Tips To Remind Before Entering Into Universities
As By Expert Carla Maria :
Carla Maria is a young education specialist. Born in Cuba, Maria Carla immigrated to the United States in 2002 to study pre-college in Miami, FL. Later, he attended Harvard University where he earned a Bachelors degree in History with Honors and where he worked in the Admissions Office, helping Hispanic students with their application to college. After doing his Masters in International Relations at the London School of Economics, Maria Carla founded GUIDE Colleges, through which provides academic counseling to young people around the world. Maria Carla has written extensively on education for entities such as ACT and Univision, and recently offered his services as a consultant to the Education Sector World Bank.
A few days ago I visited several junior colleges in Panama to offer a series of interactive presentations on the application process to U.S. universities. Students who attended the talks, almost all in their final or penultimate year of study, showed great interest in American academic programs both undergraduate and graduate levels, formulating their own questions in response to information received.
Through this dialogue I could tell that the most common questions among students matched those frequently asked questions not only among students from other Latin American countries but also between Hispanic students currently residing in the country. This demonstrates that certain aspects of application process to college universal source of confusion, and that effective advice is essential regardless of geographic area.
How to finance college ?
Many students expressed concern about the cost of college, or undergraduate. It is common that the student is aware of the exorbitant fees of universities and officials do not consider the financial aid offered in each, which reveals the true cost of the studies. An example of this phenomenon is that the average student is unaware of the practice of universities as Harvard which waiver of any financial contribution to those students whose families receive a wage less than $ 65,000 a year. Part of the lack of initiatives such as Harvard is due to the misperception that the scholarships are awarded based solely on merit, not financial need.
In turn, several reasons why many students choose not to opt for the best universities until they reach the graduate level. For students residing in Latin America, many universities in the region offer excellent undergraduate programs, which can be supplemented with postgraduate studies at recognized universities abroad. Other students follow this strategy because they underestimate the importance of college. A myth sometimes defended by the same teachers. These students prefer to invest in graduate school and save the added cost of study abroad during college.
While it is true that most of the scholarships Americans available to international students benefit to persons enrolled in a graduate program, several colleges offer financial aid according to financial need and other resources including outside scholarships for international students, credit and many more. Increasingly easier over the road to undergraduate studies in the United States, creating an opportunity that students should not miss for lack of knowledge.
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