On the evening of September 13, the admission officers from the top five liberal arts colleges in the United States visited Kaiwen Academy, to introduce their colleges and the latest admissions policies to more than 300 students from Kaiwen and other schools and their parents. They are Mr. Brian. Atkins, Director of Admissions of Dickinson College, Mrs. Amy E. Markham, Admission Officer of Mount Holyoke College, Mrs. Marilyn Hesser, Deputy Director of Admissions of University of Richmond, Mrs. Lee Ann Backlund, Admission Officer of Sewanee: University of the South, and Mrs. Mary Karen Vellines, Admission Officer of Union College.
The admission officers introduced superior resources, specialty, and others of each college. In the subsequent Q&A session, they gave detailed explanations on issues of general concern. After the briefing session, each college reserved one-on-one consultation time. The admission officers answered the questions regarding campus life, club events, applications for grants, scholarships, and necessary application conditions.
Q1: What kind of special education content is offered by the Liberal Arts College?
Mr. Brian. Atkins said: "Liberal Arts College is one of the important categories of American colleges and universities. The liberal arts college generally refers to those small and sophisticated colleges offering liberal arts education, mainly undergraduate education. In addition to basic subjects, the liberal arts college includes art, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, and focuses on giving students more opportunities to participate and one-on-one exchanges. The students and professors and schools form a closer and longer-lasting contact, which is not only conducive to the current internship and research but also conducive to future career development."
Q2: What is the proportion of students who may successfully enter into postgraduate programs study after graduating from the Liberal Arts College?
Mrs. Lee Ann Backlund said: “The proportion of students who may study postgraduate programs in our total five schools is about 20%, and there are differences among each school. Whether to choose a postgraduate program largely depends on the student’s professional direction and Career Planning "
The Features of Each College
Tip1 Dickinson College
As one of the top liberal arts colleges offering business studies, Dickinson College is known for its innovative programs. The most popular major of Dickinson is international business management, which provides a study opportunity for students studying international business management and economics at Baruch College in New York. The school also offers 13 languages curriculum, and in 2018 Quantitative Economics was added to meet the needs of the big data era. Dickinson has 17 overseas study programs, and 60% of the students have the opportunity to study abroad.
Tip2 Mount Holyoke College
As the first women's college in the United States, it is committed to fostering independent and charismatic women and helping them succeed in their careers. Mount Holyoke is also a member of the Five College Consortium. Therefore, students can take courses in the other four colleges and enjoy the rich resources of the other four colleges. Other members of the Five College Consortium include Amherst College, Smith College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (UMass).
Tip3 University of Richmond
It is not only a liberal arts college with a reputation for humanities and arts, but it also has a business school and a law school with a postgraduate program. Jason College's leadership research provides the only leading research degree program in the United States. Richmond is very free in terms of curriculum selection, and undergraduates can cross-curriculum in five colleges. At the same time, the college spares no effort to support student internships and research projects. Each student has the opportunity to receive a school-sponsored amount up to $4,000 to continue an internship or research project each summer.
Tip4 Sewanee: University of the South
The college is composed of the Sewanee Arts, the School of Theology which comprises an accredited seminary of The Episcopal Church, and the School of Letters. The School of Letters offers graduate degrees in literature and innovative writing. Sewanee has its own business center that offers long-term internship opportunities for undergraduate students in the world's top 500 companies, well-known investment banks, and non-profit organizations. Students may try their interested majors in the first year, and then define their professional direction in the second year. In addition, the school offers a wealth of outdoor classes and practical activities.
Tip5 Union College
Known for outstanding engineering and overseas exchange programs, Union College also has comprehensive strengths in the fields of natural sciences, economics, political science, and psychology. The union allows students and tutors to create a personalized degree. Because most curricula require a large amount of essay writing and research, students are required to have English academic ability. More than 30% of students are enrolled in double majors, and the school also offers a number of integration projects, such as 3+3 legal programs (undergraduate + Ph.D.), 5 years of business/management programs (undergraduate +M.B.A).
Various top colleges and universities around the world have visited Kaiwen, which brought the students of Kaiwen more information exchanging opportunities, and also helped them find more suitable and favorite colleges. Mr. Wang Shi, the Executive Vice Principal, delivered a welcome and emphasized once again the concept of Kaiwen Academy to create a community-based education environment and serve the international education cause. At the College Fair to be held on this Saturday, 30 prestigious universities including Princeton University, Duke University, and Northwest University will visit Kaiwen and conduct information exchanging with the students who plan to study overseas. This is another action taken by Kaiwen to share quality education resources.
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