EDUCATION REPORT - Foreign Student Series 10 >Costs

EDUCATION REPORT - November 21, 2002: Foreign Student Series #10 >Costs

By Nancy Steinbach

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

We continue our series of reports about how foreign students can study at an American college or university. This
information also can be found on the Special English Web page at w-w-w dot voaspecialenglish dot com.

Today, we provide information about how much it costs to attend an American university. All foreign students
must have enough money to pay for every year of study at an American college. You can find the costs in a
university’s catalog¹ or on its Internet web site. The cost of university courses is called tuition². Other costs
include a place to live and food to eat at the college, which is called room and board. Other costs are for books
and supplies.

For example, the University of Colorado at Boulder³ says a foreign student must pay almost thirty-one-thousand
dollars for each year of study. Experts say each foreign student should keep enough money in a local bank near
the college to pay the costs for at least two months of college.

More than one-thousand foreign students from more than one-hundred countries are attending the University of
Colorado this year. There is generally no financial aid for undergraduate⁴ foreign students at the university.
However, officials say some student musicians and athletes may get financial aid from the university if they show
great skill in those areas.

Foreign students must show on university admissions⁵ documents how they plan to pay for their education. For
example, if you apply to the University of Colorado, you must state on the document who will pay for your
education. That person must sign the document and send documents from a bank showing that he or she has the
money to do this. If you will be paying the costs, a bank official in your country must write to confirm that you
have enough money to do so.

Many colleges in the United States cost much less than the University of Colorado. Some cost even more. Your
government or your employer⁶ may help you pay some of the costs. It is a good idea to seek such financial aid at
least eighteen months before you want to start your studies in the United States.

Next week, we will discuss another cost of attending an American college or university — health insurance.

This VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT was written by Nancy Steinbach.

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1 catalog   

n.目录(册)vt.将…编入目录，将…编目

参考例句：

• Can you catalog all these books?你能给所有这些书编目录吗？
• You can look for the book in the library catalog.你可以在图书馆的图书目录上查找这本书。

2 tuition   

n.（某一学科的）教学，讲授，指导，学费

参考例句：

• Students can apply for individual tuition.学生可以申请个别指导。
• Is this money enough for the tuition fee?这些钱交学费够吗？

3 boulder   

n.巨砾；卵石，圆石

参考例句：

• We all heaved together and removed the boulder.大家一齐用劲，把大石头搬开了。
• He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。

4 undergraduate   

n.大学生，大学肆业生

参考例句：

• Mr. Stone spent his undergraduate days in Columbia University,majoring in economics.斯通先生在哥伦比亚大学度过了他四年的大学生活，主修经济学。
• During this time,they are called undergraduate students.在此期间，他们被称为大学本科生。

5 admissions   

n.准许进入( admission的名词复数 )；入场费；入场券；承认

参考例句：

• a need-blind admissions policy 不考虑经济能力的录取政策
• He's the Dean of Admissions for the University of Michigan. 他是Michigan大学的新生注册主任。 来自辞典例句

6 employer   

n.雇用方，雇主

参考例句：

• My employer deducted ten pounds from my wages this week.我的雇主从我本周的工钱中扣除了十英镑。
• His monthly salary is paid into the bank by his employer.他的月薪由雇主替他存入银行。