Financial preparation: find a bank such as RBC, BMO, CIBC or HSBC or their domestic office before departure, and open a bank card in advance (choose a bank close to the school and home), after which you can remit the Canadian living expenses. When you arrive in Canada, you can get a formal bank card with your passport and study abroad certificate, and you can withdraw cash. Of course, you can also bring your parents' credit cards, which is more convenient to use when you go out to spend money. Someone will pay you back.
If you use it in Canada for a long time, you should pay attention to the following issues when buying a notebook in China:
1, voltage and plug, both the United States and Canada use 1 10V alternating current and American standard socket, so the notebook you choose should meet this voltage requirement, both at home and abroad. In addition, buy 1-2 American standard conversion plug (recommended breakthrough) and
2. Notebooks generally come with Chinese windows operating system. At present, most of them are win7, but the update of computer peripherals in Canada is not as fast as that in China. If you want to print something, you will find that the printer in your place or school doesn't support win7, and their computers don't support Chinese, so in order to solve this problem, you'd better switch your computer between two systems, supporting both XP and win7.
3. Because it is used abroad for a long time, it is inevitable to encounter maintenance problems. Most domestic brands don't support foreign services, so you must choose products from manufacturers that can provide support services locally, such as Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard. Whether Lenovo's Sony can satisfy their official website or phone. In addition, even if you buy a brand that can provide warranty service in Toronto, you should register some service migration (from the domestic purchase place to the foreign use place) according to their requirements, and you may have to pay a small upgrade fee.
4. Different people have different opinions about the brand model. In fact, the core components and system software of most manufacturers are similar, and they are all commissioned processing. Therefore, if you want to choose, it is suggested to make some conditional selection and comparison on Zhongguancun Online and other websites, screen out several qualified models, and then go to Suning and other physical electrical stores or factory stores for on-site experience, and finally decide which one to choose, and the purchase can be completed online. E-commerce is hot, and you are just robbing it. ! !
Besides, it's not expensive to buy these abroad. Best Buy, Future Store and London Drugstore all sell them. First of all, there is no problem with the warranty. Not more expensive than domestic ones, but there is no Chinese operating system. If you have genuine Chinese windows software, you or your friends can install it or consider buying it locally.
Calgary has four distinct seasons, so you should bring clothes, shoes and hats. Daily necessities, batteries, electronic dictionaries, headaches, colds, commonly used medicines, books and stationery are getting better and better. Except for electronic products, a small amount of daily chemical products and some products during the big promotion period, it is more expensive here. Besides, we should also buy some gifts, including those with China characteristics, which are suitable for sending to host families and classmates and friends at Christmas and Thanksgiving.
In addition to studying hard and paying attention to methods, we should be proactive and brave. You also need to pay special attention to Canada's elective credit system. Be sure to read it carefully, at the same time, consider your future professional direction (you can go to the relevant website to see the admission requirements of the university), and choose the subjects you want to study in advance so as not to regret not learning some subjects.
I wish you a happy study in Calgary!