What should I pay attention to when applying for American liberal arts major?

Among American majors studying abroad, liberal arts majors are not as popular as business and engineering. So what do you need to pay attention to when applying for liberal arts majors? The following Heaven Bian Xiao will sort out some questions for everyone, hoping to inspire the students.

1. Examination admission requirements?

Generally speaking, liberal arts students need to provide: TOEFL and GRE scores. Of course, some majors and some schools may not need to provide GRE scores to apply. Specific requirements should be based on different majors. However, liberal arts majors have higher requirements for TOEFL and GRE scores than science and engineering. Usually, students admitted to the top 30 universities need to have TOEFL 100 and GRE.

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2. Can liberal arts students apply for scholarships?

Although the distribution of scholarships in liberal arts is less than that in science and engineering, liberal arts will also do a lot of research work. Therefore, there is a certain amount of research funding, so the opportunity to get a scholarship or a full scholarship still exists. However, the distribution of liberal arts scholarships is much lower than that of science and engineering. Generally speaking, students who can get a scholarship for liberal arts are not necessarily higher than the applicant's 10%, and those who get a full scholarship are not higher than 1%.

3. Is it less difficult to enroll liberal arts majors than other majors?

Liberal arts is a big concept, and it also contains many majors. The difficulty of admission is different among different majors. Liberal arts, there are relatively easy majors to apply for, but also more difficult majors. For example, social work, public policy and pedagogy are relatively easy, while psychology and journalism are difficult. Generally speaking, the application of liberal arts is more difficult than that of science and engineering.

4. Are there many fewer schools for liberal arts students than for science and engineering students?

The liberal arts major has one characteristic. Not all schools offer master's degrees in related majors. For example, among the top 30 universities in the United States, only about 10 schools offer master's degrees in economics. This is different from engineering computer and electrical engineering, basically as long as there is a school. Therefore, in the process of choosing a school, there will be certain restrictions.

5. How do liberal arts students enrich the material? Compared with science and engineering, liberal arts students have almost no competition and internship experience.

Most liberal arts majors are research-oriented, and schools hope to see some research work, research work, practical work and papers published by students.

6. What are the employment prospects in the United States and after returning home?

If you want to rank these majors according to employment: engineering, science, business, liberal arts and art, it should be: engineering >; Science > business > liberal arts > art, the employment of liberal arts in the United States is not particularly optimistic. But if you return to China, it is another matter. Your perspective is different and your resume is different, so your gains are different. Competition with domestic liberal arts students, under the same circumstances, will certainly occupy a huge advantage.

7. Is it possible for liberal arts students to find employment or emigrate in the United States?

It's possible. Although it is not easy to get employment compared with science, engineering and business. But America is a big country, full of opportunities. If you don't go into industry,

If you are employed in the industry, you will choose some non-profit organizations. There are still many opportunities, but the income will be less than the industry.

8. Does the application require a professional background?

Any professional application requires you to have a certain professional background, regardless of arts, science and business.

9. I'm not good at math, and I want to apply for a liberal arts major. Must I study math?

If you are not good at math, it will be very painful to study any major in America. Any major in the United States attaches great importance to quantitative research methods. Both involve the use of a large number of mathematical models. It can only be said that studying liberal arts in the United States, mathematics is indeed lower than science and engineering, but the content of mathematics is much higher than that of studying liberal arts in our country.

10. This major is business. Can I study liberal arts across majors?

It's possible. First of all, we need to see what courses you have taken. If you have studied intermediate macro, intermediate micro and econometrics, you can apply for economics. Of course, you can also apply for some majors that don't require high professional background, such as social work, second language teaching, public policy and so on. Of course, no matter what major you apply for, you need to have relevant background. If you don't have relevant background, it is difficult for you to get a good school admission, even an ordinary school admission may not be available.

1 1. Is there any major that I can apply for without taking the GRE?

80% of social work majors do not need applicants to provide GRE scores, but can apply for a single TOEFL score. Of course, some majors and some schools do not need to provide GRE, such as some majors in education. However, 80% of normal majors still need to provide GRE scores.

12. I want to learn Chinese as a foreign language in America. Is it okay?

There is no problem from the application point of view, but the major of teaching Chinese as a foreign language is rare in the United States. If you can consider related majors, it is recommended to apply for East Asian Cultural Studies.

13. What can education majors learn besides English teaching?

It depends on the background. For example, if you have more class time, you can apply for educational psychology. If you have rich work experience, you can apply for education management. If you do some research, you can apply for education policy or international education development. What you can learn depends on your own background.

14. I am very interested in liberal arts now, but I want to work in business in the future. How should I choose my major now?

You can choose public policy. Because the major of public policy covers international and domestic political, economic and cultural study and research. Pay more attention to quantitative analysis ability, policy interpretation analysis and so on. Therefore, if the study direction is biased towards the general direction of international politics and economy, you can engage in business work in the future. Of course, you also need to refer to your hobbies. For example, if you like to do environmental policy research, you can study environmental policy, and then you can do some national or international environmental policy interpretation and consultation in your business.

15. Are there liberal arts and science in the United States? I am a liberal arts major. Can I study science?

The United States is also divided into liberal arts and science, but only in universities. If you are a liberal arts major, the possibility of applying for a science and engineering major is basically small. Because some basic courses needed by science and engineering have not been studied, it is difficult to keep up with them in school.

16. Can a law major apply for a scholarship? Can I apply for a doctorate directly?

LLM majoring in law has many scholarship opportunities. Generally speaking, the proportion of scholarship winners can account for about 30% of the total number of applicants. But the full scholarship is less than 1%. Law is a special major. In the United States, there is no undergraduate course in law. However, the graduate school has JD, doctor of law and other professional doctors with a three-year academic system. Undergraduate students are allowed to apply directly. There are also many China students admitted to JD.

17. I am a liberal arts major. Can I apply for a major related to engineering?

This question is the same as that of science majors. Usually liberal arts students can't apply for science and engineering majors.

18. How should liberal arts students choose their majors and schools when they go to the United States for graduate studies?

First, the choice of major should be based on your own ability. What do you mean, do your best? It means whether you have studied the basic courses required by the school and whether you have relevant background. If you don't have relevant background and basic courses, it is very difficult to apply.

Second, what you need to consider is the enrollment scale of this school. This is very simple. The enrollment scale is large, and your admission record is large. The enrollment scale is small, and your chances of being admitted are small.

Third, geographical location. Different geographical locations bring you different added value. Especially liberal arts, a big category with a stronger humanistic atmosphere.

19. What should liberal arts students do if they want to apply for American financial engineering? Can I apply?

Financial engineering generally requires students to have a high computer and mathematics background. If you took many courses and practiced a lot in college, then you can try. Otherwise, it is unlikely to apply.

The above are some questions about applying for American liberal arts compiled by Tiandao Bian Xiao, hoping to help students apply. If you have anything about studying abroad, welcome to Tiandao Education Consultation!