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虽然国际学生没有资格获得联邦和州财政援助，但是他们还有其他方法来获取国际教育的资助。最重要的事情是不要气馁，为了在美国学习，每个学生已经克服了许多困难，比如SAT, TOEFL，推荐信，个人陈述。因此，寻找援助资金也是可以做到的！
许多大学有为国际学生设立的助学金，助学金的使用和颁发需要大学的国际事务办公室（International Affairs office）核查。助学金 经常会颁发给那些经济困难的学生。然而，许多符合这笔奖学金的要求的国际学生都已经在大学里已经连续学习两个学期了，当然啦，每个大学情况不同。
除了助学金，也有根据学生出色的学术成绩，天赋或者个人特点而发放的奖学金。这就是你为什么要保持你的GPA在3.5以上的原因。另一个获得资金的方式是申请研究经费。
比如，加州伯克利分校(我的母校)有各种不同的国际学生有资格申请研究经费。然而，许多国际学生不申请奖学金或者助学金竟然是因为他们害怕他们的学生身份会成为一个阻止他们得到研究经费的阻碍，而这种想法极其不正确。
为了确保你不会错过任何得到资助的机会，最好把你所在大学的职业中心（career center）和研究所（research institutes）的邮箱添加在订阅列表里。一旦在订阅列表上，你就会定期收到有关奖学金的简讯。
申请研究奖学金与申请大学很相似。所有的奖学金申请都有一个个人陈述的环节，需要申请者来表明你的成就，说明为什么你值得得到这个奖学金。不像个人陈述，奖学金申请者需要你对你的职业目标有一个更清楚的规划。如果你申请科研补助金，那么你的申请里就需要对你的研究有一个详细的计划。
积极的学生会去教导处，直接与奖学金顾问进行交谈，来确保他们文章和申请拥有足够的竞争力。参加咨询会是与奖学金顾问见面并寻求个人建议的最好方式，同时也可以让学生与奖学金申请材料的审核人面对面。
另外，在校园外也可以找到很多获得奖学金的机会——美国有很多在线奖学金平台，这些平台都是国内的留学中介根本不知道的，因为这些平台不是针对中国学生开放的，但如果仔细看这些平台，可以发现有很多奖学金是对国际学生(包括中国学生)开放的。每一项奖学金都有不同的要求和存在的理由，学生大可申请符合自己要求的奖学金。
总的来说，奖学金和研究经费是资助你的教育的绝佳方式。尽管得到奖学金需要在申请和个人文书上花费很多时间和经历，但是结果是很美好的！
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——————————以下为Andy老师英文原稿——————————
Applying to scholarships
Although international students are not eligible for federal and state financial aid, there are other methods to funding international education. The most important thing to remember is to never feel discourage. In order to study in the United States, the individual student has overcome numerous barriers such as the SAT, TOEFL, recommendation letters, and personal statements, finding funding is possible.
Many universities have need based scholarships for international students, check with International Affairs office. Need based scholarships are awards for students that have dire financial need. However, many need based scholarships require that the international student have already studied two consecutive terms at the academic institution. This depends on the academic institution.
Aside from need-based aid, there is also merit-based aid. Scholarships that are merit-based are awarded based on a student’s outstanding academic achievements, talent, or personal characteristics. This is why keeping your GPA above a 3.5. Another option is to apply for research grants.
For example, the University of California, Berkeley has various research scholarships that international students qualify for. However, many international students do not apply for fellowships or grants because they fear that their student status acts as a barrier which prevents them from obtaining the scholarships, and this type of thought is highly inaccurate!
To ensure that you don’t miss out on funding opportunities, it is best to join the email list for the career center and the research institutes at your perspectives universities. Once you are apart of their email list, you will receive regular newsletter about scholarships.
Applying to research scholarships is similar to applying for universities. All scholarships have a personal statement that requires applicants to discuss your achievements and why you think you are deserving of the scholarship. Unlike personal statements, scholarship applications require you to have a clearer idea of your career goals. If you are applying for a research grant, it is expected that your proposal has a detailed plan of your research.
Proactive students will seek out the office and speak with the scholarship adviser directly to ensure that their essay and application is strong. Attending information sessions are the best way to meet the scholarship advisers and seek personal advice. Attending information sessions also allows students to personal meet the people that will be reading your scholarship application.
In addition, there are also plenty of scholarship opportunities that are availableoff campus - there are a number of scholarship platforms in the States that most study abroad agents in China are unaware of, that international students are eligible to apply to as long as they meet criteria. Each of these scholarships have different purposes.
Overall, scholarships and research grants are a great way to help you finance your education. Although being award a scholarship requires time and dedication to the application and personal statement, the result will surely be sweet!
Andy的简介：
- Multicultural and multilingual: Grew up and lived in a number of countries, American-born Chinese -（Third Culture Kid）多文化和多语言:在多个国家成长和居住；美籍华人-典型第三文化人士(TCK)
- Leader in empowering corporate training and recruitment professionals with assessment methodologies and project-based learning andragogy为企业培训和招聘人士提供领先评估体系和游戏化的项目式学习的职场教学法的领袖
- Decade of experience in education and training, and expert in China十年以上的学生教育和企业培训的经验:并被很多本土和国外人士称为“中国通”
- Regular community event organizer with expertise in workplace gamification for employees定期社区活动的组织者:游戏化员工体系的主题
- UC Berkeley Alumni Club Ex-Leader and Recruitment Ambassador毕业于世界名校加州伯克利大学并担任校友俱乐部前任负责人和前任招生大使
- Third-party Interviewer for College Admissions美国第三方面试官(很多大学现在需要学生在提交申请书与第三方机构进行面试)
- Helped build a number of college admissions counseling departments负责搭建多个海外升学指导中心
- Unlike most “education experts”, personally attended more than a dozen schools growing up and personally went through the AP, IB, British, Singaporean and Hong Kong education systems相比其他所谓的“教育专家”，从小上过十几所学校，亲自体验过AP、IB、英国、新加坡和香港的教育制度
- Recently, created China’s first bilingual entrepreneurial and innovation educational events organization: Center for Youth Business Facilitation
在这一两年间，建立了中国第一个双语创新创业学习的活动平台: CYBF创习国际交流中心
