What should I bring to study in the United States?

What you need to bring to study abroad varies from person to person, and everyone's living habits and preferences are different, but some basic things should be taken into account. The following are some common things that experts studying abroad in the first American brand organization-Beijing Jiahua Shida and Beijing Huaheng need to bring. As for what needs to be brought, try to be comprehensive.

1, books and dictionaries

American books, especially textbooks, are usually very expensive unless bookstores reduce their prices. Those books that take TOEFL and SAT exams will not be cheap compared with domestic prices. Although you can buy cheap books in online bookstores, it takes some time for international students to apply for credit cards when they just come to the United States. Therefore, online shopping that requires credit card payment is temporarily unavailable. So, bring as many reference books as possible. For example, the TOEFL 600-point strategy that was popular in China in those years when I went abroad. I haven't seen such a book since I came to America. China's Chinese-English information is certainly more comprehensive than that of the United States. You'd better take a book like this with you. Especially for those students whose English level is not up to standard temporarily. English-Chinese dictionaries should be necessary, and dictionaries that can be translated between English and Chinese are better.

2. clothes

As far as I know, among ordinary Americans, few people recognize domestic brand-name clothes. For example, in the United States, few people except China people know China's "Top Ten", "Li Ning" and "Deng Yaping" brands. And American brand-name clothes are expensive at home. I remember that year, I went to a shopping mall in Beijing and saw the popular American leisure brand POLO, which was about 1000 yuan. In America, it shouldn't be so expensive. When you have a discount, you can buy the same clothes for about twenty dollars. After coming to America, students need to do as the Romans do. For this reason, you don't need to bring too many clothes. My personal opinion is that for international students, ordinary American brand clothes are enough. This kind of clothes is usually very cheap. If the family can bring American pop brands from China, POLO, TOMMY and NAUTICA are more common. If you can bring some fakes from China, you may be able to confuse the fake with the real, and the economic benefits are excellent:)

3. Electrical appliances and other daily necessities

The voltage in the United States is 1 10 volts. Therefore, it is necessary to consider bringing electrical appliances from China. As for quilts and sheets, you don't need to bring them if they take up too much space. Because, even if you buy these things in America, the price will not be too bad. American beds are divided into the following sizes: double bed, full bed, big bed and king bed. In every shopping mall, there will be sheets and quilts with corresponding numbers.

4. Medicine

The medical expenses in the United States are definitely more expensive than those in China. International students usually buy medical insurance. Even so, in the United States, you still have to pay a registration fee to buy medicine and see a doctor. The co-payment of different insurance companies is not exactly the same, which is about $65,438 +00-30, and the specialist will be more expensive. The co-payment of drugs is not exactly the same according to the degree of drug shortage. Therefore, it should be possible to bring some common drugs (such as antibiotics) in moderation. But don't take too much medicine, or it will expire. Also, I know that the price of eye ointment in the United States is not cheap compared with that in China. But now the airport inspection is strict, so be careful to bring this kind of medicine.

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1. Ticket 2. Passport 3. Interstate 20-4. Admission notice 5. certificate

6. All kinds of notarization (unmarried, born, no criminal record, relatives, transcripts, diplomas, degree certificates)

7. Transcripts (bring more copies) (undergraduates and graduate students)

8. Graduation certificates and degree certificates

9.T/G score

10. passport photo (two inches, one inch more copy)

1 1. The most comprehensive address book. I suggest you also put a copy in Yahoo's mailbox. Phone book (including email address)

A) The telephone number of the person who received you in America.

B) telephone in the department

C) telephone numbers of relatives and friends in the United States

D) Home phone number (Remember, when you arrive in the United States, you can make a domestic call like this: dial 0 1 1, then 86, then the area code of your city, and then the phone number you want to dial.

12. money: bring enough 2000 dollars, and then prepare as much as possible. Whole money (pay rent), small change (go through the airport, customs, make a phone call).

13. Glasses (3 pairs). Sunglasses.

14. Medicine:

A) Dyspepsia: Huoxiang Zhengqi Pill, Julie Changle, Xieliting and Berberine.

B) Allergy: chlorpheniramine and chlorpheniramine.

C) Influenza: Yinqiao tablets, Contac, Ganmaotong, Xiaoyan, Xiaohuojiujiedu tablets and watermelon frost Runhou tablets.

D) Analgesia and anti-inflammation: APC, Fenbid, trauma, scald, Yunnan Baiyao, Band-Aid and safflower oil.

E) Skin: Piyanping and dyclonine cream.

F) Hemorrhoids (essential for men): Rongchang Anal Thai

G) BTW: Influenza vaccination in autumn (free of charge).

15.CD, VCD, tapes, software, walkman (for tapes), MP3.

16. Software (the more the better):

The basic principle is that essence is greater than quantity. You should sort out the data and documents accumulated in your past work and record them on Zip or CD-R. After you come, you usually have to give a demonstration, so it is best to prepare in advance.

A) Win xp, Win2K, Chinese Office2000.

b) Photoshop，PhotoDelux，Adobe Acrobat，Adobe Illustrator8.0，Adobe PageMake r，Adobe Premiere，

c)Matlab，Maple，Origin

d) Visual Studio、Delphi、JBuilder、C++Builder

e)Macromedia Fireworks、Authorware、Flash、Dreamweaver、Drumbeat2005、Shock wave

F) Jinshan 2005, Chinese Star, Magic Win, Njstar (invivo), Richwin, RichView, EditPlus, Ultraedit, Folder Guard, Quikview, WinEdit, WinZip, Winrar, Ultera Zipkey,

G) kv 300, Rising, Norton Antivirus, McAfee Antivirus, av2005, cih Terminator, Kill2005,

H) Gostview, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft DirectX SDK, Install shield Professional6.0.

I) Winamp、Realplay、hero super DVD、super stutter、CoolEditPro2005、AudioCatalyst、Adaptec Easy CD Creator v4.0 Deluxe、

J) Norton utility, Innolux antivirus software, Innolux ghost, Symnatech Sppeddisk.

17. Books:

A) Dictionaries: New English-Chinese, New Chinese-English, Science and Technology, Specialty and Quick Translation (Double Translation).

B) Mathematics (Mathematics Manual, Calculus, Linear Algebra, Numerical Analysis, Complex Variable Function).

C) professional books

D) Three hundred poems in Tang and Song Dynasties, recipes and cooking knowledge.

18. Clothes:

A) Formal dress: suit (1), tie (2) and tie clip.

B) coating:

1, T-shirt (12): T-shirts of various textures, colors, lengths and thicknesses.

2, long-sleeved cotton casual shirts with more. Short sleeves are suitable for shirts with ties. The colors of clothes can be diversified, but solid colors are suitable. The style is simple and simple, but the texture is good, such as the shedding of pants (not easy to fold).

3, coat: coat, casual shirt (3-4 pieces, different thickness). Waterproof or windproof jacket (1-2). Windbreaker (with windproof cap).

4, a set of sports shorts. A suit of sportswear.

5. One or two coats/furs. Long down jacket, which can be taken apart and washed separately.

6. Sweater: One or two pieces are slim, one round neck and one chicken collar.

C) pants:

1, jeans (3)

Casual pants (3-5). Can't the length of trousers be changed at will? I suggest you buy hot water at home and wash it first, and then change the length of your pants to prevent drying.

2, spring and autumn pants and line pants don't need much.

3. Beach pants (12). 4. Swimming trunks.

D) underwear (12 sets).

E) socks (6- 10).

F) a pair of leather gloves.

G) Shoes: two pairs of casual leather shoes, one pair of hairless boots, one pair of travel shoes and one pair of sports shoes. Very comfortable. A pair of slippers. Insole (10).

H) sunglasses, so-called depolarization (this is what I heard from others, I don't understand the physical principle). You need it to drive.

I) Quilt: 1, one bed is thin, you can consider silk quilt or space cotton, not too thin, and consider 20 degrees indoors. A thin blanket is an optional quilt. 2. A vacuum pillow, two pillowcases and a pillow towel. A double bed has two sheets (the average bed in the United States is much wider than a single bed in China) and a double bedspread.

J) A warm hat.

19. Luggage:

A) A good quality backpack and maybe a laptop. A backpack slightly larger than a schoolbag is used as carry-on luggage for boarding a plane, which is needed for traveling in the United States.

B) Box: I suggest you buy it. I can't imagine a box of 100 yuan can be used. A better box should be between 400 and 600 RMB. The high-grade box is an engineering plastic shell, which can stand people. It's heavy and expensive, and it costs more than 400 RMB. More common is canvas surface with bottom material, which is semi-hard and not hard, about 200 RMB. I suggest buying one as usual and putting expensive and stressful things in a decent box. Small box 1.

C) attached:

Description of free checked baggage:

Passengers to America: two checked baggage and one hand baggage. The maximum weight of each piece of checked baggage is 70 pounds /32 kilograms, and the sum of the three sides of each piece of luggage is 62 inches/158 cm. The maximum weight of hand luggage is 40LBS/ 18KGS, and the maximum sum of three sides is 45in ches/ 1 13cm. The weight of the baggage carried by the plane is two large pieces of checked baggage, each piece is 32kg, and the dimensions are length+width+height = 158cm, but the circumference is not included. I went to the store and said to buy 76 boxes, which is the size. A piece of hand luggage, theoretically 5 kg, seems to have a limit of more than 50 cm in length, width and height, but no one cares.

20. Tableware/cookware:

A) Plastic lunch boxes and bamboo chopsticks that can be heated by microwave oven. Spoon.

B) Cookware: a single-handle pot (with a lid and a shovel) used for cooking. You can buy rice cookers and ceramic rice cookers for stewing soup here. Chopper, don't take a knife to cut bones. You bought ribs in the supermarket and asked people there to cut them for you. Cutting board, preferably plastic. Bring a small stainless steel pot to cook milk cereal or something, and it doesn't take up space, because all the CDs can be put in, and X-rays can't get through. As for CDs, there should be no problem going through customs (based on personal experience only). If you like to drink boiled water to make tea, bring a kettle and put all the medicine in it. Some people say that there are no thermos bottles for sale in America, so I bought one, which is very similar to that in China. Many Chinese people will buy an electric hot pot when they come. It is convenient to invite friends to dinner without cooking many dishes.

2 1. Daily necessities:

A) Necessary items such as sewing box, scissors, nail clippers, comb, towel, toothbrush, etc. You'd better take it with you, because the luggage may arrive a day or two later than you. Shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush, towel, nail clippers, soap, sample clothes, skin care products, sewing bag, folding umbrella, pen, notepad, small alarm clock, slippers, hairdressing tools and so on. Bring more toothbrushes and towels.

B) calculator. Small microphone for computer.

C) A compact camera with good quality can be carried around. You can make two movies. Kodak is very popular here.

D) It is recommended to use 4×2 rechargeable batteries. Dry batteries can also be equipped with two groups.

E) electric shaver, buy a decent electric shaver here. Blades do not need to be worn.

F) photo album.

22. Racket.

23. Small gifts: for the boss and friends who have helped. It doesn't need to be particularly expensive, but you should prepare more copies. If you are Japanese, it is recommended to send silk: men send ties and women send scarves.

24. Stationery: mechanical pencil, ballpoint pen, ruler, triangle, eraser, schoolbag.

25. Map of the United States.

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1, air ticket

2. Passport

3. Interstate 20

4. Admission notice

5. Transcript (bring more copies) (undergraduate, graduate)

6. Graduation certificate. Degree certificate

7.T/G score

8. Address List

9. Money: If possible, change some small bills. The airport may have to call, buy water or buy something to eat.

10, glasses (3 pairs). Be sure to include a pair of myopia glasses that can clip sunglasses and polarizers. Don't wear colored myopia glasses. Colored myopia glasses only dye lenses, not real sunglasses, and can't block ultraviolet rays. You need a polarizer to drive. You can consider buying some contact lenses, because American optometry glasses are more expensive and insurance may not be guaranteed. Contact lenses are essential during exercise.

12, clothes:

A) Formal dress: suit (1), tie (1-2) and tie clip.

B) coat

B 1, T-shirt (12- 14): Bring a change of undershirt for at least one week, regardless of the length. You need to change your undershirt every day, usually once or twice a week, so bring at least one change every week.

B2。 Shirts: It is not advisable to bring more because there are not many opportunities to wear them. You can bring 1-2 pieces of good quality suitable for making ties, and American shirts are also very cheap at a discount.

B3。 Coat: jacket, casual shirt, windbreaker (1-3)

B4, shorts 1

B5。 Woolen coat/leather coat (1-2). Medium and long down jacket (2).

B6。 Sweater (1-3) need not be too thick and the neckline should not be too high, because the heating is not normal, and you can cope with it by wearing an undershirt indoors.

C) pants:

C 1, jeans (1-3), casual pants (1-2).

C2。 You don't need long pants, and there are not many opportunities to go outdoors. Indoor air conditioning is very hot.

C3。 Swimming trunks. It is recommended to buy knee-length ones from the United States, and it is not necessary to bring them from China.

D) underwear (> 12 sets). Pajamas (2-3 sets)

E) socks (6- 10)

F) a pair of leather gloves.

G) Shoes: two pairs of casual shoes and two pairs of sports shoes. A pair of plastic slippers and a pair of wool slippers. Suitable insoles.

H) quilt:

H 1, a thin quilt, silk quilt or space cotton can be considered. Thin blankets are optional. The quilt should have a quilt cover.

H2。 A vacuumized pillow, two pillowcases and pillow towels. A double bed has two sheets (the average bed in the United States is much wider than a single bed in China) and a double bedspread.

J) Warm scarves and hats.

Second, medicine.

You don't need to bring more. First, it is easy to expire. Second, it is recommended to go to schools and hospitals to see sick people and pay the bill with insurance. Third, antibiotics in the United States are better than those in China.

Three. Tableware/cookers

A kitchen knife

B) Bring a little stainless steel pot to cook milk cereal or something, and it doesn't take up space. You can put all the CDs in.

Fourth, daily necessities

A) You can bring nail clippers, because they are more expensive in America. A set of necessary items such as combs, towels and toothbrushes is enough, and it is easy to buy in supermarkets. You'd better take it with you, because the luggage may arrive a day or two later than you. It is not recommended to bring sewing kits, folding umbrellas, pens, notebooks and small alarm clocks, because they are very cheap in supermarkets. Hairdressing tools can be considered, because many boys need frequent haircuts.

E) electric shaver, I don't advocate wearing more, just one. Because hand razors are more comfortable to use and easy to buy in supermarkets. On the contrary, electric ones are prone to voltage mismatch.

22. Racket. You can bring a good badminton racket. But tennis rackets are unnecessary, because I think American ones are more expensive and better.

23, small gifts: ready to give to the boss and friends who have helped.

24, you can use one schoolbag, plus a bag for your notebook. Other stationery is unnecessary.

Verb (short for verb) others

1, CD, VCD, software

2. Books:

A) fast translation (double translation).

B) Mathematics (Mathematics Manual, Calculus, Linear Algebra, Numerical Analysis, Complex Variable Function).

C) professional books.

d) Unix、C/C++

E) knowledge of recipes and cooking.

Because almost all rooms are equipped with air conditioning and heating, the clothing structure in North America is different from that in China. The diversity of clothing changes with the seasons in China, and the focus shifts to a single one around 25 degrees Celsius. So, you have to prepare more shirts and pants of various colors. Interestingly, most shirts in China are white, while few people in North America wear white shirts. There is a very important skill, that is, the temperature difference between entering and leaving the room in winter is too large. There are frequent opportunities to wear them when you come in and when you go out. Therefore, when choosing winter clothes, it is best to choose pleated clothes with buttons or zippers, such as coats and sweaters. It's easy to add and subtract on the top, but it's troublesome on the bottom. There are two countermeasures: first, when choosing a winter coat, you should deliberately buy a longer one to keep out the cold. Second, you should try to wear some thick jeans and trousers that can keep out the wind and cold.

Sunglasses are not just decorations, they can have many uses. Sunlight and ultraviolet rays are very strong in the south; The sunshine after snowing in the north is very irritating to the eyes; In addition, many places are windy and can prevent sandstorms; When driving on the highway, you will often encounter strong stimulation reflected by other cars in the distance.

Bring headphones and a camera. These things are not cheap when there is no discount here in America.

Washing clothes here is drying, so shrinking clothes will shrink even more. For T-shirts and other clothes that need to be changed frequently, we should pay attention to the types that are not easy to shrink.

Need to bring a light and warm quilt (including quilt cover). Blankets are relatively heavy, and rooms here are generally air-conditioned, so it is not recommended to bring them. Need to bring pillowcases and sheets. Watch the sheets. Buy a pair of large ones. If there is enough space in your box, bring a double bedspread.

Cookware: No need to bring it. The supermarket sells it, and the price is not necessarily expensive. These things are too heavy and take up too much space. Some small things, such as lunch boxes for eating, spoons, forks, dishcloths for washing dishes, cleaning balls, are available in supermarkets and are not expensive. According to my observation of current domestic prices, some of them are cheaper than those in China.

Thick sweaters are the least needed, because T-shirts and shirts should be worn in spring, summer and autumn, and rooms have heating in winter. Just wear a down jacket or something when you go out. It's convenient to put on and take off.

Underwear at least 10 pieces/set: you will gradually get used to taking a bath and changing clothes every day and going to the laundry once a week.

T-shirts, bring more.

A mobile hard disk and a network cable. All kinds of wires here are more expensive, and you can also bring some S terminals. If there is an electrical appliance with a three-hole plug, there are two 1-2 conversion plugs. Pay attention to whether the voltage meets. "

Stationery is basically unnecessary. There are calculators, paper and pens in schools and laboratories, which are widespread.

Kitchen utensils include knives, racks for steaming things and everything else.

The following//is followed by other people's opinions, which I think are very reasonable, and my opinions are also enclosed in brackets:

I found that most of these articles teach you how to explode packages. We are not international profiteers. Why do we bring so many? My opinion is that we should not bring what we can buy here. If you don't care about the price difference (you don't care about the first month's salary), you can go to the supermarket to buy everything.

(1) Cooking pots with single handle (with lid and shovel) must be brought. //Don't bring it. Buy a set for twenty or thirty dollars here.

(2) a kitchen knife, not too big. //Don't bring it unless you have a big kitchen knife for cutting meat. You can buy it here.

(3) Cutting boards, preferably plastic, are available in stores to reduce weight. //Buy it here, the price and quality are good.

(3) If you have a down jacket, please bring it. I think that place might be useful in winter. //One or two things in the north are enough.

(4) Don't bring too thick sweaters and pants. It's useless. I brought everything in the box. You can bring a sweater or something. //

(5) Other commonly used items, such as towels, toothbrushes and a pair of slippers, may not know where to buy them when they first arrive. //Everyone takes one. There are enough to buy in the future.

The more shorts and T-shirts you wear in summer, the better. You'd better wear a dozen, because you usually go to the laundry once a month, and you should have enough clothes to change. //It's very cheap in the supermarket, so there's no need to bring more clothes (in my opinion, the quality and style of clothes in the supermarket are average, and it's most cost-effective to wait until Thanksgiving and other discounts).

(7) Underwear worn in winter shall be treated as per (6). Be sure to bring more, at least 5 or 6 sets, and several pairs of thick socks. //ditto

(8) Suits are enough for finding a job in the future, but they are not needed at ordinary times. //

(9) Take some Jackshirt and casual clothes, such as jeans (if you like), and some other clothes//It's cheap to buy here, but it may not be suitable for you _

(10) If there is room in the box, you can bring a quilt. American quilts are so bad. If there is no place, you should take a thick blanket. You can buy quilts in the future //American quilts are hard, but they take up a lot of space.

(1 1) Take more professional books, which will be useful in the future. //Especially the English photocopy of CS, there are several textbooks in the department.

(12) With or without CD, it's up to you.

(13) Leather shoes, sports shoes and travel shoes, with the quantity at least = 1. //Shoes are very cheap here, so don't take more.

(14) You can bring some commonly used drugs. //Yes, but there is no need to bring more, for the above reasons.

(15) A sewing box, if you think it is necessary. //It's completely unnecessary

(16) There are two or more spoons (chopsticks) for eating. These junk things in America are a little more expensive. //Chopsticks can be packed in strips, which are available in all China stores/

(17) Cookware for cooking rice can be bought here. //

(18) A pair of gloves in winter. //You can buy it here.

(19) Some photos of relatives and friends. //Right

(20) A bottle of shampoo for the first time. //It's not necessary. It's cheaper in America. For example, Pan Ting and Dove are better than domestic ones.

(2 1) A calculator, if you use it in your major. //No problem

As for the jukebox, don't bring it if you don't want to listen to it on the road. //The cheapest tape recorder (with AM/FM) is 10. The radio doesn't have short wave, but it's free.

There are good music CDs to buy in China.

(23) prepare some coins, and you may need to make a phone call after getting off the plane. It doesn't matter if you don't.

Contact a friend to go to the airport or ask your tutor's students to pick you up. If no one answers, listen to the route to school.

(25) I brought a pressure cooker when I came last year, which is useless, but I may use it again in my married life in the future, just 22CM.

Well, if you are good at cooking food in a pressure cooker and there is room in your box, take one and forget it if there is no room.

(26) Don't bring electrical appliances. The voltage here is 1 10V. Forget it.

New English-Chinese dictionary. //Just bring a Wenquxing or Kingsoft.

Prices of some reprinted goods:

Stereo headphones (lowest 15 USD, lowest 12 RMB in China, but I have seen Sony headphones sold at a discount), mice (lowest 15 USD, lowest 12 RMB in China), and many mouse pads are free. USB connection and print line (parallel port) (if you buy a printer in the United States, you need to buy a print line separately); Compressed auricularia auricula and longan.

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Personal document: passport I-20 admission notice

I-94 (will be sent to the plane and give you a stub when you enter the customs. Keep it well. It's an entry and exit certificate)

The vaccine certificate is linked to this change.

Make two copies of all important documents, one with you and one at home, and keep them properly. Prepare some self-adhesive stickers

Clothing:

T-shirt 25 is short and 5 long; Leather shoes1; Sports shoes1; Sandals 2; Slippers 1 cotton; Socks 20 cotton; Shirt 2; tie 2； Suit1;

2 sets of autumn trousers; Take as much underwear as possible, at least > 20; Thin sweater 2; Jeans 2; The sheath 2 is thick or thin.