Learning in the United States is more difficult than in China.
In the United States, as long as you are a social person and a fun person, is it possible to become an elite in the school? Do all colleges and universities in the United States have a large proportion? Did you have fun? Composition? In many public opinions and rumors, American universities often follow? Did you have fun? Draw an equal sign, which is a misunderstanding of the American academic environment.
In the United States, information search, self-study, discussion, open-book examination, social investigation, etc. Schoolwork? The intensity and pressure are much higher than those of China students? Bad memory? Whether it is a university or a high school, the academic intensity in the United States is very high.
It is not easy to graduate from middle school or university. In order to complete their studies, students will spend a lot of time and energy on all aspects of research. A major feature of the American education system is that it allows students to exert their imagination, think positively and innovate. However, when putting it into practice, whether it is a paper, a speech or an experiment, students must rigorously collect data and historical materials to verify their views. So students spend a lot of time doing questionnaires, surfing the Internet or looking up information in the library. ?
Second, apply for writing documents? Hidden rules?
Is it gone? Orphanages, charities? Something like that.
In recent years, many students have participated in charitable activities in orphanages in their application files, which makes American admissions officers feel like? Show? . I'm afraid these high-frequency words have become the hearts of American admissions officials, right? Taboo words? .
The writing of documents should be consistent with the students themselves. Each student's document can be personalized with various highlights. We encourage students to participate in the writing of documents and create together. It is important that the documents conform to the students' own real experiences.
Third, the interview? Hidden rules?
? Personality? Don't show it around.
Many international students think that American examiners like to have? Personality? Students, so exaggerated in words and deeds, even to? Alternative? In fact, in America, examiners also like it? The golden mean? Don't they like nonsense and exaggeration? Personality? Words and deeds, modesty, courtesy and gentleness are still the traditional qualities of China people.
Although the United States respects? Niche? This country, but there is? Niche? Great words and deeds? Taboo? Such as race, cultural discrimination, Nazism, religious prejudice, sexual orientation, etc. In short, don't go to extremes. Personality is a self-expression within the scope of conventional knowledge, and it is a moderate expression.
Fourth, culture? Hidden rules?
Americans like it? Chinese style? student
What do American elite schools want China students to bring? Some things abandoned by China students are probably the qualities that American examiners value. For example, China students' learning spirit, retelling ability, traditional etiquette quality and so on. When you apply for an American university, you must consciously keep the traces of China culture. American universities hope that you can bring something useful and special to the school. American universities should not be westernized. Your westernization is just an example. The modesty, implication, introversion and thousands of years' cultural connotation in China culture are the charm of China culture. That is to say, China students must keep? Chinese style? Instead of. American style? .
5. Human feelings? Hidden rules?
? Kiss up? It also works in American job interviews.
In fact, the phenomenon of human feelings is not unique to China, and there are also human feelings in the recruitment process in the United States. Therefore, during the interview, how to establish a harmonious and relaxed chat environment and how to give full play to one's social expertise can also be a potential plus factor. So what? Have a good time? Examiner, medium? Kiss up? , like this? Trick? It is also a compulsory skill.
American human feelings should be more concerned or cautious on the basis of professional ethics, and it is this concern or caution that increases many possibilities for success. How to grasp and make good use of it is an intangible thing that can only be understood but not expressed. In other words, whether the first few sentences can open the door to communication is the most successful ability in an interview and almost all occasions.
Sixth, the score? Hidden rules?
Do Americans care and score?
Under the current background of studying abroad, American famous schools are often shaped by public opinion as a place that doesn't care about exam results at all. In fact, this has entered another misunderstanding. In fact, in American schools, whether your report card is A+ or C- will directly affect the evaluation of your parents, teachers and classmates. Because? Scores? Inferiority, autism and being isolated by others are also widely distributed in the United States.
Seven, ranking? Hidden rules?
Professional liberal arts colleges have a higher employment rate than prestigious schools.
In the United States, some small professional liberal arts colleges are actually better than those? Ivy League school? 、? TOP 10 school? High cost performance. Because these small and medium-sized colleges with accurate positioning, strong professionalism and concentrated software and hardware in a specific field are good at cultivating high-end professionals, the employment rate of these schools is even higher than that of traditional famous schools.
8. degree awarding? Hidden rules?
The elimination rate of famous American schools is high.
Many foreign students like to blindly pursue famous schools, but I don't know that there are any degrees awarded by famous schools. Hidden rules? Yes This? Hidden rules? It is the elimination index of famous schools. Take the economics department of the University of Chicago and other American key disciplines as an example, the elimination rate is nearly 30%, which is also a guarantee for the high quality of graduates. The aura of graduates from famous American universities is very risky.
The elimination basis and quantitative standards of famous American schools are also numerous. It involves many indicators, such as academic performance, extracurricular activities, social activities, oral ability, professional quality, paper level and so on. And the way to evaluate these indicators is not simply to take the exam, but through a variety of direct or indirect evaluation methods, such as students' word-of-mouth impressions, which can also become the elements of comprehensive fluctuations. This is what we are familiar with? Wide in and strict out? 、? Yan Jin Kuan Chu? Besides, new? Yan Jin Yi Chu? Mode, it is a warning to international students: in the United States, entering a prestigious school is by no means equal to graduating smoothly.