Experience of past experience: It is not easy to graduate on time from the University of Macau (photo)

If you ask mainland students why they want to go to university in Macau, 90% of them will answer: Macau universities are different from domestic universities and have a strong European flavor. Studying here can experience European education and culture. . In addition, it is estimated that the university in this small city is easy to get in and out, so it should be a good place to get a degree.

In fact, when these mainland students stayed in Macau universities for a year or two, they knew they were wrong! It is not easy to get a diploma from the University of Macau. If you don’t work hard, study hard, or get bad grades, the school will never let you go! Take our school as an example: The school recruited 23 mainland students that year, but only 8 students could graduate on time, and the rest had to repeat. The graduation rate for mainland students was only 34%.

How to successfully graduate? You might as well look at the successful experiences of those who have passed it.

Good interpersonal relationships will get twice the result with half the effort

“Finally graduated!” Li Yan threw her graduation cap into the air with all her strength, and then hugged her roommates and classmates who came to congratulate her. together. Good interpersonal relationships enabled her to receive enthusiastic help from teachers and classmates in her study and life, and she happily enjoyed her four years of study.

Li Yan entered our school as a supplementary student. After arriving in Macau, she was surprised to find that the living habits of the two places were completely different. For example, the dormitory where Li Yan lives is a suite (two bedrooms and one living room) rented by the school outside the campus. Due to her late arrival, three girls have already moved into the house: a Dutchman, a Swedish girl and a Chinese girl Huang Jingjing. Unfortunately, Li Yan has to live in the same room as the Dutchman who does not understand Chinese. At the beginning, the atmosphere was extremely dull. After class, the four girls took turns taking turns to use the kitchen and open the washing machine. Due to the language barrier, the girls never sat together to eat or watch TV, let alone chat. But Li Yan remembers the motto of "relying on friends when going out". On the one hand, she calls to ask how to make Cantonese soup and stir-fry Cantonese food; on the other hand, she often shamelessly talks to her roommates in non-standard English (even if the roommates cannot understand her) She speaks English), and whenever she has time, she invites her roommates to try her cooking. In less than a month, the three roommates had been "bought" by Li Yan, and the four of them became like a family. Whoever returns to the dormitory first gets to cook the meal first. On weekends, they either go shopping or clean together. Foreign roommates often help her with English lessons.

In addition, Li Yan has a good relationship with her classmates and professors in various subjects. When the free study group first started, Macau students refused to "take in" Li Yan because of the poor English proficiency of mainland students, so Li Yan recommended herself to the group leaders: "Let me join your group. I'm very good at math." Yes, I am also good at history. I can help with the World Heritage homework. Although my English is not good, I have two foreigners as roommates and the dormitory is big. You can come to my dormitory to discuss the problem. You don’t have to worry about finding a place to study.” After joining the group, Li Yan often used her extracurricular time to find information, discuss with group members, and ask for advice, so that she could “definitely help.” Li Yan's performance has changed the impression of Macao students on mainland students. More and more local students are willing to try to study with a group of mainland students. Through this kind of cooperation, Li Yan's academic performance has also improved a lot.

When Macao students encounter an assignment they don’t understand or think the teacher gave a wrong grade, they are used to talking to the teacher directly, but mainland students are shy and afraid of approaching teachers. Often after a semester, professors cannot even name most mainland students. "If when I face you or your paper, I can't even remember your name or even doubt whether you are my student, then I have the right to question your learning attitude or ability!" A British teacher once said this. Therefore, when the grades of these mainland students are between passing and failing, they will unfortunately be "sacrificed". And Li Yan, like those Macau students, often goes to the teacher's office to ask questions. At the end of the semester, the teacher not only remembered Li Yan, but their group’s homework also ranked first in the class! Four years passed quickly, and it was natural that Li Yan, who had a good relationship with her roommates, classmates, and teachers, graduated on time.

When you encounter a "low tide", you must know how to persevere

Life will not be smooth sailing, and the same is true for studying abroad. When you encounter difficulties and want to give up, only by persevering and quickly finding a solution to the problem can you overcome the "low tide" and see the dawn of victory.

My classmate BEN’s “low point” started in the first class of the first semester. BEN initially chose the hotel management major because of his parents' advice, but after arriving at school, he discovered that this major required students to learn Western cooking and financial management!

He didn’t know how to cook at all, but the first lesson was about Western cooking, and the teacher was an old Swiss man who only spoke English and French. BEN's Chinese English can't cope with class at all, just like a deaf-mute learning vocal music. The teacher said please take out the kitchen knife, and BEN took out the meat knife and cut the potatoes. The teacher asked him to cut the potatoes into shreds, but BEN "accidentally" heard that he wanted to cut them into chunks. Finally, the teacher reminded: There are many differences between Western food and Chinese food, such as how to make soup. Western food pays attention to the concentration of the soup, so it is usually boiled out of the air and oil in the soup over slow fire. The teacher asked him: "You can't make a mistake by using low heat to make soup, right?" After answering "OK", he turned the heat to high, because he thought he wanted to boil the soup until it boils like Cantonese people do. Soak until soaked. Looking at the teacher's face that was red with anger, BEN was really mute and couldn't tell the story of the pain of eating Coptis chinensis.

"If you don't understand, just go and learn tourism management." My parents persuaded me distressedly. The idea of ????avoiding cooking classes and changing majors came naturally, but when he thought that if he wanted to change majors, he would have to repeat a year and repeat a year, BEN hesitated. "If you can't pass the language barrier, you won't be able to keep up in any major!" After two days of ideological struggle, BEN made up his mind to persevere. He first went to the Swiss teacher to ask how he could quickly understand his class (of course he needed to bring a translator), then he got the courseware that the teacher used during class, and then used a cassette recorder to record all the teacher's lectures, and then went online at night Find words you didn't understand in the morning and related pictures and content. Huangtian paid off. After half a year of hard work, he was finally able to put aside the electronic dictionary and enjoy listening to lectures. In the next three years of study, BEN used the same method to study, especially in science subjects (accounting and finance, etc.). He gradually found that the courses became easier and more attractive.

Internship before graduation

Choose excellent large companies

Internships play an important role in college career, because the selection of internship units is directly related to future employment prospects. Where to go. For international students, after completing their studies, they can stay in the local area to work or intern for one to two years. Excellent internship units can provide good job positions. Here are two good examples:

When Li Yan was choosing an internship unit, she chose a global chain of five purely American-funded hotels for internship. Although the internship fee is only 500 yuan per month, Li Yan likes that it allows interns to take turns working in the reservation department, front office department and housekeeping department. "This way I can find the position that suits me best." Li Yan is confident. After half a year, Li Yan not only accumulated experience in different types of work but also accumulated a wide network of contacts. After graduation, Li Yan entered her favorite job in the human resources department of this hotel.

But her roommate Huang Jingjing was not so lucky. In order to get the internship fee of 1,500 yuan per month, Jingjing chose to intern at a fourth hotel (and the hotel only allowed her to intern in the finance department). Although she could earn a lot of internship fees in half a year, after graduation, the original hotel believed that Huang Jingjing was not an accounting graduate, so she did not retain her. When she went to look for positions in other hotels, many hotels had no vacancies. Huang Jingjing regretted her choice of internship unit.