Recently, the RD of universities such as Chicago in the United States has gradually been released, which has aroused the keen attention of various study abroad institutions and parents. Judging from the overall results, the acceptance rate of Chinese students in top schools in the United States has shown a shrinking trend. Up to now, domestic Chinese students have accumulated 101 IVF offers.
However, under the fierce battle, on the one hand, the gong and drum of the study abroad institutions celebrating the admission of students, on the other hand, the parents' doubts about their children's future applications. So, in the special period, what is the cost-effectiveness of allowing children to study abroad?
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Tencent News's "Literature Education" column talked with Jin Yunhua, general manager of Jiahua Seda International Education, a direct affiliate of China Study Abroad Service Center, and Wei, who is studying at Brown University in the United States, providing parents with macro and micro reference perspectives.
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Mimoto's competitive situation
TOP30 is still a fragrant feast in the eyes of applicants, but this year's IVET admission data is not optimistic overall. Harvard, known as the "weather vane" of the Ivy League, has hit a record low in the admission of Chinese students.
According to the Harvard website, the total number of Harvard applications worldwide in 2021 was 57,435, up 43% from the past. At present, the number of new students admitted is 1968, which is 3.4%.
In the past four years, the number of Harvard applicants has increased year by year, with an average admission rate of 4.3% in previous years, and this year it has also lowered the admission share with the rising number of applicants. Looking at the admission of domestic students, there is almost no grain.
The overall admission situation of the eight major IVet schools is not optimistic, and the epidemic has not reduced the aspirations of international students to the IVH schools, and the number of applicants continues to be hot. In recent years, the final admission rate of other IVF schools has also continued to shrink.
However, the encounter of a small year does not mean that the future will continue to decline. Recently, 30 famous schools such as Princeton, Stanford, and Columbia University announced that they will expand their enrollment in the application season of the fall of 2022.
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Despite the mixed sentiments, parents are more likely to see the positive side when browsing the information of intermediaries. In the live broadcast of Literary Education, Jin Yunhua, general manager of Jiahua Skada International Education, bluntly pointed out:
The offer data of institutions is also mixed with moisture, and often excellent applicants have won multiple offers from famous universities, which are accumulated in the war report. This also means that the data on the ratio of applications for admission is distorted.
Therefore, students who have the intention of studying in the United States in the future should also treat the display data of the institution more objectively.
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Study abroad, what do parents value?
In recent years, the fever of studying abroad has not been greatly reduced by the impact of the epidemic. What parents value is the freedom of foreign education and the blessing effect of the aura of global famous schools on their own experience.
The documentary "Two Million Minutes: A Transnational Expedition" once showed the comparison of high school students' lives in the three countries of China, the United States and India. American students seem to have fun and study, while Chinese and Indian students are buried in the sea of questions.
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Such a comparison also makes many parents have such a consideration in their hearts: If they let their children learn and live in a different way, it seems that they will grow more transparently, right?
To this end, we will spare no effort to support our children. Not only consult and analyze institutions, impact domestic reliable international high schools, and even consider the way of the curve. For example, some parents will choose a school with universal credits in Eastern European countries as a springboard in order to send their children to Western European universities. However, in view of the recent tensions between Russia and Ukraine, the British QS has officially eliminated Russian and Belarusian universities.
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When it comes to the return on studying abroad, we often see the remarks of "graduation is unemployment" on major social platforms. The "2021 China Returnee Employment Survey Report" released by Zhaopin shows:
The employment hotspots of returnees are mainly IT Internet and cultural and sports education, and the priority positions for overseas talents in the Chinese education industry account for 34.9%. Of course, the returnee delivery Internet industry is also the most competitive, accounting for 22.1%.
Overall, the average recruitment salary of returnees' priority positions has indeed shown a higher trend, reaching 13719 yuan / month in 2021, which is 46.5% higher than the average monthly salary of all platform positions. However, high-paying positions still have a lot to do with the profession.
(LinkedIn comparison of recruitment salaries for different returnees, picture from the Internet)
This means that the combination of "famous schools + good majors" is the combination of Wang Fang in the study abroad experience.
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There are no shortcuts to climbing vines
So the question is, what kind of Chinese students do the IVFG prefer?
In an interview with the Sunday Morning News, a Princeton professor said, "We want people who really love to learn and are honest. And he stressed that factors other than intelligence are also very important.
In the interview with Wenyu Education, Wei also told us the details of applying for a famous school from the perspective of network resources. However, while emphasizing various diversified plus points, parents and students should not ignore that grades are always hardcore basic items.
According to the new student survey report published by the Harvard School Newspaper, the average GPA of respondents on campus is 3.95 (out of 4.0), which is close to full performance.
Harvard University 2020 Freshman GPA Score Background Check (Image from the Internet)
As for the diversity plus, only 14.7 percent of Harvard's 2023 freshman survey reported that they had not been a leader, 25.7 percent had taken on leadership roles in at least two activities, and even more than 2.5 percent led more than 6 different extracurricular activities.
This shows that the type of rattan school preference is the school bully + decathlon.
And parents who want to take advantage of the domestic universities known as "offer harvester concentration camps" may not be able to secure the pass of the famous schools in the United States.
At the very least, in MIT's admissions in recent years, we've seen examples of successful offers through home-based online learning.
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Perhaps some parents are worried that their children will not be able to eat under the domestic test-taking system, and they will think of avoiding this "adaptation" by going abroad to study. In fact, we look at the "pluralistic" and "free" characteristics of Chinese and Western education, which is also based on the continuous diligence of students.
American author Edward Humes, in his book "What is the Best Middle School in America", tells the true story of a group of high school students climbing the vine. We will find that competitors immersed in American education are also working hard for a long time.
The book tracks Kosha' sprint to Harvard, a model student at Whitney High School. In addition to his original 8 courses, he also took 5 AP courses, including economics, English literature, Spanish, physics, and advanced calculus. In addition, there are a wealth of after-school club activities that need to be managed.
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Chen Zhiwen, editor-in-chief of China Education Online Education, also gave us a wake-up call: studying abroad is a means, not an ultimate goal. Parents need to help their children sort out what the purpose of studying abroad is.
In summary, regarding studying abroad, we also have a few suggestions that can be provided to parents for reference:
First of all, we must pay attention to the risk of studying abroad in a special period and rationally consider the comprehensive factors of children's future development.
Tencent's latest documentary, "A Long Trip," shows the audience how a group of Chinese students scattered around the world live overseas under the epidemic.
Among them, Xing Huaixuan, who studied comparative literature, French and drama at brynmore College in the United States, was trapped in New York because of the new crown pneumonia. She failed to blow up her summer internship program and had to carry it overseas on her own.
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Regarding the safety risks of studying abroad, the Ministry of Education has officially set up a study abroad safety program. Before deciding to apply for study abroad, parents can conduct a global study with their children.
Second, from the actual needs of children, to analyze whether studying abroad is the most cost-effective way of development.
Some children are gifted in academic research, and some children want to measure the world with their footprints. Either way, parents and children should fully communicate and refer to the suggestions of many parties to make a more appropriate choice.
Third, after setting the application goal, make a planning layout early to help children develop a good learning plan and consciously accumulate resume highlights.
When we envy the achievements of others, do not forget that behind each brilliant achievement, there is extraordinary effort and management. There are no shortcuts to climbing vines, only all-out efforts.
I wish you all dream-chasing students and harvest your favorite offer!
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