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 Changes to studying in China after Covid-19 After two years of the epidemic, China will cut scholarships, so in order to secure admission to good schools, international students need impressive study results and high-level Chinese certificates. Doan Ba ​​Toai graduated with a bachelor's degree in International Economics and Trade from Wuyi Academy in 2017, then studied for a master's degree and is currently a doctoral student at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. With 9 years of living, studying and working in China, he shares his experience of anticipating changes in studying abroad in China in the near future. At the end of 2019, Vietnamese students return to their hometown to celebrate Tet and are expected to return to China in a few weeks. But they did not expect, the return trip took longer than planned. In the past two years, the Chinese government has not made any move to allow international students to return to the country because of concerns about the epidem...

 Vietnamese female students share the secret to graduating from the top in Australia With an ATAR of 99.7, Jenny is among the best 0.3% of 12th grade graduates in Western Australia in 2021. Jenny Tran (Tran Hoang Nam Phuong) is a former student of Nguyen Khuyen Middle School and High School, Binh Duong. I have been studying in Australia since grade 9. Among the top-performing 0.3% of Year 12 graduates in Western Australia in 2021, Jenny becomes the highest-ranked graduate in nearly 50 years of Carine High's founding. Carine is among the top 20 schools in the state. Jenny at the graduation ceremony. Photo: Character provided Jenny at the graduation ceremony. Photo: Character provided ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Ranking) is a measure of the ranking between students taking the same high school graduation exam in Australia. This is the scale that determines which university a student will be admitted to based on their application preferences. The highest ATAR is 99.95. With thi...

 Vietnamese students tell stories of 'living with Omicron' On the morning of January 11, Ho Ngoc Quang, a third year chemical engineering student, Drexel University, USA woke up with a feeling of dry throat and sore throat. Two days ago, Quang and a group of 12 Vietnamese international students had dinner at a restaurant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Thinking he might have contracted Covid-19, Quang went online to find out and found that he was experiencing signs of the disease caused by Omicron. The next day, Quang had a fever of over 38.5 degrees, his body was cold, his head was dizzy and he couldn't stand. According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, within just a week to January 10, the average number of confirmed Covid cases per day in the US was 714,000 cases, an increase of 74.3% compared to the previous week. On January 10 alone, the country recorded 1.13 million new cases. The US is currently the country with the highest number of daily Covid cases in th...

 Former US high school valedictorian advises on how to prepare for college Christina Nguyen, valedictorian at Wichita East High School, Kansas, shares the steps to prepare for scholarships and go to college in the US. According to Christina Nguyen (Nguyen Ngoc Trang) - currently a doctor - if you are planning to go to university in the US, high school (grades 9-12) will be the four key years that decide whether you can get into prestigious schools and receive admission. scholarship or not. Dr. Christina Nguyen (Nguyen Ngoc Trang). Photo: Character provided Dr. Christina Nguyen (Nguyen Ngoc Trang). Photo: Character provided 1. The higher the GPA, the better GPA is the average of the four years of coursework. In the US, most schools charge a factor of 4.0. "If you study subjects that are all A, your GPA will be 4.0. The higher the GPA, the greater your chances," Christina said. According to CollegeVine, a platform that helps students apply to college in the US, if you want to b...

 Former US high school valedictorian advises on how to prepare for college Christina Nguyen, valedictorian at Wichita East High School, Kansas, shares the steps to prepare for scholarships and go to college in the US. According to Christina Nguyen (Nguyen Ngoc Trang) - currently a doctor - if you are planning to go to university in the US, high school (grades 9-12) will be the four key years that decide whether you can get into prestigious schools and receive admission. scholarship or not. Dr. Christina Nguyen (Nguyen Ngoc Trang). Photo: Character provided Dr. Christina Nguyen (Nguyen Ngoc Trang). Photo: Character provided 1. The higher the GPA, the better GPA is the average of the four years of coursework. In the US, most schools charge a factor of 4.0. "If you study subjects that are all A, your GPA will be 4.0. The higher the GPA, the greater your chances," Christina said. According to CollegeVine, a platform that helps students apply to college in the US, if you want to b...

 SAT shortens time, allows testing on computers From 2023, candidates can take the SAT on a computer or tablet, reducing test time from three hours to two hours. SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test) is a test of natural, social and logical thinking, which is used by many universities and colleges in the US as an admission criterion. In Vietnam, the SAT is held 4-5 times per year. On January 25, the College Board, the organization and management unit of the SAT, said that changes in test format and test time will apply from 2024 for the US, while other countries will be implemented from 2023. In addition to the shift to computer-based testing, the new format will feature short reading passages with one question per passage instead of the long, multi-question and need for careful analysis as before. The Math section will also have a shorter and simpler topic. Students are allowed to use calculators for the entire Math section instead of just part of it. The total score of the test is sti...

 Four criteria to consider when choosing a country to study in Phan Quoc Dung, who studied masters in Germany and Denmark under an Erasmus Mundus scholarship, shared the criteria for choosing a country to study abroad from his own experience. As a mentor (advisor) for many students, I noticed that many of you choose a country to study in the "a dua" style, which means that when you see a close friend studying in the UK, you also want to go to the UK or see the US as "the best", so I decided to going to America. This type of choice can have many consequences such as wanting to change your mind at the last minute, having to drop out of school because of difficulty in integrating or not being financially responsive. To limit the above problems, I think you should pay attention to four criteria when considering a country to study abroad: 1. Hobbies Criteria and also the first "filter" I want to use is preferences. More or less, each student always has in his m...

 The set of 'normal' documents that bring male students to the top schools in the US No national or international excellent student award, Minh Tri still entered Rice University with a "simple but highly consistent" profile. When most of the 12th graders are busy preparing for the high school graduation and university entrance exams, 18-year-old Hoang Minh Tri, a physics student at Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, is relatively relaxed. In the early enrollment round of American universities, taking place in November 2021, Tri entered Rice University (USA). According to US News & World report, Rice ranked 17th in the list of the best universities in America. Compared with friends, Tri decided to study abroad quite late. In the 10th grade, I "closed" this plan seriously and began to study it methodically. The male student said that if he could go back, he would start earlier, because many extracurricular activities are difficult to do in a short...

 Tactics to help Vietnamese female students win internships at Big4 companies MỸNGI participated in the job fair and prepared the foundation, building an impressive profile to be accepted into an internship at Deloitte. Thai Doanh Nghi is currently a third year student majoring in Auditing & Assurance at DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. Nghi applied for four different auditing firms including Deloitte, EY, PwC, RSM, but two of them refused because they did not support work visas for international students. After two rounds of interviews, Nghi was accepted to practice at Deloitte, a member of the Big4 group - the four largest auditing firms in the world in terms of size and revenue. Nghi shared about her experiences. 1. Preparation (first year and second year) - Networking (Expand professional relationships) Professors at the school: The teachers are the forerunners, having worked in large and small companies related to their fields of study as well as training those who ha...

 University entrance exam in Japan for international students Most universities in Japan have entrance exams specifically for international students and often require you to submit EJU scores for first-round consideration. Mr. Nguyen Duy Anh is currently the President of the NPO organization of the Vietnamese Association in Fukuoka and the President of the GAG ​​Japanese Language Institute in Japan. Mr. Duy Anh is the first Vietnamese principal in this country. According to the 34-year-old teacher, most Japanese universities use the results of the EJU (exam for international students) for admission, especially national and top universities. Candidates can take the test in their own country without going directly to Japan for the entrance exam. GAG has 100-150 students participating in EJU depending on the year. The number of students who pass into university accounts for 30%-40%, colleges about 5%, 40% attend professional intermediate schools, the rest work at Japanese companies. A...