marks in all subjects except English in the SAT, your application will be greatly hit, because all your competitors got full marks. You should sign up for the exam on collegeboard. The basic cost of rational test is $43, and that of non-American students is $25, totaling ***68. The basic cost of the course is $20, and there are at most three exams, at least two at a time. It costs $8 for each additional exam, $25 for non-American students, and $69 for three exams. Before that, you must have a credit card that can overdraw US dollars. Going to class or not is the same as TOEFL, depending on personal situation.

3. Different schools have different scholarship policies. At that time, when I applied, five schools, Harvard (Harvard), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Dartmouth (Dartmouth College), Yale (Yale) and Princeton (Princeton), offered Needblind policies to international students, that is, when they were admitted, they didn't care whether you wanted scholarships or not, and after admission, they gave scholarships according to your family income. Generally speaking, all families whose family income is less than $60,000 receive full grants, including tuition, living expenses and miscellaneous expenses. Families can basically spend no money, but only the above-mentioned schools have this policy for international students (the top 20 schools have this policy, but most of them are only open to American students). Needless to say, the competition for admission to these five schools is bound to be extremely fierce, such as MIT. The students he admitted are generally students who have won the first prize in the national mathematics and physical chemistry competition or the international gold medal. The competition is fierce, far exceeding the other 20 schools in Tsinghua Peking University. Whether you want a scholarship or not will affect your admission. The more scholarships you get, the lower your success rate will be. But as long as he admits you, he will definitely give you the money you want. If he thinks you are not good enough, he will reject you directly. To apply for these schools, we should strive for the least scholarship that families can afford. There are few such scholarships in schools over the age of 20. Of the schools with more than 20, only private universities have scholarships, and it is the second one mentioned above. Public schools generally do not have scholarships.

In short, whether there is a scholarship or not depends on the individual level.

4. If you want to enter school in September, 20 10, you should complete all the exams before June, 2009 and all the applications before the end of February. 165438. American schools will tell you the admission results in March and April, decide the school you want to go to before May, and get the visa from mid-May to August.

Unlike China, American university admission requires students to choose the school they want to attend and apply later. Just like registering in New Oriental, they fill out the application form of the school, submit all the grades and materials required by the school, and maybe have an interview. There is no limit to the number of schools applying, but for each additional application, an application fee ranging from $50 to $80 will be paid. Admission to American schools is entirely determined by the school admissions office. The government and the education department don't care. TOEFL SAT scores only account for part of the admission, and more are the final exam results of high school, award-winning experience, and all other factors that can reflect your comprehensive quality.

You don't always apply for an answer at any time. For example, MIT requires applicants to submit all materials before the end of February. Before the end of February, he only collected and sorted out the application materials. No matter when you submit it, he doesn't read it at all. 1 at the beginning of the month, he asked people to start admission. The admission process lasted more than three months. The admission results will be announced in mid-March and inquired online. If he admits you, you need to tell him whether you want to go or not before May 1, because you may be admitted to several universities at the same time. If you don't go, you should refuse him (but I don't think any mentally retarded person will go if he is admitted to a school like MIT). After May 1, it will send the I20 form to the person who decides to go. You need to take this form to the visa office of the embassy. After signing the card, everything will be OK. Wait a minute.

In addition to TOEFL and SAT, you need to get good grades in the mid-term and final exams in high school to apply for American universities, because that is also a factor to consider, as well as all other awards that can reflect your comprehensive quality, letters of recommendation from teachers and so on.

5. Generally, the United States applies online, and goes to official website to check the required level and form of drug filling and submit it online. You also need to hand in high school grades, letters of recommendation, etc. Mail it to the school and there may be an interview.

6. Cost: American tuition is rising every year. At present, the tuition and living expenses of public schools are close to 50 thousand dollars a year, and private schools even exceed 1 10 thousand dollars.

7. Students can enter and leave the country for an unlimited number of times within one year with the F 1 visa valid for one year. After a year, they need to renew it. As long as the date on the I20 form is not enough, they will certainly succeed in renewing the fee.

I am a China student who graduated from high school and came to the top 20 universities in the United States. I have many feelings to share with you. I hope your dream will come true.