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Why do parents want their children to choose GTIIT

PostTime:3/27/2020

Choosing a university is not just a worry for the students themselves, parents are also involved. It is a problem for both students and parents after the college entrance examination. Why did our parents choose GTIIT as their children's dream university? Ms. Yang, a parent of a student from Biotechnology and Food Engineering in Cohort 2018, shared her knowledge, as well as suggestions and guidance on university selection.



Meet with GTIIT


Ms. Yang spent nearly three years investigating everything about Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) and another year and a half to verify the correctness of choosing GTIIT. From parents meeting in high school, Ms. Yang learned that Technion has international reputation and strength as good as Tsinghua University. Technion is known as a world-class educational institution and the Asian version of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Mayor of New York has described Technion on the establishment ceremony of Cornell university and Technion joint campus in 2013: Technion is the only university in the world that has successfully reversed the entire country from orange export merchant to the leader of high technology.


This is how Ms. Yang persuaded her daughter who did not want to study in Shantou at first: We want you to study in Shantou is not to keep you by our side, but to prepare for better future. GTIIT is close to both home and the world while other colleges may not able to have the same opportunity. Going to university is aiming for better education. Diving into a good academic atmosphere is much more important than joining the crowd of students who need to fly or travel a long way to their universities. There will be enough time for you to widen your horizon like travelling on vacation, GTIIT also have opportunity for you to study abroad.


In this regard, Ms. Yang and her family made a plan for the University admission. The kid's academic performance was enough to reach the admission score of South China University of Technology. If the college entrance examination result was not satisfying, GTIIT would be the only consideration. This decision received a lot of questioning voices. It has been more than 20 years after the establishment of 985 project, however, these selected universities have undergone great changes. Some specialized colleges have been merged, and the enrollment of some universities has been expanded to more than 10,000 per year. Many popular majors have been set up but might lack faculty and facility support. The academic atmosphere is not pure as the past, the teaching quality is also not that satisfying. Due to resource limitation, universities in the Northeast, Southwest, and Northwest China have not been well developed as what 985 project suggested to be. The lack of supporting resources and the rigid teaching model have further restricted the development of these universities. Some universities like Southern University of Science and Technology (ranked 10th in Times Higher Education China, 2019), The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen, and Shanghai New York University have received admission from students who have enough scores for 985 project schools, even Tsinghua University and Peking University enrollment. They provide students who might not able to enter 985 project schools with much better education resources. So why not give a try?



Choices of GTIIT

Ms. Yang summarized the reason that her family decided to choose GTIIT instead of 211 project schools as the following points: 1. Avoid the risk of enter non-dominant disciplines of the university; 2. Help her daughter's undergraduate education lay a solid foundation, not just for the certificate. The curriculum system and scientific research management and innovation cultivation are strictly implemented in accordance with the standards of Technion. In terms of curriculum, GTIIT have learned from the practices of excellent international first-class universities such as MIT and Technion, and equipped with intensive teaching and industrial resources of the top such as teachers and laboratories; 3. Three certificates would be awarded when students graduate (diploma and degree certificate of GTIIT and degree certificate of Technion). Degree certificate of Technion is highly recognized by the world; 4. The cultivation at the university stage focuses on mode of thinking. Technion is famous for innovation and entrepreneurship. The implantation of innovative genes will be beneficial for students; 5. Teaching in English will help to connect international education seamlessly. Studying in domestic can save you from living and adapt to the new teaching mode.


Ms. Yang said that the choice of Biotechnology and Food Engineering is mainly because her daughter likes it. After all, interest is the best teacher. GTIIT is also one of very few university in the world that combines engineering technology and life sciences. According to the information on the Internet, Biotechnology was and has been the worst employed profession past and present in China. Ms. Yang and her daughter consulted with a senior student who is studying Biotechnology and Food Engineering in Technion. According to his words, student of Technion are very competitive in employment market. Ms. Yang still felt anxious so she consulted with friends who have graduated with Biotechnology from first-class domestic universities. They believe that the difficulty in employment is because students trained in China cannot meet the needs of employers, they need to have a further education. Biotechnology and Food Engineering is related to human health, and the prospects are bright and promising.



Study at GTIIT

Ms. Yang said with emotion that GTIIT has followed the Chutzpah spirit of Jewish education: questioning and innovation. She witnessed her daughter's transition from "I am required to study" to "I require to study" and witnessed the college life of students as "Work hard, play hard". Students of GTIIT are united and willing to help each other. GTIIT also set up peer mentor project, and students who are good at studying become teachers to help those who can't catch up. Students are more confident and self-disciplined on in daily life. The teachers are tireless in teaching, and no matter how simple the questions are, they are always kind and patient to answer. If more than three students ask similar questions, the teacher will explain it in the next class. A parent shared a chat record with his children in group chat. His son was struggling in organic chemistry and he asked the teacher for help, and the teacher replied: I always have time for my students. In addition, last year, GTIIT students participated in the Hult Prize in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and won the championship with several freshmen in the group. Mrs. Yang felt that the children came to GTIIT and seemed to release their potential more than parents expected.


"As a mother, I pay special attention to two issues: first, whether GTIIT has faithfully implemented Technion's teaching model and standards. The other is GTIIT's learning atmosphere. After all, the entrance exam results of most students are not very high, and lots of students come from wealthy family. I am so worried that the students may be extravagance and lack of resilience ", Ms. Yang said. But she finally found her concern was completely superfluous. GTIIT's teaching quality is solely following the standard as Technion. The students are down-to-earth, low-key, and the atmosphere of learning is superb. On Passover vacation last year, on the way to Thailand, that a group of students studied with Pads in the airport waiting room, had deeply moved the parents. On May 1st, several parents from Shenzhen visited GTIIT. They were surprised to find that in the entire campus, whether in the dormitory or the study room, they could not see a mobile phone player, and they were all studying. they said "GTIIT, see you in August!" in the admissions chatting group.


GTIIT has brought so many surprises to parents, one after another. As the youngest university, it was selected to "Guangdong High Level University Development Program". What's more, the Guangdong laboratory was listed with an estimated investment of $4 billion. There were many sophomores receiving offers from Carnegie Mellon University, University of Munich, Nanyang Technological University and so forth to do exchange study in the coming future.


In the chatting group, parents agree that GTIIT is worth being selected, and the scholarship makes it even cost-effective. Activities and the foreign exchange program are extensive. All activities organized by GTIIT are free of charge except tuition and accommodation. The three programs of GTIIT are world-class both in teaching quality and equipment. GTIIT also provides students with a broader platform and higher quality resources. It is no doubt that GTIIT has extremely competitive advantages to others.



Promising future for GTIIT


Core technology is one of the most important factor to a country. Without the control of core technology, there will be great hidden danger to China. Recently, the Ministry of Education has issued "Pilot of enrollment reform of basic subjects", and many cities are accelerating cooperation and exchanges with foreign universities. In a sense, GTIIT is one step ahead. China-Israel innovation and entrepreneurship areas have been established one after another, and the construction of the Greater Bay Area has provided a broader platform for universities like GTIIT. I am sure that GTIIT has already entered the fast lane to a promising future.


In the previous live broadcasts, students and parents have shared their opinion of GTIIT. In the coming live, Assistant Professor Xu Xinpeng will give a science lecture, which we can get closer to the academic life of GTIIT.


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