Community College: What immigrants need to know about this opportunity in the USA

Are you immigrating to the United States with or without American higher education? Then you definitely need to familiarize yourself with a concept such as community collegewrites in his блоге on Yandex Zen teacher, moved to live in the United States. Further - from the first person.

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There are people (including my friends) who are well settled in America without a local higher education. True, at the time of arrival they already spoke English “Injectively”, but still. Wherever fate puts you in America, look for a local community college right away.

American Higher Education for a Brighter Future

With local education, Americans are willing to hire people. There are, of course, professions that you can study at home, and in the United States it is easy to confirm them, but if you are not a doctor or a computer scientist fluent in English, then studying at an American educational institution will help you a lot.

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The work can be the most unsightly at first. You need to take on any job and constantly repeat to yourself Mayakovsky’s words “all jobs are good,” especially since Americans do not look down on a person who sweeps the street or washes the latrines.

If you have a choice, then you must agree to such work that would be the most exhausting, with a salary covering the Spartan living conditions along with tuition at the community college. Education should be the goal of making money, that is, the main thing is not enrichment, but the receipt of an American education. All the rest then.

It is quite clear: if an American works more than 20 hours a week, then his estimates may creep down. But immigrants need to tune in not only to work over 20 hours a week, but also to earn excellent grades at community college. Though blood from the nose.

What is community college

This seems to be a university, although the institution resembles an evening school for Soviet working youth: during the day - work, in the evening - study.

Community college brings together people who, perhaps, played the fool at school. But, having matured, they came to their senses and went for a certificate of secondary education. There are many adults who work and at the same time improve their education. Let's say, like in the movie "Big Break". Teenagers may also find themselves there if school has already become a breeze for them. Well, and of course, foreigners sit in classes along with everyone else.

Many Americans turn their noses up at community colleges, saying they are not real universities. The real ones are those where you will then have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to study. Most likely, for many, many years.

You can graduate from community college in just two years - and for several thousand dollars, and then transfer to a 4-year university to get a bachelor's degree. Many acquaintances and friends received scholarships—some full, some partial. With a bachelor's degree you can already find a decent job. Then you will stand firmly on your feet.

Personal experience at community college

I studied at this university for exactly two years. I also took courses in the summer to meet the deadline. I honed my language, both oral and written. Now I can study in American. The most important thing is that I managed to transfer to a university and study for a bachelor’s degree completely free of charge. Received a full scholarship.

Now I can say with confidence that without the writing and speaking skills acquired at community college, I would not have been able to study for a bachelor’s degree normally. And so, they also hired me to work as a tutor, checking the essays and research papers of my American classmates.

He studied mainly in the evenings, because evening courses are three times cheaper. I traveled everywhere by bus, so as not to spend money on cars and insurance, but at the same time to do lessons along the way. Saved on everything. Like the son of a regiment, the inhabitants of a small town in New England, where I found myself, even collected clothes and shoes, because I arrived only for one summer.

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It must be said that Americans are happy to help immigrants who have a goal in life or even a dream that is not related to ordinary material enrichment. “Earn a lot of money” will not make the right impression on Americans, who would have helped in any way they could if the dream had been more lofty.

Conditions for a student visa

The most difficult requirement when obtaining an F-1 student visa is a bank account. It should have a certain amount, which would be enough for a whole year of living and food in the United States while studying. Each community college has its own necessary amount on the account of the future student. However, it is usually not indicated anywhere how long this amount should be on the account.

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