Unit 4: Higher education

Who are they? What are they doing? Unit READING Before you read • Which subjects in school you like best? • Why you like them? VOCATIONAL SCHOOL COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OPEN UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HU MANITIES UNIVERSITY OF NATUREAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE Questions: • When are Universities entrance examination normally held? • When applying for admission to a college in Vietnam, what are you worried about? • Do you know how to apply for admission to a university in the USA? APPLICATION PROCEDURES IN VIETNAM Application forms submitted before the deadline Include an application fee (In April) Copies of the academic records Acceptable notices will be sent if the applicants’ scores meet the requirements of admission (Results will be notified in late August) Pass the National High School Graduation Examinations (In early June) High school diploma Take the National Entrance Examinations (In early July) FRESHMAN APPLICATION PROCEDURES IN THE USA Application for admission (complete + application fee) Send to the institution’s admission office before the deadline Official high school transcripts+ Official GED Certificate Submit the SAT or the ACT (taken in their junior year or early in their senior year) To help predict a students’ future success in higher education INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PROCEDURES IN THE USA If admitted, you’ll receive an acceptance letter Form I-20 / Certificate of Eligibility (after making a deposit on your first semester students bill) Form I-20 to apply for your F-1 student visa high school transcripts translated into English + certified by appropriate authorities - be able to support yourself - or able to prove financial support from a sponsor Submit the affidavit of support and financial documents submit results of the TOEFL test with required scores if the native language is not English WHAT ARE THESE ABBREVIATIONS? • SAT • TOEFL • TOEIC • IELTS .. .Unit READING Before you read • Which subjects in school you like best? • Why you like them? VOCATIONAL SCHOOL COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OPEN UNIVERSITY... their junior year or early in their senior year) To help predict a students’ future success in higher education INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PROCEDURES IN THE USA If admitted, you’ll receive an acceptance... VOCATIONAL SCHOOL COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OPEN UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HU MANITIES UNIVERSITY