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text | Shenzhen Special Zone Daily Commentator Yao Longhua
2023 National Master's Degree Enrollment Examination will be held in December. Compared with 3.77 million in 2021 and 4.57 million in 2022, the number of applicants for postgraduate entrance examinations in 2023 hit a record high. Under the increasingly fierce competition for postgraduate entrance examinations, "reverse postgraduate entrance examinations" has become a popular word that has been frequently mentioned recently.
The so-called "reverse postgraduate entrance examination" refers to the examination from universities with higher-level comprehensive strength and evaluation system to universities with lower-level postgraduate studies. For example, undergraduate graduates of "Double First-Class" universities apply for graduate students of " double non-" universities. Some "double non-dual" universities disclosed information on fresh graduate students in 2022 shows that the school has attracted many students from " Double First-Class " universities. For example, Shenzhen University fresh graduate students from "Double First-Class" universities and their own schools accounted for 41%, setting a record high; Wuhan University of Science and Technology 2022 master's degree graduate students have 3,188 freshmen from "Double First-Class" universities, and 159 freshmen from 64 universities; Hangzhou University of Electronic Science and Technology Among the 2022 postgraduate entrance examination candidates, 602 candidates from "Double First-Class" universities have increased The length rate is 50.1%...
People who choose "reverse postgraduate entrance examination" can be roughly divided into three categories: one is out of their hearts, combined with their own abilities and interests, and independently choose "downward compatibility" according to the quality and characteristics of the subject and major; the second is to "actively downgrade", believing that they cannot get into a prestigious school and directly apply for colleges and universities below the undergraduate level; the other is to "forced to reverse", because they have not been admitted to the first-choice colleges and universities, they have been transferred to "double non-" universities below the undergraduate level.
"Reverse Postgraduate Entrance Examination" phenomenon has actually occurred for a long time, but it has been particularly conspicuous in recent years. The reason is that on the one hand, the number of postgraduate entrance examinations has been rising all the way, and the overall recruitment ratio has decreased. Successfully "going ashore" has become the primary goal of many candidates under heavy pressure; on the other hand, with the continuous advancement of high-quality development of higher education, some "dual non-" universities also have advantageous majors and high-quality faculty, which are recognized by the society and recognized by candidates.
As the saying goes, the best thing is for you. For those who are loyal to their true nature, "downward compatibility" and comprehensive weighing of "active downgrade", there is actually no "reverse" to study. If you have to say it is "reverse", it is just different from the mainstream secular views. "Bachelor's school, master's major, and doctor's tutor." Students from "Double First-Class" colleges and universities chose "double non-" colleges and universities for postgraduate entrance examinations not entirely out of the expedient "going ashore", but instead focused on their own long-term development and went to the popular and strong subjects and favorite tutors of the target colleges and universities. is a blessing for realizing the "professionalism is king" both for candidates and for the development of colleges and universities.
Of course, no matter what the reason is, it is not a stress-free thing. In the secular utilitarian concept and in the social atmosphere of "only famous schools" it has always been "people go to a high place", and "backward compatibility" will be regarded as a lack of potential or even a "failed" behavior. For students from famous schools who are "reversely taking the postgraduate entrance examination", the sense of "depreciation of academic qualifications" in the eyes of others and the sense of oppression from the outside world all require strong self-adjustment to digest.
But no matter what, "reverse postgraduate entrance examination" has its unique value. In the context of popularization of higher education and expansion of postgraduate education, "reverse postgraduate entrance examination" reflects the diversified and personalized choices of students from famous schools for postgraduate studies, and to a certain extent reflects the change in the concept of "choosing schools" to "choosing subjects", forming an impact on the "famous school theory". What we really need to be vigilant about is driven by the social concept of "only famous schools" and the employment concept of "only academic qualifications" and the supply and demand ends are excessively "involved" and jointly push up the " inflation " with academic qualifications.
Postgraduate entrance examination is the same as life, and there is not only one way. Life is rich and multidimensional, and cannot be defined by "positive" and "reverse". No matter when and wherever you are, you can make rational choices and grow upwards, so that you can be yourself and live your true self.
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