Unit 4: Higher education

Before you read• Which subjects in school do you like best?. OPEN UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCI

Who are they?

What are they doing?

Unit 4

READING

Before you read

• Which subjects in school do you like best?

• Why do you like them?

VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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

• 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

Take the National Entrance

Examinations

Application forms

submitted before

the deadline

Include an

application fee

Copies of the academic records

Pass the National High

School Graduation

Examinations

(In early June)

(In April)

(Results will be notified in late August)

Acceptable notices will be sent if the applicants’ scores meet the requirements of

admission

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

high school transcripts

translated into English +

submit results of the TOEFL test with

required scores if the

- be able to support yourself

- or able to prove financial support from a sponsor

Submit the affidavit of support and financial documents

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

WHAT ARE THESE ABBREVIATIONS?

• SAT

• TOEFL

• TOEIC

• IELTS