For international students hoping to attend graduate school in the United States, the application process can seem a
Graduate programs require a substantial amount of reading, writing and speaking. If you’re not completely comfortable comprehending English, you’ll have problems completing a course of study.
While some graduate programs give financial aid and grants to foreign students, some do not. Be sure you can cover all your costs (including plane tickets home for vacations) if you don’t receive a grant.
Be sure you know when all parts of your graduate school application are due, and send everything in as early as possible. If you live abroad, it may take several weeks for applications to reach you and a few more weeks for any materials you send to reach the school.
You’ll probably need transcripts from every university you attended. Also, most graduate programs require you to submit a transcript evaluation along with your actual transcript. A transcript evaluation allows admissions officers to assess your undergraduate coursework and equate it to U.S. standards. There are fee-based services that provide these evaluations. Investigate them early and thoroughly.
The majority of graduate programs in the United States require that you take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). While you can take the test more than once, most schools prefer to see no more than two or three scores on your score report. Don’t use the actual exam for practice. Instead, take a free online practice GRE .
Have a native English speaker read it to make sure you haven’t made any major mistakes. Do NOT, however, get someone else to write your SOP for you. You will be immediately rejected if (and when) you are caught.
If you’re late in applying for a visa, you could miss the first few weeks of classes. Your program will be able to help you with the paperwork. You will probably need to prove that you have the funds for at least one year of study in order to obtain your visa.
Source: Source: The Princeton Review
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