EDUCATION REPORT - Foreign Student Series 7 - Applications

EDUCATION REPORT - Foreign Student Series #7 - Applications
By Nancy Steinbach

Broadcast: Thursday, October 14, 2004

This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Education Report.

This week, in part seven of our Foreign Student Series, we discuss the application process to get into an American college or university.

Earlier, we explained how to begin your search by going to one of the American educational advising centers around the world. We described the rules for entering in the United States. And we talked about programs that let students get an education by computer.

But if your goal is to come to the United States to study, then it is time to make a list of colleges or universities that interest you. Be sure to choose more than one. Directors of foreign student admissions² say students should apply to at least three schools.

You can request an application in the mail or, in many cases, find it online. For example, the Ohio State University provides international student applications on its Web site. You can answer the questions by computer. In this case, you must use a credit³ card to pay the application charge. Or you can print the forms and mail them with payment⁴.

Many colleges and universities have their catalog⁵ online. Or you can request one in the mail. A catalog is the publication⁶ in which a school tells all about its programs. Make sure also to ask for an international admission¹ application.

Describe the education you already have. Explain what you want to study and what degree you are seeking. Tell when you want to begin. You should request application papers at least two years before you want to begin studies.

Once you send in your applications, there is one more thing to do: wait for a decision. But there are other steps before your application is complete. Next week, in part eight of our Foreign Student Series, we discuss college admissions tests.

Internet users⁷ can find our series at voaspecialenglish dot com. The State Department Web site for international student information is educationusa.state.gov.

And there is travel information at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement⁸ site: ice.gov Click on the link for SEVIS, the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.

We said last week that SEVIS involves more than seventy thousand schools. The number is seven thousand. Our thanks to John Pluebell at Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco for correcting us.

If you have a general question for our series, send it to [email protected].

This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Nancy Steinbach. This is Gwen Outen.

1 admission   

n.允许进入；承认；入场费，入会费，入场券

参考例句：

• We attached a condition to his admission to our school.我们对准许他入校附加了一个条件。
• By her own admission,she was responsible for the accident.她自己承认，事故应该由她负责。

2 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

3 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

4 payment   

n.付款，支付，偿还，偿还，报应

参考例句：

• I gave ten pounds in payment for the goods I bought.我买那些东西付了10英镑。
• This last payment will wipe out your debt to me.这最后一笔付款将了结你欠我的债务。

5 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。

6 publication   

n.出版，发行；出版；公布，发表

参考例句：

• They don't think this article is suitable for publication.他们认为这篇文章不宜发表。
• The government has delayed publication of the trade figures.政府已将贸易统计数字延后公布。

7 users   

用户，使用者( user的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The new software will prove a boon to Internet users. 这种新软件将会对互联网用户大有益处。
• Ramps should be provided for wheelchair users. 应该给轮椅使用者提供坡道。

8 enforcement   

n.实施, 执行

参考例句：

• MPs called for tougher enforcement of the existing laws on drugs. 下院议员呼籲加强现行毒品法律的执行力度。
• The court is ineffective because it lacks the necessary enforcement machinery. 法院效率低是因为缺乏必要的执行机制。