哈佛大学毕业生寄语：你不仅仅是美国名校生，也是中国的形象大使

毕业生寄语：你不仅仅是美国名校生，也是中国的形象大使

哈佛大学毕业生寄语：你不仅仅是美国名校生，也是中国的形象大使

出国党的毕业季绝对是令人百感交集的，好不容易在国际学校经过几年的沉淀，终于把标化考试和背景提升活动搞定了，开开心心把世界名校的Offer拿到手，结果还没有喘口气，又要开始担忧对于国外大学学习和生活未知的恐惧，面对全新的文化，作为一名国际生应该如何度过国外大学生活?不慌不慌，出发美国前，听讯得达国际书院学术主管(哈佛大学毕业生)的几句鼓励，为你拨开心中疑虑。

【 Tremayne Gibson 】

讯得达国际书院学术主管

美国哈佛大学历史本科

美国约翰·霍普金斯大学国际关系研究生

讯得达国际书院2018届毕业生：

很高兴看到大家在上周毕业典礼的出色表现，你们不仅通过自身努力熟练的掌握了一门外语、通过了世界大学的筛选并获得了这些世界优秀大学的录取，你们应该为自己取得的成就自豪。在美国之行开始之前，请允许我说几点期许。

对任何年轻人来讲，上大学是令人“五味杂陈”的：你会感觉到兴奋、乐观的同时，同时也伴随着焦虑和伤感。其实这很正常，你去任何新的地方(新的城市，州或国家)，会因为全新的经历感到兴奋，也会因为长期远离乡土而伤感。在国外，你需要面对全新的文化，刚开始或多或少会恐慌，直到你学会了融入了这个新环境，并从探索新经历中发掘自己的无限可能性，你的恐慌的情绪就会好起来。我自己也经历过背井离乡、求学海外的历程，我坚信只要大家以开放的心态拥抱新生活，以谨慎的态度面对选择，以积极的心态处理问题，任何事情都会顺利起来的。

高中阶段的刻苦学习和持久的努力使大家取得了今天的成绩，然而，我希望大家进入大学后可以花更多时间参与社会活动，并使其融于自己的生活。大学中最宝贵的经历来你于他人建立的联系，而非仅仅关注获取知识，结识对的人能帮我们开启社交和专业的大门，而这些无法从学习本身获得。所以在大学，你除了继续努力当学霸外，更要变身社交达人。

同时不要忘记，在国外求学时，你的身份不仅仅是大学生，同时也是中国的形象大使。你可能是某个美国人见到的第一个中国人，甚至可能是所处环境的第一个外国人。我们的个人行为将不光代表自己和自己的家庭，也代表祖国。你要充分发挥自己这一优势，尽可能和非华人交朋友，避免只和同胞打交道而陷入社会孤立。努力去展示你们最优秀的社会文化，同时将他们最好的社会文化回到中国来。

做到以上这些，你们可以很好的丰富了自己和他人的大学生活，提升两个伟大国家的关系和彼此理解。更重要的是，这将帮助我们实现讯得达国际书院的终极使命：做更好的自己，创造更好的世界!

再次恭喜大家，分别之际，祝各位毕业生万事如意，保持联系!

Greetings Class of 2018：

Congratulations once again on your achievement last week. It is no small accomplishment to have gained proficiency in a foreign language, adapted to an entirely new college admissions system, and gained entry into some of the world’s top colleges, so be proud of yourselves.

As you embark on your journeys to the United States and beyond allow me to provide a few words of wisdom.

For any teenager, going to college is an important rite of passage that stirs inside many emotions. Somehow you may feel excited yet anxious, optimistic yet sad all at the same time. This is normal. To go to a new place (city, state or country) to live is both exciting, for the many new experiences you will have, and sad, because for most of you it will be the longest time you have ever been away and the farthest distance you have ever traveled from home. Going to a foreign land and facing a whole new culture is also at first a little scary until you learn to fit in and discover all of the new possibilities this experience now provides you. I have experienced what it feels like to go to universities far from home and to live abroad in totally different cultures. Therefore, I say with confidence that as long as you open yourself up to new experiences,be careful in your decision making, and maintain a positive attitude everything will be ok.

Hard work and continuous study have helped you reach this moment. However, I encourage you all to now make more time than you ever have before to also incorporate social activities into your daily lives. The most valuable experience from college may actually be the relationships you build and not necessarily the knowledge you acquire. Knowing the right people well can open doors for you that no amount of study can, socially and professionally. So, continue to work hard and be great students, but be sure to play hard too!

Always remember, in your time abroad you will be more than just college students, you are also ambassadors of China. You may be the first Chinese citizens an American ever meets, you may even be the first foreigner. Your personal conduct will reflect not only on yourself and your family but your motherland as well. Use this to your advantage, try to avoid isolating yourselves in communities of overseas Chinese, go out and befriend as many non-Chinese as possible. Spread the best parts of your culture and society to those you meet and absorb the best parts of theirs and bring it home with you when you return to China.

Doing this will enrich your college experience and theirs. It may help improve relations and understanding between our two great societies. Most importantly, it will help realize the guiding philosophy of Sendelta and our ultimate mission: creating better selves to help create a better world.

Congratulations, farewell, good luck, and please keep in touch!