Compared with the short-term preparation sprint and relatively simple process of postgraduate entrance examination, exemption from examination is a longer process. High grades and good rankings are the major prerequisites for exemption, which requires long-term accumulation during college and cannot be significantly improved in the short term. As you are about to participate in the test-free competition, you can only try your best to make the details perfect and use more skills to add points to your test-free strategy. The first step is to do the right thing at the right time.

Step 1. May-July Keywords: summer camp application

Refusing summer camp is a way for universities (especially famous schools) to strive for high-quality students in recent years. Generally, during the summer vacation, we will spend a week or so in contact with students in the form of academic exchanges to see if they are suitable for our school. From May to July every year, colleges and universities will publish summer camp brochures through their websites one after another, and some colleges and universities will hold presentations in other schools. Students who are willing to apply for exemption should not miss the opportunity to apply for summer camp. If you are successfully admitted to the summer camp and do well during the summer camp, you will choose to apply for the school during the postgraduate entrance examination, even if you can't get the exemption qualification, and you will have certain preferential policies, and you can even pass the initial examination without the re-examination.

Step two. June-August Keywords: promoting the general rules of exemption from business operation

From June to August, the curtain of the summer camp was officially opened after the publication of the college enrollment brochure. Summer camp is a warm-up without test, and the process is similar to the formal process without test. Therefore, before starting the camp, you should prepare the relevant contents of the major you are applying for and pay more attention to the details outside the exam. During the summer camp, candidates have been in contact with the instructor for a long time, and every move will leave an impression on the school. They should show themselves objectively, not too ostentatious or too low-key.

Step three. September Keywords: determine the eligibility application

This is the most smoky period of the war to escape immunity. After colleges and universities introduce the method of applying for recommending the qualification of exemption students, they can determine whether they have the qualification of exemption. After obtaining the qualification, we should start mailing the completed application materials to the target institutions. Getting the exemption qualification does not mean getting the final exemption quota. Whether you can get an exemption quota depends on whether an institution agrees to accept it, as well as your grades and rankings.

Step 4.9–10 keywords: exam

After the preliminary examination of the candidates' application materials, colleges and universities will notify eligible applicants to participate in the re-examination. This process is roughly arranged in the first two months after the start of the winter semester. The re-examination includes two parts: written examination and interview, which is equivalent to the re-examination for postgraduate entrance examination, covering professional English and professional courses. If you are at a loss to avoid re-examination, you can also refer to the reference books for the first re-examination of the postgraduate entrance examination.

In the interview, the teacher may ask you:

1. Please introduce yourself briefly.

2. Why did you apply for our school and choose xx as your major?

3. What's your future goal, studying for a PhD, doing scientific research, or working?

4. If you are accepted, what research direction will you do? Tell me about your knowledge in this field.

Please comment on your strengths and weaknesses in your daily study and life?

6. Do you know the research progress of this major abroad? Are related journals and works involved?

7. What professional books or documents have you read? Please illustrate the author's point of view and your thoughts with examples.

8. Talk about your published papers, or the topics and ideas of your undergraduate thesis.

9. Are you sure you can get the exemption quota?

Step five. 10 Keywords: admission

Applicants should pay more attention to the admission results after taking part in the college re-examination without examination. On June+10, 5438, colleges and universities will publish pre-admission notices on the Internet one after another to inform the follow-up matters in detail. At this time, you may face "happiness troubles"-being admitted to many colleges and universities at the same time. At this point, you need to make a decision in the shortest possible time, and it is best to inform the rejected universities directly to avoid wasting enrollment places. Then submit the admission notice confirmed by the university to your own school within the specified time.

Step 6.10–165438+10 keywords: graduate registration.

Getting the admission notice from the institution does not mean that you have completed your exemption plan, because there is still the most crucial step-to fulfill the formal registration procedures within the registration time for the postgraduate unified examination stipulated by the Ministry of Education. Those who fail to go through the formal registration formalities within the specified time cannot be admitted. After the registration, you can relax a little, and the last thing you need to wait for is the master's admission notice sent to you in June of the following year. At this point, the exemption is considered a success.

Application materials: within the scope of the rules, the spelling is creativity.

In a sense, preparing the application materials is equivalent to exempting the initial test. You need to condense your three-year knowledge accumulation and personal comprehensive quality in these forms and letters of recommendation, which will represent your "assessment" in front of the teacher. After the materials are approved, they are eligible to enter the second interview. However, among many applicants, how you stand out depends largely on the excellent degree of your application materials. Of course, this is not to encourage you to exaggerate yourself too much, but to impress colleges and universities with your achievements and sincerity through careful preparation.

Student exemption application form

The application form for general exemption students is an attachment to receive the brochure of exemption students, and some colleges need students to download it on the college website. It is equivalent to your resume, covering all the basic information. What you need to do is to fill it out truthfully and objectively.

Personal statement

Personal statement generally needs about 1500 words, and the standard personal statement should include learning situation, scientific research experience, student work, postgraduate planning, etc. You may be a good student in all aspects, but you must highlight your own characteristics and expertise in your personal statement. This is your core competitiveness. Remember, the so-called templates flying all over the Internet will only reduce your application.

Expert recommendation letter

Most colleges and universities will require at least two letters of recommendation from experts with associate professors or above in their application materials.

Determining expert candidates is the core link. The best candidate is not an industry leader or a school leader, but a mentor who knows you best. They can objectively evaluate you and explain the reasons for recommending you. Of course, if you have come into contact with an industry bull, he is willing to recommend himself, which is excellent.

Letter of recommendation must be objective, covering students' ideological and moral character, academic performance, scientific research ability and practical skills. Try to use personalized language, but avoid being a mere formality without substantive content.

Examples of letters of recommendation

I am XX[ Weibo], a professor of surgery at Zhejiang University School of Medicine. According to the requirements of XX, a clinical medical major in 2009, this student is recommended to go to Peking University [Weibo] for further study.

The student was admitted to the Medical College of Zhejiang University in September 2009, with excellent examination results and strong hands-on ability. As a graduation thesis instructor and clinical trainee teacher, I left a good impression on this student in the interaction with him in and out of class. This student has a rigorous learning attitude, is good at thinking and finding problems, has a strong ability to summarize and reflect on his own study and work in time, and has good academic potential. At the same time, I participated in the research of some basic medical related projects in my laboratory. He is open-minded, conscientious, correct in scientific research attitude and excellent in ability.

As the first author, this student once published a paper entitled XX in XX magazine, and we kept close contact in the writing process. I think I have a solid professional foundation and rigorous thinking ability, and I can skillfully use statistical software for data analysis. To sum up, this student has strong comprehensive ability and strong willingness to engage in scientific research, so I recommend it and sincerely hope to be admitted.

Referee: XX

XX year XX month XX day

A sealed transcript

Although the grading standards of each university and even each teacher are different, grades are a hard condition for assessing students, and beautiful transcripts undoubtedly increase the probability of your successful application. When preparing transcripts, you should pay attention to the specific requirements of the university you are applying for. If the school has a special reminder, the report card should be sealed in an envelope, sealed and mailed.

Print the report card as soon as possible. Because most colleges and universities have clear time rules for printing and stamping transcripts, it will be particularly passive to apply for printing and stamping if you miss it.

Exempt recommendation letter

This certificate is provided by the academic affairs office of your school or college. Many schools only allow a given number of certificates to be stamped with official seals. If you want to apply to more than one school, and the letter of proof is not enough, you can communicate with the target school and ask it to allow you to send one, or provide a letter of proof during the interview.

Copies of award-winning certificates, published academic papers, etc.

Award-winning certificates and academic papers are the best proof of your comprehensive quality. Sorting out these materials, compiling them into volumes and cataloguing them as attachments to the application materials can not only fully show their achievements, but also show their work style to teachers.

Most graduate students are academic. If you can participate in scientific research at the undergraduate level, publishing academics will indeed be an extra item for exemption. Even if you are not the first author, you can see your attitude and enthusiasm for scientific research.

English proficiency certificate

English achievement is one of the hard conditions for exemption from the exam. At present, the relatively simple and authoritative proof materials can only be the transcripts of CET4 and CET6. Although many schools clearly stipulate in their enrollment brochures that only CET-4 is required, students who have passed CET-6 are more popular when screening resumes. In addition, TOEFL, IELTS and GRE scores are also accepted.

Your exclusive information

The biggest role of exclusive materials is to show personal characteristics, and it is also the easiest place to shine. Although these materials are not necessary, if you are prepared, you can greatly improve the probability of successful application. If you apply for a major in film and television performance, carving your own short films into CDs and mailing them together can help teachers understand their own strength more clearly. Or you plan to apply for a master's degree in economics and management, attach your internship certificate in a famous enterprise, and even a letter of recommendation from the head of the department to increase the authority of the materials. In short, all authoritative materials that can prove that you are suitable for your chosen major can add weight to your application.

At this point, your application materials are ready. After posting in the way required by the school, you need to keep your mobile phone open and always pay attention to the re-examination information of the school.

Contact the tutor: the early bird catches the worm.

Contact with the tutor is not listed in the timetable, because the specific situation is different. You can't ignore this link, let alone despise it. It is not the relationship before the exam, but the process of strengthening mutual understanding between teachers and students. Send your resume to the target tutor and find out if there are any enrollment indicators this year.

There are usually two ways to contact the tutor: email and telephone, or you can ask the teacher if he can interview him so that he can get to know you better before the interview. Of course, you can also introduce others, which is more direct and effective.

The email address of the tutor can be obtained through the website of the consulting college. When you send an email for the first time, you should briefly introduce yourself and sincerely express your desire to know about your research field and become a student. At the same time, be sure to attach your resume and let your tutor know you as much as possible. Many students use flowery words and take great pains when sending emails to their tutors. In fact, as long as it is sincere, the tutor is more concerned about your attitude and the achievements and abilities reflected in your resume.

It's important to communicate well with your tutor, so that he can have a good impression on you. After arousing his interest, he will conduct a series of assessments on you to determine the final candidate. Special reminder, don't contact multiple tutors at the same time, let alone multiple tutors in the same school, otherwise there will be an embarrassing situation.

Example of tutor's contact letter

Dear Teacher Li:

Hello! Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to read this email.

My name is XX, and I am a 20 1 1 student majoring in finance at XX University. I heard your report at the Economic Management Forum hosted by your university, and I was very interested in your research direction, and I also read many of your papers. I really hope to have the opportunity to study for your master's degree without examination, so I take the liberty to write to you.

I am very interested in finance, and I got excellent grades during my undergraduate course, ranking first among 150 students in this major. At the same time, he also actively participated in practice, had internship experience in top 500 enterprises, participated in the "Challenge Cup" competition and won the second prize. In the past three years of undergraduate study, I have a deeper understanding of finance and am eager to go to graduate school for further study.

Reading is my greatest interest, and I prefer to think about the problems brought by reading, so graduate school is my first choice. I am willing to fight for myself once, hoping to be your student and continue my academic dream. Attached are resumes and detailed transcripts of three-year undergraduate courses for teachers' reference.

Looking forward to your reply. I wish you success in your work and good health!

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