Most of the expenses of studying abroad, such as washing dishes, doing experiments and selling used cars, are earned by yourself. Speaking of academic performance, Zeng smiled and said: I am a little embarrassed to say my undergraduate grades. My undergraduate GPA is actually only 2.99. In fact, before last semester, my grades were even lower than this. In order to meet the application conditions of graduate school (GPA3.0 is the minimum requirement for graduate application in ISU), I took 27 credit courses crazily last semester. According to the regulations of the college, students are only allowed to take 18 credits (6 courses) at most each semester, and the college will approve the credits exceeding 18. After a series of intercessions and filling out a bunch of application forms, I started the final sprint mode. Unfortunately, even if I study all night 65,438+0-2 days a week (because I usually have to work to earn money), the final GPA still can't reach the minimum standard of 3.0.
For this result, he didn't flinch and give up his American dream because he had no money and no grades. On the contrary, he really calmed down and thought about how to plan his graduate application and how to sell himself to the professor. For the fatal injury of GPA2.99, I had the cheek to ask the teacher to give him a chance to make up the exam, or volunteered to add the last exercise item, trying to make the kind teacher lenient in this way. He knocked on the teacher's door one by one and finally found an opportunity to change his grades in the structural mechanics teacher.
So far, ordinary people find it incredible, but this is not enough for Zeng, because it is difficult to persist in finishing graduate school if there is only ordinary admission and no scholarship. However, the 3.0 GPA is hardly competitive in applying for scholarships. How do I apply for a scholarship? I used my brain again. Since many scholarships are funded by teachers' scientific research projects, he first checked the teachers' projects on the Internet. After doing some investigation and research on these projects, I took his resume to the teachers and asked them to sell themselves one by one. Speaking of this, Zeng said with a smile: Compared with domestic applicants, my advantage is that I can contact the professor directly, which is equivalent to giving myself an interview opportunity. Professors usually don't have time to go to the huge application database to select candidates in person, and my strategy is to tell those professors that it doesn't matter whether they want me or not. Let me give you a job in the summer vacation. If I don't think so, I will leave by myself. Looking back now, I am also moved by my fearless spirit of ignorance at that time, and of course I am especially grateful to the professor who gave me the opportunity to change my destiny. In this way, through Zeng Weixi's brave self-recommendation, he not only got a summer internship with a monthly salary of $2,500, but also got a full scholarship and successfully completed his graduate studies.
GPA 2.99, 0 1 for graduate students. Speaking of academic performance, Zeng Weixi said with a smile: I'm a little embarrassed to say my undergraduate grades. My undergraduate GPA is actually only 2.99. In fact, before last semester, my grades were even lower than this. In order to meet the application conditions of graduate school (GPA3.0 is the minimum requirement for graduate application in ISU), I took 27 credit courses crazily last semester. According to the regulations of the college, students are only allowed to take 18 credits (6 courses) at most each semester, and the college will approve the credits exceeding 18. After a series of intercessions and filling out a bunch of application forms, I started the final sprint mode. Unfortunately, even if I study all night 65,438+0-2 days a week (because I usually have to work to earn money), the final GPA still can't reach the minimum standard of 3.0.
For this result, he didn't flinch and give up his American dream because he had no money and no grades. On the contrary, he really calmed down and thought about how to plan his graduate application and how to sell himself to the professor. For the fatal injury of GPA2.99, I had the cheek to ask the teacher to give him a chance to make up the exam, or volunteered to add the last exercise item, trying to make the kind teacher lenient in this way. He knocked on the teacher's door one by one and finally found an opportunity to change his grades in the structural mechanics teacher.
So far, ordinary people find it incredible, but this is not enough for Zeng, because it is difficult to persist in finishing graduate school if there is only ordinary admission and no scholarship. However, the 3.0 GPA is hardly competitive in applying for scholarships. How do I apply for a scholarship? I used my brain again. Since many scholarships are funded by teachers' scientific research projects, he first checked the teachers' projects on the Internet. After doing some investigation and research on these projects, I took his resume to the teachers and asked them to sell themselves one by one. Speaking of this, Zeng said with a smile: Compared with domestic applicants, my advantage is that I can contact the professor directly, which is equivalent to giving myself an interview opportunity. Professors usually don't have time to go to the huge application database to select candidates in person, and my strategy is to tell those professors that it doesn't matter whether they want me or not. Let me give you a job in the summer vacation. If I don't think so, I will leave by myself. Looking back now, I am also moved by my fearless spirit of ignorance at that time, and of course I am especially grateful to the professor who gave me the opportunity to change my destiny. In this way, through Zeng Weixi's brave self-recommendation, he not only got a summer internship with a monthly salary of $2,500, but also got a full scholarship and successfully completed his graduate studies.
Helping China students find jobs in the United States 0 1 From graduation to finding their first job, Zeng Weixi spent three months, and he used the most traditional way-submitting his resume on the recruitment website Shanghai. At that time, only two foreign students in our department found jobs, and I was one of them. This job is as a civil engineer, engaged in architectural design in new york.
I once said frankly: When I first arrived in new york, I felt that I had realized the American dream and had a bright future. However, this feeling was quickly influenced by the overall environment of Greater new york. After all, in the world financial center, after meeting more friends and a larger social circle, I had the idea of changing careers. After working for two years, he began to rethink his future career path. After careful consideration, he decided to leave the civil engineering industry where he had studied and worked for many years. To this end, he first applied for a master's degree in statistics from Columbia University while working, and then used it as a springboard. In addition, he has made unremitting hard study and efforts. Finally, I got the admission notice from Wharton Business School, the highest hall of business schools in the world, on 20 12. Along the way, I always talked about good luck. However, after knowing all the details, he will understand that this so-called luck will only be accompanied by people who stick to their dreams and never give up like him.
After that, I went to Maryland and started a project to help international students find jobs overseas. The reporter of "Studying Abroad" learned that the project started from 20 12, and there were only three students in the first batch. At first, I just volunteered to help my friends, help them make career plans, tell them some employment skills they summarized, analyze the job skills needed by different types of jobs in the market, and organize everyone to participate in employment training. Surprisingly, they are all from ordinary backgrounds. After a period of study and promotion training, they found jobs in the United States. With the first batch of successful experiences, facing the huge group of international students waiting for employment, I hit it off with several partners and made up my mind to do more in the field of international students' employment.
In 20 14, Tumi Education Consulting Co., Ltd. was formally incorporated in the United States. After more than two years' exploration, numerous discussions, investigations and details revisions, and several rounds of negotiations with American enterprises, this model has finally entered the implementation stage. Helping China students find jobs in the United States is a simple concept, but it is very complicated to operate. I once told the reporter of Studying Abroad: China students have some common misunderstandings about overseas employment: Is it easier for students studying science to find a job in the United States than for students studying liberal arts? Absolutely yes, because the total number of science students is more than that of liberal arts students, but it is not necessarily proportional. Some majors, such as IT and electronics, are relatively easy to find jobs, but if they are biology and chemistry science students, it is hard to say. You know, the demand for biochemical talents in the local job market in the United States is not high, so even if you study engineering, it is difficult to find a job after graduation.
Help China students get Morgan Stanley offer, with annual salary of 1.5 million RMB 0 1. 20 13 (working in new york, studying in Philadelphia) During my study in Wharton, I summed up the past experience and lessons with my friends, and modularized every process of training and guidance and systematized the service. On the basis of the success of the first three students, I helped several students find jobs. One example that he is still proud of is that he graduated from Rutgers University with a major in financial engineering. The student tried to find a job for several months after graduation at the end of 20 12, but he didn't even have a decent interview. By chance, he found Zeng. After studying his resume and background carefully, I think he is an excellent student, but he lacks some practical knowledge and skills in the workplace. I made a detailed career plan for him to help him find training resources suitable for his career requirements. Zeng said with a smile, I once told him that as long as you can study hard according to the study plan I designed and master this vocational skill, I can guarantee that you will find a job.
This student trusts Zeng Weixi very much and studies very hard. Of course, Zeng finally repaid his trust. After nearly half a year's efforts, at the end of 20 13, the student was given the opportunity to go to Morgan Stanley for a half-year project. Because of his outstanding performance during the project, Morgan Stanley finally gave him a full-time job. In the second year, his annual salary was $654.38+7,000. Not long ago, he contacted me and said that he was going to work in Morgan in Beijing, and his salary was about 654.38 yuan +0.5 million yuan. Speaking of my favorite student, I have never concealed my pride.
Of course, among the students who have helped, although many went to famous enterprises, most of them went to ordinary enterprises. Zeng Weixi added: Our goal is to help those students who really want to stay and work in the United States. How strongly they want to stay in the United States and how hard they are willing to work for it are the most important things when we choose students, followed by academic performance and language ability.
Let me sum up: it is such an ordinary child who grew up in a family in China, such a persistent teenager who dares to think and do things and never gives up, such a young CEO who returned from a prestigious school and joined the wave of national entrepreneurship, such a Fujian idiot who is not fluent in Mandarin, and such a Zeng Weixi.