Jingyi Liu, a native of China, completed her studies at St Martin’s College Sixth Form in June 2014. She is now a freshman at Gettysburg College, USA, a high-ranking college of the liberal arts in the United States.
Since Gettysburg College is a liberal arts college, it provides an overview of the natural sciences, humanity subjects, the social sciences, the arts, quantitative reasoning and second languages. Besides the subjects students choose to major in, they also need to study subjects from across the curriculum. This encourages students to be open-minded and also let them connect knowledge from different fields.
Gettysburg College has a career development centre which provides students with countless internship opportunities. It organises some job immersion trips which give students an appreciation of their preferred industry. “I’m really looking forward to these internships,” said Jingyi.
Every student is encouraged to study abroad for at least one semester. This is especially because it is an integral part of the Gettysburg College academic experience, embodying the curriculum goals of engaged learning and global citizenship – “Make the world your classroom.”
Jingyi is also very proud of the College’s Experiential Education Programme. It provides students with innovative opportunities to experience diverse environments, to understand and respect those with different values than their own, and to grow as individuals. Jingyi joined an ice climbing trip during the winter break. “It was challenging, but so much fun! I never thought I could climb ice with only ice axe and crampons!”