College Board International Student Handbook 2003 : For Undergraduate and Graduate Students

by The College Board

• ISBN13: 9780874476859
• ISBN10: 0874476852
• Edition: 16th
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: College Board

Summary

Includes new search and test-prep CD-ROM. This guide is essential for any foreign high-school or college student who wants to study at an institution in the United States.The College Board International Student Handbook 2003provides information about over 2,500 colleges, organized in separate sections for undergraduate and graduate students. It presents all the detailed information that an international student needs in a tabular format for quick reference. This guide also includes a new CD-ROM that gives students access to a Web-based college and scholarship search program and real SAT test-prep material.

Table of Contents

Preface	1	(3)
Part I. Applying to college in the United States
Planning calendar for U.S. study	4	(3)
Why study in the United States?	7	(1)
U.S. higher education	8	(5)
Planning for study In the United States	13	(2)
College cost and paying for your education	15	(3)
Financial aid	18	(2)
Advice for undergraduate applicants	20	(6)
Advice for graduate applicants	26	(6)
Comparing colleges and universities	32	(3)
Test information	35	(6)
Once colleges decide	41	(6)
Glossary of college terms	47	(5)
Part II. Information tables on U.S. colleges and universities
How to use the information tables	52	(3)
Undergraduate colleges and universities	55	(106)
Graduate colleges and universities	161	(43)
Part III. Lists and indexes
International student enrollment	204	(12)
Total financial aid for international students	216	(5)
ESL programs	221	(6)
Conditional admission based on English language proficiency	227	(5)
SAT® II: Subject Tests required or recommended	232	(1)
Directory of colleges	233	(128)
Overseas educational advising centers	361