2017年美国留学申请 比GPA更重要的那些事

诚然，分数对于一个学生来说很重要，但是一旦你们毕业走入职场，很多技能会比一个高的分数重要的多。 很多同学跟我抱怨他们很担心GPA的问题。但是，一个高的GPA真的能代表一个人将来在职场中的实际能力吗？ 分数是一个学生在学校中表现好坏的一个决定性因素，但是在职场中却并非如此。你的老板不会告诉你哪些问题会在考试中出现。你的GPA是你很多学习能力的体现，但是并不能说明你将来会在职场中的表现会如何。我们见过很多成绩很高的同学却缺乏社交能力，而那些对成绩并不是很在乎的人却往往能在他们的人生中作出很多另他人刮目相看的事情。学习上的聪明(Book smart)与现实生活中的聪明(Street smart)是截然不同的两件事。
认真听课，认真完成作业，从不逃课，与教授讨论并且学习到书本上的知识。但是我想告诉你的事，你在学校这些所有为GPA作出的努力并不能代表什么。
而下面的这些，却是真正会影响你职场生涯的一些因素：
知道如何去学习
在学校中学习的时间你可以了解到自己如何能更好更快的获取知识。有些人需要去仔细看，有些人需要去仔细听，有些人需要做笔记，有些人需要练习多次(才能记住这些知识)。一旦你进入职场，你会经常接触到新的知识，并且你需要理解他们，并且向他们证明你确实懂了。了解到何种学习方式对你来说最为适合在这种情况下就至关重要了。
将理论运用到真实生活中
在学校中，你可能会需要记忆市场营销中的4P理论或者理解某片论文中的并购理论，但是真实的市场并不会时时刻刻如课本中所描述的那样。现实世界总会给你从没有见过的事物，那么，理解那些基本的理论并且可以将他们活用在新鲜事物中就显得更为重要了。
学会分配自己的时间
写论文，做研究，上课，参加课外活动，与他人social...在学校，你会有很多的事情需要你去做，如何将自己的时间平衡的分配到自己的学习生活以及私人生活中就显得非常重要了。合理分配时间是一项非常有用的技能。在你的职场生涯中，你同样也需要在同一时间处理太多的事情，合理分配自己的时间会为自己减少很多麻烦。
相关的职业技能
与你专业相关的工作，实习，学生社团，以及一些志愿者活动会很好的帮助你将来更快适应你的职场生活。你需要做尽可能多的与专业相关的事情来了解自己真正想要做什么（或者，你不喜欢做什么）。你将来的雇主也会将你的这些在学校中的经历视为是否雇佣你的一个重要指标。
有自己可拿出手的工作成果
请保留你在课堂或者实习中的工作成果。很多雇主都对你以前的成果非常感兴趣。如果正常的学习生活无法让你获取一些实践的经历以及成果，那么也许你需要自己在课外时间来做这些事情。实验/研究报告，发表的文章或者作品，自己参与过的产品等都是很好的让公司给你一份工作的证明。
表达意见与虚心接受他人的意见
如何去正确对待他们对你的表扬与批评是非常重要的一点，因为将来总会有一天你会得到你的老板/同事对你的评价。如何正确的听取，吸收这些意见，并且根据这些意见来正确的提升自己是非常重要的。
如何表达自己的意见也很重要，你会经常需要对你的同事/下级的工作发表自己的意见以便大家能更好的协同。
演讲技巧
当代表自己的团队在课堂上向他人展示成果的时候，你需要学习如何更好的表达。在将来的职场生涯中，清晰的表达观点，自信的与他人讨论将会是非常重要的一个环节。
写作技巧
学生离开学校后还没有培养出一个非常solid的writting skill是非常可悲的一件事情。请专注于培养自己的写作能力，因为从撰写报告到日常的邮件交流写作能力都是非常重要的。
构建自己的人脉网络
你会经常听到这样一句话： 你认识什么人比你懂得什么知识有时候更重要 (美国也要拼爹/搞关系，kind of -- 译注),这句话绝对是正确的。请你现在就着手构建自己的人脉网络，认识更多的人，良好维系与他们的关系。你会有非常大的可能从自己的人脉网络中找到一份工作，所以，请现在开始就这样做吧。
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Students: The 9 things that matter more than GPA
Sure, your grades are important, but once you graduate and hit the office, these skills far outweigh your grade from stats class.
By Becky Johns | Posted: November 30, 2011
A friend who works with the alumni association at my alma mater asked an interesting question on Twitter.
Listening to students worry about their GPA, does it really matter what it is? Is that an accurate summary of how you'll be as an employee
The tweets poured in, and the overwhelming sentiment was that college GPA matters very little in professional success.
Grades are the determining factor for performance in school. But in the professional world, that's not how it works. Your bosses won't tell you which questions will be on the test.
Your college GPA is a combination of several factors but isn't really the best indicator of how you'll perform in the working world. We all know that person with perfect grades who struggles socially or that person who couldn't care less about school but seems to have no trouble making great things happen in their life. Book smarts and street smarts are very different things.
Take your classes seriously. Do the work. Show up and learn something. Meet your professors. But I'm here to tell you, the GPA you achieve in college doesn't matter.
Here's what does:
Knowing how you learn
Spend time during college determining how you best learn and retain information. Some people need to see it, some need to hear it, some need to write it, and some need to practice it bore it sticks. As an employee, you'll need to learn new things as you go, remember them, and prove you've absorbed the information.
Applying theory to real-life situations
It's one thing to recite the 4 P's of marketing or learn how the purchase decision funnel looks on paper, but things won't always happen in the marketplace the way they do in your textbooks. Learn how to take fundamental information and proven best practices and apply them in new situations or projects. The real world will always throw new variables at you, so knowing how to adapt theory to practice is crucial.
Time management
Learn how much time you need to research and write a paper, get to your classes and jobs on time, fit a workout in your day, and still have something of a social life. Time management is a vital skill. In your professional life, you'll need to know how to manage your time to meet deadlines, tackle to-do lists, and avoid banging your head against the wall in the process.
Relevant professional experience
Jobs, internships, student organizations, and volunteer projects in your industry will prepare you best for the working world. Do as much as you can to work in your field during college and learn about what you want to do (or in same cases, what you don't want to do). Your future employer will take your experience as the absolute best indicator for your potential in a new position.
A portfolio proving you can produce work
Keep samples of your best work from classes and internships. Many employers will want to see your work bore hiring you. If you're not building a portfolio through things you're required to do bore you graduate, then produce these things on your own time. Practice writing articles, press releases, pitches, designing publications, compiling clip reports, research summaries, or anything else you might be hired to do. Practice is important.
The ability to give and receive feedback
Learning to accept praise and criticism is incredibly important. You'll participate in employee reviews with your boss someday, so the ability to hear different types of feedback, internalize it, and adjust accordingly will matter to your job performance.
It's also important to learn to how to give feedback to others. When you collaborate with colleagues, you'll have to offer positive and negative comments on others' work.
Presentation skills
Offer to be the speaker on behalf of your group in your classes, and learn how to present your projects as an intern. The ability to convey ideas clearly, speak confidently with your bosses, and discuss your experience in interviews will be an important part of your professional life.
Writing skills
It's sad how many students leave college lacking solid writing ability. Focus on developing this skill, because it will matter in everything from reports to pitches to emails. You don't have to become a blogger, but finding places to practice writing content and have it edited will really help improve your skills.
Your network
You've heard it many times: Who you know is more important than what you know. It's true. (It's what you need and who you know.) Start building your network right away. Get in the habit of meeting new people, nourishing your relationships, and helping others by making introductions. You are most likely to find job opportunities through your network. Build it!
What else matters more for students than GPA? Or am I wrong? Is GPA more important than I've made it out to be?