Study abroad in America
Studying in the US is the desire of many students around the world, including Vietnam. With the best teaching conditions, life is guaranteed with a high standard of living and many prestigious universities. However, to study in the U.S., you need to meet all the conditions.
So what do you need to study in the US? What are the conditions to study in the USA? How to study in the US now? How many years to study in the USA? What do you need to prepare to study in the US? … All of these questions will be answered by studying abroad in Cat Linh below.!
Is it difficult to study in the US?
Most people when thinking about studying in the United States, or through rumors, feel that it is not easy to get a visa to study in the United States. However, everything is simpler than you think, as long as you prove to the consulate staff that you meet the following 3 requirements:
– You can prove that you are actually coming to the U.S. to study (meaning that you do not intend to use a nonimmigrant visa to immigrate to the U.S.).
– You must prove that you can fully afford your studies in the United States.
– You must prove that you will return to Vietnam after completing your studies in the U.S.
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Requirements to study in the U.S
You must have an I-20 offer letter from a U.S. school
An I-20 is a letter of admission, also known as a letter of admission to the school to which you have applied to study abroad. In order to receive an invitation letter from American schools, you must meet the admission standards of each school. For high school study abroad in addition to reviewing school records, English certificates, extracurricular activities in the host country… you will also have a face-to-face interview with a school representative before being decided whether or not to accept an I-20.
However, getting an I-20 at a top U.S. school shouldn’t be too difficult. According to the writer’s experience, in addition to the standard documents, the interview round will be a decisive factor in being granted an I-20 admission letter. Therefore, they need to prepare full information and a firm and confident mentality to pass the competency assessment round of school representatives.
The I-20 will be one of the factors that will give you a passport to the United States. Besides the Visa, this is an important document, which guarantees your admission to the US. It is important to note that you must sign your I-20 before filing your I-20 with the Consulate to apply for a visa, and your signature means accepting the requirements and rules of the school you are applying to and also authorizing the school to provide the necessary information to the USCIS.
You must prove your financial ability when studying in the U.S
Studying in the US is not an easy task, in addition to the paperwork and requirements of the schools, there is another difficult problem is finance. This is an important issue to consider during a long-run advertisement. Once you intend to study in the US, you first need to have a detailed plan for the entire study process while studying in the US such as tuition fees, living expenses, books, travel, accommodation. In addition, the cost of living in different regions also varies.
In general, the actual average cost of studying in the United States for a year of college is $20,000 – $30,000. This total cost is expected to increase annually to about 5%. Those are just the expenses during the period of schooling in the US, in addition, before that, each family must ensure to prove the family’s income as well as available assets in banks or other legal storage places.
Depending on the tuition of each school you enroll in, your financial requirements will vary, but in general, schools require your family’s bank account balance to be greater than your tuition and living expenses for 1 to 2 years in the U.S. This is a mandatory requirement so that they can trust your family’s affordability.
In addition, the monthly (or annual, as applicable) income of your parent or sponsor must be within an acceptable limit to be able to cover your tuition for the duration of your study in the U.S. In particular, in Vietnam, the form of small business rarely uses paperwork to record income, so proving this finance will face many difficulties. Therefore, the advice for those of you who have the intention to study in the US is to pay attention to this asset certification issue from the beginning and have a specific plan in advance.
You must have obtained the necessary English language certificates
Depending on different schools, there are different requirements, usually TOEFL IBT (internet test) requires about 70-80 points to be safe or for TOEFL PBT (paper-based test), universities require a scale of 500 to 550. As for graduate programs, the score is usually between 550 and 600 Currently, there are many universities in the United States that recognize IELTS scores, you need an IELTS score of 6.0 to study for university and IELTS 6.5 to study for a master’s degree. Some schools also accept you if you have not yet obtained a degree, however, it requires you to take the school’s entrance English exam or take an English course organized by the school.
In addition, depending on the requirements of each school and each course, students may have to meet SAT, GRE, GMAT scores.
You must complete the required school standardized exams
For high school, students do not need to take an entrance exam. Usually, these high schools only require GPAs (GPA>8.0 is quite good) and high scores in English tests such as TOEFL, EILTS,.. will also be an advantage
For undergraduate and graduate programs, there are the following basic exams:
– GRE: Graduate Record Examination General Test (GRE General Test) GRE scores are required for non-business graduate programs. This test consists of 3 parts: Math, reading comprehension and logical analysis. This test score is especially important if you plan to apply for a scholarship.
– GRE: Graduate Record Examination Subject Test There are only a few graduate programs that require students to take this test, and usually only in the student’s major major. The exam is available for 16 different majors.
– SAT I: Reasoning test (Common Test) Many universities in the United States require this test score for both American and international students. This test includes math and reading comprehension tests.
– SAT II: Subject Test Students can choose 1, 2 or 3 subjects from 20 different subjects. Only a handful of universities require foreign students to take this test.
– TOEFL (Test English As a Foreign Language): a compulsory English language test for students whose first language …
You must be eligible to apply for a student visa in the U.S.
– Age 12 years or older
– Academic ability, school report from Average or above
– Have a continuous study or work history
– Have a bank account
– Have finances to pay tuition fees, and living expenses
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You can prove that you will return to Vietnam after completing your studies
U.S. visa law states that Consular Officers have the right to treat all nonimmigrant visa applicants as intending immigrants until you can convince the Consular Officer that you do not intend to immigrate. Proof that you will return to Vietnam is related to your future plans after completing your studies. The consular officer will consider this based on your declaration, relevant documents, and plans after graduation.
For international students, U.S. consulate officers need to see that you are applying for a U.S. student visa not for spontaneous reasons or for some other reason, but because they want to actually come to the U.S. to study. And the decision to apply to study in the United States is because they have carefully researched where they plan to go, the program they have enrolled in…
In short, you need to prove to the consulate officer that you currently have constraints in Vietnam that make you have no other reason to stay in the U.S. such as: family ties (you can’t leave your parents, family in Vietnam), after completing your studies, you will have a better future in Vietnam than if you have to stay in the U.S. When you finish your studies, you will return to Vietnam to take over your family’s property, or you will have a career, a better future VN.
What do you need to prepare to study in the U.S
Once you have a visa, your passport helps you continue your journey on the path to success. Let’s take a look at the necessary baggage when studying in the US.
Luggage to study in the United States is certainly indispensable for necessary documents such as:
–Form I-20.
– Passport valid for at least 6 months.
– US student visa.
– Identity card.
– Birth certificate.
– School report.
– Diploma.
– IELTS or TOELF IBT.
– Receipt of tuition payment.
– A notebook: you should record all the necessary addresses, phone numbers, email addresses such as: school, acquaintances in the US, your home, hospital, insurance company, credit card company, bank…
In addition, you need to prepare cash, ATM cards, clothes, medicines, food, school books
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Latest Tuition Fees for Studying in the USA
How much money does it cost to study in the U.S?
If you want to study in the US, you need about 18,928 – 100,000 USD/year (about 480 million to 2 billion 250 million VND). This cost is not fixed, depending on many factors such as the study program, the school you attend, the scholarship level, living expenses or the place where students live.
Cost of study
In the US, tuition fees are usually based on the popularity of the school, the higher the ranking, the more tuition you have to pay. In addition, tuition fees are also estimated based on the type of school: public school, private school, community college or foreign language school…
Training programs in the US are diverse with different costs. As an international student, you can consider the following tuition fees:
Bậc Trung học Secondary School:
High schools: tuition fees will range from $18,000 to $50,000 per year. Depending on the public school, private school, boarding school,…
College Level:
Community colleges: tuition fees are only from 6,000 to 20,000 USD/year. This is a very popular choice for Vietnamese students. Because the tuition fee is cheap, you can still study for 2 more years to get a university degree from a good school. After graduating from Community College, you can go to work right away to earn more income
Undergraduate:
Universities in the TOP 100: tuition fees range from 30,000 to 90,000 USD/year. The higher the ranking and the more famous the major, the higher the tuition fee.
For ordinary universities in the US, the tuition fee of public schools is about 10,000 – 20,000 USD/year while the tuition fee of private schools is about 25,000 – 50,000 USD/year.
Universities ranked medium and in a slightly distant area: tuition fees will range from 10,000 to 30,000 USD/year. This is a more popular choice for Vietnamese students.
Cost of Living in the U.S.
| Living expenses | Average cost |
| Eating | 300 – 500 USD/month |
| Transportation | 50 – 100 USD/month |
| Internet, electricity, telephone | 50 USD/month |
| Shopping | 100 USD/month |
| Bookish | 1.000 – 2.000 USD/year |
| Entertainment | 50 – 100 USD/month |
Other expenses
In addition to key issues that cannot be ignored. The following costs are also quite significant
+ School uniforms are about 500 USD for 1 year.
+ Health insurance fee 350 USD-500 USD for 1 person within 1 year.
+ Personal expenses (entertainment, shopping, laundry,…): 2,500 USD for 1 year
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