2022 National Day Golden Week is approaching, and the application season for overseas universities is approaching again. For some students and parents, how to make good use of the National Day holiday and choose a good target school for themselves or their children is a very realistic problem.
In the last application season, the author summarized and analyzed the data of ARWU\QS\USNews\THE World University Rankings. That round of analysis confirmed an issue that has not been paid much attention to by students and parents for a long time but has objectively existed. What's the problem with
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ARWU\QS\USNEWS\THE There are always points suppression in each list. How to suppress points in
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① ARWU list (soft science) gives Hong Kong universities and Singapore universities not very friendly;
② QS list clearly lowers the destination of potential international students of Commonwealth University - American universities;
③ USNews list in turn attaches more importance to local American universities, but its practice is not as explicit as the QS list;
④ THE list actually tends to be more intentional or unintentionally towards Commonwealth countries, but its approach is more moderate than that of the QS method.
The conclusion drawn through analysis is that Ivy League schools and G5 are not considered the top prestigious schools. Only Niu Jian can be considered the top prestigious schools in G5, and a considerable number of schools in Ivy League schools cannot rank among the top prestigious schools.
In a blink of an eye, it is the 2022-2023 application season again. What kind of upgrades will be given to students and parents in the summary and research on the rankings of major world universities?
mainly has two items:
: First, ARWU\QS\USNews\THE World University Rankings have been updated and need to be followed up; second, considering that the literature contribution between schools is relatively weak, SCImago data has been added.
Methodology, the author continues the rules of the summary analysis of the previous application season:
removes the highest and lowest values of the above-mentioned university on the fifth list, and then determines the specific ranking of the university based on the average of the remaining values.
results are shown in the table below. When you are looking for a job and going to school in China (will talk about it later):
①The top 123 universities in the table below are generally recognized as world-class universities (not the same as most domestic double first-class universities. Domestic double first-class universities refer to world-class construction universities);
②The universities with a comprehensive score of less than 20 in the table below, that is, universities with UW-Seattle (inclusive) or above, are generally recognized as quasi-world top universities;
③The universities with a comprehensive score of less than 10 in the table below, that is, Harvard\Stanford\MIT\Cambridge\Oxford\Caltech These six universities are generally recognized as world-class universities.
The undergraduate students of these six universities have less than , Tsinghua and Peking University every year. If you can win, you will naturally be the most popular.
The table above will be more reference value for students and parents.
But whether we choose a university or major, is it meaningful to just focus on the school’s comprehensive ranking?
makes sense, but not meaningful.
If it is the six top universities mentioned in the previous article, it will have a great significance; if it is the last thirteen top universities mentioned in the previous article (Thirteen Taishang Insurance), the effect will be relatively smaller; if it is the first-class universities after these thirteen, it will have a much more meaningful thinking about why applicants are crowded.
What to think about?
①What are the benefits of a good school location?
same ranking, municipal schools are always more fragrant than village schools. In municipal schools, you can start from the school dormitory for internships or employment opportunities. Village schools, such as American village schools, it is not uncommon to see employers when driving a 1-2-hour car.
However, in some study abroad destination countries, there are few opportunities for internships and employment, which is a relatively purely educational factory. So don’t consider this factor, because it doesn’t make sense to consider it.
② Is the salary return of the major you are studying good?
Things are difficult at the beginning, and for international students, it is mainly whether they can extend OPT.
OPTh temporarily allows international students holding a U.S. visa to work for up to 12 months in areas related to their major.
and a student who obtains a certain degree in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) has an additional 24 months of work extension, called OPT extension.
. For returning to China to find a job, there are also problems with the pros and cons of professionalism, but the main thing is not to go to the "sky pit" major (unless you are studying for a doctorate), so I won't go into the topic here.
③What is the point of specializing in the process of keeping as much as possible?
In recent years, leading companies have recruited overseas students. The changes when they first screened their resumes are: after reading the comprehensive ranking, they are looking at the special ranking.
You will see interesting phenomena, such as Gatech and CMU are less than the top 50 in the table above, but school enrollment is very popular! In addition to the reason for the good geographical location mentioned above, the good special queue is also an important reason. The two factors of
are superimposed on each other, making them very popular in the employment market, and are even no less than the employment of the world's top universities listed above.
So, the advice we give to students is to ensure the 100% level of comprehensive ranking (that is, the 123 schools above) and the 100% level of special ranking as much as possible.
For example, although LSE is not in a high overall ranking (because the subjects are relatively concentrated), it is a big shot among economic and economic management universities. The difficulty of applying is actually comparable to that of quasi-top universities.
④What impact does employment and immigration policies have?
has a great impact! Let’s go back to the table above, what have you noticed? Aoba is really cheap (easy to apply for) and good quality (good ranking)! Why is this happening with
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is mainly related to internship and employment.
Rukewen , Australia's employment and immigration policies are much more relaxed than now, so the quality of international student sources in Australia is also relatively firm. After Kewen Rudd's relationship with the relevant policies changed drastically. When studying in Australia, most of them went back and forth. For high-quality students in China, the Australian Ba went from fragrant to less fragrant.
⑤ Will it become more and more difficult to return to China to find employment?
The purpose of many people studying abroad is not entirely to learn cultural knowledge, but to get paid by foreigners. When it became a common phenomenon to obtain an identity no matter where you are, international students had to return to China to look for jobs.
According to the supply and demand relationship, it will be predictable that in the future, domestic enterprises with good performance and a large number of undergraduate and doctoral students who graduated from world-class universities will not be rare. In the labor market, the education level of intravolume will be even more powerful.
⑥ Do you also look at the comprehensive ranking when you are employed abroad?
The above content is a scenario where you assume that you have returned to China and have a preliminary screening of your resume. If you find a job abroad in the future, please do not use this article as a guide for action.
For example, if you are employed in the United States, you will have a little "impression" except for the world's top university employers. Specialized project rankings (US rather than foreign) and excellent internships and work experience are more valued by employers. Remember!
To sum up, when choosing a target school for yourself or for your children, you should comprehensively consider your study abroad intention in light of personal standardized indicators, rather than relying on the world university rankings of a certain company, otherwise you will suffer a great loss.
