There are great differences between Chinese and American universities. Many students choose to go to American universities to receive different education.
So what are the differences between Chinese and American college admission systems?
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1. The Number of schools to apply for Admission to Chinese universities is based on batch admission. Students can only receive admission letters.
If students choose to refuse, they have to retake the gaokao the next year and strive for their dream university for another year.
When applying to American colleges, students can submit their applications to multiple schools, typically six to eight with the help of a counselor.
Students can choose schools according to their abilities and submit application materials.
After receiving multiple offers, students can choose their favorite college from multiple offers.
2. School and individual audit time in China, the audit time is relatively short, a number of universities according to the archiving line to obtain student archives.
The U.S. audit cycle is relatively long, about four months.
3. Admission Criteria In the admission process of Chinese universities, the gaokao is the only criterion.
There are many criteria for admission to American universities, including language scores (TOEFL/IELTS), personal statements, letters of recommendation, transcripts, and bonus points (competition awards, sports terms, etc.).
, as well as student leadership and social concern.
4. Tuition and living expenses in China are about 15,000 yuan per year.
Studying in the United States costs about 350,000 to 400,000 yuan per year.
5. Undergraduate Transfer mechanism There is no transfer mechanism in China.
In the United States, students can transfer from mediocre universities to very good schools.
Starting this year, all Ivy League schools are accepting transfer students.
U.S. presidents, Kennedy, Obama and Trump all have transfer education experience.
2. Differences in College Entrance Examination Systems between China and the United States 1. Differences in Content The college entrance examination in the United States is conducted by private organizations, mainly by private organizations.
I, ACT, etc.
The SATI IS A REASONING TEST THAT TESTS STUDENTS ‘VERBAL AND MATHEMATICAL REASONING SKILLS.
Mathematics. Standard written English writing.
SATII is an academic achievement test (AT), written jointly.
Literature. American Historical and Social Studies.
Students can choose 15 exam subjects, such as European history and Social studies, according to their own circumstances.
The purpose of academic performance tests is to evaluate students’ cognitive and analytical abilities, not to test knowledge.
ACT It is a multiple choice test with four sections: English Grammar.
Math. Social Science Reading tests.
The science reading test covers all educational content and society in middle school.
Knowledge of life.
In addition, you will need to fill out your personal information and answer the ACT Interest Questionnaire.
Chinese college entrance examination of arts and sciences branch for a long time, liberal arts language.
Number. External. History. Politics.
Geography 6, science exam language.
Number. Outside. Physics. Chemistry.
Biological biological phylum.
By 2018, it is basically determined that in 3018, +X will be the main college entrance examination subject setting pattern, Chinese.
Mathematics. Foreign language is the three compulsory courses, including foreign language can have two chances of examination.
2. Structural differences (1) Examination organization system.
Acas is made up of private testing agencies, college admissions boards, or admissions offices.
The private examination institution is an independent non-profit social intermediary institution, which deals with relevant business issues by itself in the process of examination implementation, and is not subject to government intervention.
The examination is specifically organized and managed by colleges and universities, which have absolute autonomy in enrollment.
At present, the college entrance examination is a centralized and unified examination management mode.
The Examinations Authority of the Ministry of Education is a directly affiliated institution designated by the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education and the provincial-level institutions directly affiliated with the Ministry of Education undertake special duties and tasks of educational examinations, and have some administrative functions.
The admission committees of ordinary colleges and universities set up by the municipal and county people’s governments together constitute the organizational system of China’s college entrance examination.
(2) Type of examination structure.
The structural type of college entrance examination refers to the combination state and proportion relationship between various kinds of college entrance examination in a country at the same level.
For a long time, our college entrance examination has been unified enrollment.
Unified examination. Unified admission method.
Although after continuous reform in recent years, some universities have certain independent enrollment rights and proposition rights, but this right is limited to some majors, independent enrollment also has a quota limit, accounting for 5% of the planned enrollment, cannot constitute an independent type of examination.
Therefore, generally speaking, our country’s college entrance examination structure type is relatively single.
This type of structure can fully reflect the authority of the examination, save the examination cost, make full use of the limited educational resources of the country;
The disadvantage is not conducive to the realization of the equality of educational opportunities, affect the fairness of the examination.
The organizers of the American College Entrance Exam are two private organizations.
It operates independently, is responsible for its own profits and losses, the same nature, in competition with each other to survive and develop.
To sum up, various factors contribute to the parallel (competitive) examination structure of different private examinations and college independent admission examinations in the United States.
3. College entrance examination is the link between secondary education and higher education.
For higher education, it has the function of selection;
For secondary education, it has the function of supervision and evaluation.
The American College Entrance Examination focuses on students’ ability to learn, and has little to do with the content of secondary education.
The SAT and ACT tests are not designed to demonstrate past academic performance.
It only serves as a reference for recruiting new students to higher education, which makes the American college entrance examination system under selection.
Supervision and other basic functions are not obvious.
China’s college entrance examination is not only more prominent than other countries in the selection function, but also has a very obvious impact on secondary education, which is also an important reason why the college entrance examination has become a baton to promote examination education.
Differences in Education between Chinese and American Universities 1. Different Requirements for Students The admission criteria of Chinese universities are the gaokao scores.
The only way to get into university is to do very well in the gaokao, Chinese students can only receive admission letters, once they are accepted, they will not be admitted to other schools.
However, the criteria for selecting students in American universities are not only grades. There are also many bonus points, such as volunteer activities, awards in sports or other competitions, and the display of personal skills, which can be your bonus points.
What’s more, American universities can apply to and receive multiple offers from multiple schools.
As long as they can meet the requirements of the schools they apply to, they will be accepted by several schools and then choose the final school they want to choose.
2. Different Choice of Major Once a Chinese university student has been admitted and decided on a school, the student must choose a major before entering the university.
Once they choose well, it’s hard to change.
If you want to change your major, you need to meet many requirements.
In fact, very few students can change to other majors in the final results.
In addition, China divides high schools into arts and sciences.
Once chosen, many majors are limited when it comes to choosing a major in college.
There are corresponding majors and science majors for liberal arts students, and very few liberal arts and science majors.
American college students do not have arts and sciences, many students do not choose a fixed major in the first year.
They should take some basic courses first and then choose their major carefully in their sophomore or junior year.
It is also easy for American college students to change majors, but they need to communicate with the corresponding management teachers before they can directly change majors.
American undergraduates place great emphasis on “general education” : in a modern pluralistic society, educators provide knowledge and values between different groups.
In the United States, graduate education is primarily professional.
In addition, students have just graduated from high school and are not very clear about their abilities and future study, so I hope to let students enter the university, have a process of adaptation, learning, understanding, and then choose their favorite major.
Most universities in China only have compulsory courses, that is to say, as long as you choose a major, all the courses set by the university for this major need to be studied and completed.
At the same time, students need to obtain some qualifications, the examination of these qualifications sometimes requires students to sign up for classes.
The school measures whether a student will receive a diploma or degree based on their test scores.
Courses in the United States are divided into compulsory courses and optional courses.
In addition to professional knowledge, students can also use the curriculum resources of the school to develop their own interests and hobbies, without conflict with the major.
The school uses the credit system to manage and measure students’ learning, not only the test scores, but also the usual attendance, homework completion, group cooperation project scores, etc., can be used to evaluate students.
The credit system is also a feature of American universities.
Each subject is evaluated by credit.
As long as you have enough credits and make the grade, you can graduate over time.
4. Different management methods for students In fact, the student management mode of Chinese universities is not very different from that of middle and high schools.
After enrollment, students will be divided into one, two and three classes according to their major. Except for some general large courses, which will group several classes together, other major courses will also be small classes.
Each small class still has a monitor, class representative, and other positions.
A mentor is the equivalent of a head teacher.
In general, one major, one tutor or one large class, that is, three or four small classes have one tutor.
Students in the same dormitory are generally in the same grade and major.
There is no American college “class.”
One of the main bases for bonding among American college students is the dorm room.
People who live in the same room are often good friends in the future.
Because there are no classes, people who live in the same dorm often choose different majors, such as chemistry or music.
Because most college dormitories are for freshmen and sophomores only, people who live in the same dorm usually break up by the third year, and some can continue to look for housing off campus, while others can move back home.
There are also many schools where the housing rules are reorganized every year, because all students move out of the dorm during the summer and return to the dorm after the summer, not necessarily the same dorm friends.
Besides the dormitory, participating in various student clubs is also an important way to strengthen the mutual contact between students.
There are a variety of fraternities, sororities, and interest groups on campus.
Joining these student groups can not only meet the needs of extracurricular activities, but also be an important way to friendship.
5. Different Emphasis on practice Although Chinese universities have always encouraged students to participate in practice, in fact, students do not have many opportunities to participate in relevant practical activities.
There are almost no courses in the senior year, which are usually set up for students to participate in practical activities, but most Chinese students begin to prepare for papers, postgraduate entrance exams, job hunting, qualifications, etc.
Schools offer few valuable practical opportunities.
So many students are faced with a very embarrassing situation after they fail the graduation or postgraduate entrance examination.
American universities attach great importance to practice.
The university not only has research resources for students to use, but also cooperates with some enterprises to provide corresponding practical opportunities for students in corresponding majors.
Some majors even advocate trading practical experience for credits in specialized courses.
The more choices students have, the more enthusiastic they are, the more well-rounded they will be.
