As soon as I stepped into the doors of American universities, the most important problem I faced was to receive elective education in universities. Here, we should not only learn all kinds of professional knowledge, but also experience and grow. Naturally, it will inevitably involve all kinds of growing pains. Compared with receiving university education in China, China is influenced by many factors such as environment and culture. For receiving education in foreign classrooms, the first unavoidable but often overlooked problem is how to choose courses in overseas universities. As we all know, studying abroad must have course selection experience. Course selection itself can be said to be a compulsory course, but there are many skills and knowledge. Students can't leave the course selection from the first semester of entering overseas universities, and whether the course selection is appropriate is also the biggest key to affect the semester results. Some students found that their ability to go through five customs and cut off six generals was really extraordinary shortly after entering the study and life of overseas universities. So I overestimated my learning ability. I took at least six or seven courses in the first semester, which was seriously beyond my tolerance. The result can be imagined. Therefore, there are two suggestions for the course selection skills in the process of studying abroad: first, we should consider not being greedy, so as not to bring ourselves a heavy homework burden. Although some schools stipulate that students who have completed 12 credits can only be regarded as full-time students, if they feel that the burden is too heavy, they can discuss with the guidance professor, take one less class, ask him to sign the relevant documents, and then report to the registration department, so that they can continue to maintain their full-time status. Next, we should pay attention to the difficulty of the courses, that is to say, to understand the information content of related courses, some courses are relatively easy, and some courses are relatively difficult. It is necessary to reasonably allocate difficult courses according to the course content, and don't doubt your actual ability because of "giving up halfway". This is very important. So, do the above two points mean that you have mastered the skills of course selection? Don't! The above are just two basic criteria for students to choose courses. At the same time, it can't be ignored that it is more important to know the instructors when choosing courses. The key to people is very important. You'd better know in advance how the professor's teaching and research level, behavior, teaching methods and so on after choosing the course. This shows that the reputation of professors and students' evaluation of professors are another important factor in course selection. In a word, no matter which institution you are studying in, you should choose your courses carefully and don't play games. It is unrealistic to overestimate or underestimate one's academic level. However, even if the wrong behavior is made under the wrong choice, then, for course selection, a "better late than never" approach is that if you find that the course does not meet your own needs, is too difficult or is interested in other courses, you should take the initiative to go through the re-election procedures as soon as possible. Usually, there is no charge for adding or dropping out of school within a certain period before the start of school. However, this practice lacks rationality and planning, and it is still the best policy to advise students to make full preparations in advance when choosing courses.