Foreign Student Series: The Application Process

Foreign Student Series: The Application Process
In part 11, advice to apply to at least three U.S. colleges or universities -- and give yourself plenty of time. Transcript of radio broadcast:
19 November 2008

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

This week in our Foreign Student Series, we talk about applying to an American college or university. International admissions officers advise students to apply to at least three schools. You may be able to apply online and pay the application charge with a credit card, or by mail.

You should study the Web sites of schools that interest you. You can find information about how and when to apply, how much it will cost and whether any financial aid is available. And you can probably e-mail the admissions office with any questions.


At Whitman College, the admissions Web site has an area where people can send questions to current international students. Whitman is a small private college in Walla Walla, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest. It has about one thousand five hundred students. Fifty-two of them this year are international students from more than thirty countries.
By comparison, almost four thousand international students from more than one hundred countries are at Ohio State University. Ohio State is in the Midwest, in the city of Columbus, Ohio, and is one of the largest universities in the United States. It has more than fifty-two thousand students.

Wherever you apply, you should start the application process at least two years before you want to begin your studies. Completing the applications and any required admissions tests will take time. Non-native English speakers will most likely have to take the TOEFL, the Test of English as a Foreign Language. We will be discussing the TOEFL and other tests in the coming weeks.

So far in our series, we talked about choosing schools. We suggested getting help at the nearest Educational Advising Center. The State Department has advising centers around the world.

We also talked about online education programs and subjects like accreditation and diploma mills. And we talked about student visas and the job of SEVIS. SEVIS is the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System operated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

Next week will be part twelve of our Foreign Student Series. If you missed any, our series is online with transcripts, MP3s and helpful links at voaspecialenglish.com. You can also send us e-mail through the site. Or write to special@voanews.com, and be sure to include your name and tell us where you are.

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. I'm Steve Ember.

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外国学生系列：申请程序
在11日的一部分，咨询，适用于至少有三个美国大学或大学-并给自己足够的时间。全文电台广播：
2008年11月一十九号

这是美国之音特别英语教育报告。

这一周我们的外国学生系列，我们谈论适用于美国学院或大学。国际招生官员提醒学生申请到至少三所学校。您可以在网上申请并支付申请费的信用卡，或邮寄。

您应该学习网站的学校，关心你。您可以找到有关何时以及如何申请，费用多少以及是否有任何财政援助是可用。你或许可以电子邮件的招生办公室，任何问题。


在惠特曼学院的招生网站上有一个地方可以发送问题，当前的国际学生。惠特曼是一个很小的私立学院在沃拉沃拉，华盛顿，在西北太平洋。它拥有大约1500学生。 52名，其中今年的国际学生来自30多个国家。
相比之下，近4000国际学生来自一百多个国家在美国俄亥俄州立大学。美国俄亥俄州立是在中西部地区，市的美国俄亥俄州哥伦布市，是一个最大的大学在美国。该公司拥有超过52000学生。

无论你申请，你应该开始申请过程至少两年之前，首先要你的研究。完成了应用程序和任何必要的入学测试将需要时间。非母语的发言者将极有可能采取的托福考试，测试英语作为外语。我们将要讨论的托福考试和其他考试在未来几周内。

迄今为止在我们的系列，我们谈到了选择学校。我们建议获得帮助在最近的教育咨询中心。国务院咨询中心在世界各地。

我们还谈到了网上教育计划和科目，如资格认证和文凭工厂。和我们谈到了学生签证和工作SEVIS 。 SEVIS是对学生和交流访问者信息系统操作的移民和海关执法机构。

下周将是我国12个外国学生系列。如果您错过任何，我们的一系列在线与誊本， MP3和有用的链接在voaspecialenglish.com 。您也可以发送给我们电子邮件通过该网站。或写信至special@voanews.com ，并确保包括您的姓名，并告诉我们你在哪里。

，这是美国之音特别英语教育报告，写的南希史坦巴哈。我史蒂夫余烬。