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留美專題：
如何選擇優質的代辦中心??
不論是留學還是短期遊學，申請程序總是最煩人的，上班族或是忙著準備考試的學生沒時間親自處理，但層出不窮的代辦糾紛又讓人擔心，到底應該怎麼辦？
沒申請經驗的你是否擔心你一邊工作，一邊準備考試、讀書計劃、請人寫推薦信、學校申請等繁瑣的留學事宜，兩頭燒的結果常是：工作做不好、學校又沒申請到，最後不過是白忙一場。
因此，留學代辦中心常是忙碌上班族/學生花錢以節省時間精力的幫手。許多人出國留學會選擇代辦中心，大多是因為擔心自己的語言程度無法應付申請流程、或是無暇應付各式文件，甚至只是想交出漂亮工整的申請表但卻又沒時間打字等等。
以下幾個代辦中心選擇注意事項，供給您參考。
1.
確定代辦中心的合法商業登記。
建議在選擇留學代辦中心時，要求業者出示合法登記的商業登記證。消費者也可以到經濟部商業司的網站查詢該代辦中心是否為合法登記的公司。
2.
多比較各家代辦公司的服務，硬體設備，顧問專業度，文件作業品質..等。
建議您多利用各公司所提供的免費諮詢，詢問接洽顧問相關申請問題，以確認他對科系及學校的專業度，同時，利用拜訪代辦公司時，留意其公司規模，硬體設備，及文件作業程及品質，以確保此公司的服務品質。
3.
不要僅以價格的高低為唯一的選擇考量。
提供過低代辦費的代辦中心，消費者反當合理懷疑其服務品質。
4.
仔細檢視合約，建議採用教育部公佈的”海外留學定型化契約”
建議選擇使用教育部公佈的”海外留學定型化契約”
的優質代辦公司。並在簽約前和代辦中心確認各項代辦細節，清楚列出「服務內容」、「服務期間」以及「繳款、退款程序」等公平合理的書面契約。
5.
多利用教育部網站、專線進行諮詢
教育部國際文教處有提供「留遊學服務專區」，可直撥消費者服務專線「1950」，該專線將立即轉接至當地縣（市）政府消費者服務中心，可迅速獲得消費諮詢服務。
留美考試：
Prescription for Handling the Stress of Getting Into College….Take Control
(By The Princeton
Review)
Stress
can be harmful to your health, and for teens,
there are few things more stressful than
applying to college. But there’s an interesting
aspect to stress. You can reduce it by changing
the way you see things.
Stress
is based on your perception. It’s called the
fight or flee reflex. If an event is seen as
threatening, your body may react the way our
ancestors did when they met a saber-toothed
tiger by the river. The body goes into survival
mode. You become more focused and alert. Your
brain pumps out chemicals like adrenaline which
make your heart race. Oxygen bearing red cells
flood the bloodstream. The immune system gears
up to protect against injury, and energy
resources are diverted to your muscles, brain,
heart and lungs and away from functions such as
digestion and hunger.
Chronic
stress weakens the immune system and increases
the risk of many illnesses, including
depression. Stress drives people to eat too
many calorie-laden snacks, sleep too few hours
and neglect exercise.
But when
you feel in control of a situation, there’s less
of a perceived threat. For college-bound teens,
the sense of control comes from knowing what to
expect and how to respond. That’s why high
school counselors and companies like The
Princeton Review can help students through the
college admissions process.
When it
comes to college, there’s a steep learning curve
and it starts early. Students need help to
decide which courses to take in high school, and
when to start preparing for their SAT or ACT
tests. The Princeton Review recommends that
most students prepare for their college entrance
exams in the summer preceding the junior year of
high school and take the SAT or ACT in the
spring of their junior year. Then, if they want
to retake the test to score higher, they can
take the SAT in the fall of senior year. But
for students who are considering applying early
decision, it’s important that all their college
admissions tests are finished by the end of
their junior year because of the earlier
application deadlines.
Check
out the Princeton Review’s free timeline that
maps out what students should be doing month by
month, beginning freshman year, to get ready for
college. (http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/collegeadmissions/freshmen/
Another steep stress driver are the college
entrance exams, the SAT and the ACT. Even
students who don’t consider themselves good test
takers can improve their scores just by
practicing. Test preparation courses from The
Princeton Review, both classroom, online,
school-based or with a tutor, build students’
confidence. The instructors help students
understand the format of the test and give
techniques for figuring out the answers and
pacing on these timed, high-stakes tests.
Knowing what resources are available and where
to find them eases a lot of the anxiety of the
unknown.
留美獎學金：
Only Best Foreign Students Get U.S.
Scholarships, Educator Says
But U.S. colleges and universities remain
desirable place to study
(By
Carolee Walker, USINFO Staff Writer)
Washington – One of the greatest challenges for
foreign students wishing to study in the United
States is cost, but unless a student has
excellent qualifications, proficiency in English
and an original, honest and thoughtful
application essay, he or she will likely not get
a scholarship from a U.S. university, says
educator Phillip G. Altbach.
Scholarship funds are limited -- not just for
international students but for U.S. students as
well -- and hard to get, Altbach said in a
November 7 USINFO Webchat.
Altbach is the director of Boston College's
Center for International Higher Education and
professor of higher education at the college's
Lynch School of Education.
He
said he agrees that the English language
proficiency test -- known as TOEFL (test of
English as a foreign language) -- is too
expensive and often not conveniently located in
some countries, but added that such a test is
necessary for all students from abroad, even for
short or summer courses of study.
Nearly 600,000 international students are
studying in U.S. universities, and although
there are students from other nations in all
fields of study in the United States, the
largest numbers are in business management and
engineering programs, Altbach said. Most foreign
students in the United States are studying at
the graduate level -- for master's or doctorate
degrees, but there are some undergraduates
working toward a bachelor's degree, he added.
(See
related article.)
Despite the challenges to studying in the United
States, the number of foreign students will
continue to rise because the United States "is a
destination that is desired by many in other
countries," according to Altbach.
The
United States welcomes increasing numbers of
international students and is working to find
new opportunities for first-rate but financially
disadvantaged students to attend U.S. colleges
and universities, a State Department official
told a congressional hearing in June.
Thomas Farrell, deputy assistant secretary for
academic programs in the Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs, told a House of
Representatives subcommittee June 29 that 78
percent of international students rely on their
families and personal resources to attend
schools in the United States. (See
related article.)
Although the U.S. higher education system is
stable and institutions tend to change slowly,
Altbach said in the webchat, there have been
some important changes that continue to make
studying in the United States desirable for many
people. For example, because universities report
on the effectiveness of their various programs,
they are paying greater attention to teaching
and student learning outcomes.
Altbach said distance learning is a small but
growing part of U.S. education that might be an
alternative for foreign students unable to
travel to the United States. Many universities
offer online degrees, particularly in such
fields as information technology and business
management, he said.
But
he cautioned that one needs to check the
credentials of a particular provider of the
distance degree program because "there is no
really good monitoring of quality of such
programs." He said that distance learning
programs are expanding rapidly, but "it is‘buyer
beware.'"
Altbach said students also should check that a
university they wish to enroll in is an
accredited institution of learning, which means
a school whose standards have been certified by
one of the recognized accrediting institutions.
"A degree from an unaccredited university is not
worth anything," he said.
A
database of accredited postsecondary
institutions and programs is available on the
U.S. Department of Education Web site.
More information on resources for students
interested in studying in the United States is
available on the State Department's EducationUSA
Web site.
A
transcript of Altbach's discussion and
information on previous and upcoming webchats
are available on USINFO's
Webchat Station.
For
additional information, see the eJournal USA
College and
University Education in the United States.
(USINFO is produced by the Bureau of
International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site:
http://usinfo.state.gov)
基金會活動：
一. AIEF ”美國留學電子報”
改版徵稿活動開跑
AIEF美國留學電子報自發行以來，幫助了無以數計的同學，在辛苦而漫長的留學路途上，得到正確的訊息和方向！然而很快的，AIEF即將要邁向第十六個年頭，回首過去的輝煌，我們希望在未來的歲月中，美國留學電子報能更貼近新世代的角度和觀點，並且更親切、更容易閱讀，所以在此向全省高中職，大專院校美工設計類組，或每一位對於電子報設計有興趣的同學邀稿，請同學贊助AIEF設計一份更理想的”美國留學電子報”版型，我們相信這也是同學們一個表現長處的機會！
作品經過甄選成為美國留學電子報版型的同學，除了可以得到我們的義工感謝狀之外，每次發報都可以看見您的大名列於該電子報設計！我們還另外送給你一套定價NT$2,000元的英語線上學習課程以及面額NT$100元的國際電話卡喔！希望這樣的活動同學們能夠多多參與，意義非凡！若有意參加，請下載報名表，填妥後傳真到AIEF，傳真號碼 (02) 27058225。
活動時間自即日起至2007年12月15日止（以電子稿件寄送日期為憑）。評選結果將於2007年12月27日正式公布。
主辦單位 : AIEF美國教育基金會
活動聯絡人 :
周啟蓓
美國教育基金會
台北市復興南路一段237號5樓之一
Tel: (02) 27058840 分機 21
Fax: (02) 27058225
Website:
www.aief.org.tw
www.uscampus.com.tw
二.
校園義工大使培訓活動
~~親愛的校園義工大使們~~
AIEF自從發出校園義工大使的呼聲，就得到同學們熱烈的迴響，AIEF竭誠的歡迎您的加入這個大家庭！AIEF期許各位能在校園中散播AIEF服務的種子，同時也能夠享受自我成長的喜悅及創造自我的價值。為了讓各位更深度的了解AIEF進而支持AIEF，我們邀請您來參加培訓活動。
台北場
時間~~11/30(週五)下午4:30~7:30
地點~~AIEF辦公室，台北市復興南路一段237號5樓之1，(捷運/忠孝復興站2號出口，福華飯店對面)
高雄場
時間~~12/01(週六)上午9:00~12:00，
地點~~高雄漢來飯店9樓金銀廳
(高雄市前金區成功一路266號，07-2161766)
台中場
時間~~12/1(週六)~~下午3:00~6:00
地點~~台中長榮桂冠酒店B2
(台中市台中港路二段6號，04-23242255)
好康報報 :
一. Free English Lessons, SuperAES Invites you
Super American Education Services（簡稱Super
AES）的Free
English Lessons，已分別於11/10~11/22舉辦六次的免費美語課程，透過美國互動式語文學習，讓參與的同學體驗有如美國學校環境的全美語教學，廣獲同學好評。
Super AES為AIEF美國教育基金會在台之授權教學及考試機構，秉持AIEF之教育理念，以小班制教學課程，教授新托福聽、說、讀、寫技巧，並採用AIEF專業優質的教材及考試，服務學生突破新托福考試的困難度。同時也針對目前全球企業需要的商務課程如MBA，提供優質課程。
Super AES於11/24~11/29仍陸續舉辦Free
English Lessons，每次課程都提供不同的主題。有計畫到美國留遊學的同學，一定要把握最後難得的機會。
詳細活動內容，請參http://www.superaes.com.tw/f2blog/index.php?load=read&id=35,
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