First, language and academic preparation.
Language preparation is first of all to take the exam required by foreign universities. The requirements of universities in each country are different, which should be determined according to your study abroad plan and goals. For example, you need to take TOEFLIELTS to study in the United States, and you need to take SAT or even SAT II to apply for the best university. To go to the United States for graduate study, in addition to TOEFL or IELTS, you also need to take GRE Business School and GMAT. Although some universities have the so-called double admission policy, it is very important to pass the domestic language examination as far as possible, no matter from the point of view of saving expenses, shortening the time of studying abroad or studying abroad.
The so-called academic preparation, in addition to learning ability, is also best to be prepared in terms of professional knowledge and professional learning research methods. The domestic educational model has long lacked the training of critical thinking and writing. Many students face a big problem when they go abroad, and they don't know where to start. The research conclusion lacks originality and the quality of the paper is not high.
Second, economic preparation.
Most of the families of international students are able to pay the expenses during their study abroad, and generally they will not encounter economic problems. Maybe I don't know how to prepare, and I don't have any idea about the proof of funds needed when applying for colleges and universities and the economic guarantee needed when applying for visas.
Generally speaking, a few tuition-free countries in Europe do not have high requirements for funds, and only need a small amount of bank deposit certificates. Students can find the answer by consulting the website of their embassy in China, or entrust a special study agency, which will guide students to prepare. American colleges and universities may require students to submit proof of expenses for at least one year, ranging from 200,000 to 500,000 RMB. However, visas in different countries have different requirements for financial guarantee, so students need to check more accurate requirements. Know the cost of each country.
Third, mental preparation.
Studying abroad is to study rather than simply enjoy life, and it is bound to encounter some difficulties and temporary difficulties. Understand the possible problems and difficulties, make psychological and ideological preparations, and then you will be more calm. For example, there may be no one to hold you and provide you with all-round services, accommodation and living conditions may not be as good as your home in China, and you will be emotionally lonely, which needs to be handled and solved by yourself.
Fourth, you must have a good understanding of the countries and institutions you are going to.
From time to time, the media will expose the news of "diploma workshop", so-and-so study abroad agent cheating students or so-and-so students failing to study abroad. We say that as long as students really have a more accurate and sufficient understanding of the countries or institutions that are going to study abroad, diploma workshops and black intermediaries studying abroad have no chance to start with students. Prospective international students can learn about their study abroad through study abroad supervision and foreign supervision, and check the list of formal study abroad agencies and institutions with nationally recognized academic qualifications.
How to prepare for studying abroad
I decided to go abroad when I was almost a freshman. Because I majored in media, the media at that time must have been re-elected from Britain, Hong Kong and the United States, but on the whole, the media in Britain was more theoretical and traditional. Then in Hong Kong, the developed degree of the whole media industry is relatively weak, so we chose American schools with the highest media level and better education quality.
Because at that time, I saw a sentence on the Internet, I don't know how wonderful the media world is without going to America. At that time, I just felt awakened by this sentence. I think as a media person, I really should go to the most developed and advanced places in the legend to see what the media world is like. Moreover, in previous classes, teachers often talked about some excellent American cases. Because I study advertising, I feel that both creativity and advertising technology in the United States are much more advanced in terms of overall professional level and their working methods, so I want to really experience it here in the United States.
How to prepare the language?
After I decided to study in the United States, I began to prepare. I feel that the most important preparations for studying abroad at the undergraduate level should be two. One is your own grades. You must ensure that your grades in every subject are satisfactory or relatively satisfactory. If the GPA is really low, it will have a great impact on your application, so you study hard in every subject and hand in every assignment seriously, so I feel that your goal of going abroad is to urge yourself to study hard, which is quite good. If you want to have an advantage in the application, you must pay attention to every course. Some methods can be retaken in some schools, that is, in your sophomore or junior year, if some courses are not good in your freshman year, you can retake them later. Another point is the internship, because the internship experience must be mentioned in PS when applying for a foreign master's degree, so you must prepare for the internship as early as possible, because if you start applying for the school in your junior and senior year, it will be too late to practice again, so you must start preparing for the internship in your freshman and sophomore year.
At that time, I had to prepare TOEFL and GRE. At that time, I began to learn TOEFL in the summer vacation before my freshman year and sophomore year, but I didn't study very hard because I thought it was still far away. It was not until junior year that I began to study TOEFL and GRE systematically. In fact, it was a little late at that time, so everyone must prepare the language early. Don't say I think it's too early to be a freshman or a sophomore. I still have a lot of time in my junior year. Because junior year is basically the core course of domestic universities, junior year will be very stressful and tired. Even in our junior year, you may have to take part in some competitions and do some projects, so you don't have time to learn the language systematically, so the language is likely to be delayed. If the language is delayed, it will have a great impact on the application, so you must prepare GRE and TOEFL as early as possible. I suggest you prepare your language for your sophomore year.
Preparation for studying abroad
During college, especially in activities and scientific research, we should make targeted arrangements and preparations. Well, I feel that when you are an undergraduate, you may be interested in joining a club or doing activities, but you must have a purpose and be related to your major if you want to serve your application. For example, if you want to apply for a master's degree in media, and you join an environmental protection society or a robot research society, or a food-related society, it has nothing to do with the media. In fact, I don't think it will be very helpful for your application. For example, I had a club, and I was the vice president of Zhejiang University Advertising Association. This club activity may be very helpful to my application. Even if I feel that I have done nothing in the club, when you apply, he will pay close attention to your experience of this kind of club activities, and will not pay attention to your robot research or environmental protection activities. I feel that American universities have very high requirements for this relevance, including when I ask a teacher here to help me revise my resume, the teacher will tell me what is on your resume.
Finally, I think it is helpful to apply, whether you have won an award in the university. My main award during my undergraduate period was to participate in the China College Student Advertising Competition. At that time, I won awards all over the country, as well as in the province and schools, so my awards were closely related to my major. In fact, I don't know how helpful this award is to my application, because I didn't get a score in this field when I applied, but I feel that if you have an authoritative award in this field, it will definitely help.
And I think as an undergraduate, your study, your efforts and your efforts in the whole competition are actually very helpful to the progress of your whole major, so I still recommend you to participate in this kind of competition. For example, some brands of business competitions and so on, many of our classmates participated, and then they all got very good internship opportunities and made many friends. So everyone can look at this kind of thing more positively. I feel that many posters, forums and student sharing in the school will contain a lot of information about the competition. You can pay more attention, I think it will be very rewarding.
Preparation before studying abroad
Organize written materials
Translated transcripts, letters of recommendation, SAT scores, and financial certificates are the materials needed to apply to various universities. Be prepared in advance so that you don't have to be in a hurry when the application season comes. In addition, several sets can be prepared to facilitate multi-school applications.
Read books related to studying abroad.
You can choose some books about studying abroad, learn about college life in the United States in advance, and be mentally prepared for your future life. At the same time, there are many books that can also teach you how to get along with people from different cultural backgrounds. I recommend you to watch How to Win Friends and Influence People or The Power of Habit, which can help you quickly integrate into the environment and make friends.
Clear your interests and know the specific direction of your major.
First of all, you should be clear about your interests, goals or ambitions, and you can use every internship or social activity to explore your interests; Secondly, you can know the specific direction or focus of your major by asking your predecessors and teachers, and try to choose a major that suits your intention.
Fully improve your competitiveness through practice.
Once the direction and school are determined, we should fully understand the requirements of the school or major for students and practice our own shortcomings accordingly. For example, if you apply for biology, the school may pay attention to students' experimental skills, so you can use your school time or summer vacation to practice in relevant laboratories to exercise your experimental skills and increase your chips for subsequent applications.
Find like-minded friends and work together.
Choosing to go abroad is a lonely road, but if you can meet like-minded friends to prepare for SAT, internship, materials and papers together, it is also a kind of motivation to encourage each other to stick to it. Maybe there will be unexpected gains ~
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