What should I prepare for studying abroad for half a year?

With the development of the economy, it is not as difficult to study abroad as before, and now if you have the opportunity to go to school, you will have the opportunity to study abroad, last year my girlfriend studied abroad for a year, it was something I helped her sort out, if you go abroad to study for half a year, with a person who has come over, I will tell you some experience.

In fact, there are not as many things you can bring when you study abroad, because the weight of your own luggage on the plane is regulated, 40kg for first class and 20kg for economy class. We bring 20kg, and it is very inconvenient to hold it by ourselves if there are too many.

Don't think 20kg is too much, in fact, it is not as much as we imagined, and it can only fit one suitcase. We have to bring something useful. First of all, I think you should bring foreign currency, and it is best to exchange money as early as possible before going abroad, because when you get off the plane, you must use foreign currency when you do something, and the other party may not be able to accept it if you use RMB.

In order to make it easier for you to travel, you must first prepare some foreign currency.

The next thing to bring is to bring some clothes suitable for the local season, the temperature in different countries is different, before you go, you must understand the local seasonal temperature, see what clothes are suitable to wear, in case the clothes you wear when you arrive at the place are not suitable. If it's too hot or too cold, it's very sinful for yourself.

There is another thing that is very important to study abroad, that is, medicine, when you go out, there will definitely be some discomfort and you may get sick, so we must prepare the medicines that are always available in our lives, cold medicines, fever reducers and so on. These are very convenient for you to go abroad.

If you still have space, you can bring two books, recipes, and maps, which may also help you, because you have to cook your own food when you are not used to eating out. It's possible to get lost when you're out and about, so it's sometimes very useful to have a map with you. You can also bring a book in the local language.

If you don't know what to say, you can look it up. It's helpful for yourself.

In fact, going out, especially going abroad, is a big environment, learning to see anything abroad is very unpleasant, if you want to live a better life abroad, it is completely impossible, so you must bring some necessities in life when you go out, these things can not be bought when you are abroad. It is a very useful item for one's own life. Actually, I think it's almost enough to bring these things, and if you still need them, you can buy them in supermarkets abroad.

Most things are the same.

China has a long history and culture of 5,000 years, but a lot of knowledge is spiritual comprehension, and it is almost the same that our descendants use to study and study. For a country, the essence of other countries' culture is also a necessity for us to learn, we must not forget our roots, carry forward Chinese culture, and at the same time learn from the culture of other countries. Especially in today's society, many advanced ideas and technologies come from Western countries, so many students now choose to study abroad to make themselves more valuable.

So, what should we prepare for when we study abroad?

When we leave our own country and are far away from other countries, we still need to prepare a lot of things. The first is enough money. Life abroad, although it is very beautiful, but high consumption is not covered, especially in the United States, if you study abroad in the United States, half a year is almost about 500,000 yuan, the consumption level in the United States is much better than our domestic level, and the better the school you go to study, the more expensive the tuition, the more funds you need to prepare.

The second is to have an understanding of the local culture and traditions. Each country and region has its own special traditional culture, so some things or words are different taboos in different places. When we study abroad, we need to understand the local culture and traditions in our home country, so as not to behave disrespectfully to others because of our ignorance.

At the same time, as a Chinese studying abroad, my respect for the local people also reflects the quality of our Chinese, and the local people are also willing to communicate with you and be friends with you, if you can receive their praise, then you will be our pride.

Thirdly, it is necessary to prepare your IELTS test and your academic transcripts. The language of each country is different, so the language of the country where we are going to study is what we must master. Because language is the most basic thing of a country and a nation, it is also full of this language in academics, so when we go to study abroad, we must understand it, otherwise how can we learn their knowledge.

If you have a good grade in China, when you study abroad, there will be a good tutor who is willing to accept you, so I think this is also a very important thing for us to go abroad.

These three points are the most important things I think to study abroad and we need to prepare for. Of course, there are many other small things that we need to prepare, and this also needs to be determined in conjunction with the country where you are going to study. Half a year of studying abroad may not be a long time, but it is enough to reflect a person's moral quality, so we must let our own quality lose the face of the Chinese people.

1. Apply for visas in advance for different countries.

In general, if you stay for more than three months, you need to apply for a visa 10 days in advance.

2. Must have the corresponding financial capacity. Most international students are ready to "work and study". But they take it too easy.

Many people say that "we work part-time, we can go to serve dishes and wash dishes", and the rear knows the severity of the situation. It is not new for them to find a job for two or three months after going abroad, and even if they are lucky, they find a job soon after, but they are fired after a few days, or they can't do it themselves. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare for living expenses for more than half a year anyway.

3. Be mentally prepared to endure hardships. Studying abroad is hard, and this is something that everyone knows. But this suffering is by no means the suffering of not having enough food, not wearing warm clothes, and sleeping on the streets, but the loneliness and loneliness of language barrier and lack of interpersonal communication, which is also a thing that cannot be explained in China.

When I went abroad, I felt the seriousness of the problem when I was on the scene and had the pain of my skin. Therefore, it is not negligible to be mentally prepared to endure hardships and stand hard work before coming.

Li Hongqi, who is about to study for a master's degree in economics at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, told the author that her main information includes foreign schools, various study abroad forums and QQ groups. "There are more than 200 students who have gone to Bristol to study in the QQ group I added, so on the one hand, they can share information, on the other hand, they can also meet a lot of new friends, and they can also have a look after the past. ”

4. Collect information about the country you are going to, everyone has their own tricks for information collection, and student Yang Ke will not miss any of the international student lectures held in the school, and will carefully make a record for future reference. Gao Wen, who is about to go to the United States for further study, often visits her brothers and sisters who have returned from overseas and gets first-hand information from them. And for her, **American film and television works are also an effective way to understand local customs.

There are two main ways:

1. There will be opportunities for exchange students during the university, but generally domestic university exchange students can go to poor schools. Moreover, such exchange programs are short-term and expensive.

2. If you go abroad for graduate school after graduating from university, you should start applying in the first semester of your senior year, and you need different exams to go to different countries. Because the United States is the best study abroad country in the world, take the United States as an example. In the second semester of your junior year, you should take the GRE test in June, and take the TOEFL test at the right time.

Then send all the documents (GPA, self-introduction and recommendation letters, GRE and TOEFL scores) to the university you want to apply to by November and wait for a response. In general, U.S. universities will respond to applicants by January to April of the following year.