1. The geography of Southwest University is a great disadvantage.
Southwest University is located in Beibei, Chongqing, which is nominally the main urban area. In fact, it lags far behind other main urban areas in terms of economic development. The terrain is remote, there are few large enterprises around, the whole school is relatively closed, and the vision is blocked.
For example, if you want to find a company for internship before graduation, you don't need to think about it around the school. Better companies are basically concentrated in Jiangbei, Yubei and Yuzhong. It basically takes 50 minutes by bus from Beibei to other main urban areas, and the light rail is even more circuitous.
Not only is there some obstacles in practice, but even when they graduate, Southwest University has very few resources (except teachers' colleges). Better companies seldom come to Southwest University to preach. One is too far away, and the other is that Beibei has only one branch of Southwest University and teachers' colleges, covering too few students.
The school basically has no enterprise resources to provide.
2. Teachers
From the experience of living in Southwest University for several years, it can be seen that the academic level of Southwest University is fairly good, especially in psychology, sericulture, and social sciences. The university mainly depends on itself, which is not evaluated too much. The specific situation can be Baidu.
3. School environment and learning atmosphere
The school has now built a new central library, which is passable in hardware facilities and has a good campus environment. In terms of learning atmosphere, most of the students in Southwest University are good, and they have spent a lot of time in the library. The overall learning atmosphere is good.
4. Employment
There is no pressure for students majoring in free normal education to find jobs. After all, it is one of several normal schools directly under the Ministry of Education. There are many middle schools recruited by Southwest University during the graduation season. The employment of the surrounding normal students is OK, and the average level is probably the key high school of the city. However, top high schools such as Chongqing's No. 1 Middle School, No. 3 Middle School, No. 8 Middle School and Bashu Middle School are still relatively few.
The employment of other majors is uneven. The college where the subject is located belongs to the liberal arts category, and the postgraduate entrance examination accounts for 60% to 70%. The employment situation this year is not very optimistic. As far as I know, the college now has about 15 successful signatories, accounting for about 1/4 of the number of people who do not take the postgraduate entrance examination. The salary level is about 3500 in Chongqing. The salary of science and engineering majors may be higher, around 4500. In recent years, with the rise of the Internet industry, computer science is popular. However, according to the respondents, only a few students from Southwest University go to companies such as BAT, 360, JD and NetEase every year.
5. Talent cultivation
The training methods of each college are different. The respondent's college pays more attention to students' practice. Every semester, each class will hold a cultural show (stage performance), and there will be a speech corner every month during the freshman year and sophomore year. The college also has special practice activities. In the course, students' practice is emphasized. Usually, there will be several weeks for students to form teams to do research, and then design plans to make reports in class. Personally, I think this is a great way to improve students' language expression, communication and execution.
The school has many clubs, many competitions, as long as you want to improve yourself, there are many opportunities.
6. Is Southwest University worth applying for?
On the issue of filling in schools, the respondent suggested that it would be better to fill in schools in big cities. Although Southwest University is a 211, its reputation is very small. Outside Sichuan and Chongqing, no one knows about Yunnan and Guizhou. If you want to work in Chongqing in the future, it is OK to apply to Southwest University, but if you want to develop in first tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, Southwest University is really not a good choice. If the score is poor and the 211 universities in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou are suspended, you can consider Shenzhen University. This is a high cost performance school (based on college entrance examination scores). It has a broad career and is popular in Shenzhen. There are many companies that go to Shenzhen University when recruiting. There are also some ordinary books in the capital. Although these schools do not have the title of 211, they will have advantages in geography and will be convenient for practice.