Tra? lo+`i mo^.t so^' tha('c ma('c ve^` ddi ho.c o+? My~

[AnHai Doan <anhai@cs.washington.edu>]

Kho^ng co' tho+`i gian dde^? la`m co^ Thanh Ta^m, ne^n thi?nh thoa?ng 
to^i chi? co' the^? tra? lo+`i ddu+o+.c va`i thu+ ho?i ve^` vie^.c ddi 
ho.c o+? My~. Mong ca'c ba'c, nha^'t la` ca'c ba'c chu+a tha^'y co' 
ho^`i a^m tho^ng ca?m. 

Theo to^i to^'t nha^'t la` ca'c ba'c co' tha('c ma('c ve^` ddi ho.c o+?  My~
hay ve^` chuye^.n gi` kha'c ma` muo^'n ho?i anonymously thi` gu+?i thu+
dde^'n cho to^i. To^i se~ edit out ta^'t ca? ca'c private va` sensitive
information, ro^`i post questions cu?a ca'c ba'c le^n VNSA. Cha('c cha('n se~
co' n` ng` co' the^? giu'p ca'c ba'c. 

Tha^n, Ha?i.

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> Co' ngu+o+`i ke^? ra(`ng
> ho.c bo^?ng o+? My~ chi? khoa?ng ho+n 1K ma` la.i pha?i no^.p ho.c phi'
> ne^n pha?i ve^` nha` xin the^m. 

Kho cho bac do qua nhi. :-)

> Em ho+i nga.c nhie^n bo+?i vi`
> theo em bie^'t thi` ha^`u he^'t ho.c bo^?ng cu?a ca'c nu+o+'c cho SV VN
> dde^`u ddu? so^'ng. Ma^'y tru+o+`ng ho+.p em bie^'t tha^.m chi' co`n
> gu+?i ddu+o+.c tu+o+ng ddo^'i ve^` nha`. Em cu~ng nghe no'i co' ra^'t
> nhie^`u loa.i hb kha'c nhau tuy nhie^n chu+a ro~ la('m ve^` hi`nh thu+'c
> cu~ng nhu+ mu+'c ddo^. cu?a ca'c loa.i hb. Anh co' the^? cho em bie^'t
> the^m mo^.t chu't xi'u ve^` va^'n dde^` na`y ddu+o=.c kho^ng?

Qua dung nhu XXX nghi. Hoc bong ben My kha dong deu cho cac truong. 
Thuong da vao hoc graduate studies, ma co RA hoac TAship thi hoc bong dao
dong tu $1000-1400/thang, phu thuoc vao minh da hoc duoc bao lau va da 
qua giai doan nao trong chuong trinh PhD. 

Thong thuong hoc bong nay la tien hoc sinh cam vao tay sau khi tra mot so 
tien tax va cac chi phi khac rat nho. Neu moi thang co khoang 1000 thi 
song kha day du, tham chi bac nao tiet kiem con co the de ra duoc mot it 
gui ve cho nha.

Tuy nhien, co mot so truong do+? ho+i, chang han he thong truong 
Wisconsin va Texas, cho hoc bong nhu tren nhung lai bat hoc sinh phai tra 
tien hoc. Sau khi tra tien hoc 4-500/thang thi so tien cam duoc vao tay 
chi con la 500-600/thang. Voi so tien nay thi song hoi vat va. Neu lai an 
choi mot ty nua thi that su la hoi ddo'i, va co khi phai ve xin tien bo 
me o VN la chuyen de hieu.

Minh cho giai phap phai ve xin tien bo me la ha. sa'ch. Neu thieu tien 
tieu thi co the dung tam tien cua credit card. Sau do he` tranh thu di 
lam de tra no va kiem it tien tich tru cho trong nam. Do la trung sa'ch.
Chuyen di mot truong khong bat phai tra tien hoc la thu+o+.ng sa'ch.
To'm mot co ng` My~ da di lam nho+` co a^'y nuo^i la` soa'i sa'ch.

> Co' ngu+o+`i quen no'i vo+'i em la` ne^n qua mo^.t no+i trung gian na`o
> ddo' tru+o+'c ro^`i se~ sang My~ thi` to^'t ho+n ma` thu+.c te^' em
> tha^'y cu~ng ra^'t nhie^`u anh em trong VNSA dde^`u
> tra?i qua nhu+ va^.y. Em kho^ng bie^'t nhu+ va^.y co' ddu'ng kho^ng. 

Neu tranh duoc phai lam tro nay thi hay hon. Boi lam nhu vay ton thoi 
gian lam.

>Em
> co`n nghe no'i vi' du. nhu+ ddi ho.c o+? Anh cha(?ng ha.n, ne^'u xin
> va`o ca'c dda.i ho.c lo+'n nhu+ Cambridge cha(?ng ha.n thi` ra^'t kho'
> nhu+ng xin va`o mo^.t College na`o ddo' tru+o+'c, la`m quen vo+'i mo.i
> thu+' ro^`i sau ddo' xin thi` mo+'i ddu+o+.c. 
> Theo anh gia? su+? em co' the^? apply va`o AIT thi` co' ne^n apply 
> kho^ng?

Theo minh XXX co the di AIT duoc thi nen di AIT. Hien tai xin hoc bong 
ve may tinh sang My hoc cung khong phai la de dang lam. Ma dan AIT di My 
hoc cung dong lam. Nen cu sang AIt lam Masters roi tinh trong thoi gian 
do cung la hay.

> Em dda~ it' nha^'t la` 3
> la^`n nghe mo.i ngu+o+`i no'i ve^` chuye^.n ru+?a ba't tre^n VNSA, cu+'
> nhu+ ddua`, la.i co`n ddu+o+.c thu+o+?ng vi` na(ng sua^'t cao nu+~a
> chu+' :-). Ma(.c du` em bie^'t co' chuye^.n DHS VN ddi la`m the^m tha^.t
> nhu+ng trong tru+o+`ng ho+.p na`y thi` chi.u kho^ng bie^'t la` tha^.t
> hay ddua`. Ho+n nu+~a ba.n em no'i ho.c o+? nu+o+'c ngoa`i ba^.n ho+n
> ho.c o+? trong nu+o+'c nhie^`u la^`n.

"Ru+?a ba't" dday tuc la la`m research dday XXX a. Rua ba't hay ddu+a ba'o o
xu+ na`y luong cao nhat $5-7/gio thi bon minh di la`m la`m gi. La`m research
hay internship luong tu+` $10-20/gio hoac hon. Tat nhien minh cung co mot
thoi gian di ddu+a ba'o. Nhung do la di cho vui, va cung la dde thu thi ha`nh
soa'i sa'ch. :-)
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