IBDP畢業(yè)生故事分享

IBDP畢業(yè)生故事分享大家好，我是吳蔚，2018年畢業(yè)于學(xué)校IBDP項(xiàng)目，現(xiàn)在就讀于北卡羅來納大學(xué)教堂山分校（UNC）。

Hey y’all, it’s Danise from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). I graduated from Guangdong Country Garden School in 2018. Many of you seniors may have had committed to a college by now, and I congratulate you for that. Maybe many of you are still deciding which college to go. But no matter which stage of college application you are at, I beseech you to listen to a story that doesn’t quite have a happy ending, but it’s not a story about failures—it’s my story.In the first few weeks at UNC, I was not thrilled to be at a public university that’s ranked 30 in the U.S.. But after a few weeks, I started to clearly see why UNC was ranked the first in its Classics graduate program. Not only are the professors in my department helpful, knowledgable, and distinguishable, the department also has a lot of resources and connections with other universities. I have to admit, perhaps this is the right place for me to achieve my dream, which leads me to my advices.

Know what you want and what you like. The very thing you should never do is letting others make decisions for you. I study Classics because that is what I like, not because my parents want me to. Believe me, only you know what’s the best for yourself, so at least listen to what your heart is saying. This applies to all decisions in your life, not just in college application.

Second, know your priorities. My own priority is getting good resources so to be prepared for grad school. Thus, even though I don’t like every aspect of UNC, UNC has become a good place for me, because it has the exact things I need to achieve my dream. If there’s a ranking that you have to refer to, it should be ranking by major, not the general ranking. My lack of college research before college application led to countless rejections. Ever since then, I hold the idea that college rankings do not reflect a school’s true worth to a student. For example, if you want to be a specialized engineer, would you choose an university in high general ranking but has a bad engineering department? Of course not! You will not get a good education out of the lack of funding.

Third, start early. I got a pretty reasonable TOEFL score back in tenth grade, and I decided to get TOEFL out of the way by that summer, which is how I got a score of 108 the summer before entering IBDP. I got a pretty reasonable SAT score in May, too, and I decided to push it out of the way. That left me more time to prepare for more important things, and I was glad that I stopped messing with SAT, because looking back I saw that I wasn’t having enough time preparing for college application.

In such a large university, I must admit that, while it’s easy to make friends, it is quite hard to make good ones. Nevertheless, fate brought to me people who were unlikely to be my friends. I’m quite happy now. And if you really hate your college, you always have the option of transferring.

When you leave high school, I assume that you’re also leaving behind good friends (if you aren’t going to the same universities). It’s very sad, but acknowledge that it is a process that all people would go through at some stage of their lives. When you’re at college, not everything would turn out the way you want it to be, and college life may become a big challenge. Maybe you don’t have enough friends to start with, but that’s okay. Maybe you don’t always get an A in your classes, and that’s okay. My final words of advice is: Always expect, always prepare, always be ready, and always know what you’re getting into.

It’s college! It’s not meant to be easy! I wish that you all will not regret your choices and the best of luck in college!

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大家好，我是吳蔚，2018年畢業(yè)于廣東碧桂園學(xué)校IBDP項(xiàng)目，現(xiàn)在就讀于北卡羅來納大學(xué)教堂山分校（UNC）。

我相信大部分11、12年級的同學(xué)們現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)確定好自己要申請或就讀的大學(xué)，恭喜你們。當(dāng)然，可能有些同學(xué)還在猶豫到底要申請或就讀哪些學(xué)校，但不管你們處于大學(xué)申請中的哪個(gè)階段，我希望大家聽聽一個(gè)故事。雖然這個(gè)故事結(jié)局并不是很完美，但這就是我的故事。剛來到UNC時(shí)，我對就讀于全美排名30的這樣一所公立大學(xué)并不是很興奮，但是幾個(gè)星期后，我便清晰地知道為什么UNC的Classics系可以排全美第一——我們系的教授不僅在美國學(xué)術(shù)圈聲名遠(yuǎn)播，并且盡心盡力幫助學(xué)生，而且我們系資源豐富，和其他大學(xué)的Classics系也有很多聯(lián)系和合作。現(xiàn)在我不得不承認(rèn)，UNC就是我實(shí)現(xiàn)夢想最好的選擇。那么接下來我來談?wù)勎覍ι钜约按髮W(xué)申請的感悟。

第一，知道自己想要什么，喜歡什么。決不能讓別人替我們來做決定。

比如說，我選擇Classics專業(yè)是因?yàn)槲蚁矚g這個(gè)專業(yè)，而不是父母希望我學(xué)這個(gè)專業(yè)。相信我，只有你自己知道什么才是最適合你的，那為什么不遵從內(nèi)心呢？不僅大學(xué)申請如此，人生中其他的重要決定也是如此。

第二，知道什么是首要的。

對于我來說，這便是拿到手頭上最好的學(xué)術(shù)資源，讓我為讀博做好準(zhǔn)備。因此，雖然我并不喜歡UNC的所有方面，但它能夠最好地幫助我實(shí)現(xiàn)我的夢想。如果你想要參考大學(xué)排名，我建議大家參考專業(yè)排名，而不是綜合排名。申請大學(xué)前我沒怎么查相關(guān)資料，全是按綜合排名挑選學(xué)校，這也導(dǎo)致了我被很多大學(xué)拒絕。自從那時(shí)，我就意識到一個(gè)大學(xué)的綜合排名并不能很好地體現(xiàn)它對一個(gè)學(xué)生真正的價(jià)值。例如，如果你想成為一名專業(yè)的工程師，你會選擇一個(gè)綜合排名很靠前但是工程類專業(yè)排名很差勁的學(xué)校嗎？當(dāng)然不會！

第三，早做準(zhǔn)備。

我在10年級的時(shí)候考過一次托福，分?jǐn)?shù)還過得去，于是我決定在10年級暑假和托福分手。有了這一決心和努力，我在進(jìn)入DP11年級之前，托福就考到了108分。我一直認(rèn)為，如果標(biāo)化考試成績能早一點(diǎn)達(dá)到要求，我就可以有更多的時(shí)間做一些更重要的事情，比如學(xué)科學(xué)習(xí)、大學(xué)申請等。很慶幸，DP11年級的5月份我的SAT就考到了一個(gè)我自己滿意的成績。我很感激當(dāng)時(shí)沒有繼續(xù)與SAT折騰下去，因?yàn)榭此茢D出了很多時(shí)間，到最后我還是覺得時(shí)間不夠。

在這么大的大學(xué)里面學(xué)習(xí)，我必須承認(rèn)，交朋友并不難，但是交到非常知心的志同道合的朋友卻并不簡單。但是，命運(yùn)使我和跟我與眾不同的人相聚一起，我也很高興接受這一命運(yùn)的安排，和他們成為朋友。當(dāng)然，如果你在你的大學(xué)里面的學(xué)習(xí)和生活不順利，你也是有機(jī)會轉(zhuǎn)校的。

當(dāng)你高中畢業(yè)、離開自己的母校時(shí)，同時(shí)你也將離開你昔日的好友（如果你們大學(xué)不是同一所學(xué)校時(shí)）。的確，離別是一件非常悲傷的事情，但是這是每個(gè)人一定會經(jīng)歷的一個(gè)人生階段。大學(xué)生活中也并不是每一件事都能如你所愿，或許生活對你太有挑戰(zhàn)，或許你交不到好的朋友，或許你的學(xué)業(yè)成績不理想，但這些都沒關(guān)系。這就是大學(xué)，而大學(xué)生活從來都不是簡單的。

最后我想對大家說，一定要有明確的方向，時(shí)刻清楚自己的目標(biāo)。不僅大學(xué)申請如此，人生也是如此。希望大家都不會為自己的選擇而后悔，同時(shí)也祝大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)和生活一切都順利。