Study abroad

Studyabroad•Studyingabroadistheactofastudentpursuingeducationalopportunitiesinanothercountry.Nowadaysalargeamountofstudentsinclinetostudyindevelopedcountries.•Thisphenomenonmaybeisduetotheaspectsbelow…Whymanystudentschoosetostudyabroad?•Somestudentschoosetostudyabroadtolearnalanguagefromnativespeakers.Othersmaytakeclassesintheiracademicmajorinaplacethatallowsthemtoexpandtheirhands-onexperience.Andmanypeoplethinkstudyabroadwillenhanceemploymentopportunities.advantagesofstudyingabroad:•1)Topracticetheabilityofindependenceandsolvingproblemsaloneonthestudentswhostudyabroad.•2)Theabroadstudentscanlearnhowtoallocatetheirtimebetter.•3)Tobroadentheirhorizons•4)Toimprovetheabilityofadaptingthemselvestoatotallynewenvironmentandexperienceculturaldifferences.•5)Tobeaccessibletotheadvancedteachingmethodsandbettereducationalsystems.•6)Toimprovetheirabilityoflearningormasteringasecondlanguage(orevenathirdlanguage)•7)Haveabetterchancetofindajobabroadtoimprovepracticalability.Disadvantagesofstudyingabroad:•1)Longtimebeingapartfromtheirfamiliesmaycauseseveralmentalproblemsorevenillnesses.•2)Tooyoungtoacceptoradapttoanewenvironmentaftergoingabroad.•3)Thestudentsabroadwhohaveweakself-controlmaygiveintosomecertainkindsofbadtemptationssothattheyspendmuchlesstimeandeffortontheirmajorgoal-study•4)Sometimestheyarepossibletobediscriminatedorabandonedbytheforeignstudents.•5)Moreandmorestudentsbegintochoosetogoabroadforafurthereducationrecentlysothatthecompetitionamongalltheabroadstudentscanbetremendous.•6)Generallyspeaking,thestudentswhostudyabroadspendmuchmoremoneythanthestudentswhostudyinternally.Sotheeconomicburdensoftheabroadstudents’familiesaremuchheavierthanthestudentswhostayintheirowncountries.•Livingandlearningoverseassuccessfullyusuallymeansadjustmenttoadifferentlifestyle,food,climate,andtimezone,oftenaccompaniedbythenecessityoflearningtocommunicateinaforeignlanguage.Thisprocessisnevereasyandcanincludemoodswingsalternatingbetweenheadyexhilarationandmilddepression.Intheearlyweeks,youwillprobablyfeelexcitedaboutyournewexperiencesandenvironment.Soon,youmayfindtheexcitementofnewsurroundingsandsensationsincreasinglyreplacedbyfrustrationwithhowdifferentthingsarefromhome.•Soyoushouldconsiderclearlyandpreparewellbeforeyoumakedecisions.whatshouldwedotoprepareforstudyingabroad?•Youshouldstartbyconsideringthesefollowquestions:•Whatdoyouwantorneedtostudy?•Wheredoyouwanttogo?Why?•Areyoufluentenoughinaforeignlanguagetotakeclassesinit,orwillitbenecessaryforyoutotakesomeorallofyourcourseworkinEnglish?•Howmuchtimecanyouaffordtospendabroad,intermsofacademictimeandeconomicresources?•Thenchooseastudyabroadprogramthatistherightfitforyouisthebestwaytoachieveyourpersonalandacademicgoalsforstudyabroad,aswellasassistyouwithyourlong-rangecareer.•FieldofStudy:ExploreaNewSubject.Youmightliketotakeanopportunitytoexploreanentirelynewsubject.ForeignLanguageCourses.Manystudentstakepartinstudyabroadtolearnanewlanguageortoperfecttheirskillsinalanguagethatistheirmajororminor.•GradesForeignuniversitiesmaygiveanumbergraderatherthanaletter,orevengivecommentsinplaceofagrade.Inaddition,gradinginsomeoverseasuniversitiescanbemuchstricterthanintheUStransferringofgradestoanAmericansystemcanbecomplicated.Therefore,somecollegesshowonlythecoursesandthecreditsyoutake,withoutrecordingthegradesonthetranscript.•Inothercases,gradesearnedabroadarelistedonthehometranscriptbutnotincludedinthegradepointaverage(GPA).Besuretoaskwhetheryourhomeinstitutionfiguresgradesearnedabroadinyourgradepointaverage,asthismightaffectwhichcoursesyoudecidedtotake.•CostsHowmuchwillstudyingabroadactuallycostyou(andyourparents）?Thereisnosimpleanswertothismajorquestion,itmaydependon:Location.ProgramsinWesternEuropetendtobemoreexpensivethanthoseinmostotherpartsoftheworld.ProgramType.Islandprograms,whereeverythingisspeciallyarrangedfortheUSgroup,areusuallymoreexpensivethanimmersionordirectenrollmentprograms.Costsinsomecountries•AmericaRMB18---30tenthousandsayear•England20-25•Canada12-16•Singapore10•Australia12-18Topcollegesintheworld•1.美国哈佛大学HarvardUniversity2.美国斯坦福大学StanfordUniversity3.美国耶鲁大学YaleUniversity4.美国加州理工学院CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology5.美国加州大学伯克利分校UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley6.英国剑桥大学UniversityofCambridge7.美国麻省理工学院MassachusettsInstituteTechnology8.英国牛津大学OxfordUniversity9.美国加州大学旧金山分校UniversityofCaliforniaatSanFrancisco10.美国哥伦比亚大学ColumbiaUniversity•11.美国密歇根大学UniversityofMichiganatAnnArbor12.美国加州大学洛杉矶分校13.美国宾西法尼亚大学UniversityofPennsylvania14.美国杜克大学DukeUniversity15.美国普林斯顿大学PrincetonUniversity16.日本东京大学TokyoUniversity17.英国伦敦大学帝国理工学院ImperialCollegeLondon18.加拿大多伦多大学UniversityofToronto19.美国康奈尔大学CornellUniversity20.美国芝加哥大学UniversityofChicago