Last name: Hu Hang
School: Wuhan University, majoring in water conservancy and hydropower engineering.
Applicant: River Hub Research Institute of the Ministry of Water Resources, Tsinghua University Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering.
Postgraduate entrance examination results: Politics 76 English 69 Mathematics 140 Specialized Course 146 Total score 43 1.
Rank: First in the initial test, first in the second test.
Second, summary
When preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination, I consulted many seniors and wanted to learn some lessons from them, so that I could avoid detours. After several seniors came down, although they listened carefully, they still felt empty, fragmentary and incomplete after a little sorting, and their gains were limited. Later, I found a more detailed blog post by Dai Zhenyu of Huazhong University of Science and Technology on the Internet (447 points for the postgraduate entrance examination in 2008), and I got a treasure. This article has greatly guided and encouraged my postgraduate entrance examination.
During the whole postgraduate entrance examination, when I am depressed and confused, I will read this blog carefully to see how my predecessors have weathered the difficulties and whether some of my own situations are normal. In the process of reading, I found that his article is not very detailed and incomplete, and there are still many blind spots for some problems I have encountered. So I had the idea of writing my own book. Later, for various reasons, the plan to write a book failed. If so, I want to use this blog post as a reference for future generations.
In this article, I recorded my learning process and mental journey in the whole postgraduate entrance examination process in great detail, and carefully summarized my experience and lessons. I wrote down every stroke in the article with great care, and every sentence was carefully and repeatedly revised, trying to express the situation and feelings at that time realistically and pragmatically. If readers can read repeatedly, I think they can avoid many detours, get the results they want and get into an ideal school.
Third, I decided to take the postgraduate entrance examination.
I never planned to go to graduate school. An unexpected election defeat completely changed my life plan. I began to explore the future road, and it took me a year. I didn't plan to take the postgraduate entrance examination until the winter vacation of my junior year came. Like everyone else, I will also think about why I want to take the postgraduate entrance examination. Especially some seemingly good companies to recruit, the annual salary of more than 100 thousand, I was tempted, I had a profound thinking, a contest between reality and ideal. I began to seriously ask myself, why should I take the postgraduate entrance examination? This process is not very tangled, because I soon figured it out. I gave myself a reason: for the ideal postgraduate entrance examination. The present platform is far from my ideal. Maybe many people have many reasons to underestimate the importance of graduate students today, but ten years later, if you can still be as handsome as you are today, you have seed! It is worth mentioning that from the beginning, I didn't take the postgraduate entrance examination as a postgraduate entrance examination, but regarded it as my first pot of money to start my own business and tap my own. I regard it as an industry, as my first shop and as my first child. Postgraduate entrance examination is the embryonic form of doing business. The same humble, trivial, but also need to be tough.
Many people take the postgraduate entrance examination, and I don't know why. In other words, his reasons are simply untenable. In the process of taking the postgraduate entrance examination, he will often be defeated because he can't resist the temptation of the outside world and the suffering of his heart. The proportion of such people is unusually large. Your reason is directly related to your orientation of postgraduate entrance examination and what kind of achievements you will achieve. So, think clearly, why do we have to fight like pigs and dogs for half a year? Why can you only see the noisy world outside through the glass?
So, what school are you going to enter? I haven't thought about this problem in detail, or even thought about it. I have no choice but Tsinghua. Because I have a strong nature, I just want to be the first. I shared this idea with my family and several close friends. They all asked: What are your chances of winning? I said: it should be no problem. In fact, my heart was complicated at that time. On the one hand, I am confident, on the other hand, I am afraid that I am blind and confident. I need some convincing indicators to objectively evaluate my learning ability. So, I seriously recalled my learning process from primary school to high school to university, especially university. I ranked 1 1 in my freshman year, and 10 in my sophomore year. Compared with some brothers and sisters who have successfully taken the postgraduate entrance examination before, these data have given me great strength. I obviously think I can do it. But I dare not show too much confidence. On the contrary, I will use low-key and inferiority to cover it up. Because people will think I am arrogant. Besides, what if it fails? If I fail, my ending will be tragic. This is a gamble and a war. War produces corpses and generals. Therefore, people who enter this battlefield should not take any chances. I have a 95% chance of winning.
Fourth, the next semester of junior year
After I decided to take the Tsinghua exam, that is, during the winter vacation of my junior year, I consulted two seniors with another student who was going to take the Tsinghua exam. At that time, their grades had not yet come out. Later, one of them was admitted, and the other failed. Therefore, I have gained something from both experiences. I have always been surprised that my younger brothers and sisters only exchange experiences with those who have succeeded in the postgraduate entrance examination and ignore the lessons of others' failure. I think, if possible, you can talk to these people privately, or learn about their thoughts and experiences from the side.
After the winter vacation, I came to school. It was in March. I bought Xu Zhan's vocabulary, which is not thick, and I finished reciting it in half a month. Then, the book was lost in the library. I bought another spark and haven't seen it yet. It didn't open until July. I also finished reading the first book of advanced mathematics in March. I regard myself as a child who knows nothing. I carefully read every sentence in the book and did every exercise. I wrote all the problem-solving processes carefully. At present, there is no specific postgraduate entrance examination plan. Many senior brothers said that they were prepared too early, fearing that they would not be motivated enough and get tired too early in the future. I listened to their advice, no longer prepared for the postgraduate entrance examination, and devoted myself to normal study life. Later, I also took part in the structural mechanics competition, because it was a subject of my postgraduate course. At that time, my goal was the grand prize. I attended the training for two months, mainly on weekends. In fact, I didn't learn much, just involved some new fields. Later, the result of the game was very unsatisfactory. The first question was wrong, and I only won the third prize. This competition cast some shadows on structural mechanics. The competition has ended in June, and then there are a series of final exams and curriculum design.
I also tried to study in different study rooms this semester, such as library, bishop of engineering department, four teaching departments and six teaching departments. I found that the first floor of the Bishop suits me best. So, I found a seat on the first floor of the Bishop very early. I insist on running in the morning, and I will shout "Tsinghua, Tsinghua" while running. Crazy, very, very determined. I asked my friend to give me a few calligraphy words, "goal is above everything else", three copies, which were posted on my roof, side wall and above the bedroom cabinet. When I return to the dormitory, I can see these notes from any angle. Remind yourself not to fall.
Once, in order to test whether I have the courage to take the Tsinghua exam, I crossed the dark Luojia Mountain at 10: 30 in the evening. I compare this process to a person's postgraduate entrance examination, which is very dark, but I know there is light ahead, and I know that I only need 20 minutes to go out. Still, I'm a little scared and nervous. Like a frightened beast, he clenched his fist and prepared to fight. I remember my mentality, nervousness, fear, excitement and anxiety. I have been surprised by this experience until now.
Fifth, prepare for the initial test.
After finishing the structural mechanics competition, I spent a day or two carefully planning the whole postgraduate entrance examination. In a few months, what progress will be made, and then calculate the daily tasks according to these trips to the city. In the next few months, I strictly followed my own deployment. This is war. Very disciplined. In this process, I made some changes according to my different periods. On July 10, the postgraduate entrance examination officially began. Let me talk about my own testing process in detail:
July 10-August 1 day: Advanced Mathematics Volume II, Probability Theory, Linear Algebra, Spark English. This is the study content of this month. I started these four books at the same time. The arrangement of the day is roughly like this. I will recite words in the morning, afternoon and evening. There is no specific schedule, but I will follow the task of the day. I recite twenty words every day. I recite them by rolling. According to the memory curve of human brain, I will read yesterday, the third day, the seventh day and the twenty-first day before memorizing today's words. So the task is actually quite heavy. During the period, I recited the words and didn't read them. Mark what you don't know, so that you can understand. The rest of the time is half a day of mathematics, half a day of modernity and half a day of probability theory, so there are three half a day. I complete my daily tasks meticulously according to my own plan. I'm in a good mood and high morale these days. I feel that I have learned knowledge every day, so I am very proud.
August 1 day to September 1 day: Spark English, Li Yongle reviewed the whole book, and Hu Min read and understood 200 articles. From the end of July to the beginning of August, after reciting the words for the first time, I spent about ten days reading Spark English aloud from beginning to end. This is the second time. I'm tired and thirsty, and others feel strange when they see me. However, I persisted. After that, there was no systematic review of the postgraduate entrance examination words. This is not very good, and it has something to do with not doing well in the English exam later. After reviewing English words for the second time, I began to do English reading, with 200 articles by Hu Min. I study English in the morning and math in the afternoon and evening. Because there is still one month to review the whole book, the math task is very heavy and cannot be hasty. I do four English readings every day, and the speed is slow, and the correct rate makes me collapse. I almost lost confidence in English. I always thought English was my strong point, but I found that the correct rate was less than 60%. I read four articles in an hour, but it will take me more than an hour to analyze the reasons for the mistakes after reading them. I have been training my English thinking. During this period, I found that my mastery of words was quite in place. I focus on improving the correct rate. In the third reading training, I made three small mistakes when reading four articles. I'm very proud. But then, later, it started to be chaotic. I will write down my feelings every time I finish writing. Before the next training, I will look at these lessons and practice. Some effects. After ten tests, I kept my mistakes within three. I think my English reading ability has been greatly improved. Later, I made a big mistake in the simulation. I just found that "Hu Min 200" is very unreliable. The difficulty coefficient of the test questions fluctuates greatly. However, as an early training problem, you can do it. However, it must not be used as a pre-test training question. During this period, my math improved faster and more. I study hard and practice calculus, which was developed in junior high school. The daily task is still relatively heavy, because I will carefully think about these test sites and connect them in series. I finished reviewing the whole book in 25 days. It takes seven or eight hours every day.
September 1 day-10/October 1 day: specialized course textbook (structural mechanics), with 200 articles by Hu Min, is a real topic for English postgraduate entrance examination for ten years. Yesterday, I spent twenty-five days of this month reading textbooks for specialized courses. I am familiar with the first book, but because the competition left a great shadow on me, looking at my textbook full of drawings and thinking about the results of the competition, I began to think about whether to change a professional course. My confidence is weak. Then I chatted with a friend. He not only gave me great encouragement, but also recommended me two excellent reference books, which are of great strategic significance to my professional courses. I didn't change my major courses, but borrowed a textbook for the major courses from my classmates. It's new, and it feels like starting all over again. Soon, I settled down to study. I read the first volume of the professional course very well, and the second volume is extremely difficult for me. I feel terrible after reading it. However, I still insist on my progress every day. In mid-September, Hu Min completed 200. At this time, I feel more comfortable doing English exercises. I started to do the real questions. Before doing the real question, I carefully read the information "Proposition Trend Analysis", which is a document on the CD attached to the real question. I bought a genuine one. For this article, I am very savvy and appreciate the essence of English for postgraduate entrance examination. After finishing the problem, I am very touched. The correct rate has always been high. The test scores of real questions are always between 70 and 85, and most of them are above 80. I have regained my confidence in English, and I am a little arrogant. This also caused insufficient attention to English later. Mathematics was basically neglected this month, which made me extremely unhappy in the first few days of 10.
1 October 1 day-1month1day: red book, Chen 2000 questions, 660 questions, classic 400 questions, math review book, ten-year entrance examination for English, Zhang Jian1day. I thought about it and thought about it, but I still didn't have a political class. One is to save money, and the other is to always despise these remedial classes. Later postgraduate entrance examination experience told me: political intensive classes can be reported. Because it tells us what to take in the political exam. I was busy reading the little red book while doing Chen's 2000 problem. It took me half a day, and it was not enough. I read the philosophy part of Little Red Book with great experience, and often think about it in connection with life. My blood often boils when I see Shi Gang. Meditation is also very useful, which solves many of my usual puzzles. Postgraduate entrance examination, one of my biggest gains, is the systematic study of the little red book. I am very happy. Because this has always been my gap. I learned some wisdom, and I used it well. However, I forgot a lot of math, so I can't get in touch. I am depressed and regret my indifference to mathematics in September. I still decided to face the difficulties. I spent seven days combing through this book review. It doesn't have much effect. I did 660 questions and looked through the books. The correct rate is about 85%. The problem is very detailed, the calculation is very complicated, and the difficulty is OK. It is very suitable for checking and filling gaps. I did 660 questions carefully, which took about half a month. Great gains. My math has come back to life. Then start practicing 400 questions. I barely finished it in three hours, and the calculation of the topic is complicated and the difficulty is appropriate, which is very suitable for high school. My scores are all between 1 10 and 130. It takes the same time to analyze each group. So, very slow. I made it at the beginning of 1 1 month. After I finished, I cleaned up questions 400 and 660 again. However, the calculation ability and accuracy have been improved. I saved the last set and made it before the exam. I did the real English question again and found nothing. /kloc-bought the second volume of Zhang Jian 150 at the end of October. I appreciate Zhang Jian's topic very much, and I think it is very suitable for English pre-test training. Professional courses are mainly deep excavation during this period. I borrowed another book from the library, Classic Topics of Structural Mechanics, with 365,438+04 topics, all from various schools. Mainly doing Zhu Boqin's after-school exercises of Structural Mechanics, which is very difficult. I can't do exercises well. Five percent of the questions can't be done, or the answers are uncertain. Structural mechanics has made great progress at this stage. Have a lot of good feelings. I am very happy. 10 12, I have a girlfriend. On her birthday, I sent her a bunch of flowers and sang a birthday song in front of all the students in the study room. I know I can't fall in love in the postgraduate entrance examination, but I still can't help seeing her. I believe I can handle these things.
1 1 month 1 day-1 February1day: red book, Chen 2000 questions, math review book, 660 questions, classic 400 questions, fifteen-year postgraduate mathematics, sprint130. 1 1 month 14 read the little red book. Finally finished, 2000 questions have been finished. At this point, my feelings about the political exam are still illusory. Some of our research friends combed the political context together, and it was only a little clear. I have little confidence in politics, and my goal has dropped from 80 points at the beginning to 70 points later. I bought 1600 questions and didn't do much. I bought the exam outline again and read some, but I didn't feel anything. More than ten days of political vacuum. I don't know what to do. Later, my girlfriend asked me to clean up another 2000 questions. I tried to do it, but I still didn't feel anything. My goal almost fell to 60 points. I almost gave up my political struggle. Compared with politics, my math is in full swing. I always finish a set of math problems in two hours, and my score is around 140. The correct rate is very high and there are almost no mistakes. I also left three sets of real questions, which I will do before the exam. After I finished the real questions, I did 660 more questions and 400 more. In terms of professional courses, I have carefully completed the classic topic of structural mechanics, and I feel very good. I still read English four times a day, and I feel great. At the end of the month, I tried to write an English composition. I couldn't feel it at first. I didn't write my first English composition until1February, which was terrible. But I'm glad I finally took it out. At this time1February is approaching, the postgraduate entrance examination is approaching, and the countdown is going on every day. The mentality is good, but politics is struggling. My girlfriend has been encouraging me.
12 to the exam: China Renmin University has 500 questions (politics) in 5 days, Ren Rufen's last four sets of questions, Xiao Xiurong's last five sets of questions, 20 questions in 20 days, and information on major postgraduate counseling classes; Sprint 135, 15-year simulation examination room 15 sets, 400 questions, 660 questions, review books, real questions; Zhang Jian 150 English real questions for the next ten years, a full set of English composition templates, and the last five sets of questions of Zhang Jian; Tsinghua's specialized courses and classic topics of structural mechanics. 500 questions in five days enriched my politics. Ren Rufen's multiple-choice questions in the last four sets of questions rebuilt my confidence in politics. Although my correct rate is still not high, I feel the examiner's thinking mode. I feel very savvy and happy. My girlfriend also sorted out the information of the major postgraduate courses and 20 questions in 20 days, which gave me some good sense of political language. Before the exam, a research friend and I read aloud in the square in front of the bishop for three or four days, about eleven or twelve days. I watched it for a few days before, and I feel the best these two days. Looking back on those days, I think it's funny and fun. Mathematics, I insist on doing a set of simulation questions every day, and my grades are very good. If I can't do some questions, I will seriously organize my reflection. It feels good. After I finished the simulation questions in the simulation examination room, I used 400 questions to do the remaining 10 sets of simulation questions, and 12 did the real questions in 2008, which was very good. I am in a very happy mood. In contrast, English feels worse. I haven't done any new questions this month, so I can't touch them. Zhang Jian's last five sets of questions are difficult. I insisted on making three sets, trying to get my hand back. There are some effects, not very good. And the focus of this time is composition. So, I reduced my goal from English 80 to 70. In the specialized course, I picked out the real questions of Tsinghua from all the materials at hand and compiled them into a collection of real questions of Tsinghua Structural Mechanics, which I intentionally signed: edited by Tsinghua Hu Hang. I am very proud of my work. The writing process gave me a deep understanding of the proposition of structural mechanics, and I was full of confidence. I am in a good mood.
2011165438+5, I walked into the examination room with confidence. Play normally.
Sixth, the second interview
According to the requirements of the second interview, I carefully wrote a self-report material, highlighting my student work, social practice and competition. Then I carefully read the introduction of water conservancy and hydropower engineering. I carefully wrote a self-introduction in English, predicted the possible problems in the interview and prepared the answers. Two days before departure, I rehearsed all afternoon on the first floor of the Bishop. I also spent several mornings reading aloud the English self-introduction I prepared. I am very grateful to my friends for organizing this rehearsal for me. That is, this rehearsal laid a solid foundation for my re-examination results. I feel that teachers in Tsinghua pay great attention to whether they have some academic experience in scientific research during their undergraduate years, and attach great importance to the two qualities of self-confidence and stability, as well as the ability to deal with emergencies. And I, too, got the first place in the second interview with confidence.
Seven. Other issues
First: combining work and rest
From July to1October, I basically leave at 6: 30 in the morning and come back at 1 1 or130 in the evening. Eat at noon 1 1: 15, and eat at 5: 0015. After October, I get up around seven and come back around half past ten in the evening. Before the exam, I get up at eight and come back at ten in the evening.
Second: curriculum
During the postgraduate entrance examination, I seldom attend classes. Spend a day or two or half a day preparing for the exam. The score is 70 to 80.
Third: experience
(1) I think I got in because of six words: plan+execution+perseverance. My plan is very detailed and practical. My task has been completed to the letter. Moreover, I am self-disciplined, and I can sit still for more than ten hours a day. To get good grades, time investment is necessary. At the same time, I insist on using the least books and the greatest energy to achieve the best results, without taking notes.
I have good company. Whether brothers, research friends or classmates, we all sincerely cooperate and communicate with each other. So, if you have any troubles and difficulties, speak up and flatter each other.
(3) I am in a good mood. Calm and ambitious. From the beginning, I stared at the target. English, politics, 82 points, mathematics, professional courses 147 points. Although they didn't reach it in the end, they were almost the same. I am very satisfied with myself. My goal is reasonable, so it gives me more endless motivation.
Fourth: Lessons.
(1) Learning should be continuous. Once you start any class, you should watch it every day and don't stop.
(2) Keep the touch of English and leave the good questions for the exam. Personally, I think it is useless to do English reading for the second time. Throw it when you're done. Okay.
(3) Politics has not been reported to intensive classes. This led me to take some detours in politics and put a lot of pressure on my psychology at that time.
Fifth: Warm tips
Don't get emotional easily. Once you get involved, the evaluation criteria for the success of the postgraduate entrance examination will change, and a person's success or failure. We don't know whether we can handle it or not. So, bury these beautiful feelings in your heart. Not everyone is as lucky as me, so it's best to resist this impulse.
Eight. Subject bibliography
mathematics
The first volume of advanced mathematics of Tongji University, probability theory of Zhejiang University, linear algebra of Tongji University, Li Yongle's review book, 660 questions in Li Yongle, 400 questions in Li Yongle, 15 sets of simulated examination rooms, 15 sets of real mathematics questions for postgraduate entrance examination. (sprint 135, I don't think it's necessary to read this book)
English
Spark English words (very good), Hu Min's (general) reading comprehension 200 articles, ten-year real questions of English for postgraduate entrance examination, Zhang Jian's 150 reading comprehension, Zhang Jian's last five sets of questions, and small composition template.
politics
Red Book, Chen 2000 questions, Renmin University 500 questions in 5 days, sequence 4, Xiao Xiurong's last five sets of questions, navigation 20 questions in 20 days.
structural mechanics
Long Yuqiu's structural mechanics, Zhu Boqin's structural mechanics, Tsinghua's real topic, the classic essence of structural mechanics.
Nine, the end
I share my motto with you:
"In life, between pitching and pitching, we only pursue Excellence, but strive to be the best."
Hu hang
Luojiashan 20 1 1 March