VOA慢速英语:International Students Find Ways to Pay High Tuition

homesick – adj.  sad because you are away from your family and home

freshman year – n. the first year of high school or college

graduate degree(s) – n. a degree that is given to a student by a college or university usually after one or two years of additional study following an undergraduate degree

graduate – v. to earn a degree or diploma from a school, college, or university

tuition – n. money that is paid to a school for the right to study there

undergraduate degree – n. a degree that is given to a student by a college or university usually after four years of study

funding – n.  money that is used for a special purpose

apply – v.  to ask formally for something such as a job admission to a school

academic – adj. of or relating to schools and education

admission(s) – n. the act or process of accepting someone as a student at a school

complicated – adj. hard to understand, explain, or deal with

hardship(s) – n.  something that causes pain

difference(s) – n. the quality that makes one person or thing unlike another