Tsinghua English Linguistics is affiliated to Humanities College. The enrollment of humanities colleges and universities is different from other majors, and it is different every year. If the overall test level of English majors was not good, then the number of English majors would be given to other majors in humanities colleges, and then there would be no English majors in that year. So there is so little information on the internet, and there are even fewer experience posts. Sometimes it takes years to get into English linguistics. I'm a different major, but my friend is from the Foreign Languages Department. Therefore, you need to know this before entering the exam, otherwise it will be useless. Besides, you should be proficient in ancient literature and grammar, and Chinese should also be proficient in foreign languages, European literature, American literature and English literature. These are all very demanding, no matter whether you take applied linguistics or linguistics. Tsinghua's characteristic is that he has a wide range of knowledge and is not bound by basic reference books, so he won't specify reference books! If someone gives you a reference book, it is a constraint on you. You should dabble in many aspects! I can only help you so much! Those cram school teachers will only help you with tutoring, no matter whether the school recruits students or not!