美国大学申请国际学生选择专业的三大误区.docx

Avoid 3 Mistakes International Students Make in Picking a Major 国际学生选择专业的三大误区 写在前面：在星腾科接触的留美学生中，除了少数在高中阶段已经决定了自己学术兴趣的同学之外，大部分人对自己未来四年的学习方向并不明确。当然，在目前的美国大学体制下，这是完全被允许的。很多学校为大一新生提供的专业就包括“未确定专业”，在入学之后，会有指导老师为学生提供专业方向，选课，职业规划等咨询，帮助同学们明确自己的兴趣，进而选择专业。星腾科的建议是：不管你做出什么样的选择，一个基本的原则是：永远追随自己的内心，追求自己真正热爱的知识。为了更好地帮助同学们避开选择专业的误区，让我们听听在纽约大学读新闻硕士的Jia Guo是怎么说的。 原文载于2013年7月25日 U.S.News 原文作者：Jia Guo，来自中国，毕业于明尼苏达大学双子城分校,并取得学士学位。目前她正在纽约大学攻读新闻硕士学位。 编译：美国星腾科教育顾问团队 Choosing a popular major for the wrong reasons can negatively affect your experience as an international student. 由于不理智而错误地选择了专业，可能会对你的大学生活带来消极影响。 ? Many?international students I know didnt have a clear career goal when they decided to study in the U.S. Some of them were overwhelmed when faced with what can seem like thousands of academic majors that they knew little about. 很多我认识的国际学生在决定来到美国就读时都没有清晰的职业目标。其中一部分人在面对自己知之甚少的海量专业面前一筹莫展。 ? Luckily, many U.S. universities dont require students to declare a major as soon as they are admitted to school. Students generally have two years to explore their interests before needing to declare their specific area of study. 幸运的是，很多美国大学都不要求新生在入学时确定专业。一般来说，学生可以在大学的前两年充分发掘自己的兴趣特长，而后再确定专业方向。 ? Choosing a major can be as important as choosing a school in the U.S. Making a decision that could change your path in life is not an easy task, so avoid making these common mistakes. 选择合适的专业和选择学校同样重要。做出人生这一重大决定并不容易，所以尽量避免犯下初级错误。 ? 1. Following the crowd:?Many students see majors as falling into one of two categories: popular and unpopular. 1. 随大流：在很多学生眼里，大学专业只有两种：热门的和冷门的。 ? Popular majors include those that will lead to high-paying jobs with relatively bright job prospects. Some international students choose the ones labeled as popular majors because they assume that the more people that chose them, the better the majors were. 热门专业包括就业前景相对较好，并且可能拿到高薪的专业。一些国际学生选择热门专业的理由是：选择的人越多，想必这些专业就越好。 ? This could be why many international students prefer majors such as economics, computer science and accounting. My sugge