2023 White Paper on Studying in China Choosing to study abroad stems from a love for the English lan

Mondo Technology Updated on 2024-01-28

"There are many different reasons for studying abroad, but if I think about it, my desire to study abroad began with my love for the English language. In Qide Education's "2023 Study Abroad in China***", Lauren said, "Because I have loved expression since I was a child, I have also participated in many English competitions, speech competitions, etc., and won many awards large and small. When I was in my third year of high school, my parents suddenly relented and agreed to study abroad, but now I think about it as unreal as a dream. Because I was an only child since I was a child, my parents protected me a lot, and they were not worried about the safety of my own life abroad, but in the end, my parents decided to let go and respect my choice and support me to follow my own path. “

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Taking into account both ideals and reality, I chose epidemiology

I also have a lot to share about choosing infectious disease as my major. The epidemic broke out in my third year of high school, the most important year of my life, and during the period of online classes at home, the confusion about future planning and the powerlessness of the current situation gave birth to a lot of life thinking. First of all, I strongly agree that in every upheaval of social upheaval, there must be a treasure hidden - new opportunities. We stand on the cusp of destiny with our sails, and we must seize the opportunity in the wind and rain and climb the mast to see the oasis in the distance. And the epidemic, which has been at the top of the hot list for several years, is the treasure I want to discover. I have been interested in biomedical chemistry since I was a child, and the outbreak of the epidemic brought the sub-direction of infectious diseases to me.

As I learned more about the pandemic, I realized how small the power of human beings is and how slow the world is to respond to the pandemic. I began to ask myself constantly: where is the future (money) of the industry?What can I do?(Am I qualified enough) Will the major be too niche to face employment problems?I think I am an ideal and realistic person, and naturally I am not so noble that I can only open my eyes when I read my doctorate and find that I have lost touch with the needs of society. In the midst of this collapsed chaos, I found a glimmer of light - the world** and society's attention to the field of infectious diseases that has been invested and will continue to be invested for a long time - this is the way I am looking for the theory to monetize!The love of the profession, the prospects of the industry, the goal of the college, I jumped on the sailing ship of this era, although there are wind and waves, but the current sailing condition is good!

Calmly deal with various challenges and fight monsters to level up

Of course, the challenges that will be presented to me in the future will not be solved overnight by me, a rookie who has just set sail. Due to one of the common characteristics of foreign universities - students of the same major do not have a fixed class, and there is no class teacher and counselor to manage your Xi planning, resulting in my little lone sail in the Atlantic Ocean for a long time to find a partner to sail with you. On the one hand, I hate to blend in with the crowd, and on the other hand, the lack of classmates in the same major makes me occasionally wonder if I have chosen the right major, because infectious diseases is still a major that cannot be found at the undergraduate level of domestic universities (there is preventive medicine in domestic undergraduates, but the direction and degree of refinement are different) Coupled with the high degree of freedom in course selection at the University of Sydney - even my major course has a lot of students from all over the world, different fields, and different ages, which makes me even more skeptical of my major. But at the same time, I also know that the more specialized the field, the fewer peers, which may mean fewer employment opportunities, but at the same time, it also represents the irreplaceability of industry talents. This is also the reason why I rejected the business and IT majors chosen by many international students when choosing a major.

On the one hand, I didn't have a sense of integration into the new school at all, and on the other hand, my friends of the same age had their own new social circles, and my mentality of staring at the computer at home alone was easy to collapse. So as soon as the borders of Australia were opened, I immediately packed my bags and flew to Sydney. 2022 is a year of good luck at the beginning of the year, I have experienced a special experience (the children who grew up in the army have a hardcore mentality, and they have moved to schools no less than ten times since they were young) plus the seniors in Sydney helped me pick me up, took me to adapt to the environment, and even helped me contact the landlord, I was very lucky to take a small root in this strange foreign soil. This is one of the reasons why I joined the Kai Tak Peace of Mind Program as a counsellor, and I understand how important it is for international students to be shocked and adapt to a new environment.

Since then, my 2022 has been like a hanging, maybe I myself am the kind of person who needs a sense of participation and value, and I have made a group of friends from all over the world at various school activities in Sydney, and until now we are also good friends with each other, and we will have time to get together and talk about life. This is what I repeatedly emphasized during the sharing sessions and chatting with students: participate in school activities, meet friends who are at a similar stage of life, and quickly build a new social circle in a new environment!Australia is not a country with a lot of cultural attractions or entertainment facilities, even in the most developed Sydney, but the natural scenery is beautiful, which also gives me the opportunity to show my strength when I have loved nature and outdoor sports since I was a child. When I have time, I ask friends to go to the beach, to climb mountains, to hike, to go stargazing, I let myself out of nature, and over the course of a year I find that I have gradually cured my Xi of excessive anxiety. I also often joke with my parents in ** that I have a good life, how can I be homesick.

Actively look for job opportunities

After settling in to Sydney for a semester, I also started looking for various job opportunities. At first, I submitted my resume to several research centers and dental and eye centers in Sydney, but the reply I got was that the applicants were full but I would be considered in the talent pool. In the end, I decided to work hard first in my spare time, so I chose the University of Sydney subway, within 10min walk from home and school, three points and one line, the salary is average but enough to improve the quality of life for myself, the biggest advantage of this job is that the time is highly abundant, I send my free time to the manager every week, the manager will give me a shift as appropriate, if there are a lot of homework exams recently, I will not work for a week or two, after all, studying abroad is still based on my own studies, do not put the cart before the horse!

After working part-time at Subway for a semester, I have local work experience in Australia (the simple and complicated hospitality industry is no longer as high as mine). I applied for a job as a Holiday Casual Sales Assistant at Priceline (a local drugstore chain in Australia) and my salary was 15 times (Meizizi). In the interview for this job, I noticed that the manager values my local work experience in Australia the most, because this work experience can better explain my language skills, team coordination skills, etc. So the jobs (pure laborers) who worked in the subway, those obscure times, are lighting the way ahead. In fact, I don't dare to say that this job at Priceline is a reflection of my ability, after all, they are usually very cumbersome in recruiting **, and the main reason why I successfully landed on the shore is that I urgently need to hire people during the holiday, but how can I speculate is not a kind of ability (laughs).

I proved to the manager that I was able to work at the end of the holiday, and I was able to stay in the company without being cut at the end of the shift. Coincidentally, just as I was writing this manuscript today, a dental center that had submitted my resume half a year ago contacted me and asked if I was still interested in the position and invited me to participate in the interviewOr maybe my professional skills are not very strong?All gave me an answer today. In a simple phone chat with my manager, I realized that they were more interested in my professional relevance and my Xi experience in the laboratories of Fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies in China. Although this job is further away from home and the salary is not very ideal, I think I will still seize this new opportunity and start a new voyage if I have the opportunity!

Because of the particularity of my major, practitioners need to have a high-quality professional level (medical science, human biology, etc., if you want to make some innovative achievements in your own industry, a doctorate is the starting threshold), plus I am about to graduate from the undergraduate level, so I currently plan to apply for a master's degree in a European country first. Of course, I also made it a plan B to stay in Australia, because it is relatively easier for us to apply for graduate school. But my main consideration is that on the one hand, I can travel to several countries while I am young and have no worries, and a few more experiences are treasures for me, and on the other hand, there are economic factors - education in European countries is almost free, and in some countries there is a considerable salary for a doctorate, which is not inferior to my already employed partners, and it will be more conducive for me to devote myself to studying Xi if the economic aspect is solved.

There are so many more I want to talk to you about, such as how I marketed myself to get three work experiences during the half-year gap between graduating from high school and waiting for the start of the school year, how I dragged my suitcase to a new city to open a pharmaceutical company Xi laboratory during the summer vacation of more than a month, and how I paved the way for myself during the rebellious and awkward time......The time of an article is too short, I hope to have the opportunity to chat with all the outstanding juniors!

At the end of the article, I wish every younger student who is or is preparing to study abroad, nervous or anxious little souls, can build your own warship and set sail, I know that no wind and no waves is not a good thing to celebrate, so I wish you all to ride the wind and waves!Overcoming obstacles!

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