Mandatory Preparation If you want to lecture in America
Posted by admin on 21st January and posted in Education Info
Go to college in the United States is quite difficult. Even prospective students a proactive, organized, and full preparations still need help in filing an application, essay and financial. What tips to keep in mind the international students and how they are assessed when compared to students from America?
According to founder and CEO of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars Steve Loflin, there are three things that must be considered. First, you must pay attention to extracurricular activities. College students in America looking for a completely good and academic value alone is not enough. You can display things that have been done outside the classroom, ranging from activities as a volunteer to work part time or ability to play musical instruments.
Second, the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is very important. For universities in the United States, the SAT is useful to evaluate whether you really deserve to go to the campus. Unless you come from school or college with an internationally recognized curriculum, campus that you’re going to be difficult to interpret transcripts. Regardless of whether they recognize the value of you, the campus will use the SAT as an assessment materials.
Finally, achieve a good score for TOEFL and IELTS. English language proficiency of international students studied very carefully as this affects the ability to participate in class and compete in the job search. This test is useful for universities to see if you can speak English in advanced level.
Meanwhile, President and founder HernandezCollegeConsulting.com and ApplicationBootCamp.com, Michele Hernandez had a different opinion. According to him, international students are in difficult times. Foreign students should be aware that the majority of campuses in America, limiting the population of foreign students up to 10 percent. Although the college does not admit the existence of quotas, the number of foreign students do not differ much from year to year.
If you see a school that the percentage of acceptance of foreign students by 20 percent, actually on the field only five percent. And if being analyzed closely, foreign students must compete with other international students from 80 countries, plus the students from their own country. Campus that you are headed may received 300 applicants from China and only received two or three people.
Therefore, you try to focus less desirable campus or campus international students who do not receive many applications from international students. You can glance at schools in rural areas or who are in the northeast United States who tend to get less applicants. As consider materials, you can learn the list belongs to U.S. News & World Report.
Different answers given Vice President of College Board of Higher Education, James Montoya. According to him, the world is in good condition for foreign students. Number of international students pursuing higher education in other countries will experience up to three-fold improvement in the next 10 years.
The good news is many colleges in America to expand efforts to recruit international students, especially those that can pay the full or does not need financial aid and scholarships. Because of that, Montoya suggested that international students who need financial assistance should not apply to a college that does not offer financial assistance.
In addition, because the campus looking for students who can contribute inside and outside the classroom, in a letter of application, applicants should highlight the things that they can bring to the campus, both academic, cultural, and social.
Founder and CEO of IvyWise and ApplyWise.com, Katherine Cohen stated, apply to the American campus means students must be ready to compete with the world. Cohen explains, there are five things that must be taken to ensure that your proposal be considered a destination campus.
- Emphasize your diverse backgrounds. Campus with multinational and multicultural perspective will accept it.
- Highlight what makes you different from other students on campus and explain why you are interested in college in America.
- No need of financial assistance? Notify the college you want to go! Because international students who need financial assistance will be more difficult to accept.
- Take practice ACT and SAT tests to see which one is right for you. In many cases, international students at IvyWise, better in terms of ACT.
- And that must be considered, do not apply to a college because of his name. Visit the schools that want you are applying, either directly or through the virtual world, and make sure you can project yourself in that place for four years.
Meanwhile, Director of Admission University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, Stacey Kostell suggested that prospective applicants to find out the specific requirements of the proposed university.
Higher education in America is not centralized nationally as in Indonesia. So it is important to note that the admission requirements will vary from one university to another university. Yours academic credentials will be evaluated differently by each university. Therefore, make sure you understand the requirements of each campus.
