China News Agency, Beijing, July 10th, Question: How can the path of studying in the US for Chinese students in the fall semester continue?
China News Agency reporter Wu Kan
Under the epidemic in the United States, Chinese students have a particularly difficult journey. Some students who have already received offers cannot go to the United States due to visa suspension, and students who pay high tuition fees can only take online courses. The US government has recently introduced policies to tighten international student visas. In response, reporters from China News Service interviewed several foreign students and heard them talk about the way to study abroad in the epidemic situation.
"Visa is not available, worrying about'out of school'"
"The school is about to start in August, but the visa hasn't waited yet, and I'm very worried that I will'drop out of school.'" Luo Jing, who graduated this year with a master's degree, received PHDoffer from the Johns Hopkins University mechanical engineering major in April, but she Still feel that the future is full of uncertainty.
"If I get a visa before the start of school, I will be able to enter school smoothly; if I can't get a visa before the start of school, I can only postpone the spring enrollment." Luo Jing said that the worst case is that the visa is refused, and then re-apply for European schools. Ph.D.
In the past two days, Luo Jing has made an appointment for the interview in Beijing in August, "but according to the previous situation, I am very worried that the interview will be cancelled. In addition, the instructor informed me in the email that the school has not formulated the details of the autumn semester. I suggest that I wait Look."
Wang Wei, who is also a “prospective” international student, got a Master of Finance offer from Washington University in St. Louis and was “quiet. He told reporters that the school has been thoughtful for international students, offering two options for admission in September and the end of January next year.
"I chose to enroll in January next year, mainly considering the serious epidemic situation in the United States and the high risk of going to school." Wang Ziwei said that he was going to find an internship in the past six months and applied for a National University of Singapore project to prevent going to school in the United States Regeneration variable.
"How do I take online classes in the fall semester?"
Since February this year, Gong Yue, a Chinese student at the University of San Francisco, has been taking online courses at home for 5 months. "I came to the US last August to study, and I only spent a few months in school, and I started living at home."
Gong Yue thought that online classes will continue in the next semester. Recently, the US government has announced a new policy. If foreign students in the fall semester of 2020 only take online classes, they will not be able to obtain a visa to the US or maintain their current visa.
"I just saw this policy and I was ignorant. Do you want to suspend school?" Gong Yue said, fortunately, the school expressed its position in a timely manner, combining the online and offline courses for the next semester to ensure the legal status of international students. "It currently seems to have little effect on us. According to school requirements, I need to update the I20 form."
Meng Yao, chairman of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) at the University of Minnesota in the United States, said that after the new regulations for international student visas came out, the International Student Office sent an email to everyone. "Many Chinese classmates I know have a relatively stable mindset." "
"The measures adopted by the school include the online and offline mixed teaching mode in the fall, and there will be some details later." Meng Yao told reporters.
"I want to go back to campus"
There are also some international students who return to China, and it is difficult to return to the United States in the fall semester. In response to this situation, Cornell University, Duke University, New York University and other universities also provide temporary study opportunities at local partner universities or branch campuses.
Hu Hai is a graduate student at the Cornell University School of Engineering and has been teaching online at home since returning to China last month. "My online class is not very efficient, and I am eager to return to the classroom and library."
Hu Hai has applied for the studyaway program for the fall semester. "Specifically, while taking online courses at Cornell University, I will also take a course at a domestic university. There are 8 schools including Peking University and Tsinghua University."
New York University also launched the golocal model earlier. Chinese students can enroll at New York University Shanghai Branch. Zhao Yuan, a New York University student who returned to China during the Spring Festival and has not been able to return to the United States, did not choose to enter the branch.
"The students who didn't return to China had already graduated. I still have one semester left. I still want to return to the United States to study in the fall, because I want to participate in the graduation ceremony. That's what I expected for a long time." Zhao Yuan said. (Finish)