First, find the institutions and majors you are applying for.
1. If you are not sure about your intended school and major, it is strongly recommended that you ask your tutor or a teacher of this major. They have a very clear and systematic understanding of the dynamics and situation of the postgraduate entrance examination in this major, and their suggestions are very weighty for you to choose a school and major. For example, how many people in your college choose to take the postgraduate entrance examination, what is the employment situation after the postgraduate entrance examination, how difficult it is to apply for the school, how to prepare for professional courses, and whether there are immediate seniors in the school who can give first-hand help. The resources in the hands of tutors and teachers in this college are extremely important and necessary for choosing schools and majors. You can take a big lead in the initial stage.
Let's take the School of Cultural Communication of Shanxi University of Finance and Economics as an example. The tutor in the college suggested that we apply for the journalism major of China Communication University. The reason is that college students have a certain foundation in communication and can provide most suggestions for their alma mater and college brothers and sisters to prepare professional courses. These suggestions were personally summed up by dozens of seniors and sisters who successfully passed the exchange, which can save considerable energy for preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination. Therefore, the admission rate of graduate students in the School of Cultural Communication is very high, and most of them can enter the interview.
This shows that the tutor's suggestion is very meaningful for us to choose schools and majors.
2. Senior students who have successfully taken the postgraduate entrance examination are also important sources for us to collect information. They generally have systematic review materials and review notes for reference, and have a deep understanding of how to prepare for the exam. So, don't be shy to ask them boldly, or ask them for help through our college teachers. Most seniors and sisters are very willing to share their experiences.
Conclusion: We must make full use of the resources given by the school. Don't be shy when facing the choice of life path. Just ask the teachers and seniors boldly.
Second, find professional course materials.
1. After determining the school and major, it is necessary to start collecting information on specialized courses.
The collection of professional course materials is mainly divided into three parts: the first part is the professional postgraduate entrance examination, including the number of applicants and recruits, the enrollment ratio and the overall enrollment of the college. The second part is the professional bibliography of applying for the major. If you have enough time to prepare for the exam, it is strongly recommended that you read the bibliography twice. The third part is the real questions and notes of professional courses, which are also very important, because the real questions can greatly narrow your review scope, and notes can greatly speed up your review progress and efficiency. Let's share with you how to use the Internet to find them.
2. If you want to know about the postgraduate entrance examination, the most direct source of information is the "Graduate School official website" of the corresponding school. We randomly take the journalism and communication major of School of Journalism and Communication of Shandong University as an example to inquire about the postgraduate entrance examination of this major.
(The flow chart is as follows)
First, search for "Graduate School of Shandong University", and then select "Enrollment Work" → "Postgraduate Enrollment "→" Application Guide "to see the 20 19 Postgraduate Enrollment Professional Catalogue. After opening, find the School of Journalism and Communication and download the professional catalogue. You can see that there are 6 students enrolled in this major. The examination subjects are politics, English level 1 or Japanese, news theory and news communication practice.
In addition, you can also see the scores of master's enrollment over the years, the real questions of master's enrollment over the years, the enrollment ratio, the examination outline and the tuition fees of the academic system and other very detailed information. Click on "master's enrollment ratio", and it can be found that in 2065 and 438+08, 147 full-time students majoring in journalism and communication were enrolled, and 13 students were enrolled, so the enrollment ratio can be calculated as1.3:1(competitive pressure In the same way, we can also inquire about the self-proposition 20 18 of journalism and communication practice major (you can ask the senior students and sisters who have passed the exam in previous years, and the self-proposition of official website of Shanda Research Institute is updated every year).
In addition, you can also check the admission scores over the years in the enrollment work of official website Graduate School. For example, the score of journalism and communication is 55 for a single subject (full score = 100) and 90 for a single subject (full score ≥ 100), with a total score of 350.
Only in this way can we find the information we need ~ ~ ~
3. After knowing the examination subjects and enrollment ratio, I have a general grasp of the examination situation of my major, and then I need to find a professional bibliography through the examination subjects.
Following the above steps, we can find the "Examination Outline" in the "Application Guide". In the Examination Outline, you can find the examination subjects of journalism and communication, namely journalism theory and journalism and communication practice, which are 6 18 and 8 14 respectively. After clicking, you can download the file and open it, and you can see the investigation content and direction of these two topics. However, Shanda does not give an official recommended bibliography, which can only be learned by the seniors who applied for this major in previous years.
At this time, you can directly search the webpage "Shandong University Journalism and Communication Postgraduate Reference Book". By comparing several web pages, we can determine that the required bibliography for this major is:
6 18 Journalism Theory Needs Introduction to Western Journalism (3rd Edition), edited by Li Liangrong, Fudan University Press, China Journalism and Communication, edited by Shi et al., Renmin University of China Press, Journalism Theory Course, Who Edited it, Higher Education Press, Introduction to Journalism (6th Edition), Communication Course, Guo, Renmin University of China Press.
8 14 The reference books needed for news communication practice are "A Course of News Writing", Liu Minghua, Renmin University of China Press, "Essentials of News Writing", Gao Gang, capital university of economics and business Press, "A Course of News Review", Hu Wenlong, Renmin University of China Press, "Contemporary Newspaper Compilation", Taking Risks, Sun Yat-sen University Press, 20th Century World Advertising College, Liu Yuetan, Shandong Literature and Art Publishing House.
After learning about our own bibliographies, we have many channels to collect bibliographies, which can be purchased directly from several domestic shopping websites or second-hand books from seniors and sisters who have passed the exam. It should be noted that some schools require older versions of bibliographies, even much older than our age, and there are no brand-new books on the market. We can consider printing clear photocopies or electronic versions without affecting review.
Summary: We must make good use of official website, the school's graduate school. As long as the school is not lazy, there will be most of the information we need in official website, and some missing information can be obtained through web search.
The next step is the collection of real questions and notes. There are many channels available at this stage. Let's start with the real question. Many schools will give their professional courses real questions. Most of them can go to official website to find, graduate school.
In terms of notes, you can ask seniors for help, but most of the notes of seniors are charged. We can search schools and colleges on QQ and find large organizations, where many seniors and sisters will share information. You can decide for yourself whether it is worth buying. Or you can consult us by private letter.
Conclusion: When you collect too much information, you can measure whether the information in your hand is valuable to you, otherwise too much information will lose the meaning of collecting notes.
Third, find public information.
After finding professional courses, we need to find public courses in English, mathematics and politics.
First of all, English is divided into English I and English II, in which English I is required for the master and English II for the master. However, some masters will also be required to take English 1. Relatively speaking, English 2 is slightly less difficult than English 1 ... We need English materials in four parts: word book, grammar book, reading comprehension book and composition book. You can choose according to your own situation. There is no best, only the most suitable.
Let's look at math again. Mathematics is divided into mathematics one, mathematics two and mathematics three, which are different according to the professional requirements. The examination contents of the three are also different. On the 1st, we will take the test of high number, line generation and probability theory, on the 2nd, and on the 3rd, we will take the test of high number, line generation and probability theory. You can choose to buy a full set of eight books, including four textbooks and four after-school exercises. It is very comprehensive. At present, Tongji Seventh Edition textbooks are highly recognized. Of course, textbooks are only part of it. We also need many books to help us expand the number of questions. You can choose for yourself.
Finally, politics, political preparation is relatively easy, there is no need to stretch the front too long, otherwise it will lead to insufficient stamina. It is suggested that after September, we should mainly recite the knowledge framework and understand the outline, and then familiarize ourselves with the types of questions, inspection methods and ideas by doing the questions, so as to achieve mastery. The political preparation before September is mainly to watch videos or give lectures in person, and usually pay attention to accumulating current political news.
As for many small partners, they are obsessed with choosing face-to-face teaching or online classes, or relying entirely on self-study. My suggestion mainly depends on your own self-control and preparation time. You need to consider your own factors comprehensively to make a choice. If you have strong self-control and can take part in many activities or courses at ordinary times, then you can choose online courses; If you have poor self-control and have enough time at ordinary times, you can choose face-to-face instruction. Both online and face-to-face classes are necessary, and the teacher's experience can save him a lot of exploration time. Of course, if you are a recognized scholar, you have strong self-control, sufficient preparation time and many available resources around you, then you can also choose to study by yourself completely.