With the increasing number of graduate students every year, more and more candidates choose to go to graduate school. However, when it came to the stage of graduate school, candidates gradually felt unprecedented pressure and confusion, and some candidates even began to regret choosing to go to graduate school. According to the 2024 research examination registration data, the number of applicants for this research examination has dropped by 360,000, which makes candidates hesitant and skeptical about studying for graduate school. A senior's self-exposure has aroused widespread resonance, and he admitted that he has lost his happy feelings since he was in graduate school. He had hoped that graduate school would bring a different kind of life, but once he won the qualification to go ashore and started graduate school, his mind completely changed.
The dull life that seniors crave, getting off work on time every day, enjoying the sunset, listening to **, tasting food, and spending time with family and friends, has been replaced by endless **, meetings and other trivial things such as graduate school. Long hours of continuous work and Xi prevented him from getting any pleasure from it, and he even felt that he had lost the ability to feel happiness. He is not alone, and there are many people like him who have lost their sense of happiness. The pressure of graduate school makes them forget the original purpose of choosing graduate school in the first place, constantly pursue grades and progress, and even question the guilt they feel about doing anything. This state of graduate school puts the mood of a large number of graduate students in a precarious state, and candidates begin to wonder whether ordinary work is preferable to the pain of graduate school.
The 2024 study exams are just around the corner, and the candidates who took the exams are caught in a nervous and anxious preparation for the exams. Although the number of applicants for this research examination has decreased compared to last year, the competition is still extremely fierce. In order to compete for a place on the shore, candidates do not hesitate to spend a lot of time and energy to prepare for the exam. However, they began to have questions and confusion about the pressure of graduate school. The candidates have made great efforts to get ashore, but does that really meet their expectations?This misgivings became the main reason for their hesitation.
There are even some candidates who are beginning to question themselves, fearing that they will miss out on better employment opportunities if they go to graduate school. In this information age, the number of graduate students is also growing year by year, and having a graduate degree does not guarantee finding your dream job. In particular, those candidates who easily apply for graduate school do not think deeply about the meaning of research when they apply for the exam, which may bring huge consequences and losses, or miss out on some good job opportunities due to graduate school. Therefore, the candidates began to think about whether they could let go in time and look for another way out.
For those who are already in graduate school, they are in deep pain and feel less comfortable preparing for the exam. They are under tremendous psychological pressure, and as a result, they are hesitant about whether or not they choose to give up graduate school. After all, after they put their initial efforts into practice, earned the qualifications to go ashore and began graduate school, the regret was especially heavy. However, candidates are also gradually realizing that if they regret it during their graduate studies, the loss will be even greater, and they will waste the time between graduation and preparing for the exam. Therefore, a thought gradually came to their minds: sometimes letting go in time is not a retreat, but a different way.
As one test taker put it, "When I felt guilty about what I did, what I ate, or even what I slept, I began to wonder if giving up was a wise choice." "For some candidates, letting go of graduate school may be to pursue their own plain and stable life. They began to re-examine the practical impact of a graduate degree on employment and the difficulties they faced in the process of graduate school, and gradually realized whether they really needed to go to graduate school, and perhaps another option was more suitable for them.
Postgraduate education, as the highest level of academic qualification, attracts more and more candidates, but it comes with great pressure and endless distress. In the process of preparing for the exam, candidates began to question the meaning of graduate school and whether they really needed to go to graduate school. The stress of graduate school life caused them to lose their sense of happiness and even regret. However, before making any decisions, candidates should think deeply about their life plans. Whether or not to go to graduate school or quit graduate school needs to consider your interests, goals, and future development direction. Everyone's situation is different, and there is no set answer. Sometimes letting go in time is not to back down, but to find a path that suits you better. It is important that candidates balance their psychological pressures with their expectations for the future, and make choices that are in line with their circumstances and dreams.