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For foreign students, top choice in US: USC

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For foreign students, top choice in US: USC

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

The number of international students in the United States is at record levels. Last year, more than 670,000 foreign students attended an American college or university.

And for the eighth year the school with the largest number was the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

U.S.C. has about 6,600 international students in regular academic programs. One in four graduate students and one in ten undergraduates come from other countries.

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In a special class, international students meet with American students and learn about American life, says instructor Vincent Vigil.

VINCENT VIGIL: "We are able to have them interact with American students, but then also ask them any sort of simple questions that you may ask another person: 'What do you like to do for fun? Why did you choose U.S.C.? What do you do on the weekends?' Just simple things so that way they get to understand what it means to be an American student."

Sports fans know the University of Southern California for its athletics, but students say they come for the strong academic programs. "Star Wars" director George Lucas got his start at the U.S.C. film school.

The university's ties are strongest with Asia. A Japanese student was in the class of 1890.

Tony Tambascia, director of the office of international services, says U.S.C. actively seeks international students.

TONY TAMBASCIA: "We currently have students from about 115 different places of origin around the world. India is first with over 1,500 students. We have almost as many from Chinese mainland."

Yuan Si Zhao, from Beijing, is working on her master's degree in communication management.

YUAN SI ZHAO: "I have lots of friends that came to U.S.C. That is the main reason I wanted to come. And then, one of my family friends actually recommended this school when I was little."

Some students come to study business or liberal arts or to attend the university's highly rated engineering school.

Indian engineering student Rahul Khola says the international student population was part of the school's appeal. California's climate is also appealing. But another engineering student from India, Bikramjeet Singh Grewal, says he does not have time for much fun in the sun.

BIKRAMJEET SINGH GREWAL: "Because sometimes you are busy and sometimes your friends are busy. Sometimes your professors make you busy."

Foreign students not only give schools more applicants to choose from, they also provide money. Undergraduate students from other countries usually pay full tuition at American colleges and universities. Only a small percentage receive financial aid.

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, with reporting by Mike O'Sullivan in Los Angeles. Check out our Foreign Student Series for those interested in studying in the United States. Click on the link at voaspecialenglish.com. You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and iTunes at VOA Learning English. I'm Steve Ember.

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(来源:VOA 编辑:陈丹妮)

 
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