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Making the right choice
學校和專業哪個更重要？
Does the university you attend or the major you choose determine your success in the future?
是學校還是專業決定了你未來的出路？
According to a recent survey done by China Youth Daily, 48.6 percent of participants believe that the university one goes to plays an important role in shaping their future. On the other hand, 33.8 percent of people hold the view that it's what you do in the university that matters.
《中國青年報》近期的一項調查顯示，48.6%的受訪者認為大學學校能決定奮斗的起點。另一方面，33.8%的受訪者覺得在大學里怎么學才更影響畢業出路。
For Fu Chenxi, an economics major at University of Alberta, Canada, a prestigious university does bring many unseen benefits. "Without access to academic training, lectures and experiences of different clubs in college, I wouldn't have successfully got my first internship in a leading commercial bank," he said.
對于加拿大阿爾伯塔大學的經濟系學生傅宸熹而言，名校的確能帶來許多隱性優勢。“如果沒有校內的學術訓練、講座以及不同社團的經歷，我也不會成功獲得在大型商業銀行實習的機會，”他表示。
Yet the 21-year-old doesn't think majors matter in one's career path. In his opinion, various and versatile talents are much more in demand. Generally, ambitious graduates would enhance their core abilities through internships or academic activities to make them capable for a job or further study, no matter which major they choose.
但這位21歲的同學并不認為專業在職業道路上至關重要。在他看來，社會更需要多種多樣的全能型人才。有志向的畢業生們通常都會通過實習以及學術活動增強他們的核心技能，從而有利于就業或者進一步深造，不論他們選擇了什么專業。
However, Chen Yufei, 20, who studies Japanese at Tianjin University of Science and Technology, believes that choosing the right major has much more weight than choosing a good university.
但天津科技大學20歲的日語系學生陳雨菲卻認為，選擇正確的專業比選擇一所好大學重要多了。
After getting lower scores than expected in gaokao, Chen missed the chance to study her desired major – Chinese. "Lacking interest in Japanese, I was miserable taking Japanese classes in the first year," Chen said. She became interested in Japanese after learning the country's culture through books and animated films.
陳雨菲在高考中并未取得理想分數，最終不能選擇自己想去的中文專業。“我對日語沒什么興趣，第一年上日語課的時候覺得很痛苦，”陳雨菲說道。后來她通過書籍和動畫電影了解了日本文化，這才對日語產生了興趣。
"Different majors will lead to different career paths which ultimately lead to different incomes. Disparities in salaries are substantial," Chen added.
“不同的專業會通向不同的職業道路，帶來不同的收入。工資上的差距是實際存在的，”陳雨菲補充道。
She thinks that even students who major in Japanese at well-known universities will most likely not get as high of a salary as students who major in computer science or business.
她認為，哪怕是名校的日語系學生，也不大可能拿到和計算機科學或者商科學生一樣高的薪水。
Both the university and one's major are important, but they don't necessarily determine your life, according to Chu Zhaohui, a researcher of the National Institute of Education Sciences. It's what one has learned and cultivated that's most important. "For undergraduates, personal development is closely related to their overall performance in the university," Chu told China Youth Daily.
中國教育科學研究院研究員儲朝暉認為，學校與專業都很重要，但都無法決定人的一生。最重要的是所學所悟。“對于本科生而言，個人發展與校內的總體表現密切相關，”儲朝暉在接受《中國青年報》采訪時如此表示。
