First, please contact and pick up the plane in advance
Most schools will arrange pick-up service. If the students are going to live in the school dormitory, the school will arrange relevant personnel to pick up the plane at the designated airport; If students live in a host family, they are usually picked up by the family that will stay; If the students are handled through the study abroad agent, the study abroad agent will help the students arrange the pick-up before they leave. Students only need to bring the contact information of the pick-up person with them. In case the flight is delayed, they can get in touch with the pick-up person when they arrive at the destination airport. It should be noted that some schools will have free pick-up service, and some schools will charge a certain fee, and the pick-up fee will be deducted before going to study abroad. The airport pick-up fee depends on the distance between your international airport and the school. Please check with the school directly for details.
if the school can't meet you at the airport, the next trip is up to you. If you have relatives and friends, you must contact them in China in advance; If you don't know anyone, you can find the detailed introduction of the travel route and related expenses from the materials sent by the school, and arrange the next trip according to the plan provided by the school.
Second, apply for dormitory early
Experts who study abroad believe that accommodation is one of the problems that must be solved in advance and must be fully implemented before entering the country. For students who have just arrived in a foreign country, if the school provides accommodation, they will choose to live in the school dormitory as a transition without acquaintances. After basically adapting to local life and study, you can consider choosing other accommodation forms according to your own lifestyle. However, dormitories in schools are generally tight, so you need to apply earlier.
In addition to school dormitories, international students can also choose to rent their own houses and stay with host families. If renting a house outside, students can go to the international student office to check the rental information, or through a local real estate agent. If you can't apply for a student dormitory and you can't find a suitable house for the time being, you can also apply for a temporary dormitory from the school. These temporary dormitories need to be paid and expensive because they are calculated by the day.
Third, set up two accounts for smart financial management
The total amount of cash carried abroad should not exceed 5, US dollars (about 2, yuan). Experts suggest that foreign students only need to bring about 2, US dollars with them in case of emergency, and it is convenient and safe to bring traveler's checks or money orders. When you arrive at your destination, open a bank card and deposit the money with you in the local bank, which is very convenient for access.
To open an account in a foreign country, the necessary certificate is a passport. Experts suggest that two accounts are usually opened when the senior or senior of the same school takes them to the bank. One is a savings account, and you can deposit a large sum of money in this account with higher interest. The other account provides regular small withdrawals with low interest. When the money in this account is almost used up, you can transfer some money from the savings account. The advantage of using these two accounts together is that the ATM cards provided by ordinary banks are deducted from the current account. If your ATM card is unfortunately lost or stolen, your loss will be controlled in a very small range.