The United States continues to be a popular destination for post- secondary students from many of the world's countries. According to the latest Open Doors Census for 1993-94 collected by the Institutes of International Education in New York, there are 449,749 foreign students currently studying in US institutions of higher education. This figure represents an increase of 2.5% over the 1992-93 figures. Currently, Asian students constitute more than one half (58.9% ) of the foreign student population in the USA, followed by Europeans at 13.9% , Latin Americans at 10%, Middle Eastern students at 6.6%, and Canadian at 5.2% Africans at 4.6% with 1% coming from small island countries. Admission requirements differ greatly from one institution to another. All schools, however, require students to submit official transcripts of courses and grades taken in high school and other post-secondary institutions.
Most of the colleges and universities require a formal application. Smaller schools require letters of recommendation and in some cases personal interviews. Most schools will require submission of standardized test scores such as the TOEFL, the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude test), the GRE (Graduate Record Exam), the GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) etc.
HIGHER EDUCATION
IN USA
"Higher Education" is the term that is used in the United States of America to describe any schooling after secondary or high school education. Higher education can take the form of a university, college, technical school, vocational school, or professional school. There are over 3100 accredited colleges and universities in America. Getting admission in the right school is the major hurdle that most students must face in pursuing a degree program in America. It takes careful planning, research and counseling. First a word about language, Americans generally use the words "college", "university" and "school" interchangeably, particularly in speech.
US institutions offer a wide variety of subjects (or majors, as they are called) to study, everything from the fine and liberal arts to practical, career-oriented fields such as engineering and marketing. The USA also presents a wide variety of institutions to choose from: large, comprehensive land-grant institutions of 40,000 students to small traditional liberal arts colleges of less than 1000 students. Distinctions among these academic institutions are in size, level and competitiveness of education offered, social/residential atmosphere and the time required to complete a degree. Because the United States is a large country with a variety of climatic and living conditions, schools vary greatly due to their location. Since academic levels and quality of instruction are comparable at most accredited institutions at the undergraduate (bachelor's degree) level, students' personal preferences as to size, climate and location, play a key role in what school they choose. Students often begin study at one institution, then transfer after two years to complete their degree at another institution. One needs good GPA (Grade Point Average) to transfer. At the graduate (master's, doctoral degree) level, more importance must be paid to the reputations of the faculty and department.
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