2 и 4 годишен колеж в САЩ

2 годишните университети не ти дават диплома за бакалавър. В някои от тях преподаването не е на никак високо ниво. В тях по-често учат хора, които не планират да завършат висше образование. Някои учат докато работят и им е нужно да понаучат нещо, което им трябва за работата.
Това, обаче, не се отнася за 100% [...]

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разликата между колеж и университет

Знам, че в България думичката колеж не звучи добре, понеже се свързва най-вече с учебни заведения, в които се учи по-малко от 4 години и които не ти дават диплома за бакалавър. Колеж означава И това, но не само и не най-вече.
Колеж в англоезичния свят означава това, което на български по-често наричаме университет, и води [...]

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степени за висше образование

В англоезичния свят и у нас ( а лека-полека и по целия свят) са:
Бакалавър (Bachelor) – у нас и в САЩ е с продължителност 4 години, а в някои европейски страни е 3 години. Учите го след завършване на гимназия. Не можете да го прескочите и да се дипломирате за Магистър или Доктор без тази [...]

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current college applicants

I wonder who is applying to US and other foreign colleges this year. I wonder how many people read the things I post here. When do you plan to start working on your college applications? Have you chosen colleges yet? Have you checked what documents they want from you? Have you started planning your essays?
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everything matters

“In the end, everything in an application matters. The good news is that so many little things figure in an admissions decision that it is fruitless to worry too much about any one of them.”
Yale College

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the common application - teacher evaluation

Colleges usually require 2 teacher evaluations AND 1 counselor evaluation.

Here are some tips for your teachers.

Once an evaluation is filled in, it could be photocopied in as many copies as needed. It should be put in an envelope, and the enveloped should be signed across the flap by the teacher. It does not [...]

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resume

It should include your activities from year 9 at school ( you could include 8, but not earlier). Colleges are not interested in your childhood activities. Of course, if you started playing the violin as a four-year-old, you could explain in a note if you deem it important.
You could write it conveniently in a table [...]

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how to fill in some “tough” parts of the common application

IM address: instant messenger (like Yahoo messenger, ICQ, Skype) – you don’t need to fill it if you’re afraid of being approached by a curious admissions officer or if you nickname is rather offensive
Visa Type: F-1
Possible area(s) it academic concentration/major(s): it’s ok to write “undecided” if you are undecided.
Possible career or professional plans: it’s [...]

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Have you heard of the common application?

It’s a way to reduce your paperwork and forcus on important things like essays and exams. These are forms, accepted by nearly 300 schools. If you have shortlisted the colleges you’re applying to and it turns out that a good number of them accept the common application, it might be a good idea to use [...]

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Schools with Financial Aid for International Undergraduate Students

Reprinted from eduPASS
Some US schools are more likely than others to offer financial aid for international undergraduate students. The lists below indicate which schools offer aid (including grants, loans, and jobs) to the largest numbers of international students. The lists are based on a list originally compiled by Douglas C. Thompson.
To [...]

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