Requirements for graduate school

A) What is the whole procedure of graduate school

1. Contact with the school to determine the specific school, major, and get specific information about the examination

If you decide to go to graduate school, after determining the general range of schools and majors to be enrolled in the examination, you need to contact with the school to get the latest enrollment information, and you need to keep abreast of the latest developments in the school. This is so that you will not be aimless.

2. Preparation

After obtaining sufficient information about the specialty, and after finding a complete set of review materials, it is time to read and review. Since you have chosen a faraway place, you will only care about the wind and rain. Once you have set a goal, you should devote yourself to the review without hesitation. In the review, we must be down-to-earth and serious.

3. Enrollment

Enrollment time is usually in November, these years are 10-14. Enrollment of school students is unified by the school. Enrollment of working people is usually at the high school admission office of the education commission at the prefecture and city level or at the school where they apply, or they can enroll off-site, i.e., enroll and take the exam outside the city because of business trips and other reasons.

There are two types of schools and specialties that you can fill in when applying: the first volunteer and the second volunteer. Postgraduate examination of the specialized subjects test questions are each enrollment units of their own proposition, the candidates should be reported to the first volunteer test questions to the examination.

4. preliminary examination

Preliminary examination is generally in January and February, 1 or 2 weeks before the Spring Festival. The examination should last for 2 days, conduct 4 examinations, each examination 3 hours, the examination place is usually in the local municipal level education commission high school recruitment office set up the examination point, or enrollment of colleges and universities, the candidates can choose these two kinds of examination points in the registration.

5. Transfer

About 1 or 2 weeks after the winter vacation and the start of the spring school year, the results of the professional courses are almost out, and at this time you can call to the department and the Office of Research and Admission to ask. After another 1 or 2 weeks, the grades for the public **** classes are also out. After this period of time to send a retest notice is very critical, if the ranking is not particularly ideal, admission in between, we must more and apply for units (departments) and tutors to contact, really can not look at the possibility of reading the self-funded and commissioned training, or transfer to another school.

6. Review

Reviews are usually held before and after 5.1, and in the past it was usually an equal number of interviews, but now it has basically been changed to a differential interview. Every year, there are a part of the candidates in the re-examination of the halberd, so the competition is very cruel. This requires candidates and friends to carefully prepare for the interview, in the interview to have a confident, calm mind, so as to be able to decisively and fluently answer the questions raised by the teacher.

7. Admission

After passing the reexamination, the school will send a letter to the unit where your file is located, your file will be transferred to the school, the review of no major problems (mainly political issues), will issue a letter of admission, all your relations, including the organization, household registration, payroll relations, to the school (except for the commission training).

(2) How to fill in the volunteer

It has been said that choosing a good first volunteer for graduate school is half of the success. Similar to the college entrance examination volunteer, the first volunteer role is important, if you can't choose, it is "a careless, the whole plate is lost". Experts believe that the choice of volunteers is a risky game process, candidates should combine their own wishes and conditions, consider the first volunteer. To do accurate volunteer, candidates also need to fully understand the real information, weigh the pros and cons, to help themselves make the right choice. Especially those who are generally competitive and aspiring candidates, but also with the help of information collection, choose the highest probability of admission to the profession and enrollment units.

Admissions brochure is an important piece of information that focuses on the enrollment of the unit, so each candidate should get a copy of the enrollment brochure of the unit as early as possible. Sometimes, in order to facilitate the comparison of choice, but also want to comprehensively understand the enrollment situation of the unit, get the enrollment of the unit's enrollment brochure. However, the unit's enrollment brochures are generally to October or so out, to ask for a lot of trouble. In this way, if you wait until the enrollment briefings to get their hands on, more certainty before starting to study and prepare for the examination, I am afraid that it is too late, missed the opportunity, regret a lifetime. So, what to do?

You can go to your local graduate admissions office and library in advance to check the enrollment prospectus of various units across the country in previous years. Local graduate admissions office (including the admissions office of universities), the library (including the library of universities) generally have the previous year's national institutions of higher learning, research institutions of enrollment (the second part of this book is accompanied by a detailed national postgraduate enrollment detailed mailing address and contact telephone. According to the first preliminary determination of the intention to apply for admission, such as the intention to apply for what specialties, which research direction, which research institutions and so on. And then you may wish to start according to the intention to review, at the same time with the intention of the unit graduate admissions office, the local graduate admissions office, or you and in the intention of the unit of family, friends, classmates and so on to get in touch with as soon as possible to get the new enrollment briefs, in order to adjust the review in a timely manner.

The enrollment work has a certain continuity and similarity, that is, on the same institutions, research units, the basic situation, such as enrollment of professional direction settings, enrollment quota, the degree of competition, the examination subjects and so on with the previous year is similar; on the comparison of units, the same professional direction of the examination subjects are similar. This provides the feasibility of reviewing and preparing for the examination. Of course, the difference is still there, some cases may also appear larger changes. This will again require you to get the new brief as soon as possible, according to the new brief quickly adjusted.

(C) What are the ways to get the latest enrollment information

If you decide to go to graduate school, and determine the general range of schools and majors you want to apply for, you need to contact the school as soon as possible to get the latest enrollment information and finalize the schools and majors you want to apply for. The main ways to get information about the professional aspects of the following:

1. Admissions brochures. Usually out in July-August, published by each school's graduate admissions authority (Graduate School and Graduate School). It will list: the name of the admissions unit, code, mailing address, postal code, contact phone number, the number of enrolled majors (some to the department, institute, center and so on the whole specific enrollment unit as a unit, and some specific to each major), tutors (some are not published, mostly belong to the collective cultivation); some will also be listed in the number of commissioned, self-funded, etc., but guaranteed admission, retention of the number of places are generally not listed (but it is very critical information for the The first thing you need to know is that you have to be able to get the best out of the program, and then you have to go back to the program to get the best out of the program.

2. Notes issued by the departmental office. In order to make up for the lack of enrollment brochures, to cope with the candidates keep calling to ask for some information, some enrollment units (generally specific enrollment units such as departments, colleges, institutes and centers, etc.) special announcement of some instructions, such as: the number of applicants in the past year, the number of admissions, the admission ratio, the admission scores, the bibliography, and so on.

3. Can and mentor contact, get his one or two points of guidance, will undoubtedly be like a tiger with wings. But this is not easy, because the tutor is usually very busy, even if the contact has to pay attention to the way to deal with.

4. Graduate students. Compared to tutors, graduate students are better at finding them, and the information they can provide is more "practical", and the words they say are more realistic.

5. Various print media published graduate school information.

6. Website. Now there are a lot of websites that can provide a lot of information.

(D) how to choose schools and specialties

While more and more people are applying for graduate school in recent years, there are still a number of specialties that are not enough, and some even have the phenomenon of not being able to recruit enough or no one to apply. In individual schools of popular specialties, even if the total score of more than 350 points (four courses totaling 500 points, the general minimum line of 325 points), may not be guaranteed to be admitted to the program as publicly funded students. It is understood that the current number of applications for a smaller number of majors are mainly concentrated in a number of science and technology majors, literature and history, economics, generally more applicants. For example, in Beijing, the ratio of application and admission of science and engineering majors is generally between 2:1 and 4:1, but the ratio of application and admission of liberal arts majors is as high as 6:1 to 9:1. This imbalance is even more prominent between specific majors and schools. In terms of majors, computer science and automation in engineering have always been popular, while law and finance and economics in liberal arts have always been popular. In these specialties, the ratio of application to admission is often as high as 20:1 or even higher. Famous schools such as Peking University and the National People's Congress (NPC) are where many candidates are concentrated. In such schools, individual departments may have more than 1,000 candidates, and it is basically difficult to guarantee acceptance as a publicly-funded student in the program without absolutely high grades. If there is no absolute certainty, it is recommended that students can avoid this type of school and this type of specialty. Of course, some of the popular majors or popular schools there are still some relatively cold direction and specialization, students may wish to selectively enroll.

(E) how to look at the cross-specialty examination

"There is no test, only unexpected", in recent years, cross-specialty examination of the growing ranks, many candidates not only across the examination of the relevant professions, and even some people to carry out arts and sciences, "the big change of career! "The first time I saw this, it was a very good idea to go to the hospital and get some help. As we all know, "different lines like a mountain", cross-specialty enrollment in the examination of the coefficient of difficulty in the examination is the largest, "the sword to go sideways", both the danger of "losing all the plates", but also may bring The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal of money to pay for it.

Then, the situation of cross-specialty research to calmly analyze, and according to their own situation, "the right medicine" is particularly important. In general, the cross-specialty examination should follow the following rules:

First, the cross-specialty advantage of the subject is generally mathematics and foreign languages, because these two professional students first in the national examination on the "cheap". Moreover, the science and engineering courses are related to mathematics, good math, to economics, automation, computers have a "comparative advantage", the foundation is also more solid. Second, relatively speaking, candidates agree with the rule is "science to text easy, text to science difficult. Pure arts such as history, Chinese and other professions focus more on perceptual awareness, all professions can try to apply. But the arts to science is different, higher mathematics is the first big threshold. Therefore, the liberal arts to science and technology to be cautious. Third, the direction of changing majors is best to abide by the "proximity principle", i.e., looking for similar majors or related disciplines to cross-examine. The safest way is still to look for different branches under the same discipline or under the same basic theory, and if your own strength is not particularly strong, do not cross too much. Fourth, the cross-specialty examination should also be "casting stones", that is to say, in preparation for the examination to find the relevant departments and tutors. Some schools and faculties welcome and encourage cross-disciplinary enrollment.

From the point of view of the examination situation in recent years, the interdisciplinary examination of the main cross-professionals are as follows:

Economic majors have to take a math test, for science and engineering students to choose this type of professional to consider the following two points: First, the professional requirements of mathematics is relatively high, may be advantageous to science students, such as Peking University Guanghua School of Management of the Department of National Economy Programs and Management Department of Finance and Securities. Tsinghua School of Economics and Management of Accounting and so on to test math (I); Second, the test of the professional subjects are less, so that the possibility of success of science to text candidates may be greater.

Sociology is a broad field of study, according to the enrollment situation in previous years, the majority of freshmen candidates, the proportion of social science majors are also larger, with the background of other disciplines into sociology, all have their unique advantages. Sociology is relatively easy to start compared to other more specialized disciplines, as long as you are well prepared and review the right way, there is still a lot of hope of getting in.

The fact that a significant portion of law school graduate students are non-professionals proves that the professional divide is not insurmountable. Non-legal candidates are often able to integrate professional qualities in the study of law, they have a broad vision, see the problem from a novel and unique perspective, if coupled with more adequate review, the chances of success are very high.

Science between the inter-professional application, choose a major, it is best to choose and their own major similar to the profession, the line is like a mountain, liberal arts, social sciences between the slightly better, science and technology between the difference between the bigger, apply for other professions will have to start a new stove, start from scratch to learn, naturally, to pay more hard work. Of course, this mountain is not insurmountable.

In short, when deciding whether or not to apply for the examination of the cross-specialty, we must be well-prepared, carefully choose, not to chase the popularity of the moment, the trend, as far as possible, according to their own actual situation to apply for the examination.

(F) apply for different categories of master's degree should pay attention to what matters

Currently master's level of graduate students in addition to the traditional sense of graduate students, in recent years has increased the number of focus on the application of a new type of "professional master's degree". They are Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Public **** Management (MPA), Master of Laws, Master of Education, Master of Architecture, Master of Clinical Medicine, Master of Engineering and so on. Compared with the traditional master's degree, which is more inclined to "research", the professional master's degree focuses more on practice and application in the training direction, and the training time is also short (two years).

Generally speaking, because the training direction is mainly in the application, so the professional master's degree level of specialized courses required to be shallow, more of a test of some of the basic knowledge of the main courses. In addition, although the number of professional master's degree enrollment schools is small, but the general enrollment is large. In view of this, for some candidates to change the professional examination, it seems to enroll in the professional master's degree is more appropriate, at least in the professional courses are not "class origin" candidates pull down too big a gap; for the "class" origin candidates, it may be worthwhile to avoid the shortcomings of the strengths. The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal of money to pay for the work you do.

Special reminder is that in recent years many schools have increased the number of unplanned places, self-financing, commissioned and other forms, the final actual enrollment is often much higher than the published figures (planned). If you want to go to a good school, a good major, and a greater certainty of exceeding the minimum score line, you can also consider the unplanned places, but you have to prepare your own tuition fees. Enrollment brochures published on the figures often contain guaranteed admission, if this is the basis for considering the degree of competition and the size of the grasp, obviously inaccurate. Therefore, before applying, it is best to get in touch with the school to find out the actual figures.

(7) how to deal with the Office of Research and Admissions

Every year from October, the Office of Research and Admissions received a large number of letters from candidates to ask for information, asking for briefs and other materials, sometimes receiving nearly a hundred pieces of letters every day to the money. However, the Office of Research and Admissions Office to deal with only a very small part of a large number of letters backlog in the Office of Research and Admissions cupboard, here is the reason: the Office of Research and Admissions Office of limited manpower, work is very busy, enrollment brief to buy, the staff can not be free to send you, it is unlikely to go to the letter to explain the price of many Research and Admissions Office does not have a specialized agency for the candidates information services, it is not possible to run to the post office to pick up the payment for you to purchase the required information and handle the postal mail. Therefore, you deal with the Office of Research and Admissions must pay attention to:

1. Ask for enrollment brochures at the same time to send 5 yuan or so RMB; 2. The question should be specific, the return envelope filled out, sent to the Office of Recruitment and Admissions. This way you can get the information you need and the answers to your questions in a timely and expeditious manner.

(H) how to understand the professional subject proposition situation and bibliography

Business class by the enrollment units of their own proposition assessment, which is a major feature of graduate student enrollment, this feature is very important for you to understand the proposition characteristics of the unit enrolled in the review bibliography and very important. Generally speaking, more look at your enrollment units of the previous year's test questions, try to use their textbooks, is a trick. The most convenient and reliable practice is to consult with the graduate students who have just been admitted to the school in the direction of the specialty in the previous year, and even if you have never met them, you might as well take the liberty of paying a visit to them. The previous graduate students are generally eager to help.

In addition to asking for advice from previous graduate students, you can also send a letter to the instructor of your choice according to the enrollment brochure, and ask the instructor for advice. The advantage of asking a mentor for advice is that it gives the mentor a chance to get to know you, which can also have an impact on admissions. To the tutor to write a letter to introduce their own situation should be factual, so that the tutor feel that you are honest, but also to avoid the shortcomings, so that the tutor feel that you have a great potential, there is a future for cultivation, to ask for advice to be humble, so that the tutor to leave an impression that you are modest and enterprising, hardworking and good at learning. In short, your purpose is to let the tutor appreciate you, willing to accept you as ****, and willing to help you, for which what means should be utilized, you can completely use your wisdom to break in. It is also common to pay a visit to your mentor at your door.

(IX) Should you attend the pre-test tutorial classes

The specialized courses of the master's entrance exams are set by the schools themselves, and due to the fact that the textbooks of the schools are different, the academic schools are different, and the research directions of the teachers are different, so even if it is the same specialty, the exam questions of each school are also more different. For this reason, in the attention of the collection of the school recommended review books and previous years' exams, should also try to participate in the school's professional course tutorials, especially the departments organized by their own tutorials. The phenomenon of "inbreeding" in the postgraduate examination in recent years vividly illustrates this point. Some schools tend to concentrate on graduate students from a limited number of schools, such as a school in Beijing, a lot of graduate students from Shandong and several teacher training colleges and universities, the reason for this is that there are teachers and siblings in a timely manner for the younger siblings to pass the relevant information. There was a famous university graduates in a school before the graduate school entrance examination, because of work relations failed to participate in its confidence in the most sure of a professional course of pre-test tutoring, the results of the course only scored 50 points. Although the candidate scored the highest score in foreign language in the school and the highest overall score in the program, he was still rejected according to the relevant regulations. In this case, the candidates in the application, such as no time to apply to the school to participate in counseling, while the professional course is not a greater grasp, may wish to set the goal of some realistic, apply to the nearest more familiar with the school in order to ensure that the "hit rate".

Participating in graduate school counseling classes can often receive twice the result with half the effort. The teachers of the tutorial classes are generally engaged in many years of undergraduate teaching and tutoring senior teachers, for the tutoring courses have a deep understanding and rich teaching experience. Participating in tutorials not only allows you to get a systematic review in a short period of time, but also allows you to avoid the common misconceptions of the candidates, thus improving your ability to take the test.

(J) Whether it is necessary to contact the tutor

Many students are concerned about the question of whether it is necessary to contact the tutor in advance.

It is good to have the opportunity to get guidance from your tutor, but if you don't have the chance to get in touch with your tutor, don't be concerned about the idea that your tutor doesn't play a key role in admission. The reason is that the tutor is uncertain, the tutor is even more random, and the admission is made by the faculty (department) and the Graduate School, so in general, the tutor does not play a decisive role. However, it is still necessary to contact the tutor's students, who are very clear about the tutor's field of research, recent major achievements, valuable references in the discipline, and even the tutor's way of writing questions, so you can get a lot of valuable information from them.

If you have achieved outstanding research results and published high-quality academic papers, you may want to write a letter to your tutor, in which you state your research results, and your tutor may be interested in seeing you, and you may not be able to get in touch with him or her, so you can study hard. Furthermore, even if you contact your tutor, if you don't score enough on the exam, you won't be admitted.

But it must be noted that individual schools require the name of the tutor to be filled in for some majors, so candidates for these majors should contact their tutors in advance.

(XI) how to do a good job of the overall arrangement of the examination

Examination, whether it is for fresh undergraduates or working people, is a major initiative, and make sure to win, so there must be a reasonable overall arrangement. First of all, there is a strong self-confidence. No will is not a thing. Exam preparation time is usually at least up to five months, and some will be longer. Such a long preparation process is a huge effort of physical strength and energy. If there is no strong self-confidence, not only can not withstand the spiritual pressure inherent in graduate school and all aspects of interference, but also timid and fearful, mediocrity, adding a lot of trouble, interfere with the normal review work. Secondly, to do a good job of material, personnel and other aspects of the arrangements to minimize worries, to enter the review in a calm state of mind.

Finally, be sure to make a review plan. The study needs to review a lot of homework, homework outside the thing is also a lot of things, do not form a plan, everything depends on the temporary decision, inevitably lose sight of the other. Therefore, before entering the examination review must take some time to make a review plan. The allocation of time for each course of study, review method, the progress of review, the handling of various related things must be done in mind, so as not to avoid the battle, self disorganization.

(XII) How to choose good revision materials

Using a set of correct and appropriate books is quite important. Before you start reviewing, it is best to get the sample examination papers and designated textbooks of recent years, as well as the enrollment prospectus of the year. According to the sample questions to analyze the characteristics of the examination questions, the form of the questions, the development of the course review ideas and review focus, according to the enrollment brief, to find out the professional preparation for the examination of the textbook. The public **** course in the examination is also vital, political English tutorials must use the national Ministry of Education issued a unified syllabus and review guide.

Selecting the right reference materials for the specialized courses, you can have a place to start when reviewing. Although the Ministry of Education requires that the enrollment units shall not give candidates a range, but the vast majority of enrollment units will specify the reference list. Some in the enrollment chapter specified, and some in the compilation of the previous years of the compilation of professional exams specified (chapter and compilation of exams generally from the enrollment units can be purchased from the Office of Research and Recruitment). The focus of revision is of course the designated reference materials for the specialized courses, while referring to some other relevant monographs and literature. This is because there will be 1 or 2 questions in the specialized paper to test students' theoretical level and analytical ability. To do well in this part of the question, you need a solid theoretical background.

In fact, each set of reference books for the examination will list the knowledge points in accordance with the syllabus of the year, the difference is only in the style of the editor and comprehensive ability. Therefore, you only need to choose the right set of reference books for the examination. When selecting a reference book, compare carefully to see which editor's style is more suitable for your own on the line.