International Students Do Not Have Chances to Get Into Higher Education Programs Nowadays international students have few chances to get into higher educational programs. According to one of the most recent reports, the age of impressive growth in international student enrolment is over. International students face continuous difficulties in coming to the U.S. due to problems with greed card or visa arrangements. Indeed, although visa processing and visa acceptance rates have relatively improved, it is too early to claim that international student enrolment will increase. The high cost of U.S. education also plays an important role, as international students often arrive from the Third World countries, where the standard of living is quite low.
In addition, there is a consistently increasing negative attitude towards international students in the United States, as there is an opinion that the U.S.’s traditional competitor countries implement strategy for capturing U.S. market. Apart from political reasons, international students (especially the undergraduate freshmen) find it difficult to apply to the U.S. higher educational programs due to their poor knowledge of English, compared to their American peers (i.e. students from China and India make up about 25 percent of all international students) (Students on the Move, 6).
Finally, yet another subject at the issue is that international (foreign) students, these, who aren’t green card holders or permanent residents, face difficulties while making an application to dental, veterinary, and medical schools, as these schools usually give preference to the residents of their state.
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Moreover, the schools, which will approve applications from the residents outside their states, will rarely consider international students. For example, in 2002, only 181 international students were enrolled in medical schools (out of a total national enrollment of 17,445).
Partially, this occurs due to the fact that even those medical schools that approve international student’s applications, require the evidence that the international student is capable to pay his tuition (i.e. some schools require the student to pre-pay tuition for the entire 4 years or create an escrow account for these funds (International Applicants), while some of them require the loans to be cosigned by the U.S. citizen. Taking into account all these facts, one can easily come to conclusion that international students have few chances to get into higher educational programs in the United States. Works Cited International Applicants.
17 September 2007 . Students on the Move: The Future of International Students in the United States. October 2006. 17 September 2007 ..
