Graduates | 高嘉杰：在广以，有所体验，有所收获

白驹过隙，又一届毕业生即将奔赴各自人生的星辰大海。四年点滴交织闪耀，光亮照向浩瀚征途。自本期起，广东以色列理工学院2018级本科毕业生系列采访将带大家走进广以学子们的故事，回忆往昔峥嵘岁月，共盼未来似锦前程。

本期我们将与大家分享材料科学与工程专业毕业生高嘉杰的故事。

高嘉杰

毕业高中：

广州市铁一中学（越秀校区）

本科专业：材料科学与工程

录取院校：苏黎世联邦理工学院、洛桑联邦理工学院、康奈尔大学、哥伦比亚大学

获得奖项：广以学业优秀奖学金、广以常务副校长嘉许名单、课外活动奖学金

“这份投资，我成功了！”

和大多数高中毕业生一样，四年前填报高考志愿时，高嘉杰面对着厚厚的报考指南感到迷茫，他只知道，自己对理工科有着强烈的求知欲。而在这时，父亲的朋友——一位广以2017届学生的家长向他们介绍了这所新型理工科大学。最终，高嘉杰以超出分数线接近70分的优异成绩进入广以。

高嘉杰（中）在广以军训中带领连队获奖

当被问及选择广以的理由，嘉杰笑着说，他更愿意把这个选择称作一种“投资”。当时广以只有第一届学生，但却非常吸引他：“这里有世界一流、前沿的教材和教师。”广以使用的都是剑桥、牛津等课程的原版教材，老师也会引导学生阅读最新的学术期刊。“全球最先进的教材、一手的学术论文都是以英文为载体，中文版本则需要等待翻译。这样在获取知识上面就会稍微落后一个水平、落后一个时段。但在广以，这里提供了最先进的学术知识，这为迈向更高的学术殿堂提供了最好的平台。”

事实证明，这个年轻人的“投资”成功了。高嘉杰在广以取得专业第一的好成绩，并被苏黎世联邦理工学院、洛桑联邦理工学院、康奈尔大学、哥伦比亚大学等世界名校录取。

科研人的学习，更像“freestyle”

在高考以前，学习和生活都被固定在一个圆圈内——对指定内容进行重复练习。而一旦进入大学，“圆圈”边界骤然消失，而每个学生也进入全新的阶段——需要主动探索“圆圈”外的世界，掌控自己未来人生的方向。

广以也为引导学生主动学习创造了条件：内容的自由、方式的自由、科研课题的自由。如何在自由中找到属于自己的方向、避免陷入无方向的迷茫感？高嘉杰给出了答案：提升自我学习能力。

高嘉杰业余爱好单板滑雪

大一的数学作业是横在许多广以新生眼前的难关。“在电脑前坐上一整天，可能只能做出一两道题，但我也会坚持下去，连续两三天才能把一份作业写完。”但他明白，“死磕”绝不是解决问题的唯一途径，“如何解决问题也是自学能力的重要一环，也是需要锻炼的能力。”除了向老师请教之外，嘉杰经常借助国外论坛、视频网站寻找相关公开课、问答等内容进行自学。教材、课件、网站……每遇到一个感兴趣的知识点，他都会“钻进去”学习。

“我们以前都在学‘套路’，用比较机械的方法去解高考的题目。而随着在广以的学习，我逐渐体会到，做科研的过程其实是更加自由的学习方式。在这个过程中，你可能会发现新的问题，并自由地、开拓性地去找到解决问题的方法。这是一个很有趣的过程，也是和以往初高中学习不同的地方。虽然有一些步骤是很枯燥乏味的，比如重复测量的实验过程。但是你也可以对此进行一定的思考，是否存在一定的缺陷，或者还有哪些情况没有考虑到。这种主动性的思考过程，不同于以往被动式的学习，在自我掌控的节奏下，我的思维也活跃起来、开拓起来。”

高嘉杰（中）参加卡丁车比赛

正是在这个过程中，高嘉杰一步步发现自己对科研的热爱，也发现自己的科研兴趣所在。他希望自己能够在纳米电子学和半导体相关的方向继续深造，也收获了相关专业的名校offer。

知识分享，传递星星之火

回望广以四年，嘉杰印象最深刻的活动还是“广以Fun课堂”，这是广以与汕头东厦中学联合举办的教学实践项目，十四位广以学生从大学生摇身一变成为“小老师”，为初中课堂带来生动有趣的双语知识。

高嘉杰为汕头东厦中学学生授课

东厦中学的教学实践也“点亮”了嘉杰的“技能点”，他发现，自己在教学授课、知识分享方面有浓厚的兴趣和天赋。随后的活动中，他报名成为广以的朋辈导师，为大一新生进行学习生活方面的指导知识共享；他担任教授的课堂助教，为低年级的学生讲授实验、批改作业。他还是同学眼中的“问题大王”，“我平常会与认识的所有同学讨论问题，去食堂的路上、去宿舍的路上，逮到人就问！”通过讨论交流观点，通过讲课促进思考，嘉杰在授课中收获了满满的成就感，也锻炼了自己的交流能力。

高嘉杰在广以担任助教

高嘉杰连续两年志愿为广以新生接机

在实践中学习，于体验中成长。高嘉杰在广以度过了收获满满的大学时光。“四年前，我未曾设想自己能够在毕业后去到这么名牌的大学，也能够与世界上最一流的人才共事学习，感谢广以提供的平台。希望我能够保持初心，体验更广阔的世界！”

Time flies and the second cohort of students are going to graduate from Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) this year. We will present a series of interviews with the graduates from the Class of 2022, to show their stories at GTIIT in the past four years.

Here is the story of Gao Jiajie, a student of the Class of 2022 from the Materials Science and Engineering Program.

Gao Jiajie

High School:

Guangzhou Tieyi Middle School

Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Received offers from: ETH Zurich, EPFL, Cornell University and Columbia University

Awards: Academic Excellence Scholarship, Vice Chancellor’s List, Extra-curricular scholarship.

A Successful Investment

Same as most high school graduates, Gao felt confused when applying to university. All he knew was that he had a strong desire to learn about science and engineering. It was then that a friend of his father, a parent of a GTIIT student of the 2017 cohort, introduced him about GTIIT, a newly built Sino-foreign university focusing on science and engineering. Gao decided to go to GTIIT with an excellent Gaokao score.

Gao Winning Prize for His Class

Why did Gao choose GTIIT? He laughed and said that he preferred to regard it as an “investment”. GTIIT attracted him with world-class teaching and faculty, even there were only 200 students in 2018. Textbooks here are the same as the ones in Cambridge and Oxford, the top universities. Professors will guide the students to read the latest academic journals. “The most advanced knowledge, including textbooks and papers, is all written in English. If you want to learn in Chinese, then you will have to wait for the translations, which takes time. But in GTIIT, I can have the chance to reach a higher academic platform.”

The young man’s “investment”proved to be successful. Gao became the top one among the students in his program, and received offers from top universities including ETH Zurich, EPFL, Cornell University and Columbia University.

A Freestyle Reasearcher

GTIIT offers freedom to students in learning, living, and researching, but not everyone can perform a perfect “freestyle” in the freedom. After four year’s practice, Gao gave his resolution: learn how to learn by himself.

Gao Playing Snowboard

Math homework is the very first challenge for most GTIIT freshmen. “For all day I could only finish one or two questions, but I would hold on for several days until getting all done,” but Gao knew that this was not the only way, “Learn how to solve the problem is also an important part of self-learning ability.” Different from waiting for the teachers to give the lecture and answer, Gao will try to solve by asking the professors, discussing with the teammates and searching the related knowledge in YouTube and Google. Every time he got interested in a field, he would dive into it, trying to solve every question he met.

"We used to solve the problems with a compulsory routine to get a higher score in the Gaokao exam, but in the research world, it does not make sense. Researcher’s way is more innovative. In the process, you may find new problems and try to solve them freely and creatively. This is much more interesting, even sometimes boring because of things like repeated measurement. Even in the most mundane measurement, you can still find some things to take initiative. For example, asking yourself if there's a flaw, or if there's something else you hadn’t taken into account. The active thinking, as opposed to passive learning, has trained my thinking way and my mind has become more active and open-minded."

Gao in Karting Race

In this way, Gao realized his love and goal for scientific research. He decided to further his study in nano electronics and semi-conductor, and has received offers from the related program in prestigious universities.

An Exchange of Ideas

Looking back to the past four years, Gao was most impressed by "GTIIT Fun Class", a teaching practice program jointly organized by GTIIT and Shantou Dongxia Middle School, in which 14 GTIIT students managed to bring the interesting bilingual knowledge to the middle school students.

Gao Teaching Middle School Students

The teaching program helped Gao find his interest and talent in teaching. He then worked as a peer mentor to guide the freshmen in studying and living. He also served as a tutor, guiding the juniors to take experiments. He is called “the guy with problems" by his classmates for his "asking questions to all the one he knows, even on the way to canteen". Gao gained not only answers, but communication skills during the teaching and discussion.

Gao Working as Tutor in GTIIT

Gao Working as Volunteers to Welcome Freshmen

Learning by doing, Gao has a rich university life in GTIIT. “Four years ago, I never expected I can get offers from top universities and work with the top talents. I would like to appreciate what GTIIT had given me. Wish I can stay true to my original aspiration to meet a wider world!”

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