How can I get financial aid that will help me to go to an American University? Are there any criteria to get a Research Assistantship or Teaching Assistantship?
While some universities have financial aid for international students, their policies vary widely, so it is important for you to make direct contact with the schools that interest you. However, there are some general principles of financial aid that may be useful: there is a great deal of difference in the financial aid picture depending on whether you are applying as an undergraduate or a graduate. There is much more assistance available for graduate students (often in the form of teaching/research assistantships). The condition for this assistance are established by individual graduate departments, so we urge you should contact those departments directly at an early stage of your search. Be prepared to indicate any research interests you have. You should know that many teaching and research assistantships are competitive and that some schools do not offer assistantships to first-year graduate students. It is also important for you to take the TSE (Test of Spoken English) as well as,
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