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EDUCATION REPORT - November
21, 2002: Foreign Student Series#10>cost
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
We continue our series of reports about how foreign students can study
at an American college or university. This information also can be found
on the Special English Web page at www.voaspecialenglish.com.
Today, we provide information about how much it costs to attend an American
university. All foreign students must have enough money to pay for every
year of study at an American college. You can find the costs in a university's
catalog or on its Internet web site. The cost of university courses
is called tuition. Other costs include a place to live and food to eat
at the college, which is called room and board. Other costs are for
books and supplies. For example, the University of Colorado at Boulder
says a foreign student must pay almost thirty-one-thousand dollars for
each year of study. Experts say each foreign student should keep enough
money in a local bank near the college to pay the costs for at least
two months of college. More than one-thousand foreign students from
more than one-hundred countries are attending the University of Colorado
this year. There is generally no financial aid for undergraduate foreign
students at the university. However, officials say some student musicians
and athletes may get financial aid from the university if they show
great skill in those areas.
Foreign students must show on university admissions
documents how they plan to pay for their education. For example, if
you apply to the University of Colorado, you must state on the document
who will pay for your education. That person must sign the document
and send documents from a bank showing that he or she has the money
to do this. If you will be paying the costs, a bank official in your
country must write to confirm that you have enough money to do so.
Many colleges in the United States cost much
less than the University of Colorado. Some cost even more. Your government
or your employer may help you pay some of the costs. It is a good idea
to seek such financial aid at least eighteen months before you want
to start your studies in the United States.
Next week, we will discuss another cost of attending
an American college or university: health insurance.
This VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT was
written by Nancy Steinbach.
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