Everyone has his own understanding about graduate school. My own thought at that time was that I was willing to go up. My undergraduate college is a book, and the strength of the school itself is not strong as a whole. Senior year is facing graduation, so it is difficult to have a good development prospect if you study history, and it is estimated that the last days will be difficult. Therefore, postgraduate entrance examination may be a better choice for me to break through the bottleneck. Secondly, my professional level is not weak, and I have a strong interest in history, which constitutes a source of confidence that I dare to prepare for war and make a breakthrough in graduate school. Finally, the current employment pressure is extremely severe. Without adequate preparation, rashly choosing a job may cause irreparable regret. Instead of wandering around the society, it is better to sink down and study. It's too difficult for migrant workers.
Don't be a wage earner
Now that you have decided to take the postgraduate entrance examination, you will face the situation of choosing a school. Regarding the choice of postgraduate majors and institutions, I mainly have two ideas: First, the choice of gold-plated postgraduate entrance examination. Literally speaking, those who choose this kind of person do not have much pursuit of professional development. Postgraduate entrance examination is only a forced move, and the measures taken for employment or other purposes are believed to be the same for most postgraduate students. Second, the choice of professional depth modeling. This kind of candidates have persistent pursuit of professional learning, hoping to live in a good college to enhance their strength and show their academic ambitions through the teaching of famous teachers. My suggestion is that second-class candidates, or candidates with second-class ideas, must choose the postgraduate entrance examination, because this is an excellent choice to change your current professional backwardness and bleak prospects. For me, I am a combination of the first and second categories. Although I have a strong interest in history, I have no pure academic pursuit, mixed with more utilitarian ideas. My choice is to define my own direction first, that is, the major of China history.
On this basis, the ranking of domestic China history colleges is used to measure and evaluate the alternative colleges. At that time, the top schools in China were Peking University, Nankai University, Northeast Normal University and Capital Normal University. Combined with the difficulty of alternative schools and the strength of the school, Nankai University was finally determined, which looks easier to take the exam and has strong strength. After determining the direction, I began to check whether my strength matched with the alternative institutions. My approach is to find a few real questions for Nankai University's postgraduate entrance examination. If I can solve half of them without a round of review, I will make clear my choice (I found it not difficult for Nankai University to take postgraduate entrance examination for world history after my self-test). After I am completely sure, I will make a study plan and put it into practice without hesitation.
Here are some personal experiences.
English part
English is a difficult point for most candidates, and many people fail in the postgraduate entrance examination because their English scores are not enough. My own English is not very good, and I didn't learn English very much in college. I almost missed English after passing CET-4, so I decided to prepare English again after the postgraduate entrance examination. English needs more time, so it is suggested to prepare from March to April and stick to it every day until the last day. It should start with words and long sentences. Reciting words depends on one's English level. There is no specific standard for long and difficult sentences. Many postgraduate teachers send it every day. You can pay attention to them, follow them every day, and then start doing real questions. You only need to do real English questions, 56 times over the years. You'll feel it, believe me. I personally did it four times on the real question, and I have some personal experience, because I didn't recite words when I took the postgraduate entrance examination, but only the words in the real question. I didn't look at the long and difficult sentences, but I was studying the real questions later. As an average English student, I got 73 points in the English exam, which surprised me. So let's understand the importance of real questions. There will be a course with five nights and ten articles in He Kaiwen in June+10, 5438. Some people think his class is useless to He Kaiwen, while others think it is useful. Everyone has a different opinion. I haven't listened to his other classes, but I listened carefully to ten articles in five nights, mainly about real questions. Personally, I find it very enlightening. Everyone chooses according to their own situation. For writing, I personally prepared a small composition and a template for a big composition. I don't need too much, one is enough, but I must recite it well. No matter what he asks you to write in the examination room, you must decide. And this can be prepared in the last few days of 10, and it won't take long.
Book recommendation:
Zhu Wei's "Love to Practice Writing"
New Oriental PubMed English Words Out of Order Edition
Zhang Jian's Yellow Book of English Zhenti
Politics:
Preparations began in August. The resources used are: intensive classes in Xu Tao and Liu Xu; Xiao Xiurong's "One Thousand Questions", Xiao Ba, Xiao Si, current affairs booklet; Leg four; Empty card to brush the problem book.
The main process is:
Early September to1mid-October: First, watch the intensive class in Xu Tao, and at the same time do the 1000 problem for Xiao Xiurong for the first time. This process does not need to care about the correct rate, but it needs to ensure that the knowledge points involved in the topic are understood and the wrong questions are sorted out. I use a brush exercise book here, which is still very convenient. Please recommend it.
/kloc-in the middle of 0/0, I went to Xiaoba's hand: I continued to brush a thousand questions to consolidate my knowledge in combination with the problem book. At that time, I didn't finish the second time, which led to a weak foundation of objective questions. Therefore, I suggest that I brush as many 1000 questions as possible in the early stage (before Xiao Ba got it).
From Grade 8 to Xiao Si: Brush Grade 8 multiple-choice questions and master all the knowledge points involved. Learn to be Xu Liuhe and Leg Four if you have spare time.
Xiao Si understood: brush multiple-choice questions and recite big questions. Try to memorize all the big questions, and this year's political subjective questions are basically used (many people think that Xiao Si made a comeback in 22 years, but in fact, I think the accuracy of betting questions in 2 1 year is abnormal. The difficulty of politics in the future is likely to be the same as that in 22). Pay more attention to current politics and remember one thing when you see it.
Professional part:
Specialized courses account for a large proportion of the results of specialized courses, and it will be very beneficial for you to learn specialized courses well. Be sure to spend a few days browsing the forum first to get the scope of review and the direction of the exam right. Judging from the time range, the topic of the initial test of China history in Nankai is from the examination in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the time before the founding of the People's Republic of China. The topic types are noun explanation, discussion and ancient Chinese. I'll put the real questions of NTU professional courses in 2022 first. Let's see:
Does it look simple? People who don't think they can write two sentences in their hands, but if you look at this question carefully, there are fewer topics and high scores. This requires us to know everything about each problem as much as possible and discuss the problem in as much detail as possible. This set of questions, "The noun explanation is simple, the short answer has discussion, and the discussion has culture", is very accurate; Although the topic is basic, there is a lot of room for development. Taking the historical significance of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War as an example, the contents mentioned in the textbook can be regarded as the basic points. If you want to continue to add points, you need to write academic research results outside the content of the textbook, such as: the influence of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War on China's nationalist thought; The impact on the economic and social modernization of China (especially inland areas); Influence on Sino-Soviet, Sino-American and Sino-British relations; The impact on post-war relations, and so on. If you want to get higher scores, you need to put forward a self-consistent point of view. This has been the case over the years, so the key point of answering Nankai China History is to master basic historical facts, mention academic viewpoints and give play to personal opinions.
Regarding the selection of teaching materials, I recommend using the reference book designated by NTU History College: Qiu Shusen, editor-in-chief: General History of New China and Modern History of China.
At the beginning, basic historical facts were the basis of building a knowledge system. This part does not require speed, but it should be as detailed and solid as possible. It is divided into two aspects: first, the knowledge points involved in the textbook should be studied comprehensively, and the content of the textbook is not focused or not, only the probability is investigated; Second, every knowledge point should be understood as detailed as possible. For example, if a war is involved, we should know its cause, process, result, participants and influence. Solid refers to mastering the general outline of knowledge points so that they can be quickly mobilized when needed. When reading the textbook, you must draw lines (not take notes), draw out the more important points, and establish a clue of a dynasty, so that in the second round of review, you can quickly recall it by looking at the underlined part. Or draw a frame yourself, which is clearer and clearer. The Early History of Ancient China by Teacher Sun Liqun
Peking University Deng Xiaonan and Zhang Fan's Ancient History of China (Sui and Tang Dynasties-Ming and Qing Dynasties).
Yan Buke and his teacher China's ancient politics and culture.
Several teachers are top scholars, and their lectures are both wonderful and profound. Compared with textbooks, they are more in line with academic trends. The courses are all videos of undergraduates from Nankai University and Peking University, which may be more helpful to non-history majors. At this stage, people are actually very relaxed. When studying textbooks, I often come into contact with knowledge I didn't know before, and I often feel "so it is".
Nankai University's examination questions are repeated every year, so we must study the real questions carefully, answer the real questions of Nankai in the past ten years one by one, ask the teacher to correct them and recite them. The repetition rate of real questions can be half, so it is essential for Nankai to get high marks on the paper. Noun explanation and so on are all explained by nouns, memorized and recited, and so is the noun explanation of real questions. Teaching AIDS are needed at this stage, so I chose the usual noun explanation.
In addition, there are A Course in Ancient History of China and Modern History of China, and edited by Chen Qianping: A Guide to the Study of Ancient History of China and a Guide to the Study of Modern History of China, Nanjing University Press.
Internalization refers to telling the knowledge points in your own words, rather than memorizing the contents of textbooks or teaching AIDS. This is a key point, which can be said to be a watershed that determines the results of professional courses. Because teaching materials and teaching AIDS have limitations in explaining knowledge points, the former is explained in chronological order, and knowledge points that span multiple time periods will be separated; The latter is third-hand material, which is not comprehensive, many knowledge points are not answered, and even contain errors. Therefore, the role of teaching materials is mainly to understand and locate knowledge points, and the role of teaching AIDS is to provide answer templates. What we need to do is to sort out the knowledge points in the teaching materials and supplement or modify them according to the template framework provided by the teaching AIDS.
About the second interview:
In 2022, the score line of China history in the School of History of Nankai University was 365, and the second interview was 12. Eventually eliminated 1 person, entered 1 1 person. However, it should be emphasized that the school line is 355 points, so nearly 10 people with 355 points or above were transferred to the humanities and archaeology major of the School of History of Nankai University, which also greatly improved the landing rate of the School of History of Nankai University.
Because it is in the epidemic era, the re-examination form is mainly online, and the re-examination is conducted by means of question and answer. To emphasize, we must ensure that the equipment is normal and the network is excellent.
The re-examination is divided into professional re-examination and English re-examination.
1. English listening test
The first is the English listening test, which is similar to CET-6, but there are more words to fill in the blanks. Nankai has extremely high requirements for English, and the score line is around 60 points every year, so the proportion of retesting English is also very large.
2. Oral English test
Next is the oral English test, in pairs. First, the teacher will read the article by himself. The teacher will take it back after reading it, and then ask questions about the content of the article and give a simple answer. Then, I discussed the current political issues in pairs. What I got at that time was the Belt and Road problem. I have nothing to say about the cross-examinee of English major in Peking University. Experience tells me that I must not be nervous about the oral English test.
3. Professional course examination
The next day is the written test and interview of professional courses. The written test is the same as the initial test, but the topics are slightly less. After the initial test, everyone should carefully review the professional courses. An interview is a group of people who introduce themselves and then talk about their main research direction now and the research direction they want to engage in in in the future. The teacher will ask corresponding questions according to your current direction. Don't talk nonsense, it will reduce your impression. Say one. Stay alone for half an hour, you must take the initiative and don't hand over your weakness to the teacher. The teachers in Nankai are all big names in academic circles. The teacher understood the question as soon as he heard it. If he can't, he will say no. Don't talk about him from left to right. At that time, I focused on the organizational system of Li Hongzhang's Huai Army and was very interested in this aspect. I met a teacher who studied this field and had a good chat.
Regarding the second interview, we must not take it lightly. We must play well.
last words
Although I also export experience, my own experience is not suitable for everyone. Don't be superstitious about experience, just look at what you need. It is very important to have your own preparation logic! All the experiences become one sentence: there must be logic! So is reviewing, and so is answering questions! Everyone can log in successfully!