I applied for the management science and engineering major of Northeastern University, with a total score of 400 in the initial test and 89 in the second test, ranking third in the total score.
First, the choice of schools.
Regarding the choice of schools, I have collected a lot of information about colleges and universities, such as research direction, specialized courses, enrollment ratio and so on. From graduate students in official website, Zhihu and Weibo, the ultimate goal is basically locked in China Geo University and Northeastern University.
The major courses in most schools are management or operational research, but Northeastern University can choose one of three major courses, one of which is database. Because I studied database in college, I think it is not particularly difficult and the programming is very simple, which is an important reason why I chose Northeastern University.
Second, the initial experience.
English
1.
Video explanation of the text, if there is enough time in the early stage, you can listen to it. At first, I bought Zhu Wei's Love Story, listened to the matching video, and took notes carefully while listening, but I never saw it again, and I remember very little, probably because the copybook was too thick ~
Later, on the recommendation of a senior, I bought a copy of New Oriental's Reading 3000 Words in English Newspapers, but I didn't insist on memorizing the whole book. Memorizing words is too inefficient, I don't know how to repeat them, and the effect is not good. Words are too important. According to my experience in English exams for so many years, I can do nothing, but I must memorize words! ! ! Words are the underlying structure. Many people said that it was difficult to read last year, or because the words were unknown, the article didn't understand what the meaning was, so the words were really too important.
2. Long and difficult sentences
I also listened to Professor Jing Tian's video class on grammar of long and difficult sentences. Very basic and detailed, but it doesn't help me much. In fact, as long as you can understand the sentence, you don't have to worry about the structure. If people don't even know the clauses, it is still necessary to listen. Those who have a headache reading long sentences do read most of them.
read
Be sure to read carefully, and divide one question into two points. In the first half of the year, I only did two things: memorizing words and fine translation. I bought a refined translation of reading. It takes a lot of time to translate a reading material. I mainly sort out new words and practice the feeling of translation. It's definitely better to keep the meaning of the article in mind. Two hours passed after reading it twice. After studying for 20 years, the workload is huge, but I feel really improved.
Later, I also listened to the video of teacher Tang Chi's reading class and learned some reading skills. I recommend it. I read it almost three times, carefully, according to the topic again, and finally complete the set. Some years may be done more than three times, but it really feels different every time.
Last year's reading was really difficult, probably because I was a little impetuous. I didn't understand the first article at all. I took a deep breath and adjusted my state. I read it again from the beginning. In fact, I can almost read, but I'm in the wrong state. I'm not sure about only two or three questions in the first four articles. I seem to have two or three wrong answers.
I never thought that my best time was in the examination room, and making three mistakes in my usual practice was my best result. So, you never know what surprises will come until the end.
4. New problems
There are three new types of questions: I * * *, sorting, five out of seven, and subtitle. Subtitles are the simplest and most difficult to sort. Last year, I chose five out of seven. I also listened to the video, feeling useless. Articles with new questions are the longest and most difficult, so don't try to understand them completely, and don't interpret them carefully in the process of doing real questions. Just look carefully at the context of the hollowed-out place.
My idea is to look at each option first, circle the key words and core words of each option, write Chinese if you can't respond, and then start to do the problem. After determining an option, draw a diagonal line on the option to eliminate it, reducing the burden of choosing other topics. The score of the new question type is also two points, so you must practice hard and find a way that suits you.
5. gestalt
Cloze didn't do much preparation, just did the real question and understood all the words in the real question. The price/performance ratio is really low. When I took the real exam, it was only 15 minutes before the end of the exam, and I began to do cloze. I almost panicked at that time. This is actually the simplest part of the whole English test paper. After reading the article, you can almost choose most of the answers, which is also skillful. I watched Liu Xiaoyan's class.
Write a composition
Composition, I watched Liu Xiaoyan's video class, which should be seen in June 5438+065438+ 10. I took about ten pages of notes, mainly some sentence patterns. Finally, I will write my own template according to the sentence patterns I have learned.
Later, when I practiced, every composition topic used my own template, combined with specific topics, such as big composition and small composition, and the composition was written in this way during the exam, which saved me a lot of time and brain cells.
It depends on my own choice. One of my classmates recited the model essay written by teacher Wang Jiangtao and did well in the exam. There are too many things to recite in the later stage of postgraduate entrance examination. I really don't have the brain to recite the composition, so I choose to recite sentence patterns, which is more flexible. If you don't want to recite too much content, it is highly recommended.
The first idea of last year's composition topic was not traditional culture. I was in the examination room. As soon as I saw the children in the painting wearing costumes, I decided to make it a traditional culture. The writing is extremely smooth, because I just finished reading the relevant content at noon, and there are still residual memories in my mind. After the exam, I turned on my mobile phone and found out how different it was from everyone. I was particularly panicked. Later, a teacher assured us that the composition was not off topic, so don't be afraid to be distracted.
7. Translation
I didn't spend much time translating. There are a few points to note. I suggest just listening to the video. I still listen to Liu Xiaoyan, a real treasure teacher, who is easy to understand, inspiring and humorous.
Translation is graded according to points. The most important thing is that you should divide a long sentence into three or four paragraphs, so that if you translate a short paragraph accurately, you will get 0.5 points or 1 point. Last year's translation really answered that sentence. I can't understand you, and neither can you understand me. Some places really don't understand. If you want to turn them over or step by step, you can always step on them.
8. real questions
If it is true, I bought a set of "love stories" as a gift, but there are often mistakes in printing, and the font is relatively small, which can only be used as an exercise; Later, I bought Zhang Jian's yellow book, which explained the content in detail, including the translation and structural analysis of the article. The test paper can be used as a simulation just like the real English test paper for postgraduate entrance examination.
As for the number of times to do the problem, doing it once is definitely not enough. I have done the reading part three times, and most other questions have only been done twice. Writing skillfully, it is enough to apply templates. Because English doesn't need to be simulated, the real questions are very valuable and must be taken seriously.
mathematics
Mathematics is the most important and my life. Since March, I have spent a lot of time on math, watching videos and taking notes, and then sorting out topics.
The epidemic caused the express delivery to stop, so I couldn't buy books online, so I watched the video first and took notes. Because the early stage is relatively loose, it is basically in a state of learning while playing. I only watched the video of Tang Jiafeng's basic course of advanced mathematics in March, and I may not be used to it very well. After watching all the videos, I will concentrate on doing the questions, complete the basic part of advanced mathematics at the beginning of June 1800, do the second brush, and sort out the unfamiliar knowledge points and questions.
At the end of June, I was in a bit of a bad state and suddenly I didn't know how to learn. The reason is that after listening to teacher Li Yongle's online substitute class, I didn't have the heart to do the questions on 1800, and the school didn't decide, so the progress was slower than online and I began to feel anxious. This anxiety lasted about half a month, and it didn't begin to recover until July. In July and August, I finished all the basic and intensive courses of advanced mathematics, line generation and probability theory. I don't remember whether the high number part of 1800 was brushed twice or three times.
At the beginning, I thought it was completely possible to just listen to videos and take notes to digest knowledge points. This is really a big mistake. Everyone still has to buy tutorials, especially advanced mathematics and line generation. I didn't use the supporting handouts when listening to Mr. Li Yongle's lecture, which made it very difficult to do the problem. You'd better buy handouts in class. It is true that the content of the handout will be very systematic and detailed, and there will be classification of questions.
In the end, which teacher you want to talk to depends entirely on which style you are suitable for. Never blindly follow the trend! ! ! I compared many teachers and finally chose teacher Tang Jiafeng. I like his style very much. Some people on the Internet say that Mr. Tang has an accent. I didn't understand it at all, and I was completely immersed in his lecture. The line generation followed Mr. Li Yongle and Mr. Yu Bingsen in probability theory.
1800 I only did the part of high numbers and probability theory, and later I bought 660. I have been doing 660 from the middle of August to the beginning of 10. Although they are all multiple-choice questions, some questions are as difficult as big ones. Later, I also summarized the questions I had done, and looked at the review book to check for leaks and fill in the gaps, so as to prepare for the real questions.
I am very angry that we only have one class in the first half of the semester, and there are many classes in the second half of the semester until the beginning of 165438+ 10, which often disrupts my plans, so everyone's plans have to go forward.
I feel very sorry that I didn't read the review book from beginning to end because of time constraints. Everyone must watch it when they have time. I think it is very useful, because there are always some points that we haven't noticed. The book must be comprehensive, so there should be no luck in the exam.
10 in the middle and late June, I started to do a set of real questions every day and bought a complete set of real questions from teacher Zhang Yu. From 8:30 to 1 1:30, I read Mr. Tang's real questions at noon and one o'clock in the afternoon in strict accordance with the examination time, sort out the wrong questions, mark the types of questions, and write down the unfamiliar knowledge points to deepen my memory.
Leaving two sets of real problem simulations, in June+February, 5438, six sets of test papers of Teacher Duo Lilin arrived and began to make simulation papers. Later, because time was tight, I didn't have time to do four sets of papers. The answer was simple. During the whole preparation process, I used more than 200 pieces of A4 paper to do the questions, which was very shocking. Therefore, we must make a good plan and do it strictly according to the plan, or it is still early.
Last year, the mathematics syllabus for postgraduate entrance examination was suddenly revised, which increased the proportion of choosing to fill in the blanks, and the score was also increased from 4 to 5, so everyone must pay attention to choosing to fill in the blanks and learn problem-solving skills quickly. Most of my missing items have been filled in, so I must pay attention when reviewing this year. Big questions are generally routine, and those who choose to fill in the blanks win the world.
Two days before the exam, my mind was relatively peaceful. I didn't do any more questions. I just misread the questions, took notes and recited formulas until the last moment before going to the examination room. But when I really took the math test, I was particularly flustered, because math was my weakness and I didn't work out several questions. I have no luck either, and none of the questions I cover are right, so don't believe in luck, only your own strength is the most reliable.
3. Politics
There is really no need to watch politics in the early stage, and I don't have to worry. Since August, I have watched a little video of Xu Tao's intensive class every day and made notes on the intensive class. At this stage, I just take you to the basics, and I can't remember much at all.
1000 did it three times. Write it on paper, do it with a pencil, and use a pen for the last time. The first time was about the end of September, the second time was165438+1early October, and the third time was 65438+early February. The Ma Yuan part is more difficult and needs to be understood. Mao Zhongte and Shi Gang are like listening to stories. They are very interesting and need to be remembered. Meditation is also a memory.
Sister Leg is also Teacher Bao. I bought her sprint recitation manual, which is very organized and detailed. /kloc-After listening to her skills class in early October, I felt an awakening. I got a lot of skills and listened to her punching class.
Teacher Xu Tao recorded and broadcast, and Sister Leg's class was broadcast live, which was more interesting. Every time I listen to Sister Leg's class, I am full of energy. Finally, I sprinted the paper and did Xiao four shaw's eight-legged four-choice question.
I started to recite the last material of the manual by my hind leg sister in early February. I have almost finished reciting the key points of last year, so I suggest reciting them early. Xiao Si came out too late. Ma Yuan's principle is similar. It's no problem to recite it in advance, and the materials of leg sisters are also very organized.
After Xiao Si came out, I found that some contents were actually similar, which lightened part of my burden. Every day, I am crazy, half an hour in the morning and more than an hour at night. Xiao Si also recited all the basic books, so I have more confidence.
When I have scattered time, I will sprint to recite the front part of the manual and memorize scattered knowledge points. Also, I have a habit of recording what I recite as audio. Every day before going to bed, on the way, when I just wake up, and when I eat, I will put on my headphones and start listening, silently following. Listening to what I forgot will increase my impression. Use the Himalayas.
Leg sister will also use Himalayan belt, which can make full use of scattered time. The official account of WeChat also has a leg sister who pushes a question every day, all of which are selected real questions. Later, I found out that basically I would watch track 5 while eating, which was especially conscience.
Last year's topic was really simple. Small basic four books, multiple-choice questions are very handy. I finished it in about 20 minutes, and finally I got 76 points in the political exam. I stood in front of the bookshelf for more than an hour, which is not a waste.
4. Professional courses
Northeastern University can choose one of the three specialized courses. I chose operational research because I have studied this course and I think it is relatively simple.
In fact, I only started reviewing specialized courses in September, and I bought specialized course textbooks from my seniors and started reviewing them. Specialized courses are divided into three types of questions, and there are many things to recite, including noun explanations and short answers. At that time, the school library closed at nine o'clock, and I recited books for more than an hour every day under the street lamp in front of the teaching building, which was quite comfortable.
Because the content is abstract and obscure, I basically memorize it. I don't know how many times I recited it, and the final level almost reached the level of familiarity. I also recorded what I recited as audio and listened to it every day, and I still listened to it on the way to the examination room.
When reviewing operational research, smooth out the teaching materials, and then check the gaps and fill in the gaps mainly from the real questions, or leave two years for simulation. The first real question is an exercise. Do a set every day, do it over and over again, and mark unfamiliar questions. Because of the high repetition rate of real questions, I set myself the goal that I must not make mistakes in the questions I have already done.
Specialized courses also took a lot of time. When I wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, one week before the exam, I suddenly found that there were two or three knowledge points in each set of papers that were not in the review materials, so I began to look through the textbooks and found that most of them were the key points in the books. It took me one night to document the missing knowledge points, and I memorized them almost in less than two days.
Third, the second interview
After the initial test, it is the second test. First of all, you should pay attention to the gap between your score and the cinema, because Northeastern University entered the re-examination at 1: 1.2. If your score is close to the cinema, you can actually consider making two preparations.
Because of this year's epidemic, we have an online retest. You should recite the prepared self-introduction, and then choose one of the 20 numbers, which contains 10 questions. Then you can choose three questions, one in English and two in Chinese, and give you five minutes to prepare (five minutes for yourself). There are no regular English questions about your hometown and your hobbies in these topics. What is strategy, object-oriented programming and management, etc. I can't remember the specific topic, so I chose these three. ) the whole journey 15 minutes, the teacher will let you prepare first. Because you control the online preparation time, you can control the time yourself, as long as it does not exceed 15 minutes. If it exceeds, the teacher will remind you that it is overtime. Then the teacher will ask you an English question. The teacher is very good. I didn't hear you clearly, so I can say that you are not good at surfing the Internet. Ask the teacher to say it again. Probably just a simple answer, you don't need to use very advanced grammar and sentence structure. Because it tests your oral English, you can speak it not too badly.
Because this year's exam is in this form, I suggest that you prepare English about the basic knowledge of management, and the new Xu Xiang senior sister will tell you about the re-examination, which is very useful for preparation.
As a specialized course, the re-examination textbook designated by Northeastern University is Management Information System by Lu Qiyun. Because of the short time, I only read the summary of each chapter. It turns out that you only need to look at these, because the second interview is more about expanding your knowledge. Throughout the second interview, the teachers wore masks and looked serious, but from their tone, we can feel that they are still very friendly, and they will not discriminate against your undergraduate course, but care more about your personal ability. So if the initial test is not ideal, the second test can focus on what you have learned and what you have gained. At the same time, if you are not prepared for the question asked by the teacher during the second interview, first of all, you should humbly answer that you are not fully prepared for this question. I can simply say my understanding. After talking about your understanding, you can tell the teacher what you have prepared, turn the initiative into your own hands, tell the teacher that you have prepared this, and then the teacher may ask you the questions you have prepared. Just when I was completely unprepared for what the strategy was, I simply answered the difference between strategy and tactics, and then began to guide the new infrastructure. After that, the teacher asked some questions about blockchain and new infrastructure.
Therefore, the second interview must be fully prepared. Don't panic if it doesn't happen. Try to put it on what you have prepared, and turn passive into active, so that you can be sure of the second interview.
Fourth, summary.
Finally, the postgraduate entrance examination is really a protracted war. You will find fewer and fewer people around you, and there will be many moments of collapse and questioning yourself. At this time, please stop writing, think about why you want to take the postgraduate entrance examination, and then stick to it. Stick to it, and you will find the scenery at the top of the mountain is beautiful. I wish you all success in the first battle!