学生面临更大的困惑——高考填报志愿

Following the completion of the National College Entrance Exam, or Gaokao in Chinese, students and their parents find themselves facing an even bigger dilemma--the application process.
随着国家高考的结束，学生和父母们发现他们面临着一个更大的困惑——填报志愿的过程。

The two-day National College Entrance Exam is finally over. But very few students are feeling truly relaxed. Most students and their parents are trying to solve the difficulties that surround the application process. In theory the process should be a two-way choice between universities and students. However, the application inevitably involves Chinese parents, who traditionally put too much pressure and expectation on their offsprings.
历时两天的高考已经结束了。但是极少学生真正感到放松。大部分学生和他们的家长试图解决围绕填报志愿出现的问题。理论上，这一过程应该是大学和学生之间的双向选择。然而，填报志愿过程必然包括了中国家长，传统上他们对后代施加了太多的压力和寄予太多的期望。

A student of Yuyuantan High School in Beijing, said, “I personally prefer accounting or statistics. I want to choose a major like that. But my parents want me to learn something more technical, something you can make a living from.”
北京玉元坛高中一名学生说：“我个人更喜欢会计学和统计学。我想选择这一类专业。但是我父母希望我学习一些更有技术性的，可以从中赚钱的专业。”

More and more people have come to realize that 'hot majors' and 'not-so-hot majors' are subjective. One major can be extremely hot one year, resulting in more students choosing it the next year. However, they may find it hard to get a job after they graduate since there are a flood of graduates with the same degree. Recently, the traditionally hot majors like management and computer science have begun to cool down, as long-neglected majors like geology and forestry regain popularity.
越来越多人意识到热门专业和不太热门专业是主观的。一个专业这一年很热门，导致下一年更多学生选择这个专业。然而，他们会发现毕业后很难找到工作，因为有一大批毕业生有着同样的学位。最近，传统如管理学和计算机科学这些热门专业已经开始冷却，而长期被忽视的如地质学和森林学这些专业重新受到欢迎。