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发信人: Sam (三木), 信区: Flyingoverseas
标 题: Step 1 Part2
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (Mon Jan 31 22:01:49 2000), 转信
发信人: libido ( 让offer来得更猛烈些吧,嘿嘿), 信区: AdvancedEdu
标 题: Step 1 Part2
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Mon Jan 31 20:08:59 2000)
转自: BeBeyond.com
PART TWO:
This American way of thinking -- having a goal first and then having that go
al determine your subsequent actions (school choices, etc.) -- permeates the
American society and will have significant implication for your application
and your success in the States.
For example, American visa officers like to ask the previously mentioned que
stions precisely because they want to see whether you have thought through y
our studying-abroad plan. (In a typical American phrase, “Do you know what
you are doing?”)
Like university admission officers, the visa officials believe that students
with clear ideas of what they want to do will be more likely to be successf
ul in the future.
Unfortunately, Chinese students are so used to not thinking and not making d
ecisions for themselves that it takes a long time for many of them to adapt
to the American way of thinking. And in many cases, there is a huge differen
ce in terms of success between those who adapt quickly and those who change
slowly.
The American system poses several major problems for Chinese applicants:
First, Chinese students lack training in thinking and making decisions for t
hemselves. For most students, decisions are made by their parents or teacher
s or their fellow students. For example, many students want to go study abro
ad because their parents expect them to; many others go because their classm
ates are going.
Second, for one to think and make decisions, one needs information. In our c
ase, that means information about US schools, America’s or China’s future
job markets, economic and social trends, American culture and customs, and s
o on. Obviously, it is hard for Chinese students to obtain such information
adequately and accurately.
Finally, when applying to American schools, most Chinese students are limite
d by their English communication skills (note that this is very different fr
om English testing skills!). It makes it difficult for the Chinese students
to articulate their thinking even if they have thought through everything. T
his limits their ability to express themselves to US admission officers, muc
h less be convincing to them.
So how can we overcome these three difficulties?
To address the first one, you should probably do what we suggest: Think, thi
nk, and think more! It might be difficult at very beginning to come up even
one topic to think about and think about it thoroughly. In this case, BeBeyo
nd’s 9-step Guide is designed to systematically help you think about your s
chool application and visa obtainment plan.
Also, you should share your thinking with your friends and classmates becaus
e most likely their ways of thinking will help you think and vice versa. (No
te that you can also exchange your ideas at BeBeyond.com in the "Forum" sect
ion!)
To overcome the second difficulty, you probably should read more news, artic
les, books and magazines about America. It's better if they are in English a
nd written by Americans because the Chinese media is too selective in report
ing America. You also should know American education system and admission pr
ocess as much as possible.
In both areas, BeBeyond.com offers information in a systematic fashion selec
ted specifically with you, our members, in mind and provides research resour
ces on schools. To make learning more interesting, you should probably also
watch more American movies -- although we have to warn you that movies are m
ovies and often are not very realistic.
Finally, your English communication skills (as opposed to your English testi
ng skills that are only good for TOEFL, GRE, or GMAT but not for the real wo
rld) can only improve through actual communicating!
No matter how difficult it is at very beginning, and no matter how poor your
initial English writing is, keep doing it in English. And start now! Your c
ommunication skills will not only help you get an admission and even a schol
arship, but also will help you enormously after you arrive in the States.
BeBeyond.com encourages you to do so by providing the only forum in the worl
d for Chinese to communicate only in English. Let's get started!
Today, it has become even more important for Chinese students to think, thin
k, and think more because more and more Chinese are getting such high scores
that scores don't differentiate Chinese students as much as before. For exa
mple, in choosing between a student with 710 in GMAT and another with 730 in
GMAT, the scores are not the determining factor at all because there is rea
lly not much difference between those two scores. What is important to Ameri
cans is who can articulate better what he or she want to do with an MBA degr
ee. To do that well, you need thinking, information, and communication skill
s.
Since your ambition is to go into the American system and succeed in the Sta
tes, you'd be better off if you start thinking just like the Americans do.
Let's remember this: Think, think, and think again!
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