外滩画报——外滩教育 | 2014-8-27
撰稿人 莫书莹 等
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新华网北京8月12日电(记者丁静)中国学生申请美国大学有哪些误区?16位来自美国知名文理学院的招生官11日在北京举行的“2013美国顶尖文理学院中国巡展”上,接受了关于留学申请的咨询,指出中国学生在申请美国大学时需要注意5个事项。
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Universities in the US remain the top choice for Chinese students, but in recent years, liberal arts colleges have overcome their smaller statures and reputations to attract an increasing number of Chinese students.
The China Liberal Arts College Tour, an event which connects liberal arts college admissions officers to prospective students, is seeing more Chinese students from Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan in Hubei Province interested in these schools.
Xu Yining, one of the organizers of the event, graduated from Grinnell College in Iowa in 2009 and started organizing the tour in 2010.
"We see a gradually increasing number of Chinese people - high school students, parents and high school staff - who are interested in liberal arts colleges," Xu said.
This year, the tour invited 16 colleges, and has received more than 600 online applications for college interviews as of August 3. "The number of applications doubled compared with 2012," Xu said. "2013 is really a big year for us."
Du Yanjing, another organizer of the event, pointed out that Chinese students, parents and advisors were not very familiar with the appeal of a liberal arts education in previous years. "But now their enthusiasm is surprising us," Du said.
"Take Carlton College as an example," Du continued. "It got only 60 applications from the Chinese mainland in 2004, but the number is more than 500 in 2013." ......
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