Fa Shuo of the University of Hong Kong
Although the craze has receded a little, postgraduate entrance examination is still the most popular choice in the ivory tower. Not only are there graduate students who are determined to take the exam to the end, but many graduates who finally choose to work have also experienced the baptism of the postgraduate entrance examination war. Educational consulting experts remind everyone that popularity is not rational, but helplessness does not mean compromise. Whether graduate school is suitable for you or not must be analyzed clearly in advance. Don't be confused by the development path in the opposite direction, ignorant and sad. Let Lin Yutang, a famous writer, speak professionally, and his educational philosophy is worth considering. His second daughter Taiyi loves literature, and Lin Yutang thinks that the society should learn liberal arts. Therefore, Taiyi graduated from high school and did not go to college for further study. Instead, she went to Yale University to teach Chinese, and her literary accomplishment was excellent. Later, she served as the editor-in-chief of the Chinese version of American Reading Digest for a long time, published many novels and collections, and became a famous Chinese female writer living in the United States. The third daughter likes science, and Lin Yutang let her continue reading in one breath. Xiang Ru graduated from the Department of Chemistry of Columbia University, then went to Harvard University for further study, and finally got a doctorate in biochemistry. Later, he served as the head of the student chemistry department of the University of Hong Kong for a long time and engaged in research work at the University of Houston in the United States. It can be seen that different majors should have different learning styles. As long as you are practical, you will get a successful professional background and future development plan, which are the heavyweight weights to decide whether you take the postgraduate entrance examination or not. Just like life, different majors have different personalities, and some majors are suitable for reading all the way, because reading is easy to have a good way out; Some majors must continue to study, because employment requires high academic qualifications; Some majors pay more attention to industry qualification certificates and practical experience, because the older they get, the more popular they are, and they have enough time to make waves in the industry; Some majors want to eat "youth rice", and age and work experience are more important than academic qualifications; There are also some majors that are suitable for "marrying elsewhere" and integrating different knowledge backgrounds, which is more conducive to challenging the workplace. The so-called "one meter away, a hundred kinds of people" have many occupations. If you want to win the favor of the workplace, you can't go against the original intention of your career. Before making a decision, it is most important to know the professional personality. Medicine is a special specialty, which requires high theoretical and practical ability, is highly targeted and monopolistic, and the job market is relatively stable. But unlike other majors, medical graduates can only be employed vertically. From big cities to regional cities, county-level cities, towns and villages, from top three hospitals to small and medium-sized hospitals, they are often selected through first-level screening. This employment situation determines the continuous progress of medical students on their way to study. If you want to take the road of practicing medicine, there is a good way out. It is best to finish the school of 10 in one breath, get a doctorate and then knock on the door of job hunting. This career planning is relatively easy to achieve in one step. Geophysics is also a major suitable for studying all the way. Benson's way out is generally to join mineral energy exploration teams in various places, and then be sent to Xinjiang, Tibet and Inner Mongolia and other areas rich in mineral energy for field work. Although the job is not difficult to find and the income is not low, it is hard. If you get a master's degree and a doctor's degree, you will have a great opportunity to enter scientific research institutes and energy companies in major cities to do research and development and data analysis, and both the work content and the salary and benefits will have a higher level. Another reason for studying is very different from that of medical majors, that is, geophysics is unpopular, the competition index is low, and it is easy to take the exam! Xiao Hu took the exam for two years and was finally transferred to the geophysics major of Dada University. After four years, his grades are tepid. After three years in the department, he decided to challenge himself and applied for a well-known tutor of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Now, he is about to get a doctorate from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and he is going to submit his resume to oil companies and research institutes in Beijing. The employment situation of undergraduate students majoring in computer science is far worse than that of graduate students. This is a fact that everyone is familiar with, and the reason goes without saying. After several years of downturn, the global IT industry has come out of the trough, and it is recovering its vitality day by day, and may make a comeback. Facing the huge demand for high-end talents in IT industry and the flood of undergraduate education market, graduate students are more popular in the workplace with their comprehensive quality of combining profound theoretical foundation and practical ability. If you don't want to change careers after studying biology, then continuing your studies is almost the only way out. Judging from the current situation, it is the R&D departments of universities, research institutes and pharmaceutical and biological companies that can really accept biotechnology talents. These units have high requirements for academic qualifications. If you choose biology as your lifelong career development direction, it is equivalent to choosing a road that needs continuous learning. Law is a discipline closely integrated with reality, with its own strict knowledge system and strict industry access system. In a sense, obtaining a lawyer's qualification certificate is more conducive to career development than being admitted to a law graduate. A person with a lawyer's qualification certificate can get an internship in the field of public security law, and then accept cases alone, so that he can make great achievements in the industry; Without a lawyer's qualification certificate, even graduate students have no chance to take cases alone, so they can only be assistants, not lawyers. Being a lawyer stresses experience. The more experience you have in handling cases, the wider your contacts, the more opportunities you have to take cases, and the easier your career will be. It can be seen that the qualification certificate is the starting point of a virtuous circle of lawyers' career, and the level of education is not directly related to it. From a certain point of view, medical graduates can take a similar path: after graduation, they can enter the hospital to accumulate practical experience, obtain the qualification certificate of practicing doctors, and then open their own clinics to receive patients. However, compared with legal talents who tend to develop freely, medical talents need a good platform to accumulate rich and beneficial practical experience, and holding public office can reduce the huge practice risk.