Compared with general colleges and universities, choosing a research institute has many advantages:
First, compared with ordinary universities, the admission rate of scientific research institutes is higher and the admission procedures are fairer. The reason why a "prestigious school" is recognized by everyone is inseparable from its rigorous scholarship and scientific research strength, but the word-of-mouth communication of students is also an important factor, which is lacking in various scientific research institutes, because scientific research institutes only train graduate students. Without its own undergraduate students, the "fame" of scientific research institutes is not great, and there are relatively few students applying for the exam every year, with a high admission rate; There are no undergraduates of their own, which also makes the admission procedures of graduate schools more fair, and there will be no bias towards the enrollment of ordinary colleges and universities.
Second, the training of scientific research institutes focuses on practice, and practical experience is easier to improve. Compared with the training mode of ordinary colleges and universities, research institutes pay more attention to practical operation as well as theoretical training. When many research institutes train graduate students, they mainly undertake projects, so that students can directly participate in projects and exercise their practical ability.
Third, graduate students are well paid. Because most of the funds for training students in scientific research institutes come from the projects they undertake, compared with the "work-study program", students will receive some living allowances and many additional subsidies from their tutors during their postgraduate studies. Some research institutes, such as the Institute of Telecommunications Science and Technology, are actually the predecessors of Datang Group. Studying in these institutes is equivalent to starting research and development in enterprises, and the living conditions and subsidies are naturally higher than those in ordinary universities.
Fourth, powerful independent colleges generally have a considerable number of doctoral programs and postdoctoral mobile stations. If you plan to continue your studies, it is not difficult to finish it at one go in the institute. You can stay and continue your postdoctoral research. Independent colleges are also more flexible than universities in implementing the system of continuous postgraduate study and early doctoral study. They usually encourage some excellent masters to study for doctoral degrees directly through the above methods.
Fifth, as scientific research units, many independent colleges have no special education funds, and many expenses for cultivating graduate students are borne by the project research group and tutors. Therefore, students also learn in practice mainly by participating in various scientific research projects. In research institutes, research projects are generally sufficient, and students have more practical opportunities and opportunities to dig out topics and publish papers, even with project teams.
Sixth, independent research institutes are scientific research units in the industry, and researchers have extensive and close contacts and exchanges with the industry. Studying here is equivalent to reaching out to the front line of the industry, which is of great help to accumulate industry contacts, increase practical experience and employment opportunities.
Seventh, the ability map of graduate school is at the forefront of scientific research in this industry. They have close academic exchanges and business contacts with relevant foreign institutions, and many tutors also have overseas study background. These conditions can provide many opportunities for graduate students to participate in international conferences and academic exchanges, and at the same time, they can also provide or help students to get in touch with opportunities to study abroad.
Eighth, in colleges and universities, the threshold is already quite high. However, in some independent colleges, due to various reasons such as strength, brand, source of students, publicity, and the nature of the industry of the unit itself, it is still possible for master students to stay and do scientific research, and even get a first-tier city hukou that is hard to get one ticket.
Ninth, the independent research institute is a unit with scientific research as its core, and various scientific research projects are its constituent cells. Researchers basically apply for and carry out scientific research projects, strive for scientific research funds, and publish scientific research results. With their strength, they have many top scientific research projects and key projects in the industry.
Second, the selection of scientific research institutes need to pay attention to the problem
1. When choosing a scientific research institute, you must choose a large scientific research institute with "volume". The so-called volume means that the research institute is large in scale and the training methods are standardized. Generally, graduate schools are mass research institutes. For example, the Chinese Academy of Sciences is a massive research institute. The training mechanism of Chinese Academy of Sciences is very sound, and graduate students are carried out under the training mode and guidance. Entering the Chinese Academy of Sciences, we are not "using" students, but "cultivating" students. To paraphrase a popular saying: "Pay attention to quality", China Academy of Sciences is an institution specialized in training graduate students.
2. Some research institutes run projects like companies, and all kinds of management should be standardized. Students' participation in the project is equivalent to starting an internship, gaining experience and rewards, but as students, their roles are a bit misplaced-they organize meetings every week from nine to five, and sometimes they need to work overtime frequently. There is basically no concept of winter vacation and summer vacation, and life is rather monotonous and boring.
Students can take scientific research institutes as an important consideration when applying for the exam, based on the superior learning and research conditions and employment conditions of scientific research institutes.
How to leave papers for undergraduate academic research workshops: "thoroughly understand" top papers and lay a good foundation.
At 9 o'clock on Thursday morning, student Li Haoran turned on the computer, played a slide show and explained a paper-a paper published in the latest issue of Journal of Political Economy.
Li Haoran introduced that to complete the explanation of a paper, it takes a lot of time to read the article, carefully scrutinize the content of the article, consult the references of the article one by one, and copy the calculation process with the author's data, so as to truly understand the article. "Only by thoroughly reading the shared articles can we resist the doubts of teachers and students."
This serious atmosphere is exactly what the "Growth and Development Workshop" advocates. Luo Zhi, the initiator and organizer of the seminar and an associate professor in the Department of Economics, is a young scholar. She believes that the key to scientific research is accumulation, and the first step of accumulation is to understand the previous literature.
In order to solve the common problems of most students in scientific research topic selection and thesis writing, in 2009, Luo Zhi set up a thesis workshop to take academic training out of the classroom and cultivate students' literature analysis ability by means of communication, so as to lay a foundation for students' basic scientific research skills.
The workshop is held every Thursday morning, focusing only on one thing: learning the latest papers from top foreign journals, with 2 papers in each issue. Through students' explanation of papers and teachers' and students' comments, students' academic horizons can be broadened, their research enthusiasm can be stimulated, their independent scientific research ability can be improved, and their expression ability can be exercised.
In the process of paper sharing, if you don't understand or have questions, you can interrupt the discussion. If you encounter knowledge that the teacher is unfamiliar with, you agree to discuss it in depth another day. Teachers will guide students to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the thesis and inspire students to think in combination with their own research topics.
For example, after a paper report on "The Influence of American Unmarried Girls' Mothers' TV Programs on Unmarried Fertility Rate", teachers and students had a derivative discussion: Are there any similar TV programs in China, have they affected personal behavior patterns, and can they find media or network data for research ... After this divergent discussion, the students found the research topics and methods.
Li Haoran recently participated in the Economics Youth Association sponsored by the Center for Private Economy Research (CRPE) of Zhejiang University. He said: "Without the exercise of the thesis workshop, it is hard to imagine that I can give academic reports to outstanding teachers and students in various universities on a completely unfamiliar platform. Now I have done it. For me, this is a leap. "
Eight years ago, there were only a few teachers in the Department of Economics in the thesis workshop, with nearly 10 students. Now through word of mouth, teachers from other departments have joined us, and the team has been growing. The form of the workshop is constantly changing, and now it is not only limited to explaining the papers of top journals, but also including explaining the papers published by myself. Starting from 20 15, the explanation and defense of the paper became in English.
As Luo Zhi said, "Apart from studying literature, participating in thesis workshops has at least two advantages: one is to urge students to do PPT well, and the other is to learn to speak. These two points are also indispensable for students to go to work in the future. "
Scientific research training camp: famous professors impart scientific research experience.
Undergraduates are often troubled by the lack of innovation and unique professional opinions when doing scientific research and writing papers, and are eager for expert guidance.
Starting from this reality, the College has held a scientific research training camp every summer since 20 12, and invited scholars including China, Changjiang Scholars and Luo Jia distinguished professor to have face-to-face exchanges with undergraduate campers.
When I wrote my undergraduate thesis more than 20 years ago, I studied Russian in order to understand the translated documents. Correct Lucas model's guess error and get high marks in Zou Zhizhuang's economics study abroad program; Experience of cooperation with Wang Ping and Zou Hengfu ... Professor Xie Danyang, the dean of global open recruitment, is the academic god in the eyes of students. He described his scientific research life since he published 14 papers.
"telling these stories is to hope that you realize that scientific research needs originality and initiative; Research work is hard, the results are slow, and you must be able to withstand loneliness; There may be several rounds of revision before the paper is published, and it must withstand the pressure. " Xie Danyang concluded at the end of the report.
"Dean Xie mentioned a detail: he usually likes to store two questions in his mind and stare at the ceiling when shopping with his wife. I am very happy that my wife has solved his problem after buying vegetables. This shows the importance of making good use of time for continuous thinking in scientific research. " Camper Tang Qing Cong said that in the research training camp, what impressed him most was not the research results of scholars, but these little-known habits and methods.
He Shiyuan's scientific research paper "Statistical Evaluation of the Competitiveness of High-tech Manufacturing Industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt" won the first prize of outstanding scientific research achievements of college students in Hubei Province. He Shiyuan is one of the outstanding student representatives from the scientific research training camp. He admits that it was a series of academic lectures on different topics in the training camp that inspired his interest in scientific research and benefited a lot.
In fact, the scientific research training camp is held as scheduled every year, but the theme is different every year. Aiming at the practical problems of middle school students in scientific research projects, it aims to improve students' understanding of scientific research projects, learn to exchange excellent scientific research experience, and realize the innovation of teacher-student communication path and "three-dimensional" teaching mode. Focusing on social hot issues in recent years, the training camp provides undergraduates with guidance on research direction, cultivates students' innovative thinking and distinctive thinking perspective, and thus helps students do a good job in scientific research.
One's deceased father grind, must see, so you can also be admitted. You will work hard and find a way.
Many people work hard, but not many people know how to work hard. Before you start your busy study every day, have you ever thought about whether your study method is correct? We have also met many students who study hard. They got up before dawn, bought a loaf of bread and rushed into the classroom. They don't want to take time out to eat, let alone have fun. I agree with this attitude. After all, doing anything requires a good attitude as a prerequisite. But some students have a good attitude, but their state is not very good. They always have a bitter expression on their faces, and regard the whole postgraduate entrance examination process as an endless torture. This preparation often leads to unsatisfactory results. The reason leading to this state is often that you have not mastered the learning method. It is undoubtedly necessary to make some efforts in the competitive selection examination for postgraduate entrance examination, but so is the learning method. Blind efforts are not enough. We need to gradually explore our own learning methods in the process of preparing for the exam. What methods are used in each stage and each subject requires planning. And with the in-depth review, and constantly improve.
Face up to the problem and don't escape.
Some students feel that they failed in the college entrance examination and entered an dissatisfied school, feeling sorry for themselves; Depression because it took a long time to do a problem; It is not advisable to be anxious because you can't finish your study plan, and thus have too much psychological pressure. We should face up to the problems encountered in the preparation process and find solutions accordingly, instead of blindly falling into depression, seemingly paying attention to the problems, but actually avoiding them.
Make fewer excuses
It doesn't matter if we don't have strong self-discipline. We can use some external factors to help ourselves instead of making excuses. For example, if you can't help playing with your mobile phone, turn it off regularly. We can find countless reasons to explain anything we haven't done well, but explanation can't help us make progress, it will only make us miss opportunities again and again. When I met a classmate, I always went home when I was preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination. I made an excuse and said, I will go back to take a bath, I will go to see a doctor when I am sick, and I can read books when I go back ... Every time I go home, I have different excuses. In fact, these reasons are a kind of self-comfort when you are lazy to avoid problems.
Don't make useless comparisons.
It is impossible not to make comparisons, but try not to make useless comparisons. Some students may occasionally fall into the strange circle of comparison-discomfort-jealousy-comparison, make some useless comparisons with others, and even have jealousy. We need to focus on ourselves and what we want to do in order to really catch up with others. This comparison is valuable.
Do things according to the minimum professional standards.
Do graduate students have to love research? Not necessarily. Love is not the most important thing. The key is to set certain requirements for yourself in everything and reach the minimum professional level. Ability is constantly explored in the process of learning and research, and only in learning and research can we improve all aspects of ability.
Studying for further study is one of the diversified choices, especially in the current background, reading is also a way to solve our own survival problems, so sometimes we can look at the postgraduate entrance examination with a different attitude, instead of giving it too much emotional color and taking it as one of our choices. The reason why we should go all out is that no matter what we treat, we all have such an attitude: we will either do it or do it to satisfy ourselves.