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1. As you read the text a) look for the answers to the questions: 
1. What are the admission requirements to the colleges and universities? 2. What are 
the three types of schools in higher education? 3. What degrees are offered by schools of 
higher learning in the USA? What are the requirements for each of these degrees? 4. 
What are the peculiarities of the curricula offered by

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a college or a university? 5. What is a credit in the US system of higher education? How 
many credits must an undergraduate student earn to receive a bachelor's degree? How can 
they be earned? 
b) Find in the text the factors which determine the choice by in individual of this or that college or university. 
c) Summarize the text in three paragraphs. 
2. Use the topical vocabulary and the material of the Appendix (p. 262) in answering the following questions: 
1. What steps do students have to take to enroll in a
 
college/ university for admission? 
Speak about the exams they take — PSAT, SAT, ACT. 2. What financial assistance are 
applicants eligible for? What is college scholarship, grants, loan? Explain and bring out 
the essence of student financial aid. 3. Speak about the academic calendar of a university. 
How does an academic year differ from the one in Russia? 4. How many credit hours 
does a student need to graduate? What type auricular courses and how many does a 
student have to take to earn a degree? 5. What is a GPA (grade point average) ? 6. What 
is there to say about a college faculty? What is a tenure? 7. What is the role of a student's 
counsellor? Specify the function of career development and job placement within a 
university. 8. Should there be an age limit for university full-time students? What are 
your attitudes to mature students? 9. What are the sources of funding for universities and 
colleges (both public and private)? 10. What is an undergraduate student ? A graduate 
student ?