Ginger Bridge course was accused of getting into school and graduating easily.

What is the "bridge course", and why should it be recommended again and again? Parents to this newspaper, in the ginger to apply for study abroad, bypassing the "bridge course", caught the opportunity to consultant on the "hard sell." What's the benefit of the bridge? Ginger Consultant explained that the original does not take the "bridge", the most apply for three-stream schools, and choose to go "bridge", there is a chance to apply for second-rate schools. Industry personage says, bridge Course pass rate is low, enter the school threshold is false, examination clearance is not easy, and the training process charges expensive, "do bridge can eat commission, this has a lot of tricks." "The public wonders what is called the" Bridge Course "and why it is frequently mentioned that no consultant has repeatedly recommended it, and the citizen Xu family is not aware of a Northeastern university in the capital of Massachusetts, which is said to have ranked 62nd in the United States in 2012. Mr. Xu said that this March, when the children applied for study abroad, select Ginger listed as intermediary, should ginger the requirements of the list, the two sides signed a contract, began to formulate detailed plans, "the child intends to study abroad, the preferred destination is the United States, the specific choice of what school, to tell the truth we ghost, hope Ginger column can give an opinion." Mr. Xu told reporters that in the early stages of the program, consultants requested information, including language scores, undergraduate grades, school performance, application intentions, and so on. Mr. Xu signed the ginger, the child has not done any preparation, no IBT and GRE results, the consultant recommended the "Bridge course" in Northeastern University. What is the "bridge course"? Mr. Xu frankly, just started to hear the word, the head is a bit Meng, the consultant explained that the choice of courses do not need to cross any threshold, can enter the prestigious schools, but Mr. Xu family still dare not try. "The school is not familiar, the term has not been heard." We don't know anything, what if we get cheated? Mr. Xu said that when he made a clear refusal, the consultant did not give up the recommendation, still mentioned, which instead made him more puzzled: What is the bridge course, what is inside? Chance coincidence children encounter foreigners, the other self exposed inside the citizen Zhang Lady also encounter the "Bridge course" hard sell, she told reporters, in ginger List of recommendations, Northeastern University is a key recommendation, "he said that Northeastern is a high ranking, it is difficult to apply the normal procedures, through the bridge course is much easier." Ms. Zhang said that consultants have repeatedly recommended, this is to keep the family wary of, "after the plan to go home, my family asked me, this matter rely on unreliable, is not to ask someone?" Coincidentally, the family has not had time to find, the answer is delivered to the doorstep. Zhang told reporters that in a concert, the child accidentally met a foreigner, two people in the conversation mentioned the Northeastern University, did not expect that the foreigner said he was northeastern China's head. "How clever of you to say this!" said the foreigner, who kept shaking his head when he heard that my child was reading a bridge course. He said that the school to set up a bridge course, in fact, is a business, in the intermediary agencies to carry out cooperation, the advance need to pay promotion fees, after the transaction to give a commission. Although I do not know the true and false, but after he said that the matter seems more unreliable. We dare to report this bridge course. "said Ms. Zhang. Intermediary propaganda high ranked elite, low threshold can enter these complaints areIs it true? Then the reporter came to ginger column, submitted resume consulting study, the consultant talked about bridge courses, and to the reporter recommended Northeastern University. Consultant analysis said that the reporter study experience is not bad, language proficiency is also qualified, but the application of high ranking schools hope not. The consultant came up with the "2012 American USNews University Rankings" manual, pointing to 94 to 130, said that according to the conditions of journalists belong to this block. The reporter saw that in this block, Clark University ranked 94, Iowa State University ranked 97. However, she points to 62 to 90, staying at the 62-digit Northeastern University. "If you choose a bridge course, you can jump to the 62nd place." What are the advantages of "bridge course"? Consultants said that the bridge admission standard is low, much lower than the threshold of direct reading, while improving English proficiency, but also to take academic courses, from the domestic Chinese teaching methods, the transition to the United States English teaching methods. What type of student is the bridge course suitable for? Kinguille says that students who are not up to the standards or who are too late to test the language, "bridging courses" provide them with an entrance shortcut. The consultant said that the bridge course system is not fixed, short only one semester, most of the three semesters, professional direction focused on business and engineering. The Ginger website shows: Northeastern University, University of Utah and Pace University. Among them, the Northeastern University Bridge course January, May, September semester, professional including business, engineering, physics and so on. The school says that after graduating from the bridge course, the students will be able to continue their third-year course or shorten their graduate hours. Industry explosive material bridge expensive, easy to graduate from school can not read the famous schools, go "bridge" will be able to succeed? Industry insiders say drilling this empty will cost a lot of money. "Generally speaking, it takes at least two years to graduate in the United States. It costs about 300,000 yuan a year, almost 600,000 yuan in two years. If you read the bridge, spend at least 300,000 yuan. Cost is a real problem. It's definitely not a small number to spend 300,000 on non-academic education. "The industry analysts said that even if the cost of a lot of money, the same may not be done, the bridge curriculum wide and strict, smooth graduation is not easy," The bridge course is the focus of language, but also a part of professional courses. If you want to graduate smoothly, the language is sure to pass, professional courses in B above, in all English teaching background, this requirement is very harsh. "In terms of current data, the number of bridging courses is low, most students are not close, and because the curriculum is dedicated, it is not possible to apply to other schools," the industry said. "It's very common for intermediaries to work with schools," he said. A number of school websites specialize in Chinese, with the aim of attracting Chinese students and recruiting students with intermediaries. "The reporter learned that even if the lucky pass the exam, want to get a degree is very difficult, in the course of bridge learning, basically do not set up professional courses, in the school hours, completed credits, become a candidate in front of another ridge." "The bridge course is pretty scary," he said. At first it was a bridge, and in the end it became a hurdle. What is the ability to learn, opportunistic is to pay the price. The industry said.