Attention Year 12's: Check Out These Tips! 十二年级注意：看看这些小窍门！

As May begins, Year 13 students around the world preparing for their post-secondary academic careers are coming to decisions on where they will be spending their next four years. At YCIS Beijing, students have been flooded with exceptional offers from schools across the globe.

随着五月的到来，所有13年级的学生都在为接下来四年高等教育学术生涯在哪儿度过而做准备。北京耀中国际学校的学生们收到来自世界各地的大学邀请函。

For Year 12 students, the university application journey is just beginning. We spoke with two of our graduating seniors, Rene Huang and Wilfred Wu, to hear their reflections on their college application experience and what advice they would give to their younger classmates who are starting to consider their college applications.

对12年级的学生来说，申请大学的生涯刚刚开始。我们访谈了两名毕业生，Rene Huang和Wilfred Wu, 来听听他们对申请经历的反思，以及他们对即将开始申请大学的学弟学妹们的建议。

What advice do you have for Year 12 students beginning the university application process now?

你对即将开始申请大学的12年级学生有什么建议？

1. Definitely start early. This doesn't mean to have a place in mind where you want to go by the end of your first year of IBDP; it simply means to start thinking about what you might want to study in university

1 一定要尽早准备。这不意味着在第一年IBDP念完时确定一个目的地，这意味着开始思考可能想去哪里读大学。

2. Do a lot of research about the universities you want to attend. In addition to the university itself, you should find out about the country that the university is located in (lifestyle, living costs, culture, etc.)

2 对你想去的大学做尽可能多的调查。除了大学本身，你还需要了解大学所在的城市和国家。（生活方式、生活成本、文化等）

3. Don’t take rankings too seriously. I started off by looking at rankings because it was a good way to find out what universities are out there, but the reason you choose to apply to certain universities shouldn’t just be because they rank high.

3 不要太看重排名。我也是从看大学排名开始准备申请的，因为那样能了解世界上有哪些大学，但是最终申请大学的原因不能仅仅是因为排名靠前。

4. Just because some universities are known for their academic excellence or are more famous doesn't mean you should attend them. There is sometimes a tendency for employers to look at which university you graduated from, but don’t rely solely on the fame of your university to get a job. The degree you receive is the more important credential that employers will consider in addition to other factors like work or volunteer experience.

4 有些大学因为学术成就而声名远扬，但不意味着你要追逐他的名声。可能有时候雇主会因为你毕业于名校而青睐于你，但是不要依赖于名校的名声来找工作。你获得的学位才是雇主首要考虑的因素，而非其他诸如志愿者经历和实习经历等。

5. Always keep your options open at this stage. There is no rush for you to complete your university application in Year 12 or over the summer, unless you’re applying for Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, or Oxbridge (Universities of Oxford and Cambridge), which have early deadlines. 

5 在此阶段，要始终保持开放的心态。在12年级和暑期阶段，你无需着急完成大学申请，除非你要申请药学、牙医学、兽医学，或者牛津、剑桥大学，他们的申请截止日期比较早。

It’s likely that you’ll change your mind about what you want to study or where you want to end up by the end of IBDP, which is why it’s important to put in applications to a range of universities.

很有可能在IBDP课程结束之时，你改变了对申请学校和专业的想法。这就是为什么申请一系列大学对你来说举足轻重。

Read more insights from Rene and Wilfred by tapping “Read more” below!

如您想阅读更多Rene和Wilfred的见解，请点击下方“阅读更多”按钮。