How do I get a full scholarship to the top US universities?
As others have already said, financial aid at the schools you listed is based on need. Each school calculates an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and deducts it form the Cost of Attendance (COA). These schools make up the difference with grants and work study. They don’t expect families to take out loans to pay off the difference.Keep in mind that a family’s expected contribution to the cost of their child’s education includes household assets. The students assets are expected to be applied to the cost of an education at Harvard, Stanford, Wharton and Yale. Typically a student is expected to contribute 20% of his or her assets each year to the cost of his or her education. So if a student has a trust, a savings account, a educational savings plan in his or her name, then 20% of this asset will be used in the calculation of the family’s EFC. In addition, the parents of the child, whether married or not, are expected to contribute 5% of their assets to their child’s COA. Schools like Harvard, etc. include a wide range of assets such as home and business equity, cash on hand, stocks and bonds, real estate equity, trusts, and retirement accounts.If a family has less than $65,000 but a significant amount of assets, it will not get a free ride. And a family with $150,000 in income may only be expected to apply 10% of its income to their child’s education at Stanford, but if it has a house worth $500,000 to $600,000, several hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings and another couple hundreds of thousands in stocks and bonds along with a vacation home valued at $250,000, the family’s Expected Family Contribution can quickly approach $60,000 to $70,000 and there goes any thought of financial aid.
What is the monthly average cost of living in Japan for a single fresher working engineer (Outside Tokyo)?
I don’t know how much costs outside of Tokyo, I think it would be 95%, or 90% of Tokyo. I’ll just list the cost in Tokyo as below. (￥is the Yen Mark, means JPY)Conclusion at the first:Daily Cost (￥58,500) + Monthly Cost (￥30,900) + Rent (￥65,000~￥95,000)= ￥154,400~￥184,400/1 Month-----------------------------Daily CostBreakfast: ￥300Lunch: ￥600 (Obento, costs more if you eat outside with colleagues)Supper: ￥800Two drinks a day: ￥250#Sub Total: ￥1,950*30 days= ￥58,500-----------------------------Monthly CostTelephone Bill: ￥8,000Gas Bill: ￥3,000 (gas shower), costs more if you cookElectronic Bill: ￥3,500Water Bill: ￥2,000Drink with you team or department: ￥4k*2 (2 times in average) = ￥8,000Movie once a month: ￥1,800Museum once a month: ￥1,600Y-Shirt cleaning fee: 5 shirts a week*150 JPY*4 weeks a month= ￥3,000#Sub Total: ￥30,900-----------------------------Basic cost would be ￥58,500 + ￥30,900= ￥89,400 every month. Besides That, there are a lot of things you have to spend money I think, date, clothes, cosmetics (especially for female), travel, and daily necessities and so on.The money above does not include the rent. (65,000 ~ 95,000 one month)
What is the average hourly rate for a factory worker in China?
According to Euromonitor, Chinese hourly wage hit USD3.6 in 2016.Chinese factory workers are now getting paid more than ever: Average hourly wages hit $3.60 last year, spiking 64 percent from 2011, according to market research firm Euromonitor. That's more than five times hourly manufacturing wages in India, and is more on par with countries such as Portugal and South Africa.'Made in China' isn't so cheap anymore, and that could spell headache for BeijingCompare with other labor market, China worker’s wage has far exceeded other countries.WAGE PER HOUR: 2011-2016Source: Euromonitor International from International Labour Organisation (ILO)/Eurostat/national statistics China Still Lucrative for Businesses Despite the Rising Wage RatesWe can also look at the minimum wage to have an estimate on the hourly rate for a factory worker. Each year, all provinces in China will announce their newly updated minimum wages (minimum monthly salary for salary worker and hourly wage for factory worker). They are not obliged to raise minimum wage every year.In 2017, Shanghai’s newly revised minimum hourly wage is RMB20/hour ($3/hour at EX rate 1:6.65). Shenzhen’s minimum wage is RMB19.5/hour ($2.93/hour). Beijing did not revise its minimum wage, which is RMB21/hour ($3.16/hour). Minimum wage is the minimum net take home cash the worker shall receive after deducted from worker’s contribution for social insurances and housing fund, various mandatory allowances, overtime pay, and other benefits. Most factory workers are provided dorm and dining at factory. So the human cost is much higher than payroll itself.
What are average living expenses for students studying in Germany? I've heard that the tuition fees in German universities are very low, so I'm willing to go to Germany if I don't get any scholarships in American universities.
It depends a lot on the city you want to study in.Munich is probably the most expensive city.I study in Karlsruhe at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. I pay:132.70 Euro/semester for university (source: KIT - INTL - Erste Schritte am KIT - Semesterbeitrag). You might have to pay only 72.70 Euro.This includes a ticket for public transportation within Karlsruhe that can be used from 18:00 - 06:00 on workdays (yes, it's that way around. The idea is that students can travel home to their families) and the whole day on Saturday, Sunday and holidays.220 Euro/month for housing: That includes warm water, waste disposal, heating, electricity and internet. I live very central. (I don't live in a dormitory, but I try to get into one. They are around the same price, but the quality of the building is better.)< 250 Euro/month for food / drinks (edit: when I came to Karlsruhe it was about 70 Euro / month. But I got quite often to eat at restaurants lately, so I think it might be at 250 Euro now. But that's quite likely to be an upper estimate.)~50 Euro/month for cinema / other freetime activitiesIn Karlsruhe, you don't need to use public transportation (although there are a lot of possibilites). I go by bike for everything: Buying food, going to university, going to freetime activities.As a computer science student, I can recommend Karlsruhe.Other good computer science universites (I've not been there, but I have heard that they are good) in Germany are:RWTH Aachen UniversitySaarland UniversityTechnische Universität München - living in Munich is VERY expensiveTechnische Universität Darmstadt
What is the undergraduate Tuition Fees for Bachelor's degree Students in the USA?
The tuition fee varies depending upon the kind of university you are going to. Ivy League universities and other top-notch private universities will cost you around 50,000$ per year. That is roughly 35 lakhs in tuition fee per year. Hence your cost in rupees in terms of tuition fee will be around 1.4- 1.5 crores. Your dorm expenses/rent plus living expenses will additional.Public universities are often cheaper. Colleges like Texas A&M and North Carolina State University will cost you just under 30,000$, taking your expenditure on tuition fee to about 80–85 lakhs.Check out Gradvine to know more about which universities suit your interest and how you can crack an admit to any of them. If you apply smart there is a lot you can save!Gradvine | Been There Done ThatHere’s a link to my Linkedin profile. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sree...