Three things to do before studying abroad and choosing a school

Studying abroad is not only as simple as taking an examination of a pilot procedure for going abroad, but also giving them advice based on their own personal experience and knowledge. Here are three things to do before studying abroad and choosing a school.

Psychological barriers: Are children really suitable for studying abroad?

Studying abroad at one's own expense is not only about having the opportunity and funds. Whether your child is suitable for studying abroad is the most important thing to consider in advance. After parents decide to send their children to study abroad, they should first find a qualified psychological counseling institution and give them psychological tests, instead of going to the study agency or their relatives and friends abroad. This has two purposes: one is to see whether your child is suitable for a person to cross the ocean and live independently in personality and psychological quality. If the test results show that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, it is best to give up the plan to let your children study abroad. For example, some children have poor communication skills and cannot actively communicate with others at home. After going abroad, they will easily feel lonely, affect their study and life, and even fail to survive, so they have to give up halfway and return to China early. Others have weak self-control. If such children go abroad without parental restraint, they will easily get into bad habits. They are tired of learning and do illegal things seriously, and the consequences are unimaginable. Second, if the test results show that the child has some problems, but they are not enough to affect his study and life in a completely unfamiliar environment abroad, then parents should ask psychologists what problems the child has and what to pay attention to, and learn some basic adjustment methods for a rainy day. In short, parents must be cautious when sending their children abroad to study, which is especially important for parents of younger children who are going to send their children out to high school.

Now, more and more families and schools in China attach importance to the practice of psychological testing before studying abroad. Many universities have to do strict psychological tests before sending students to the public, and those who fail the psychological tests are determined not to send them, which fully shows the importance of psychological tests.

Career evaluation: a positive prediction of children's future

What are the students studying abroad after finishing high school? Faced with such an important choice in life, many people have a vague choice of major and have no clear plan for what career they want to pursue in the future. They either choose the most popular major at the moment or follow their parents' arrangement. One of the main reasons for this problem is that students themselves or their parents don't understand their children's hobbies.

Studying abroad is a high-cost investment. If children are not interested in their major of studying abroad, it will inevitably affect their academic performance. Poor academic performance will also affect his future career choice after graduation. Even if he finds a job after graduation, he may not be able to engage in a career he doesn't like all day. It's like dominoes. If a piece falls, it will cause a chain reaction. In the future, it will not only waste parents' money, but also be very unfavorable for children's future development. Therefore, parents who are going to send their children to study abroad, after their children pass the psychological test, the next thing to do is to take their children to a professional institution for a career evaluation. Career evaluation is a method to understand various psychological characteristics related to personal career. In short, it is to measure and evaluate some basic psychological characteristics of people through a series of scientific means, such as ability and quality, personality characteristics and so on. And through the evaluation, analyze the various characteristics of children, and then help children choose a career, and finally choose the one whose personality best matches the career. In layman's terms, it is to see what children are suitable for in the future. Vocational assessment rose in the western developed countries in the 1920s. American children must receive at least one career assessment in high school, and experts will guide students' college majors and future careers according to career assessment techniques. This practice is very worthy of our reference.

Careful choice of intermediary: the first step to study abroad.

The third step after psychological test and career evaluation is to choose an intermediary service agency for studying abroad. Now most people choose intermediaries to send their children to study abroad at their own expense, saving time and effort and detours. However, from what I have contacted, seen and learned about going abroad through study abroad agents in recent years, the quality of study abroad agents is very important, which is directly related to the first step and the basic development trend of international students going abroad. Those international students sent by reputable and good service agencies are the boosters for their study and development abroad. On the other hand, many international students sent out through intermediaries with poor reputation and poor service, and even the services of intermediaries have problems, which may affect their studies, or the road to studying abroad may be broken.

In recent years, it is not uncommon to study abroad because the intermediary service is not in place and even deceived by bad intermediaries. The Ministry of Education often issues early warnings about studying abroad, some of which are caused by foreign schools and some are caused by domestic study abroad agencies. For example, a warning issued by the Ministry of Education a few years ago pointed out: "According to my overseas students, they are studying in a' preparatory class' in a foreign university. After a year of language and professional courses and passing the exam, he failed to enter the professional department, but he was required to register in the distance education institution of the university; After that, some international students went to the university for' preparatory classes' through six study abroad intermediary service agencies, including Beijing xx, Shanghai xx, Zhengzhou xx, Shandong xx and Jilin xx. In fact, this' preparatory class' project was suspended as early as two years ago. When verifying the student registration materials, the school also found that the relevant registration materials were also forged by a local foreign Chinese. " From this official and authoritative study abroad warning, we can clearly see that the "preparatory classes" provided by study abroad intermediary services for international students have long been closed by foreign universities. To put it mildly, domestic intermediary service agencies for studying abroad have at least the responsibility to verify the inaccuracy, and the impact on international students is obvious.

Therefore, parents must choose those intermediary service agencies for studying abroad with large scale, long operation time and high social credibility, which hold qualification certificates issued by relevant state departments. The advantages of choosing this kind of intermediary service organization are: first, it can tailor a feasible study abroad plan for international students with many years of experience and lay a solid foundation for their future study abroad career; Second, after years of operation, they have established good relations with many well-known foreign universities and can provide the most direct and accurate consulting services, which is especially important for those students who have excellent academic performance and are ready to study abroad. They can help international students apply for famous foreign universities relatively smoothly.