As we all know, the postgraduate entrance examination is divided into two stages: the preliminary examination and the re-examination, and all students who take the unified examination need to go through these two rounds of tests in order to be successfully admitted.
Many students may ask such a question: "Which is more difficult, the postgraduate entrance examination and the preliminary examination?" Is it that if you do well in the first test, you don't have to worry about the retest? ”。
It is difficult to generalize about this question, whether it is a preliminary examination or a re-examination, their difficulty mainly depends on the institution you are applying for, some schools value the initial examination and professional strength, and some schools emphasize interview and comprehensive ability.
Today, the small class leader will take you to understand the difference between the preliminary examination and the re-examination, and take a look at the focus of the initial and re-examination preparation?
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1. The content of the test is different.
1. Preliminary examination
The preliminary examination examines four subjects: Politics, Foreign Language, Professional Course 1 and Major Course 2. Among them, politics and foreign language are public subjects, and the difference between professional course 1 and professional course 2 is different. Of course, some majors only need to take three subjects, such as the joint examination for management and the joint examination for economics.
Generally speaking, professional courses are determined according to the requirements of the colleges and universities we apply for, and are freely propositioned by the institutions. All subjects in the preliminary examination are written examinations, and the focus of the assessment is a student's test-taking ability, whether he can get a higher score in a short period of time.
2. Re-examination for postgraduate entrance examination
The content of the re-examination usually includes a written test of professional ability, a foreign language proficiency test and a comprehensive interview. Compared with the preliminary examination, the re-examination not only has a written examination but also an interview (some colleges only have an interview but no written examination), which further examines the comprehensive ability and interview ability of students.
For the examination of professional courses, the initial examination generally assesses the basic core courses of the major, and the professional courses of the re-examination will be elevated in this content, which will further assess the candidates' application and mastery of professional knowledge.
The content of the professional courses in the re-examination is more comprehensive and open. It may be difficult for students who are not strong in knowledge transfer. The headache of our engineering students' English is also the focus of the re-examination. It is no longer a written test, and the content of the re-examination is more flexible, and it will also test listening, speaking and professional English.
In addition, the biggest difference between the re-examination and the preliminary examination is the comprehensive interview, which is to communicate face-to-face with the tutor of the institution.
In the comprehensive ability interview, the teacher will ask questions about the candidate's learning, scientific research, social practice and actual work performance, and the teacher will score the candidate's comprehensive quality through the questioning session. The interview also examines the candidate's ability to adapt to changes and comprehensive literacy.
Second, there is a difference in time
1. Time to prepare for the exam
From the perspective of preparation time, the preparation period for the preliminary examination is about 9-12 months, that is, from January to December each year (including the preparation time for school selection in the early stage), students can freely choose the time to start preparing for the exam according to their foundation and the difficulty of the colleges and universities they apply for.
The preparation cycle for the postgraduate re-examination is generally from the end of the preliminary examination to the beginning of the re-examination, that is, from January to April each year, and the preparation cycle is generally 2-3 months.
The initial test is more like a long-distance run, which tests whether students can persevere, while the second test assesses a candidate's short-term sprint ability.
2. The time of the exam
The time of the preliminary examination is uniform across the country, i.e. on the penultimate weekend of December every year.
However, the re-examination time is determined by the institutions, some schools are earlier, some schools are later, but it is roughly in the time period of mid-March and mid-April.
3. The time for the results to be released
The preliminary examination ends at the end of December, and the results are announced at the end of February of the following year. Once the score reaches the re-examination threshold of the target institution, you can enter the re-examination.
After the re-examination, the announcement time of the re-examination results and the list of proposed admissions is generally about one week after the re-examination.
So is it difficult to take the first test or the second test? In addition to the time, content, and score calculation methods mentioned above, I think it is mainly related to three data: the enrollment ratio, the re-recording ratio, and the proportion of the initial re-examination.
Third, there is a difference in the way test scores are calculated
1. Preliminary examination
Generally speaking, the total score for the preliminary examination is 500 or 300 points.
For example, for four subjects, 100 points for politics and foreign languages, and 150 points for majors 1 and 2. If you take three courses, you will get 100 points for politics and foreign language, and 300 points for professional courses.
2. Retest
The full score for the re-examination is generally or 300 points, depending on the institution. Generally, the scores of each assessment link will be converted according to a certain proportion and then added.
2023 retest plan of the School of Materials and Physics, China University of Mining and Technology.
Which is more difficult, the first test or the second test?
So is it difficult to take the first test or the second test?
In addition to the time, content, and score calculation methods mentioned above, I think it is mainly related to three data: the enrollment ratio, the re-recording ratio, and the proportion of the initial re-examination.
1. Ratio of reports
Application ratio = number of applicants The number of admissions, this data mainly reflects the enthusiasm of colleges and universities, the higher the enrollment ratio, the more popular the school and major, and the more fierce the competition.
2. Replication ratio
Re-recording ratio = number of re-examiners The number of admissions, this data mainly reflects the elimination rate of the re-examination, the higher the re-recording ratio, the higher the re-examination of the school, the higher the elimination rate. Most colleges and universities adopt the difference retest, and the ratio is generally 1-13 or so. Generally, the higher the proportion of re-examinations, the more students will end up. For schools with a higher proportion of re-examinations, generally speaking, the higher the degree of comprehensiveness of the re-examinations.
3. Proportion of initial and re-examination
Generally speaking, the proportion of the initial and re-examination of different schools is generally divided into three different grades: the preliminary examination and the re-examination each account for 50%; 60% for the initial test and 40% for the second test; 70% for the initial test and 30% for the second test. The higher the proportion of the initial examination scores, the less impact the re-examination will have.
Finally, what the small class leader wants to say is that there is no absolute difficulty between the preliminary examination and the re-examination for the postgraduate entrance examination, and students should not worry about the difficulty of the postgraduate entrance examination. Prepare for the re-examination according to the requirements of the institution and prepare early.
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