EducationUSA Interview Part 1

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En provenance du cours de University of Pennsylvania

Applying to U.S. Universities

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University of Pennsylvania

Applying to U.S. Universities

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“It depends.” That is what you’ll hear when asking about the U.S. university admission process. With over 4,000 universities in the United States and no standard application system, the U.S. admission process can be confusing for everyone, but especially for students applying from other countries. This course will help international students (non-U.S. citizens) and non-native English speakers navigate the U.S. university admission process by offering practical information about the documents and pieces that make up a U.S. university application. More importantly, admission officers will discuss how they use those pieces to decide who is accepted and who is denied, so that you can understand the process beyond the pieces. By the end of this course, you will understand application basics that include researching schools, creating a school list, and establishing an application plan. This course will not answer all of your application questions, but it will teach you to ask the right questions of yourself and the universities. Ultimately, you will have all the information you need to start your process the right way, putting you on the path to acceptance. * Please note, while the English Language Programs are part of the University of Pennsylvania, this is not a course about applying to Penn. Furthermore, this course is intended for international students educated in the national curriculum of their country. While other students are welcome to enroll, the course is not intended for American students or students studying in an American, International Baccalaureate, or Advanced Placement curriculum. The course is also intended for students who do not have access to university counseling – if you attend a school that offers university counseling, your counselor is the best source of information on applying to university. Finally, this course is for undergraduate (Bachelors degree) freshmen (students who have not attended any university) applicants. Undergraduate transfer applicants, students who have attended a university, will find some of the information helpful, but graduate (Masters and Doctoral) applicants will not.

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Self-Assessment

The most important part of your college application is you. Before you apply to any U.S. universities, you have to know yourself – likes, dislikes, strengths, and weaknesses. Once you know yourself, you can look at your application the way a U.S. admissions counselor will look at your application. In this module you will learn how to use self-assessment to examine your application, identifying strengths and weaknesses in both your academic and non-academic qualifications. You will also learn about EducationUSA, a college admissions assistance resource located in your home country.

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Erick Hyde
University Connection Counseling Specialist
English Language Programs

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We're here with Jared Buto Education USA program officer in the

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State.

And Jared's going to speak with us today about the Education USA network.

Jared thanks for being with us today.

>> It's my pleasure.

Thanks for having me, Erick.

>> Jared, just to start out with some of

the basics, can you tell us what is Education USA?

>> Sure, Education USA, is the State

Department supported network of international student advising centers.

We operate over 400 centers in more than 170 countries around the world.

The goal of Education USA is to promote US

colleges and universities as study destinations for international students.

And so we represent all regionally and nationally accredited colleges in

the US, so that's more than 4,000 institutions across the country.

We provide students with accurate, current and comprehensive information

about opportunities to study at US colleges and universities.

And our aim is to offer them the support and guidance

that they need to make informed decisions about their academic careers.

Our hope is that we can help international students find their best fit institution.

And the, the college or university that

meets their academic, financial, social, and cultural needs.

>> Jared, when was Education USA

established, and why was the network created?

>> The US Department of State has supported academic advising for decades.

But, the Education USA Network was more formally established under

the, the name Education USA and our logo In the early 2000s.

Our network has grown significantly over the

past decade, and we currently provide advising

services to more students in more countries

than at any time during the network's existence.

The US Department of State views

international educational exchange and programs like Education

USA that, that bolster international student mobility

as central to our nation's foreign policy.

We see educational advising as a core public diplomacy tool, that we use to

strengthen ties between people in the United

States and other parts of the world.

What we know is the skills developed through international

educational exchange are central to our nation's foreign policy.

Those skills help to prepare the next generation of future

leaders to find common ground and solve shares, shared challenges.

Programs like Education USA are are part of the State Department's long term

investment strategy for building a more peaceful, secure and prosperous world.

International students value the quality of US higher education and

the diversity of the types of institutions in our sector.

again, there are more than 4,000

accredited US institutions across the country.

And by the same token, those institutions

value international students on their campus communities.

US institutions are eager to recruit

international students as members of their campus

communities who will diversify and enrich

their classrooms and their communities as well.

The US Department of State commissions, a

report every year called the Open Doors Report.

And this this resource tracks international student

mobility, and what we learned from this year's

numbers is that in 2012 and 2013, more

than 800,000 international students studied in the US.

And in, 2011 and 2012, almost 300,000 US students studied abroad.

[SOUND] So there are positive trends that we see in, in

international student mobility, but there's always more work to be done.

We want to see more international students studying

int he US and more US students studying abroad.

>> So who does Education USA represent?

>> Good question, Erick.

The Education USA network represents the entire US higher

education sector, so that's all accredited institutions in the US.

>> Jared, you mentioned that Education USA represents the

entire US university community, which is a lot of schools.

So, does Education USA connect with

individual universities and, and if so, how?

>> Education USA is designed to help international

students find their best fit college or university.

So, we don't match individual students with individual schools.

But what we do is support and provide guidance to students in

doing the research necessary for them to find their best fit institution.

>> Best-fit is an important idea of this course

as is the idea of, of doing thorough research.

When students are researching individual universities they'll often

see the Education USA logo displayed on a university website.

What does it mean when a student sees

you know, your network's logo on a university website?

>> One of the things that a student will

know when they see the Education USA logo on

a college or university web site, is that that's

a nationally or regionally accredited institution in the US.

The Education USA network provides a lot of guidance and many services

to students, but we also provide services to the US higher education community.

And those colleges and universities that are so eager

to recruit international students from all around the world.

So we have a whole suite of services that we provide

for our US colleagues who work in colleges and universities as well.

>> And could you touch on a couple of those services, possibly?

>> Sure, the Education USA network and our advisers in the field

serve as a, as a resource for US college and university recruiters.

They can help US hire ed representatives to

understand the educational systems in countries where they work.

The primary, secondary and and post secondary school systems.

They can provide some regional context about the, the needs and particular

challenges or opportunities unique to students

in the regions that they represent.

And we can even provide in-person services

to recruiters as they're traveling around the world.

They can visit our centers, and and speak with students,

sometimes even in an Education USA center around the world.

We also host college and university fairs,

and we guide recruiters through different regions of

the world, and help them meet with

students in, in college and university fair venues.

>> Fantastic.

So you're, you're services, those are services that are for universities,

but really it's the students who largely benefit from them as well.

>> It's true.

Of course our, our college and university

fairs wouldn't be very effective if we couldn't

bring students there and, and that's what the

US higher ed community is really interested in.

They want to join our fairs so that we can connect them with students.

And they have an opportunity to talk about what it's like to study at

their, at their university and how their

college or university might meet that student's needs.

>> We'll be right back to hear more from Jared Buto from

Education USA about the services that the Education USA network can offer you.

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