#精品长文创作季#
I have always wanted to write a short article about studying for a PhD under the application system, and I would like to explain the pros and cons of this application system. However, I am also worried that after the essay is written, it will hurt the self-confidence of students applying for a PhD, and may even hurt the self-esteem of the parents of students applying for a PhD. Therefore, after hesitating for a long time, I finally insisted on writing "Studying for a PhD under the application system, unless you are extremely good, it will be difficult for you to enter the top of the high-level knowledge palace!" I hope that the short article will be more or less enlightening, thinking and helpful to readers.
This short essay does not want to be long, nor does it want theoretical analysis, nor does it want to be a vast sky and endless nonsense, but I want to use examples in the vernacular to illustrate the topic.
1. A brief description of the application system
2. Tutors like to recruit students with resources, connections, and channels under the same conditions
3. Practical cases
1. A brief description of the application system
The adoption of the application system to study for a PhD is the trend of the times, the desire of the people, and irreversible. At the same time, the application system is also a doctoral system adopted by well-known universities in various countries in the world. In the past, there was also a period of time when the unified examination was implemented for doctoral students in the mainland. However, due to the influence of subjective and objective conditions, this enrollment model in the form of unified examination has been gradually abolished. The main reason is that the number of doctoral students is still too small in general, and it is limited by many objective factors such as geographical distribution, school level, school level, number of students, professional settings, experimental equipment, experimental conditions, research direction, research level and so on. This was followed by the widespread adoption of the application system.
There are many reasons for this, but one of them is unavoidable, and that is determined by the nature of scientific research. At the doctoral stage, his main task is to complete the theoretical discoveries and theoretical innovations that subvert human cognition, as well as technological innovations and technological breakthroughs that bring huge social and economic benefits to human society (don't laugh! This requires students who want to study for a Ph.D. to have profound professional basic theoretical knowledge, a forward-looking exploration vision, a good scientific research literacy, solid experimental techniques, and a bright talent and a spirit of hard work. It can be said that doctoral students are the pride of heaven and heroes.
Under the application system, there is an application and an interview link, and the application process is relatively easy to say, and the interview link is to check whether the student has the above conditions, which is the key part of the tutor group. This interview session (including the interview for master's students) is quite affected by people.
2. Tutors like to recruit students with resources, connections and channels under the same conditions
Doctoral studies have the attributes of scientific research, technological breakthroughs, and technological innovation. Scientific research, technological breakthroughs, and technological innovation require a lot of money (i.e., money). As we all know, the top enterprises and companies in China can account for 20%-25% of the profits of these companies in their annual scientific research funding.
As you can imagine, scientific research is a job that is often commonly referred to as "burning money". Sometimes the money is also "burned", and there is no sound at all, which is a common thing. Of course, the state will also invest a huge amount of scientific research funds in universities every year, and universities will also raise some of their own scientific research funds. Assigned to each tutor and student. It is important to know that these funds are far from enough for supervisors and students, and supervisors need to solve most of the research funds themselves. Therefore, people often see students on online platforms calling their doctoral supervisors their bosses and students being part-time workers.
Here, I'm really glad that these ridiculous students are still working for their bosses, and one day you can't work, so it can be said that your graduation is far away. Therefore, when recruiting doctoral students, the supervisor has the right and very much hopes to recruit some students with resources, connections and channels to study for a doctorate under the same conditions without violating the rules.
3. Practical cases
Case 1. The two doctoral supervisors of a college of a famous university in northern China, the two doctoral students recruited by the two last year are very representative. Two doctoral supervisors, one of whom is Mr. Wang, who is in his 42s, has been a doctoral supervisor for six years. In other words, Mr. Wang began to undertake the training of doctoral students at the age of 35 or 6, and it should be said that Mr. Wang has some experience. The other is 37-year-old Mr. Dai, a doctoral full professor with an overseas study background introduced by the school as a "talent", and was just hired as a doctoral supervisor the year before last. The two work in the same university-affiliated research institute, and their research directions are very close, and the relationship between the two supervisors is also very good.
Last year, each of them was eligible to recruit one doctoral student, which means that one person can only recruit one doctoral student. When the news was heard, many former graduates, classmates, and colleagues from inside and outside the school, including all over the country, came to inquire about admissions. There were dozens of people before and after, and finally the two supervisors identified two people, and both students were master's students of Mr. Wang. One of the students who applied for a doctorate, after graduating from the graduate school, has assumed the position of deputy chief engineer of the plant in the power plant in the central province, and this application for a doctorate is indeed the work and their own needs, and promised to provide 5 million yuan of scientific research funds during the doctoral study period to study a breakthrough technical work applicable to the plant. Another student is also a master's student of Mr. Wang, who has a family business, and this time he is also researching with 5 million scientific research funds, preparing to develop a new generation of energy storage equipment technology during his doctoral studies.
Case 2. A few years ago, after graduating from a bachelor's degree, a student of this school applied for a master's degree in a related major in a well-known university in the south, and scored 387 points in the unified examination, ranking third in the examination score, but was not admitted for some reason. One of the university's supervisors in a major plans to recruit five master's students.
Because this supervisor has abundant resources, that is, he is not only qualified to supervise master's students, but also has the qualifications to supervise doctoral students. For a while, this kind of dual-identity mentor is a very hot resource. Because after completing this supervisor's master's degree, it is very convenient to study for a doctorate if you want to do a doctorate. Student A is also optimistic about the resources of this tutor, and also wants to take the opportunity to take the opportunity to return to his hometown. After the score came down, student A was very happy to learn the score, so he wanted to meet with the tutor, and after a few words of communication on the phone, for some reason, the tutor did not agree to meet with student A. Later, student A got the news out of nowhere that there were classmates in my school, and when I thought about it, I realized that the teacher had told him. Because one year I went to this school for a meeting. Student A will find out, please ask me, can you consult the reason through my classmate relationship.
I do have a classmate who works at this university and is also a doctoral supervisor. One day, I consulted with this tutor through this classmate of mine. Later, my classmates told me that the five students who were admitted to the program had basically been decided.
The general situation is: a total of 11 students applied for his graduate school, only 5 people were recruited that year, and the student scored 387 points in the first exam, although it ranked third in the score list, but it was not much different from the two candidates behind. 401, 395, 387 (student A), 385, 383, 383, ............ And after looking at the resume of student A, student A's scientific research literacy is basically none. In other words, Student A has basically not participated in any level of science and technology competitions during his undergraduate years, let alone won awards. At the same time, he did not follow the teacher to carry out scientific research activities.
Looking at the five students who were admitted, following the teacher to do scientific research during the school was their common advantage, and the scores were relatively different, and two of them were winners of the National War Cup Winning Competition. Therefore, the tutor considered and weighed the pros and cons from the perspective of scientific research, and reluctantly selected 401, 395, 385 (more than ten scientific research projects with the teacher), 383, and 383 (these two are the winners of the second prize (silver award) of the National Challenge Cup of other schools). Finally, I told Student A about the result, and Student A was convinced. In the end, with my help, this student returned to his alma mater to study for a master's degree, a doctorate, and a doctorate, and stayed on to teach, buy a house, get married, and have children.
Case 3. A friend's child B applied for a master's degree in a well-known university in northern China three years ago. I was also happy and refreshed to apply for the exam, and after learning the news, I was sad and disappointed, and later I was admitted. It also proves once again the magic of connections, resources, and channels within the provisions of the system.
Child B is very smart, undergraduate in a 211 university in the south, majoring in hydraulic engineering, after graduating from the bachelor's degree, he was happy and energetic to apply for the relevant major of a famous 985 university in the north. The results of the exam are also good, the tutor who applied for the examination only recruited two students that year, and although the results of these two students were not outstanding, they were both children of leaders of scientific research cooperation units, which were basically determined. When student B heard the news, he was sad and disappointed, so he told his parents, and when the parents heard that the child would not go to school, they were very anxious and came to me and asked me if there was any way to help solve the problem of the child's schooling.
After listening, I said to help you consult, so I asked through a friend's relationship, and the tutor was not full, so I asked the child to change the major, of course, the major is also very close. Later, when I asked the student, the student agreed. The child graduated from master's research this year and was admitted as a doctoral student by the previous supervisor. Students rediscover themselves. After several years of training, I became an excellent doctoral student and changed my life.
To sum up, prospective students not only have a high IQ, but also have a good emotional intelligence.