EducationUSA Interview Part 3

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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

We're continuing our conversation with Jared Buto,

Education USA program officer, and, now Jared, we'd

like to talk to you a little bit

more, about the advising, offered by Education USA.

To begin, when a student goes to an advising center Where will they find these

advising centers and what can they expect when

they, when they go to an advising center?

>> It's a, it's a very good question Erick and I know students

may get tired of hearing this answer but the truth is that it depends.

As I mentioned before, our network is, is very large.

Over 400 centers operating in more than 170 countries.

Which means that centers in, in different countries and in, even in different

cities in the same country might be different in terms of facilities and size.

Some of our centers are hosted in US embassies and consulates.

And so a student would have to enter the US Embassy.

In order to, to meet with an adviser in, in person.

Some of our advising centers operate out of full-break

commission in countries where we have physical full-break commission centers.

In, in some parts of the world they operate out of binational centers.

That's a common model in, in Latin and Southern America and in some

cases we work with NGOs or nonprofit organizations in

host countries and, and use facilities that, that they provide for us.

So, the, the real answer is that Education USA

might look different in every country or even in

every city, but The, the, the point that I,

that I want students to remember is that they

can, they can visit our website and use the

Find an Advising Center tool to identify the center

closest to them and that will give them contact

information where they can reach an adviser to ask questions.

It will al, give them a physical address and, and even a phone

number, so they'll know how to, how to access and, and contact the advisers.

That are operating close to them.

>> Jared, we've talked a lot about these

advisers that are going to be helping the students.

Who are Education USA advisers?

>> Education USA advisers are a group of international education professionals,

Many of whom have studied themselves at colleges or universities in the US.

And this group of professionals are all

trained under a common curriculum instead of training

resources that are developed by our network,

and supported by the US Department of State.

They all have access to common resources that they use in their work with students.

And we do a lot of training of our advisers and they do training

locally in the, in the regions where they operate and we even bring them to

the US on a very regular basis to represent our network and to get

professional development so they are always updating

their skills on how to work with students.

Again the US higher education sector is big and

diverse and complex and our advisers, just like us, need

to constantly be updating our knowledge so we can

advise students about the best options and opportunities for them.

>> So, you talked about how Education USA advisers

are familiar with and trained in the US educational system.

Are they also experts in the educational systems of the,

the host countries where they're, where they're working and living?

>> They are.

Our Education USA advisers work with students and

professionals in the primary, secondary and post-secondary educational system.

In the countries where they live.

And it's one of the valuable services that we

provide to the US higher education community, is that we

help college and university recruiters better understand the context that

the students they want on their campuses are coming from.

And we help them understand the local school systems.

And some of the unique opportunities and challenges

for students in the countries where they work.

>> So you mentioned the, the way

that in country knowledge can help, admission officers.

How can that in country knowledge also help the students?

Well, I think the more the US college and university

community and the recruiters that represent that community know about

international students and the students from the individual countries where

they're trying to recruit, the, the the better for, for students.

You know, students need to understand US higher education,

but US higher education needs to understand international students too.

And we also know that, international students

are, just as diverse as, the Education

USA Network and the US higher education

community, so, relying on, Education USA advisers

to [INAUDIBLE], to, to, to provide information

about students in each part of the

world is an important service that we provide to the US higher ed community.

So, before a student visits an advising center, what can they

do so that they'll get the most out of that visit.

>> It's a good idea for students to, to visit our website and find

the center nearest them and online they'll

find information about events that, that Education USA

center will be holding near them Both in person events and virtual events and you

might want to participate in a virtual college fair or an in person college fair.

You might want to visit, an introductory advising session,

to, to learn a little bit about the process in

getting intro to our network, so there are lots

of ways a student can Can use our online resources

to familiarize themself both with the five steps and

what they can expect in the application process and with

our network and, and the centers nearest them before

they actually pay a visit to our advisers in person.

>> Jarrod, are there any limits to how much advising a student can receive?

The quick answer to that question is no.

Our advising services are available to any prospective student who wants to study in

the U.S. I think the important thing for students to remember and recognize is that

our advisors may be fielding questions from

all across the country where they live

and work and so Our, our advisors work very hard at their, at their jobs.

If you sent a, a question via email or you've left a

message please be patient and our advisors will bet back to you.

Patience and persistence is, is an important

part of Of, engaging with our network.

>> You mentioned that advisers are fielding, a lot of questions,

both from in-country and even, I mean, from the US side

of things as well, but from the student side, what are some of the, most

frequent questions or topics, that advisers address?

>> Yeah.

I think, this notion of, helping students to find

their best fit, institution, is a really important one.

With so many different options in the US

it's, it's really important to the Education USA

Network to help a student find a college

or university where they are best positioned for success.

And so our advisers talk a lot

with students about how to identify which institution

meets their needs and then work with

them on the application process for those institutions.

I think we also get a lot of questions about financing studies.

And as we discussed earlier, our advisers are a great resource for helping students

to find institutions that are within their

price range, and then think about additional

sources of external funding, be that from their home government in the form of

a scholarship, or be that from, an

institution that can support a student's studies financially.

>> We'll be back with more from Jared Buto in just a minute.

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