A lot of people work after studying abroad tangle too late to worry about their own culture can not keep up, or fear, compared with young people, own a lot less competitive, old and useless after all, energy is not enough, a quick overnight with desperate energy little children than it? But the fact is not the case. Now that China's rapid economic development, our standard of living soared, more and more people have enough money to go abroad a gold-plated, so I took the example of my own to uncover a job to you after the party's experience to the United States graduate school to doubt everyone's help. You have any questions I can private letter.
Impatient little friends can jump directly to summarize at the end of
background
I am 90 years, then graduated from college in 2010, then went to Beijing to work for six months, during which the use of geographical advantages to win the North Upgraded later for personal reasons to leave the home side to complete the Top-wave side. Because the first bachelor's degree in English test for adults fail to stimulate the motivation to learn English, holding New Concept English from the first book I began to bite into the second volume 20 lessons, then the second test on more than passing line a lot. 13 years later in Beijing to find a second job, are foreign companies, this work is more than three years, in the second year, because my side something to do nothing, and leadership recommended me to read a US study, was really thought too much, it is that the US side should be able to learn a lot of new technology, but also to open our eyes, after all, he still likes to go to school, so finally I looked at the statistics found himself all aspects of compliance with, Ever He started to prepare.
TOEFL
Lose all the time every day to learn new concepts. TOEFL test is the first time in 15 years in March, did not brush TPO, just read the TOEFL Official Guide went bare test, the results of the test 82 points, less than ideal. Later, on relentless brush TPO two months, May to test a second time, 95 graduates (DNF brush just thought of drawing brush to 95 bar). Over the same period, GRE exam only once, 309, make do with it, not preparing for a second. Then start applying for school, prepare a variety of transcripts, letters of recommendation, a personal statement, all get their own. Then apply the 7-8 home school, CS (computer science) professional, and later received three admitted, one NYU Tandon, first, Stevens, and finally the USC. USC this cargo to notice when I was about to fly away, and then the spring semester, I refused to give a hard-hearted, and now think is very unfortunate. I finally chose Stevens, did not choose NYC also regret, and then Tandon college to NYC, and it gave scholarships (mind is ass kicked). In the third of an acre on the ground and then find the same student is admitted, we colonization add friends, know each other for a moment there is a bottom.
After admission
After admission, probably around March 2016, ready to get started visas, air tickets, while there contact students issues, including pick-up. I am here to thank two groups of students in the 15th, when they take the initiative to change the house to contact me so that I shared with them, so that the province put up a big heart, grateful thanks.
Before school, the school has several major cities in the country to meet new life activities, I went to Beijing, and then met up to now keep in touch with classmates, also issued by the school received a commemorative hats, T-shirts, mugs and more. SAGE school activities, is new to the students, they can enroll in charge of the American experience activities for three weeks, full board, I feel good in this event, so sign up, and then the way the group met as friends sign up, also like to thank him, someone let me act together after landing. There is also very grateful to another friend, we are responsible for this session of SAGE seniors older students, but finally he took my machine.
take off
After leaving home to pack ten days should be prepared to fly away, as reported SAGE activities, so as early as a month of school than other students. In the day to go, look out my mom is not what I am, I actually was very strange why a little sad, afraid of feeling are not, it was my first time to do their own aircraft, but also one of the few times sitting aircraft, but would sit around 13 hours, so I'm sensitive to people who are timid, did not feel a little bit afraid, but I am also very excited who had not. 13 hours passed away on the rapid increase in the case of eating and drinking eyes closed, I had downloaded a whole Legend of five cloud of all, I thought I would be more optimistic, look at the results of the two sets. The last aircraft arrive early to pick up my seniors also killed a surprise, and he waited for me for a long time, because I'm stuck in a customs out there for over an hour ...... customs see I'm a student visa, contempt smile, with the next the Officer said, finally come to a student, and then to pull down my face the moment, questioning why are you, where to go, to learn about her. I thought what pull pull, I'll give you your country yet willing to give money? Later, at any rate did not embarrass me, passed. See the pick of seniors instantly feel at ease. Then get on the car of a US sister school staff, the school bound together. On the way, I feel everything is so strange, I feel from the point of view of the television, suddenly appeared in front of a little less real. After entering the city the school is located, sister passionate with me about the store on Main Street, I saw a big impression McDonald's logo, there is a GAP, I probably familiar with. To school, I'm one of the latest hastily put down the suitcase and other students on convergence, they have to eat, so I catch up with the seniors in the past and I want to know what they eat over there Zeyang, kinda look forward to and to the other side and saw a pizza and salad, then taste, da Oh, really American, bottom baked pizzas are paste, the first time to eat so unpalatable. Evening back to school dormitory (SAGE activities temporary residence), feeling a surge of bath, air conditioning is a window unit air conditioner noise like a tractor. Hey, I feel really come what the hell.
SAGE
The next day, we started the scheduled activities of SAGE, the time difference is not brought down, and do all kinds of phone cards, bank cards, school admission procedures, this activity here on a brief introduction, a tour of the school and the surrounding city during New York, Boston, looked Yankee game, Aladdin opera, learn English, and so on. Three weeks passed quickly, and then we almost have adapted to life there, one thing is, there are a lot of Indian students, and then listened for a long time their language, just a little exercise can understand it a little bit.
Before the end of the activities, the students will meet in Beijing took me to Ikea, Chinese supermarket to buy furniture and household items, should make here to thank him, without him I do not know how to buy the furniture. So the United States did not rent furniture. Then took the key with roommates, they gradually put their bags transferred from the dormitory to the rented house.
School
Pre-school enrollment, want to challenge yourself, chose two hardest class (the same teacher) from senior summary table of course difficulty, because after all, I was doing Java, the two courses is Java, so I want to try after the trial, because there are pre-lesson course, you need to find a teacher to waive off, the teacher asked my background, though agreed, but I smile a sentence: this semester you never get any sleep ......
School here is basically only one week for each course , so I chose three courses, a total of three classes, do not think how easy three classes, all this is really the beginning of a nightmare. Then in school, Xiuman need 30 credits, basically a 3-credit course, so to choose the ten course I set for myself is to graduate a year and a half, so I chose this elective 3,3,4 way.
First semester
After the students relaxed and spent the rest of the time, opening day has finally come, hard to force the learning career began. Started school, teachers and students to adapt to the accent from various countries, coupled with a mountain of work, sure enough teachers as expected, if not no time to sleep, but really awake been doing their homework. With the advent of the semester, more and more variety deadline, most of the time there are 4 deadline week. School here gave me the greatest feeling is that each lesson, 2.5 hours talking about is simply the contents of a previous semester, each class of work is a little graduation project. However, for us to have this kind of experience, in fact, it is the work of some common techniques, but more than just graduate students have an advantage, because if just graduated only dared to choose such a difficult lesson, Otherwise it will never finish the job. It will never finish it, one-week extension deduction of 5% two weeks 20% three weeks 50%. The first semester in a tense and busy time passed, just 14 weeks, no time out and socialize during a stroll up to the door of the Mexican restaurant, and not far from the supermarket.
winter vacation
A few days after the holiday, the full results came out, the whole three classes A, the idea is a bit surprising, after all, there are some points the job is not very high. Winter roommates are back home, so I invited my mom over, speaking mother's visa and entry much more smoothly than I, she is more cheerful and lively. Then I take her around the path traveled SAGE activities, but only near schools and shopping in New York. Less than a month of winter a flash over, day after school, my mother was sent away, but something interesting happened the previous night, we heard downstairs aunt Pakistan landlord house has happened, ran over my mother, I was still in school, which the previous two with a translator to talk kinda feeling of Brief Encounter, then came back I did not put his landlord also blame my mother introduced to her. I said my mother later also to it, have a chance.
Semester
The second semester, the same, or the teacher chose two difficult subjects, plus a project management class management school, I was probably eating guts, because nobody on, no one is so elective, so when the school to see the list of course no one in my understanding, and we CS professional, only an Indian student, but this I know a few friends. Previous class I are worried if no one team how to do, after all, I'm only one person, then there are several students know each other to see me answer the teacher's questions at the forum very professional, take the initiative to invite me into their ranks , but also very grateful to them. This semester is a busy semester, however, with another junior partner in SAGE met with the brush from the Yin and Yang, the day still had a little fun. To the final exam, in addition to our professional won two courses on project management courses, I led our group got the same teacher praise, several other groups are really being severely criticized the teacher meal. I could not help but feel good regressed (laughing). Later, a group of our members celebrated with a barbecue to eat, I feel life is very bright.
summer vacation
In the US summer, four months ago, in mid-May until the end of August. During my roommates also back home, I am a person can really do not know how to spend the long years. In fact, four months later that pretty fast, small brush Onmyouji partners, starting the morning to go to the school cafeteria to eat, then brush a onmyouji afternoon, then slowly leisurely walk home, sometimes in my house will organize play a few board games, or chicken. Then when school soon, came a New York-depth tour.
The third semester
This semester, because four courses to choose, so I chose to work relatively less of. This semester be very relaxed, students get together and have a good time, because then my roommates graduated, so also for the wave roommate, landlord several times during Ye brought to the cuisine of Pakistan, let me know their food style, and Indian food almost the same, heavy and prolonged cooking spices. In a flash time passed, my mom invited to come again, this time we're going home together. The landlord several times invited us to their house guest, expressed the feelings of sadness; then we any connection with the restaurant owner and his wife in the vicinity of said goodbye, embarked on a return journey.
Return home
After returning the first is jet lag, and then suddenly felt himself lying in his own home, for a moment think that people across the globe, for a while in his lair, lamented the rapid change of the situation. Before leaving the United States is not too much emotion, but now I am a man lying in bed, suddenly thought of in a distant country, I have had traces had been friends I made, and I, so gently drifting away , I'm still me, but, like dreaming in general, as if those who have experienced drifted far distance. Then the less sensational, trimmed after about six months, for some reason, I had intended to entrepreneurship, plans were disrupted, and later began looking for work career.
look for a job
To prepare me to find a job, and now the technology merger, a number of research framework Some Spring Boot and distributed, modified a bit resume, and then compare the use of domestic fire a boss and talk directly APP, about a few interviews, many of them Some manufacturers. But, face down feeling very bad. General interviewer are arrogant, self-righteous, because they only value the experience of it, I did not think the project experience, what should not, and I am embarrassed, embarrassed after talking after, I decided to re-look at the status quo, found themselves during the school to be more interested in the front, in fact, that in about 2012, when I was at home freelance discovered. So, I used a week taught himself React, ran a front end. Also remove a few dismissive of my interviewer who, not long before the company hired a financial, trust me thanks to my leadership. Into the fast on hand, because only their own front-end, so a lot of things to learn. During the company, made a total of four projects, with the last three months, wrote a huge plus backstage management system, I feel very proud. Here is probably some of the experiences I graduated from college until now, no highlights, but still hope we can bring some inspiration.
to sum up
For some students go abroad to study after working late fear of speaking:
- During my school, I was 90 years, in fact, most of the students from 92-95, but there are a lot of 90,89,88, and even after 70, 60, which are mostly foreigners, against a third term to about a 40-year-old students about, because for him to answer questions, then also became friends, he is a Pakistani-American, while working to go to school. Americans see as we age, so valued, because at any age is not too late to do anything. Live and learn.
- You may think that studying abroad can be very tough, but think about it, we have a whole life to work, study abroad, but only a short year and a half to two years, I felt almost a year and a half into the ride the rest of my life is, I think I never spend time with family time together, who knows until now, the year and a half is simply blink of an eye, morals have not changed, only their eyes become wide, Man, looking at things are not the same.
- While studying abroad tired, but it is worth, but for us this work experience, in fact, a piece of cake, my final score is full of GPA 4.0 graduation, I can, like everyone else can.
- Now coming back, their understanding of technology's feeling more profound, and one size fits all, so work can be done more efficiently, and to consider the issue will be more thoughtful of their own future development is more of an opinion.
For some insight into the US
- Although the development of the United States is very average, the life that was convenient, but the infrastructure is really bad, then east, the mess, the road potholed streets, hanging on the wire mess of wooden poles, a lot of people driving estimates there are 30 car next year, will be preoccupied for the sort of money, this is my eyes of most people's lives.
- Security issues, during my school, the school trains derailed near the station, the door of the shootings, the New York terrorist attacks have occurred several times, but should be considered lucky, it did not happen to them.
- There are a lot tramp the streets of the United States, there are highway money on the street, than domestic beggar to direct ......
- Metro mess and poor, waiting area like sewer, air conditioning at all.
- Of course there are good places to buy things you can easily buy, and do things no one pointing, people can feel at ease to express themselves.
The students want to go abroad, in fact, can be considered out of experience, you will find everything and imagination are not the same, see on television from their lives instantly feel very close, it will not mysterious. All ages or something, not a problem.
