Original title: Rational view of education promotion, professional selection and personal development path (introduction)

"Reverse Postgraduate Entrance Examination" has become the choice of many candidates (theme)

Worker's Daily - reporter Liu Bing of China Industrial Network

At present, colleges and universities have announced the list of candidates to be admitted to master's degree programs in 2024, and "reverse postgraduate entrance examination" has become the choice of many candidates. The so-called "reverse postgraduate entrance examination" means that undergraduates from "double first-class" universities apply for postgraduate examination from non "double first-class" universities.

In recent years, with the intensification of the competition for postgraduate entrance examination, more and more college students have a rational view on the promotion of academic qualifications, professional selection and personal development. Education experts believe that this trend is related to the profound changes in higher education and the job market, which shows that examinees are more rational and beneficial to the development of higher education.

More rational school choice

At present, many junior students have begun to plan for the post-graduate examination in 2025. Wu Heng (a pseudonym), a junior majoring in economics and management in a 211 university in Xi'an, is one of them.

Wu Heng is tentatively targeting a "double Africa" college in Xi'an. "I learned that the major of economy and management in this' double non 'college is good, the school environment is also good, and the key is that the employment situation is also good." Because the foreign language scores are average, and the professional courses are not outstanding, Wu Heng did not dare to fill in the well-known colleges and universities in other cities, and there are also doubts about whether our school can pass the exam.

Wu Heng told reporters that such an idea is not an exception. "Over the past two years, through a large number of cases of senior brothers and sisters, more and more students around choose postgraduate schools more rationally. There are fewer cases of clustered famous schools and clustered cross majors than before."

Xiao Yan majored in foreign languages at a famous university in Wuhan. Last year, she applied for the postgraduate examination of a "double non" college in Shanghai, and recently passed the interview of the school. As for the choice of "reverse postgraduate entrance examination", she said: "My hometown is Wuxi, not far from Shanghai, and there are more foreign trade related jobs in Shanghai, and there are more jobs in this language."

Not only is the choice of colleges more rational, but the postgraduate entrance examination craze is also showing a cooling trend. According to the data of the Ministry of Education, 4.38 million people will be enrolled in the national postgraduate entrance examination in 2024. 360000 fewer than the 4.74 million in 2023, which is the first decline in the number of applicants for postgraduate entrance examination in the past nine years.

Consider "professional priority"

The reporter learned that many candidates choose "reverse postgraduate entrance examination" to seek stability and "go ashore". Li Dan (not his real name), a junior at a 211 university in Beijing, said that he saw some seniors pursue the "World War II" or even the "Three Wars" of famous universities, but found that the annual score line was getting higher and higher, and the interview competition was also very fierce. In the face of the cruel reality, many students chose schools more pragmatically. "I think it is very important to recognize the strength of famous schools. There are also schools in Beijing that have a good major in" Double Africa ", so I am also considering it now."

Many students will consider the prospect of their major, the geographical location of the university and employment opportunities when selecting the target university, not just for the brand of the famous university. The reporter learned that some "double non" colleges and universities are not inferior to well-known colleges and universities in terms of overall school running strength, but are not inferior in some majors. "Specialty first" has become the first choice for graduates when they take postgraduate entrance exams. In this regard, a teacher from a "double Africa" college in Beijing told the reporter that more and more students from key universities are willing to apply for these majors because of the strong landscape and architecture majors of the school, and the final enrollment can account for about 10%.

In addition, some "double first-class" examinees were transferred to "double non" universities due to insufficient scores in the initial examination or failed in the interview, which also increased the proportion of "reverse postgraduate entrance examination" to a certain extent. In recent years, the number of candidates for the popular computer, information engineering and other majors has increased significantly, and some colleges and universities even have the situation that the number of transfer students from famous universities exceeds the number of volunteers.

More rational and pragmatic

In the opinion of Wang Fei (a pseudonym), a lecturer at a university in Anhui, choosing "reverse postgraduate entrance examination" reflects that college students are gradually returning to rationality in postgraduate entrance examination, which is worthy of respect.

"Education is not the only 'stepping stone' to employment. Many college graduates now attach more importance to ability improvement and professional development prospects. Compared with the background of famous schools, professional and related research capabilities and employment prospects should also be taken into account. This shows that everyone is more rational and pragmatic when taking the postgraduate entrance examination, and is breaking the 'only famous school theory'." Wang Fei said.

Fan Xiudi, director of the Education Evaluation Research Center of Tongji University, believes that the "reverse postgraduate entrance examination" shows a diversified educational pattern, which contains an open and inclusive educational concept and conforms to the internal law of the development of higher education. "It is much more reasonable for students to choose graduate schools and majors based on a comprehensive consideration of personal academic ideals, professional settings, self competitiveness, the city where the school is located and family economic conditions than to rush to key universities."

In the view of Chen Zhongyun, a professor at China University of Political Science and Law, "reverse postgraduate entrance examination" is also beneficial to the development of higher education. "Every university has its own disciplinary advantages and school running characteristics. The 'reverse postgraduate entrance examination' can promote the reasonable flow of students, improve the quality of graduate students in some non key universities, help universities accurately position talent training goals, and promote the development of advantageous disciplines." He reminded students that after the reverse postgraduate entrance examination "went ashore", the professional learning atmosphere of universities There may be a gap between teaching quality and expectations, so we must be prepared for it. "It is very important to know more about the colleges and majors you are applying for in advance and not follow the trend or be blind."

Some experts said that the society should treat the phenomenon of "reverse postgraduate entrance examination" rationally, encourage and support candidates to make their own choices, and at the same time, colleges and universities should strengthen guidance and services, provide more diverse and distinctive educational resources for candidates, and promote students' all-round development.