F urther education in the usa

One day a professor could not stay for his afternoon classes, so he put a notice on the door, which read as follows: ‘Professor Evans will not be able to meet his classes this afternoon’.

Then he went to put on his coat and on his way out saw that some student had rubbed off the letter ‘c’ in the word ‘classes’ on the notice. The professor smiled and rubbed off the letter ‘___’ in the word ‘lasses’.

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What does it mean?

To sit the Marshal scholarship

nlike primary and secondary education, university education is not free. The majority of university students must pay for their studies, although almost every university does offer grants and all kinds of scholarship (i.e. full, half, sports). Some universities, such as all the Ivy League universities, charge extremely high tuition fees. An average year in Harvard, for example, would cost over $24.000. In part, the reason these schools charge so much is to weed the average student out. After all, Ivy League schools have a reputation to keep. You pretty much have to be awarded a scholarship to attend these schools. In a way, the practice of giving scholarships allow the universities to accept only the ‘best and brightest’ students. Even the rich who can pay such an astronomical amount are not commonly admitted.

1. What is the difference between the scholarship and the grant?

2. What is the difference between the verb ‘admit’ and ‘accept’?

3. What is the average University tuition fee in Kazakhstan?

Even though Harvard, Yale, Brown, Rice, Georgetown, Stanford, Berkeley and the others are considered to be the ‘best universities’, you can still receive a high quality education in the numerous state universities. Each state has at least one state university. The fees for residents of that particular state are reasonable, especially when you compare it to the Ivy League schools. For example, if you are a resident of Alabama, you can attend either the University of Alabama or Auburn University for less than $ 1.500 per academic year. However, if a resident of New York State wishes to enter either of these Alabama universities, s/he would pay twice the tuition fee the Alabamian would. Keep in mind each university of each state determines the actual cost of state tuition. Texas students, for example, pay even less for state university education than Alabama students. The University of Texas owns state oil fields and the sale of that oil, as you can imagine, helps to keep student university costs very low. Other states may charge much more than Alabama and Texas combined.

T/F

1. Alabama University is the ‘best university’.

2. In Alabama University you can pay less if you are a resident of Alabama.

3. The tuition fee in Alabama University is equal to all the students.

4. Texas students payy less than Alabamians as all of them have their own oil deposits.

Many students still find it difficult to pay even $ 1.500 per year. Most people borrow the money from the US federal government. These student loans, called the Guaranteed Stanford Loan, is indeed guaranteed as long as you remain in school and maintain at least a C grade point average. Yet even the loans may not be enough to make ends meet. Undergraduates usually find a part-time job outside the university to help pay for rent and food.