EDUCATION REPORT - U.S. College Admissions: Each School Sets

EDUCATION REPORT - U.S. College Admissions²: Each School Sets Its Own Requirements
By Nancy Steinbach

Broadcast: Thursday, May 05, 2005

I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Education Report.

 
 
We continue our series for students around the world who want to attend college in the United States. This week, we answer a question from Nigeria. Segun Badagry wants to know the general admission¹ requirements needed to study sociology³ at an American university.

Each university has its own requirements for students to be admitted. But we will use as an example the University of Oregon in Eugene. The University of Oregon requires an international student to send copies of all school records after the eighth grade, including translations if necessary. A financial statement and a bank letter showing the student's ability to pay are also required.

The student must also send the results of the TOEFL, the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or other English language test.

The University of Oregon says its minimum⁴ acceptable⁵ TOEFL score on the paper test is five hundred. On the computer test, it is one hundred seventy-three. Some international students must take another English test after arriving at the university. A low score on this test will require additional⁶ English training. Students with high TOEFL scores do not have to take this test.

The University of Oregon says it may conditionally⁷ accept students who do not meet its English language requirement. These students must take classes at the university's American English Institute before taking regular classes later.

The University of Oregon does not require S-A-T or A-C-T test results for admission, except from students who plan to study architecture. Its Web site provides more information about admissions, costs, and financial aid. The address is http://www.uoregon.edu/ . Click on Admissions, then International. Similar information should also be found on Web sites of other universities.

The sociology department is usually a part of the university called the College of Liberal⁸ Arts or College of Arts and Sciences. Such a department requires that a student successfully pass classes taken in the first two years of university study. After that, the student officially asks to be admitted to the department as a sociology major.

This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Nancy Steinbach. I'm 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 sociology   

n.社会学，社会关系学，群落生态学

参考例句：

• He is studying sociology.他正研究社会学。
• A pioneer of legal sociology in Germany was Max Weber.德国法律社会学的先驱是马克斯·韦伯。

4 minimum   

adj.最低的，最小的；n.最小量，最低限度

参考例句：

• What is the minimum price?最低价是多少？
• Today's minimum temperature is 10℃.今天的最低气温是10℃。

5 acceptable   

adj.可接受的，合意的，受欢迎的

参考例句：

• The terms of the contract are acceptable to us.我们认为这个合同的条件可以接受。
• Air pollution in the city had reached four times the acceptable levels.这座城市的空气污染程度曾高达可接受标准的四倍。

6 additional   

adj.添加的，额外的，另外的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to set down these additional rules.有必要制定这些补充规则。
• I think we can fit in an additional room.我想我们可以再加建一间房子。

7 conditionally   

adv. 有条件地

参考例句：

• We will provide necessary English training to the new employees conditionally. 公司将为员工提供必要的英语培训。
• China should conditionally support and participate in the coordination. 我国对此宜持有条件支持并参与的立场。

8 liberal   

adj.心胸宽阔的；自由(主义)的；慷慨的

参考例句：

• He has a liberal attitude to divorce and remarriage.他对离婚和再婚看得很开。
• This country adopts a liberal foreign policy.该国采用的是开放的外交政策。