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Masters who are not 985 and 211 universities (hereinafter referred to as "double non") are a somewhat inferior existence: they have higher academic qualifications, and they are considered to have insufficient "gold content" because the school is not well-known enough. Many double non-masters who hope to hit famous universities by examination and research have to accept failure, and they often have to face open or covert discrimination when applying for jobs.
Why do non-graduate students still want to obtain this diploma? How do they see their choices and situations? At the same time, we should not ignore: graduate students in 985 and 211 universities account for less than half of the total number of graduate students, and double non-graduate students are the mainstream of this group. Their experiences may be more representative of the real situation of further education.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > Han Fei A non-university third-year student in Henan</h1>
Graduate school, close the distance with famous universities
Entering the third year of graduate school, the most important task is the graduation thesis. I studied literature, and the object of my research was the work of one of my favorite writers, Professor Bi Feiyu of Nanjing University. Every time I brushed the news that Professor Bi was attending an academic event at Nanjing University, I was particularly eager to go to the scene and meet my idol. But the double Non-African universities I studied rarely invited to participate in such high-end events, and I naturally did not have the opportunity.
In 2017, I finished my undergraduate studies at a second college in my hometown of Henan, majoring in Chinese language and literature.
Henan has always been known as a big province for the college entrance examination, but in fact, the local students' momentum of desperate learning will not end after the college entrance examination, but will continue to the university. Especially in Niben College, many students will hope to rely on the examination and research to complete the counterattack. Since the beginning of the university, the teacher has encouraged everyone to go to graduate school, and has always stressed that graduate students in non-985 and 211 universities are not worth attending.
In such an atmosphere, I also regard graduate school as a must in life. However, in the year of graduation, due to insufficient preparation, he eventually gave up the exam. In July and August of the following year, I wanted to regain my dream, so I quit my job and prepared for the exam wholeheartedly, and the target institution was the first batch of Henan University to be among the "double first-class".
In the end, because my English score was 2 points away from the national line, I was not admitted to Henan University and did not have the qualification for transfer. If you want to realize the dream of graduate school, you can only go to World War II. This time, I lowered my application expectations. The failureS I just experienced made me see my limitations. If "hard work" is also a talent, then compared with those students who concentrate on reviewing for more than ten hours a day, my talent is insufficient. The effort I was able to put in was not enough to touch the threshold of a prestigious school.
On balance, a double-non-one college in the province became my new target. I think that although reading double non-graduate students does not have an aura bonus than 985 and 211 colleges and universities, it is more advantageous to change a reference system than only holding a double non-undergraduate degree. More than three years of study experience will definitely help improve your way of thinking and build your knowledge system. Moreover, I went to two colleges as an undergraduate, and it is also an advanced level to be admitted to one university for graduate school.
It was hard to go to graduate school after graduation, especially in World War II. Fortunately, this time, I finally got my wish. My mentor was the dean of the Faculty of Letters, and he was busy with administrative matters and did not have much time to guide me. In the first year of school, I was always anxious because I couldn't read the literature and couldn't write papers, and I often thought: If I went to a better university and had better learning resources and environment, maybe I would read more easily? But when I turned my mind around, I felt that I was still struggling so hard in the double Non-African school, and I was afraid that I would not be able to keep up with it completely if I really went to a famous school.
Pictured| Han Fei is studying
After passing through the second year of graduate school, which finally touched the doorway of learning, after entering the third year of research, the job search was imminent. I hope to go to colleges and universities as an administrator, or to work in the media as a writer. However, when submitting resumes, it was found that many relevant units limited the recruitment of graduates of 985 and 211 colleges and universities, or required that at least one undergraduate and graduate school be double-first-class. After several setbacks, I wondered if it was a mistake that I didn't continue to take the Henan University exam during World War II.
Sometimes I also imagine Professor Bi, and other writers and scholars who like me sitting together and talking about literature with great vigour. This may be the most distant distance between me and the famous school.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="76" > Chen Siqi content practitioner</h1>
Admitted from 985 to double non-colleges, figure what
When I graduated last year, the school canceled the graduation ceremony because of the epidemic. I went back to school, packed my bags, said goodbye to a few of my classmates, and left. The graduate school career ended a bit scribbled, but it was exactly what I wanted. Perhaps deep down, I never really identified with the school that I had lived for 3 years, nor did I want to say goodbye to it solemnly.
I went from 985 undergraduate to graduate school at this double non-university.
Although my undergraduate major was psychology, I was really interested in film and television, so I decided to go to graduate school across majors when I graduated. Originally, I thought that with my own learning ability, I could at least be admitted to a 211 university, but the illness in the month before the exam seriously affected the status of the exam, and at that time, the IP fever was in the ascendant, and the admission score of the film and television major also rose. Unable to be admitted to the college of my choice, I chose to transfer to a double non-college A university in my hometown of Inner Mongolia.
There is a saying in the examination and research circle: if the undergraduate is 985 and 211, but the graduate students are admitted to the double non-non, it is better not to go up, because it will reduce the overall level of their education resume. But I hope to work in film and television in the future, and I need a learning opportunity, even if it comes from a less than ideal university. As a result, I accepted the biggest "slip" of my life so far.
After enrolling, I quickly felt the difference between this place and the undergraduate school. Perhaps out of trust in students' self-restraint ability, when they were undergraduates, the school was relatively relaxed in discipline management, while A University was quite strict. Sometimes I want to go out for a walk, but I am often hindered by cumbersome approval procedures. The school will also regularly check the dormitory and check the hygiene of the dormitory. This management model makes me feel bound to freedom.
The concepts and visions of the surrounding students are also very different from those of their undergraduate classmates. Once, when I was talking about my future Ph.D. exam, one of my roommates was surprised: "Why do you want to study for a Doctorate?" If you read a PhD, your boyfriend will not want you, and women cannot be more educated than men. ”
All kinds of gaps made me often regret when I was in research, and I felt that I really shouldn't have come to A University. The only thing that can salvage me out of frustration and negativity is the love of the film and television profession. There is not much academic activity at school, and outside of class, I read in my dormitory or go to the cinema to watch new films. The colorful world of film and literature, together with the vast days of Inner Mongolia, brought me warm comfort.
Now that I think about it, thanks to my undergraduate psychology studies, I have full reflection and adjustment ability to reflect and adjust to my psychological state. When I am deeply anxious, I will take the initiative to chat with friends to solve problems, and I will also persuade myself to find bright spots in the current situation of not being good enough, rather than despising A university from above: This is the school I have entered, and denying it is not denying myself?
Pictured| Chen Siqi's campus
In three years, I finished reading the professional books I should read, exchanged movies with the young teachers like a good friend, found my favorite feminist perspective, and completed my graduation thesis on this topic. A complete period of time immersed in academics is the greatest gift that graduate school has given me.
On the day I left school, I packed up my luggage and waited for the courier downstairs in my dorm room to collect it. Aunt Su Guan came over to chat, saw my two boxes of books, she said, you must love to learn, I said yes, reading is very happy.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="78" > Qian Xiaojia employee of a state-owned enterprise</h1>
It's a graduate student, the school is not important
In the second semester of my junior year, half of the students in the class began to prepare for graduate school.
The university I studied at is located in the northwest, although it is not 985, 211, but the class has a good learning style, especially from Henan, Shandong and other provinces, and the results are even better. The targets they aim at are all famous schools in Beijing and Shanghai. After all, this is likely to be the last chance of a career to counterattack.
My grades were also at the top of my class, but unlike my classmates, I had no intention of storming elite schools. After listening to many examples of being transferred to remote colleges and universities, I only want to be safe and be admitted to graduate school at my university. Besides, my family is local, and my parents want me to finish my studies here and work in the system in the future. First-tier cities are good, but they are not my yearning.
During the revision period, many students advised me, saying that with my grades, it was a pity to take the exam in this school. I've also wavered, who wouldn't want to enjoy the best educational resources. But after several struggles, I didn't have the courage to give it a try.
Later, seven or eight students in the class were admitted to their favorite schools and left the old city. I was admitted to our school without any doubt, and after graduation, I entered a well-known local state-owned enterprise. Because of my graduate degree, I was able to work at the headquarters in the provincial capital without having to be "delegated" to the grassroots level. My parents always said that my decision to take the exam at that time was correct: the examination editor usually only limits the level of academic qualifications and does not limit the school, "double non or 985, is not all graduate students." ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="80" > yu Tinglei catering industry practitioners</h1>
Giving up double non-graduate school, I became a restaurant purchaser
Once every six months, I need to leave at two o'clock in the morning to go to the wet market.
The sewage-strewn pavement often reminds me of Li Zongsheng saying that when he was young, he went with his father to deliver gas, and the destination was usually such a dirty and noisy market. And I'm here to source fresh food for the restaurant where I work.
In today's mainstream value system, this job is not glamorous. Colleagues in the restaurant also wondered: Why did you do this?
I am an undergraduate graduate from 985 University and a graduate student at S University of Double Non-Governmental University. A few months ago, I received a certificate from S University, and it has been 4 years since I left it.
Going to S Big was an accident. When I was studying for graduate school, I applied for an undergraduate school, and I felt that the time and place were favorable and occupied, and I never thought about the possibility of falling off the list. When I learned that I could only transfer, I was unprepared and hurriedly asked the teacher, and learned that the evaluation of the relevant majors of S University in the academic circles was quite good, so I chose this school.
I have always been an excellent student before, I am used to looking upwards, and I lack understanding of things that are not as good as my own level, until I left S University, I did not know what is called "double non" college. Perhaps because of this, when I decided to go to graduate school at S University, I did not feel lost, thinking that it was just a change of school.
But the strong shock soon came. The first time I went to English class, the teacher talked in English, and I was the only one in the class who could talk to him; even after the teacher deliberately reduced the difficulty, the students basically couldn't keep up. The content of the professional courses is also something I have already studied when I was an undergraduate. Soon, the teacher said to me, you don't have to listen to the lessons, learn by yourself.
With a good foundation in English, I began to study foreign literature on my own. Half a year later, the cutting-edge research in related fields was almost sorted out, and its own experimental direction was established. But when I got ready to start experimenting, I found that the school lacked the necessary equipment and software. I asked the mentor for help, who had a very kind attitude, but could not help solve the problem, and only let me think of my own way. I have always regarded high-quality educational resources as "standard", and for the first time I realized its scarcity.
Frustrated, I got on the bus and went to a famous nearby university to relax. Unlike the sullen S, it's full of youthful enthusiasm, some people are skateboarding, some people are playing basketball, and some people are enthusiastically discussing something with their peers as they walk. I suddenly felt as if I had returned to my undergraduate school, and my mood was happy.
Back at S University, I proposed to the teacher to withdraw from school. I don't think I'll learn much by staying here, and the 985 undergraduate resume is enough to keep me from being discriminated against when I'm looking for a job. The kind teacher allowed me to leave the school, but still kept my school registration, "You can come back later if you want to." ”
Back near my undergraduate school, I rented a small apartment, made ends meet as a tutor, and spent my free time reading and attending classes. In the face of friends who cared about inquiring, I half-jokingly explained that it was a return to the original point and a new departure.
A few months later, after sorting out my mood, I confessed my decision to abandon school to my parents, and at my mother's introduction, I went to a company in Nanxun, Zhejiang Province, responsible for visiting reception and dealer training. Last year, I came to Hangzhou and jumped to the current company. First engaged in coffee brand operation, and then felt that the work content was not very suitable for his temperament, just had an opportunity to transfer, he turned to restaurant procurement.
The picture | the ingredients purchased by Tinglei
Even though I've explained that this is probably only a temporary career choice, there are still many people who are puzzled. Perhaps only I understand that I see my current life as a rare experience and perspective. It taught me that the world is not just the bright side.
Today, the original graduate students have graduated, and several of them have also taken the doctoral examination and gone abroad for further study. I used to think that I would also follow the academic path step by step and live a mainstream decent life. But now, I don't feel regret or ashamed. Entering S University, I began to touch the more ordinary and vast corner of "reality", and along this path, I moved towards a complex and real life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="82" > Yan Jingchu cultural industry practitioners</h1>
In the end, what you want to achieve is to find yourself
As a food quality and safety student at a shuangfei university in Tianjin, when I first decided to go to graduate school, my goals were China Agricultural University and Jiangnan University: their food majors were among the best in China, and they were 985 and 211 universities.
Both universities' specializations were self-directed, including one chemistry course I hadn't studied. In order to prepare for the exam, I went to the School of Chemical Engineering to listen to the class, but the course was too difficult, and after working hard for a while, I finally decided to give up. Maybe my love of professionalism is not enough to support myself to overcome such a big difficulty.
Naturally, I was admitted to our school. However, the school's professional ranking is also good, and the surrounding personnel are also familiar with themselves, which is a better result of retreating to the second place.
Soon after I enrolled, I was sent to Shanghai by my tutor to follow up on the project, while the rest of my classmates were sent to Beijing. Since then, I have begun my graduate school life alone in a foreign country.
The experimental site in Shanghai is a small three-story building with only four or five students and three or four researchers. In the deserted lab, I adjusted the protocol over and over again: the type of reagents, the proportion of the mixture, the time of the reaction... But you can't always get the desired result.
When I feel sleepy and lonely, I will arrange the experimental process, give myself a vacation, and go out to see various exhibitions. Although I studied science, I like literature and art, and Shanghai happens to have a wealth of artistic activities, and the delicate and exquisite urban atmosphere also gives me a fresh experience of living in the north. Looking back now, this was probably the biggest gain of my graduate school career.
Picture | the art exhibition that Yan Jing first saw
When I was looking for a job on the eve of graduation and participating in a group interview at an internationally renowned food company, I found that the other candidates were from nankai university, Tianjin university and other famous universities, and my own graduation institutions were sandwiched among them, which seemed eclipsed. Later, I was not hired by that company.
Fortunately, before I could feel lost, I unexpectedly received an entry notice from a record company. My previous unintentional literary and artistic hobbies made me quickly adapt to and like this job. To this day, I have not left the cultural industry.
Although some students felt sorry for me and felt that my years of food professional training had been "wasted", when I thought of studying in Shanghai, the happiest thing every week was to go out of the experimental building, go to the exhibition, and listen to music, I felt that I did not regret giving up my original major. No matter what school or major I attend, what I want to do in the end is to find my true self.
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Written by | Rowland