Name: 大學不只如此！ Northeastern 全球社群有 Christie Ruggieri 帶你深入瞭解！ (More Than a University: Northeastern's Global Community with Christie Ruggieri)
Uploaded: 2026-01-13T17:53:04.000Z
Duration: 18 min 23 s

Welcome back to another episode of Breaking Boundaries, the world's premier podcast for international students.

歡迎回到 Breaking Boundaries 的最新一集，這是全球頂尖的國際學生播客。

反身代名詞

Or at least that's what I tell myself when I log in.

至少我每次登入時都會這麼告訴自己。

I am delighted today to be joined by Christy Ruggieri, the director of enrollment strategies at Northeastern University.

今天非常高興能邀請到 Northeastern University 的招生策略總監 Christy Ruggieri。

Christy, thank you so much for hopping on the podcast.

Christy，非常謝謝你來上我們的播客。

It's like I said before, I'm super excited for us to meet and connect.

就像我之前說的，我超期待我們能見面交流。

Well, you know, you're at Northeastern, which has more than 20,000 international students.

嗯，你知道，你在諾斯伍德大學，那裡有超過兩萬名國際學生。

And so in the U.S. northeastern is a massive player in the international education scene.

所以，在美國，諾斯伍德大學在國際教育界是個舉足輕重的角色。

And I want to get to all that because I think it's fascinating, but

我想深入探討這一切，因為我覺得它非常吸引人，但

I want to start with your own background.

A while back, you spent some time living in Beijing.

很久以前，你曾在北京住過一段時間。

So I was just curious if you don't mind sharing a little bit about your experience living overseas yourself.

所以我想問問，如果你不介意的話，能否分享一下你自己海外生活的經驗？

So I was working in college admissions at my alma mater, Drexel University, and

當時我在母校德雷塞爾大學從事大學錄取工作，

Initial View, if you're familiar, they're a platform that helps interview students that are going through the college admissions process to learn for admissions officers to learn a little bit more holistically about who students are beyond just, you know, a test or, you know, a personal statement.

Initial View，如果你熟悉的話，他們是一個平臺，幫助面試學生進行大學錄取過程，讓招生官能更整體地瞭解學生，而不僅僅是考試成績或個人陳述。

They, at the time were doing an Initial View fellowship and it was an opportunity to work for the company, interview students firsthand, and

當時他們有一個 Initial View 研究獎助，這是一個為公司工作的機會，親身面試學生，

to really immerse yourself into what college admissions is like in China, but

並真正沉浸在中國的大學錄取是什麼樣子的，但是

Because sometimes when you work for a university, you know, students and counselors and schools are going to approach you and approach those conversations with a particular lens.

因為有時候你在大學工作，你知道，學生、輔導老師和學校會帶著特定的觀點來找你，來跟你談話。

But if you're not tied to a particular institution, you can learn a little bit more about, you know, what it's like from their perspective in a way where they don't think it's going to impact their admission or, you know, chances of admission to the university or something.

但如果你沒有綁定在某個特定的學校，你就能更瞭解，你知道，從他們的角度來看是怎麼樣的，而且他們不會覺得這會影響他們錄取，或是，你知道，錄取大學的機會等等。

And so I applied on a whim and I didn't think I was going to get it.

所以我一時興起就申請了，我沒想到我會拿到。

And I was offered this chance to move to Beijing.

然後我獲得了搬到北京的機會。

I packed up my stuff, I moved my cat in at my parents house.

我打包好我的東西，把我的貓安置在我父母家。

I don't remember the exact number off the top of my head anymore, but

我已經不太記得確切的數字了，

I probably visited at least 20 cities throughout China, maybe 25 cities throughout China during that.

我大概去了中國的二十幾個城市，也許二十五個城市。

So I really got to see the full gamut of, you know, what it's like to live in all the different provinces to learn about different student experiences.

所以我真的看到了，你知道，在不同省份生活是什麼樣子，去了解不同的學生經驗。

I interviewed over a thousand high school juniors and seniors that year to learn more about their experience and what it's like to go through the college admissions process in the US through their shoes.

那一年我面試了一千多名高中高年級學生，透過他們的視角，更瞭解他們的經驗以及經歷美國大學錄取過程是什麼感覺。

this raises a follow up curiosity that I have you referenced that given your neutral position, students would often either ask you things or divulge information that they may be hesitant to ask or share with someone at a college admissions office.

這引發了我一個後續的好奇，你提到因為你的中立立場，學生們經常會問你問題，或是透露一些他們可能不好意思問或分享給大學錄取辦公室的人的資訊。

So kind of diving into that topic, what were some of the questions or things that students shared that they were anxious about that they may not feel comfortable discussing with an admissions counselor?

所以，針對這個話題，學生們有哪些問題或分享，是他們感到焦慮，但可能不太敢跟招生官討論的呢？

Yeah, I mean definitely anxious about how their activities are going to be perceived, especially if they're in a local high school.

嗯，我意思是，他們肯定會擔心他們的活動會被怎麼看待，尤其是在在地高中就讀的學生。

Like there might not be as many different clubs and organizations.

像是可能沒有那麼多不同的社團和組織。

And so how do they still show that they're a well rounded student or are being engaged in their community when maybe the high school that they're attending does not have that infrastructure?

那他們要怎麼在就讀的高中沒有這些資源的情況下，還能展現自己是個多才多藝的學生，或是積極參與社區活動呢？

Sometimes they're making it on their own, sometimes they're, you know, sometimes they're, the school will offer them something.

有時候是他們自己爭取，有時候是，你知道，有時候是學校會提供一些。

One thing I found really interesting is that a lot of folks would apply to one school in the early round.

我發現一件很有趣的事，是很多人會在早期申請階段申請一間學校。

Like they would apply to just their ed school, they wouldn't apply to any others.

像是他們只會申請他們的「ED學校」，不會申請其他學校。

And then after they got that ed decision back, and

you know that's typically in like mid December, they then if they didn't get in or were deferred or whatever, they would then, then at that point make a list of other universities that they were going to apply in regular round.

你知道通常是在十二月中旬，如果他們沒被錄取，或是被延後審理等等，他們才會在那時列出其他要在常規申請階段申請的大學。

Which is so just culturally different than how we do it in the States, right?

這跟我們在美國的做法真的文化差異很大，對吧？

I've got young kids and I've already applied to 100 colleges, you know.

我有小孩，而且我已經申請了上百間大學了。

So yeah, I always, I found that always to be just a different approach and then how, than how we, we do it here in the States.

所以，我一直覺得這是一種不同的做法，跟我們在這裡美國的做法很不一樣。

And if a student came to you today seeking admission to Northeastern and they were concerned about a lack of extracurricular activities, how about you advise them to kind of overcome that internal hurdle?

如果有學生今天來找你，想申請諾斯伍德大學，但他們擔心課外活動不足，你會怎麼建議他們克服這個內心的障礙呢？

Yeah, yeah, I mean it's a great question.

What we really do is we read within the context of where a student is from.

我們實際上是會去了解學生來自哪裡。

We have students from literally 140 countries on our campus.

我們校園裡有來自 140 個國家、真正意義上的學生。

And so it is our job to be experts on the school systems in all those countries.

所以，我們的工作就是成為所有這些國家學校系統的專家。

And so we are aware and we take into consideration the curriculum and the background of the school when a student is applying.

所以我們會注意到，並考慮學生申請時的課程和學校背景。

Like a student who is, for example, in an IB curriculum where there is an actual like, requirement to be involved in activities to earn your high school diploma.

就像一個學生，例如，讀 IB 課程，實際上需要參與活動才能獲得高中畢業文憑。

We're going to view that student's level of involvement very differently than someone who is applying from a local high school where we know that there isn't that infrastructure.

我們會非常不同地看待這位學生的參與程度，與那些來自我們知道沒有這種基礎設施的當地高中申請的學生相比。

It's really where we want to get to know you, understand you, and

我們真的希望能認識你、瞭解你，

make sure that you were taking advantage of the opportunities provided through your experience.

並確保你充分利用了透過你的經驗所提供的機會。

And I think that that's sometimes hard to understand or for students to realize.

我想這一點有時候對學生來說很難理解或意識到。

But I really want to reassure folks, especially if anyone's listening to our conversation, that it really is taken into consideration.

但我真的很想讓大家放心，特別是如果有人在聽我們的對話，這真的會被考慮進去。

It's not a one to one, and we're not expecting similar things from those backgrounds.

這不是一對一的，我們也不期望來自不同背景的學生有類似的表現。

Because with 20,000 international students, my mind immediately jumps to the advantages of scale with respect to support systems on campus.

因為有兩萬名國際學生，我馬上想到規模優勢在於校園的支持系統。

I assume international students are well taken care of.

我猜國際學生都有受到妥善照顧。

But I hadn't thought about the fact that because you see students from more than 100 countries routinely, you're able to measure their application against similarly situated peers in that country.

但我沒想到的是，因為你們經常看到來自一百多個國家的學生，所以可以將他們的申請與來自該國的同儕進行比較。

And that's another advantage of the volume of students you serve.

這也是你們服務大量學生的另一個優勢。

One last China question, and then I want to move on to Northeastern.

最後一個關於中國的問題，然後我們來談談諾斯伍德大學。

You mentioned you visited a couple dozen cities.

Was there a favorite city or a favorite experience in China that you took away?

在中國有沒有特別喜歡的城市或難忘的經驗？

So I have a favorite place and then a favorite activity.

所以我有個最喜歡的地方，還有一個最喜歡的活動。

So there's like the touristy areas where you can go and pay a ticket, but

所以有些地方是觀光區，你可以去買票，但是

then there's of course, the rest of the wall that's called the Wild Wall.

當然，還有其他地方叫做「野長城」。

We brought all our camping gear and slept over on the top of the Great Wall, which, like, couldn't believe it.

我們帶了所有的露營裝備，然後睡在長城上面，我簡直不敢相信。

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