budget有限, 美國留學! urgent! please help!

hi there,
If u need a F-1 visa, I am afraid that the said amount is only sufficient for 1 semester at UC Berkeley..

On top of tuitions, u have to spend a pile on textbooks and room & board!

U probably don't know how much the cost could run up to in the US. A textbook in the US usually tag for $ 70 to 100 and if u take 5 to 6 courses each semester, then u have to spend almost 1 grand (greenback) on textbook for each semester.

Insurance is another headache, most states in the US require international students purchase their insurance plan before they can issue an I-20

For the said college, I am afraid that you have to spare about HK$ 300000 to 350000 each year and if you need to go to school during summer, u need to spend more.

For affordable big names, u may try UT-Austin or UL Urbana-Champaign. Even so, you have to expect about HK$ 800000 for a bachelor degree program

I am afraid that going to college in the US is getting way too expensive... I just can't afford it anymore...thank goodness, I was on schlorship when I did college
samuel khou

2008-03-21 23:16:39 補充：
if u are good at academic, u may apply for Fulbright Schlorship. U bet, it wasn't the one that I had...I am not that bright...

2008-03-24 02:48:01 補充：
wait, that was years ago... sooo I checked up their URL http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Registration/feesched.html#undergrad
In that case, you have to take 4 years to finish the degree. that will cost you 1.3M Hong Kong dollars

2008-03-24 02:52:08 補充：
to save money, u may go to summer school so that u can finish the degree in 3 years but u need to pay for summer school..in that case u may cut it down to about 1 million HK dollars

首先,我不是在外國讀書的,但都希望可以比到 d 意見你啦
其實你考慮緊果間大學系非常出名 , 當然就系因為咁 , 都非常難考啦!而且 , 我之前都睇過學費的確系唔平(自己之前都有搵過依間學校的資料) , 如果我無記錯,學費連生活費就好似系5萬幾美金一年,仲有,依間大學好似系兩年制 , 但讀研究生果 d 就除外啦
其實我建議你先系美國讀兩年社區學院,再轉入依間大學,社區學院又平 d ,而且,可以轉入美國名校名 o既 機會都唔細 , 咁樣你就可以平 d 讀到一間好 o既 大學
但如果你要 d 四年制 o既 美國出名 , 又要平 o既 大學就應該無



祝你好運

USNews - 2008 Best Undergraduate Business Programs

2008 Best Undergraduate Business Programs (top 25)

Rank / School / Peer assessment score
( 5.0 = highest)

1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 4.9
2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Sloan) 4.7
3. University of CaliforniaBerkeley (Haas) * 4.5
3. University of MichiganAnn Arbor * 4.5
5. New York University (Stern) 4.3
5. U. of North CarolinaChapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) * 4.3
7. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.2
7. University of TexasAustin (McCombs) * 4.2
9. Univ. of Southern California (Marshall) 4.1
9. University of Virginia (McIntire) * 4.1
11. Indiana UniversityBloomington (Kelley) * 4.0
12. Cornell University (NY) 3.9
12. Emory University (Goizueta) (GA) 3.9
12. Ohio State UniversityColumbus (Fisher) * 3.9
12. U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign * 3.9
12. Univ. of WisconsinMadison * 3.9
12. Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 3.9
18. Pennsylvania State U.University Park (Smeal) * 3.8
18. Univ. of MinnesotaTwin Cities (Carlson) * 3.8
18. University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.8
21. Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC) 3.7
21. Purdue Univ.West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)* 3.7
21. University of Arizona (Eller) * 3.7
21. Univ. of MarylandCollege Park (Smith) * 3.7
25. Arizona State University (Carey) * 3.6
25. University of Washington * 3.6

you have to get the i-50 from the school if they accepted you. then go to US embassy to apply the student visa F-1, then you can go to UC.

for transfer student with B average. it does not look good for Berkely. but you should try.

US$ 13-14 K, it is far not enough for tuition in private school. i mean they are charge double as what you think.