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How to Apply to An American University

Study in America: - America is prime destination for student community all over the world. Because of its technological advance in science, medicine and literature it has become first choice for overseas students seeking admission in American universities. In America there are number of schools classified in colleges and universities. An American university is umbrella of colleges offering various programs and even can have a professional college. Most of the universities in America are involved in research and are contributing to technical and medical advance being made by country.

Further more universities can be classified into two segments, private and public universities. The public universities are funded by government. The fees for courses in these university are less when compared to private university. You can further save more in joining the public university if you have stayed in that area more than 2 years. The state universities charge less money to resident of state as they are funded by state government.

On the other hand universities like Stanford and Harvard are expensive, the BS or MS program runs over $100000 thousand. There is no distinction in resident or non-resident student, all are charged same fees.
Most of the degrees obtained outside America are not compatible with American curriculum. Due to this reason potential students are encouraged to take extra course to cover required units. These course will be addition to your field of choice. Also if English is not your first language the ESL exam is mandatory for students.


Note: ESL stands for English as a second language.

All students applying for American universities have to appear for GRE, GMAT and TOEFL exams. The universities will check your education qualification, scores of (GRE, GMAT, TOEFL) and your financial stability. If you are toper and have scored high marks in professional exams there is good chance of getting scholarship from universities. Also you have higher chance in getting to top universities. The TOEFL and GRE scores are required by universities if you are applying for Engineering and Science admission. The scores of TOEFL and GMAT are required for management courses.

Step by Step Instruction to apply for American Universities

Step 1:
First step is to indentify universities where you want to take admission. Download or request the application for admission. Almost all the university have website link for student connection on main website. All the information about applying for admissions is available on website.
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Step 2:
All the universities require translation of your degrees and certificate into credit units. In America each course is comprised of certain units. For example MS program is made up of 40 credits. To apply for this course one should have completed certain number of units. After converting your degrees and certificates if you are falling short of some credits then you have to take additional courses mandatory for applying in the program.




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Step 3:
Submit your higher secondary and graduation degrees and certificate to university along with application form. .

Step 4:
In case you are applying for university grant or scholarship, it is advisable to get recommendation from your professor or teacher. Of course it has to be backed by your high grades. .

Step 5:
While you are scouting for good university on a parallel track study for standardize test such as SAT, TOEFL, ACT, GRE and GMAT. These tests are required to pass requirement guidelines set by American universities.

Abbreviations:

TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language
GRE: : Graduate Record Exam
SAT: : Scholastic Aptitude Test
ACT: : Achievement Test
GMAT: : Graduate Management Aptitude Test
LSAT: : Law Scholastic Aptitude Test

Step 6:
Consolidate your financial documents to support you can afford the course fees. Some university also requires that you open account with them and deposit directly money into account.

Step 7:
Financial Aid is available from few university based on scholarship system. Some university let you work on campus or off campus depending upon your VISA type.

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Step 8:
Apply to university of your choice with application fees. Once selected by university, you will receive the I-20 form which will allow you to submit request for VISA in American embassy. .

Step 9:
After receiving VISA from American embassy contact school authorities and get you rest of the details covered. Over the period of time getting into American universities has become easy as universities are competing with each other for overseas student market share. .

Step 10:
Fly to America: .