How to study in the US for FREE | Education in the USA

 

why do so many people come to the us to get their education if we look at top 10

universities in the world eight of them

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will be here in the united states top

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researchers professors work in american

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universities

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graduates work as ceos of top companies

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they are prime ministers of countries if

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you graduate from an american university

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as an international student under

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certain conditions you can stay here for

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up to three years to work also there is

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an opportunity to get financial aid for

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your education especially if you are

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doing your master's or phd but for me

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education in the us is being a part of

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this amazing community of talented

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people

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setting with them spending years of your

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life together with them american

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university is not just a building it's a

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small town with its own museum

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church

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stadium

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labs let's walk around stanford campus

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today and talk about education in the

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usa i'm going to talk about

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how you can study here what do you need

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to do to get admitted how you can get

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financial aid and if you're an

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international student how you can get a

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visa let's walk around and talk about

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education in the usa

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let's talk about different levels of

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education in the us so you can come here

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for your high school

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but if you're an international student i

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think it is better that you graduate

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from school in your own country because

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if you graduate from a school here in

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the us when you apply for university

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they would actually look at your school

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ranking and your gpa your average grade

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there when you come from your own

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country they can't really tell whether

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the school was challenging or not

so you

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have higher chances of getting admitted

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because you have higher chances of

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getting a perfect score back in your

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country and another thing if you come

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here for your high school that means new

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curriculum new environment new language

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and there might be a chance that your

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grades become lower so ideally if i were

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you i would graduate from high school in

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my own country

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and then come here either for bachelors

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it typically takes about four years to

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earn a bachelor's degree in your first

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two years of study you will be required

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to take a wide variety of classes in

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different subjects commonly known as

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prerequisite courses literature science

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social sciences arts history and so

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forth this way you can achieve general

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knowledge to get admitted to a

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bachelor's program you would need to

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take an sat or a ct and if you come from

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a non-english speaking country you would

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need to take a test like toefl or ielts

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and some colleges also accept the

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duolingo test please check the exact

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requirements and exams on the website of

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the universities you want to apply to

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and bachelor's is not the best level of

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education in terms of financial aid

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because it's not really finance

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especially for international students

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there is also an option to get admitted

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to a bachelor's program without taking

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any exams to do this you can take a

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program called pathway for one semester

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or more

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pathway programs are introductory

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courses that are designed to help

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international students build the skills

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and knowledge that they need in order to

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continue their degree some pathway

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programs even offer guaranteed admission

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to a partner institution however the

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cost of these programs is quite high

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it's also important to remember that

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it's highly unlikely that you'll get

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financial aid after finishing the

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pathway program the best thing you could

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do in terms of like financial aid and

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stuff you can come here for master's and

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phd in order to get admitted to a

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master's program you need to take either

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gmat or gre gmat you take it for

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economics related

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master's programs gre

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is for everything else and some

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universities don't require you to take

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gmat and gre and then you take toefl or

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isles to prove your english language

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proficiency if you want to do a phd in

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addition to everything that i mentioned

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you would need to propose a topic

USA brown university

for

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your research but a cool thing about a

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phd there is like 90 chance that you

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will get financial aid but a phd is

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again a four year program you need to

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have your bachelor's from your own

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country or from another american

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university but then it opens up this

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whole world of research and you spend

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four years on campus researching

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studying and maybe teaching as well

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have you ever had this situation where

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you're kind of sure of what you want to

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study and what you want to be when you

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graduate but somehow your schedule

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consists of subjects that you don't

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really need and you feel like you don't

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need this doesn't really happen in the

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us in the u.s every student has an

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individual plan so basically in order to

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graduate in order to receive your

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diploma you need to have certain amount

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of lectures and certain amount of

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seminars

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which basically means that every student

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follows an individual curriculum

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another great thing about american

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education that i personally really like

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is that you can have major and minor for

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example i decided to do marketing so my

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major is marketing but i also want to

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understand the psychology of customers

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so i go to the faculty of psychology and

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i take my minor in psychology and this

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allows you to have this broad education

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in different spheres let's take a look

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at a few popular courses students take

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law

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legal education system in the u.s is one

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of the best in the world students can

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enroll in lower specialties only after

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getting a bachelor's degree direct

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admission with a high school diploma is

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not possible economics it can be finance

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business administration business

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analytics accounting business economics

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etc psychology is a popular and

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widespread subject in the us according

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to statistics four in 10 american adults

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42 percent have seen a counselor at some

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point in their lives environmental

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studies students study modern problems

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of ecology and learn about different

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approaches to solving them computer

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science and computer engineering it is

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december right now

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and i'm wearing a light jacket as a

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person who doesn't like winter and

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doesn't like snow i am so so jealous

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because people get to study in this

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climate

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i attended my university back in

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petersburg and my reality was waking up

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every morning

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and walking through snow

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uh some winters had a lot of snow

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making my way to university

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and if you're watching this and you're

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like

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i am super excited about american

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education but i don't see myself

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spending a year or two in the us

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studying

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there's something i can recommend the

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courses that my husband and i take

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maybe twice a year or even three times a

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year it's called stanford continuing

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studies they have short courses they're

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available online and offline

Beautiful university of  USA

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they cost like 300 maybe like 600

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but you get the same

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professors stanford professors you get

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amazing community of students

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and the classes are one of the best and

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i think in like if you compare them to

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other courses on the market i took a

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course for 2500

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and it was worse than a 300 course at

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stanford just because stanford has his

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brand and

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because they pay a lot of attention to

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the quality of their education so and

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you don't need to pass any tests you

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just apply pay

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and you take the course so highly

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recommend it if you just want to get

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this taste

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of top american education if you're

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determined to get bachelor's master's or

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phd in american university but you don't

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know where to start

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you don't know what your chances of

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getting financial aid are at linguatrip

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we have excellent specialists who know

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the answers to all your questions

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related to american education if you're

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determined to change your life i will

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leave an email in the description box

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below you can reach out to my team and

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get your questions answered if you want

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to study in the us you need a student

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visa and you might ask me marina is it

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even possible to get a student visa

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right now there are two things you need

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to remember first of all when you apply

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for a u.s student visa

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the task of the us embassy is to make

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sure that you are a genuine student and

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you're not using your education in order

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to just immigrate to the us and that's

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it so you need to prove that first of

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all

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you have applied for a good university

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or good college because sometimes people

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would apply to a low-ranking community

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college that doesn't cost a lot and the

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question the embassy would ask is why

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have you decided to pursue education at

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that institution instead of

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getting education in your own country

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the second thing they're looking for is

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whether you have money to support

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yourself during your education

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if you got full financial aid from a

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university then

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there is like 99 chance i guess that

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you're going to get a visa so just a

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formality but if you did not receive

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financial aid for your education that

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means that you need to prove that you

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have enough funds to support

yourself

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the funds could either be yours from

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your employment or you could have a

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sponsor or maybe you've done some really

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good investments and this is what you're

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going to use to support yourself another

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thing that they're looking for is proof

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that these funds are legal that you

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haven't stolen money that it is not like

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a weird loan so you or your sponsor

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would need to show

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a bank statement where you have your

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salary or again your dividends from your

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investments

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and another thing because we're in this

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weird

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era of countries and embassies closing

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you need to check whether u.s embassy is

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open in your country but what we've seen

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at linguatrip when we help our students

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get a visa we see that actually you can

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travel to another country where the

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embassy is open and apply for your visa

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there and again if you're a genuine

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student if you applied for a good

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university there shouldn't be a problem

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and another thing to remember is that

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if you apply to study in the us just

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after you graduate from your school or

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university this looks logical like

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you're continuing your education but if

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there has been a 10-year gap between

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your previous education and

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whatever you're doing now and you're

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willing to travel with your family there

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could be more questions again the

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embassy is always

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willing to know whether you're a genuine

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student or you're just using this

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education to immigrate so you need to

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prove that you are indeed a student who

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is willing to study in the us

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time to talk about money

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unfortunately there is no unified system

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in the u.s that would help settle prices

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for education in the us this is why it

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is super expensive and every university

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comes up with its own pricing

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and you not only have to pay tuition you

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also have to pay for your accommodation

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health insurance books if you're using a

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lab there is an additional fee stanford

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came up with this table that shows how

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much it costs

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to study and live here at stanford but

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you also have to note that stanford is

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one of the most

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if not the most expensive university in

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the country

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and it is located in a place that is

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again one of the most expensive place in

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the country silicon valley but even if

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we talk about cheaper universities it is

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really hard to find something that would

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cost less than twenty thirty thousand

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dollars a year

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this is why a lot of international

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students who are seeking quality

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education in the us are also looking for

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different types of financial aid

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back in 2015 i was able to get full

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financial aid from johns hopkins

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university and university of florida but

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i decided to pursue my entrepreneurial

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career so we moved to silicon valley to

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build our startup

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but let's dig deeper into what kinds of

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financial aid

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you can get as an international student

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in the us the first type of financial

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aid is a grant this is usually a

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one-time payment from the university to

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help students cover their expenses the

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amount of the grant differs depending on

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the institution and may cover different

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types of costs tuition accommodation

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health insurance personal expenses etc

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often the grant is awarded based on

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financial need there is a slight

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difference between a scholarship and a

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stipend stipend in most cases means

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monthly payments from the university

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that cover the students current expenses

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while scholarship is a more complex

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concept which can include both cash

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given to a student and the provision of

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free tuition accommodation and so on

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there are two types of scholarships

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need-based and merit-based need-based is

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financial assistance based on students

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financial situation need-based

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scholarships can cover up to 100 of cost

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of tuition accommodation and meals as a

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rule you'll need to provide documents

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that prove that you and your family is

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in financial need usually this type of

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scholarship is not given to

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international students merit-based

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scholarships however are awarded based

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on academic sports or extracurricular

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achievement and to get this type of

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scholarship you must have high gpa

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academic and extracurricular

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achievements competition conferences

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publications volunteering

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excellent results of the language tests

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ielts toefl etc good results of exams

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like gmat and gre and strong motivation

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letter merit-based scholarships are

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awarded both to local and international

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students you can find more information

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about financial aid on the website of

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universities in a section called

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financial aid i've recently had dinner

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with one of stanford graduates and he

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shared that

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for some amount of time stanford didn't

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really want to accept international

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students because

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in america there is this culture when

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you graduate from a university and you

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become successful you donate millions of

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dollars back to the university and they

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put your name on the building et cetera

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and there was no such culture among

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international students and for stanford

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economics didn't really work on

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international students because they

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didn't do those donations the situation

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has changed but i've talked to several

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friends

Scholarship in USA

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who graduated from stanford or

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international students they told me that

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they would actually share

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money with stanford they would do their

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donations annually because it's the part

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of the culture now because they

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graduated stanford gave them this

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opportunity and they feel obligated

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and they feel that

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they have to make those donations

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something to keep in mind good news if

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you're a student in the us you can

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actually work while you study

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during your first year you can only work

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on campus and the jobs are limited to

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working at a library working at a

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cafeteria which means you don't make a

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lot of money but you're still able to

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cover some of your living expenses

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don't think that it pays too much like

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on average i was in california

here from

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15 to 20 an hour and you're allowed to

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work for maximum of 20 hours a week

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once you finish your first year there

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are two options how you can work there's

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an opt optional practical training

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so basically you can find a job either

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on campus or off campus in a company in

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a field that is related

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to something that you study so for

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example if you study economics you can

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find a company who would employ you in

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their financial department but you can't

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really go and work at starbucks if you

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study economics like i mean as a barista

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there's also a thing called cpt

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curriculum practical training

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this is a work opportunity that is tied

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into your curriculum so you have to do

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it and in this case you just go to your

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coordinator and say that you're willing

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to take this opportunity and work

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when we talk about working during

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setting one thing to remember you can

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work for 20 hours a week during the year

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and 40 hours a week during summer

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but unfortunately if you hope that

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you'll be able to cover your tuition or

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all the living expenses while working

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in most cases almost impossible just

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because again you're making maybe what

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fifteen dollars an hour and uh education

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at stanford cost like a hundred thousand

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dollars a year so this is a way to

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support yourself to cover some of your

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living expenses this is a way to get

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some real life experience but don't

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think of it as a way to finance

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your studies unfortunately and now i

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want to give you a list of universities

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where you can get financial aid for

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bachelor's degree you can get it at yale

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university approximately 63 percent of

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graduate students including foreign

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students received financial aid yale

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scholarships range from a few hundred

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dollars to over seventy thousand dollars

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a year the average hail scholarship is

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over fifty thousand dollars boston

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university and their presidential

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scholarship this scholarship covers four

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years of undergraduate studies 25 000 a

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year in tuition fees applies only to

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certain programs check on the official

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website of the university for those who

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want to connect their future with music

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skidmark college has a music scholarship

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this scholarship is awarded annually

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through competition to a minimum of four

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gifted musicians fifteen thousand

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dollars a year for four years master's

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programs stanford university is offering

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100 fully funded night hennessy

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scholarships to international students

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from around the world to study in a

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variety of programs this program is

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included in the best scholarship

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programs in the world harvard university

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harvard mba is one of the world's

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leading business programs taught at one

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of the world's most prestigious

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universities the mba harvard scholarship

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is granted once every two years for a

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two-year course at harvard business

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school

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the scholarship offers financial aid

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amounting to over 100 000 a year towards

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tuition fees travel accommodation

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expenses university of new haven

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university of new haven scholarship is a

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fully funded scholarship for

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international students to pursue

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graduate studies in any subject phd

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duke university and their cash

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international scholarship this

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scholarship provides eight semesters of

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full tuition room and board and

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mandatory fees to duke university

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scholars also have access to generous

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funding for domestic and international

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summer experiences including

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opportunities for independent research

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both in the summer and during the

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academic year cornell university a

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fellowship provides financial support to

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graduate students to pursue graduate

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studies without associated teaching or

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research responsibilities fellowships

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are generally merit-based internal or

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external awards to support a student in

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a full-time course of study

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approximately 20

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of all graduate students are enrolled in

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the cornell fellowship program american

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universities are one of the most

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international universities in the world

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in some educational institutions the

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percent of international students go up

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to

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50

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that means that when you study in the us

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you get exposed not only to american

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culture but to the cultures of students

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from all over the planet

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and because the world is becoming more

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and more international these days we

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work online we jump on zoom calls with

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people from different parts of the world

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education in the us is this great chance

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to get exposed to different cultures and

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get acquainted with people from all over

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the planet and create this international

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network

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if you're excited about studying in the

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us if you think that this is something

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you would love to explore i urge you to

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start now because this process actually

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takes a while first of all if you're not

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a native english speaker you need to

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work on your english

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the process might take up to a year

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sometimes up to two years because you

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have to take exams you have to research

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universities and you can start doing

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this now like where do you want to study

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what do you want to study what kind of

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exams you need to take if you need a

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guide on this journey the link will be

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down below to the language my company

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but

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even without my company i want you to do

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your own research and i want you to

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get acquainted with whatever american

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educational system has to offer thank

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