“北外国际伦敦私人办公室”首推项目CampusMate有啥妙东东？

在儿子看来，CampusMate与名校招生官讲座或者毕业生分享最大的不同在于它的互动性。...



上文讲到“北外国际伦敦私人办公室”推出了CampusMate项目，儿子作为体验者，在和他的那位把剑桥、UCL、牛津神经科学专业读了个遍的campus mate首次交流之后，马不停蹄地写了一篇反思。第一次交流的主题是英国大学的校园生活。





说、写、记、听... CampusMate进行中

我特别好奇的是CampusMate这个项目，和名校招生官或者毕业生到我们某个学校做讲座和分享有什么不同？这样的活动儿子从高一到现在已经参加了很多，所以，他会有一个很好的比较。

儿子的反思我就意译一下，他认为最重要的收获反映在四个层面：第一是确认，强化了他对英国大学已经了解的一些信息；第二是确定了大学给予学生的强大支持系统；第三是纠正了他的一些错误认知；第四是提供了一些拓展信息。

以上这些都有特别具体的例子来佐证，虽然看似很细节，但非常真实，比大道理有说服力，难以在学校的网站上体会到，甚至短期浸入式体验也未必可以真正触碰到。

在儿子看来，CampusMate与名校招生官讲座或者毕业生分享最大的不同在于它的互动性，使他感到对方变得有人情味，特别能在精神上给吃定心丸。

我相信随着后面交流的展开，他还会提到个性化、精准性和启发性，因为问题都是他提出来的，且都是围绕神经科学，对方经过本科、硕士和博士的修炼，肯定能以自身的体验给他在这一领域的探索提供思路，这比泛泛而谈要有用得多。

期待他们的第二次沟通！

Majorgains

1. Confirmations: The session has reinforcedsome of my knowledge of Oxbridge/British University life, e.g. the collegiatesystem, the workload and the length of a semester.
2. Reassurance of a supportivecommunity: Shehas described how supportive the college peers, the librarians and theuniversity system in general are. Such reassurance may seem trivial on abroader view, but it is nevertheless spiritually aiding. It would ease thefear one may have for studying in a British university.
3. Correction of misconceptions: She corrected my tremendousmisunderstanding of the tutorial system through providing details rather thangiving general statements.
4. Extended information: She provided somemind-blowing information on aspects of university life that I was particularlycurious/ignorant about. For instance, she described to me how universitystudents actually use the library (emphasis on difference between art studentsand science students), and how the sports activities are organised.

I believe that reason behindthese gains (i.e. the difference between this session and a lecture done by analumni) is its interactive nature. The interactivity humanises thespeaker, and hence enables the pupil to become mentally reassured foruniversity life. It has also enabled the pupil to correct misconceptions anddevelop a wholesome knowledge of the subject by posing questions and confirmingthe answers by paraphrasing.

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