Wanting to study in the US.
Graduated high school a few years ago and would to study over there and was wondering what the legal requirements are such as visas, fees, medical examinations required to study over there for the whole course duration.
Also any tips on how to save money as a student while paying international fees and possibly the best way to get discounts off tuition/ scholarships.
Just a heads up, my friend after 2 years had to come back to Australia because the fees were too much. He is going to spend 1 year working here before he goes back and finished (I think finishes) off his degree. He even had a sports scholarship.
I've heard it's very very expensive to study there.
You need to identify where you want to study, and look at the process for that place.
For example, if you are in the academic top 0.01% you may find yourself eligible for effectively free education, but they will be looking for you to bring substantial capacity to their institution e.g:
https://scholarships.harvard.edu/
If you are more at the "thought bubble" stage, let me suggest that the USA is ridiculously over-priced for the education provided, and you would do well to consider other countries if you wanted to experience studying overseas unless you have a very narrowly defined target program that demands US study. The USA will want to charge you circa $50k p.a. or more, so it will be a substantial cost.
Many European countries will let you attend uni there for free, or very cheap, for example, and some of the most prestigious schools in the world offer full ride scholarships to commonwealth students (e.g. http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/australia)
Should you be accepted to a program, and you have the funding sorted, getting a Visa will be straight forward.
i find it ironic that a student (potential student) can't research their questions themselves…….or is that just me ?
Not just you OP just sounds young and full of hope.. good fit him or her.. but yeah maybe not much might come out of it. Here's to OP proving us wrong.. you can do it OP.
Unsure why you would want to do that given the stupidly high cost of studying in the us.. Unless you are ineligible for government supported places in Australia..
Have you researched study programs on offer for Australian universities? You could still go to the us for a portion of your degree at a much lower cost to studying in the US.
Take a course here and do a semester or year abroad as part of it. Most universities offer this and your tuition will be covered by FEE HELP. You will also be eligible to take out additional money on your FEE HELP loan to help you with the cost of living abroad.
Here you go
Scholarships are discounts off tuition. I'm not aware of any discounts off scholarships.