Finals finished every International:
Coming to a college where student body is 50% chinese is definitely a big step. The tests aren’t made for Internationals, it is made so hard to a level where Chinese student can barely pass and the structure of tests as of what I heard is in so called Chinese style (God know what that means but eventually it means multiple choices are way difficult than short-answers).
When preparing for Microeconomics final midnight, I overheard that people are crying like literally crying for a Pass grade (Grade that is above D).
This semester was definitely the most challenging with the hardest chinese class (Ele2), hardest Programming class here (Intro to Programming), yep you heard it right, Intro is the hardest and it gets slightly better as you move up which in my case there is no move up and Micro was also end of me.
But what I truly learned is that class grades are a competition based, and my mistake was I didn’t even know who the opponent was. I have never prepared for a test so hard and still got humbled by the test. Test is so hard some people tried to copy from me and yet I am the dumbest in the room.
That was some crazy stuff there. Just reflecting on the finals, I noticed that those are made hard to get Internationals actually compete against Chinese or not compete but to a degree get their ass grinded for a better grade.
If you are coming to either NYU Shanghai or Duke Kunshan, I suggest you consult with the kids there and start preparing right now.
Coming to a college where student body is 50% chinese is definitely a big step. The tests aren’t made for Internationals, it is made so hard to a level where Chinese student can barely pass and the structure of tests as of what I heard is in so called Chinese style (God know what that means but eventually it means multiple choices are way difficult than short-answers).
When preparing for Microeconomics final midnight, I overheard that people are crying like literally crying for a Pass grade (Grade that is above D).
This semester was definitely the most challenging with the hardest chinese class (Ele2), hardest Programming class here (Intro to Programming), yep you heard it right, Intro is the hardest and it gets slightly better as you move up which in my case there is no move up and Micro was also end of me.
But what I truly learned is that class grades are a competition based, and my mistake was I didn’t even know who the opponent was. I have never prepared for a test so hard and still got humbled by the test. Test is so hard some people tried to copy from me and yet I am the dumbest in the room.
That was some crazy stuff there. Just reflecting on the finals, I noticed that those are made hard to get Internationals actually compete against Chinese or not compete but to a degree get their ass grinded for a better grade.
If you are coming to either NYU Shanghai or Duke Kunshan, I suggest you consult with the kids there and start preparing right now.