The preliminary examination results of the 2024 National Master's Admission Examination are being released in various provinces and cities in the past few days, excited hearts, trembling hands, have you passed the line?
Candidates find out their preliminary test results for the first time, and the normal situation is "a few happy and a few worried".
After seeing your initial test scores, you can be happy or frustrated casually, as the so-called "not happy with things, not sad with yourself" is everyone's demeanor. Let's refer to the national line in recent years, and then wait for the national line to be released by the Ministry of Education in mid-March. Regarding the re-examination score line, some admissions units release it soon after the national line is announced, while some admissions units may take a week or two or even longer to release it.
Those who have crossed the national line and the retest line will enter the first-level state of preparation for the retest; If you have passed the national line, but have not passed the retest line, or your first choice has been eliminated in the retest, you must prepare for a thrilling adjustment.
but, there will be about 75% of the candidates, who can't even pass the national line, can't pass! What to do? What to do?
Don't worry! Candidates, aren't you fortunate that there is still a "full master's degree"? It may be your family's "bitter sea beacon" - when you find out the results of the preliminary examination for graduate school, you must remember that you still have such six opportunities to go ashore, as long as you seize it, we will be happy to go to the master's degree in September, do you say it is fragrant?
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Candidates who have reached the national line
Once the candidate's initial test score reaches the national line, he will have the opportunity to participate in the first choice re-examination or other school adjustments, as long as the re-examination or adjustment is passed, congratulations on being "to be admitted", and then after the physical examination, political examination and other related procedures, the title of the gold list. On the contrary, even if the national line is reached, it will fall off the list.
The first opportunity to go ashore: the re-examination for the postgraduate entrance examination
If you have crossed the national line and passed the re-examination line of the first-choice enrollment unit at the same time, you can be shortlisted for the re-examination of the first-choice and participate in the re-examination. The re-examination shortlisting ratio is generally 12:1 to 1Between 5:1, that is, if the enrollment plan is 10 people, 12-15 people will be notified to participate in the difference re-examination according to the preliminary test scores, from high to low, and the score of the last 1 place will be the re-examination line.
For a specific major of an enrollment unit, if the number of first-choice candidates who have passed the national line in that year is less than the enrollment plan, as long as they cross the national line, they will basically have the opportunity to enter the re-examination.
In recent years, there will also be some enrollment units from time to time, according to the 2:1 or even 3:1 re-examination shortlist ratio, delineate the re-examination score line and determine the list of re-examination personnel, this situation will be more fierce and cruel competition in the re-examination.
The re-examination generally includes a written test and an interview, and the "re-examination score + preliminary examination score" is comprehensively calculated and ranked (the proportion of weight in the preliminary examination and the re-examination is set by each enrollment unit independently) within the scope of the enrollment quota, it will be "proposed to be admitted", otherwise, it is equivalent to the re-examination elimination. There is also a situation where if the re-examination score is judged to be unqualified, even if the initial examination ranking is higher, it will be directly eliminated. This is one of the reasons why every year, there are some candidates who rank high or even first in the preliminary examination, but are eliminated in the re-examination.
The re-examination is the "last mile" of the postgraduate entrance examination journey, and it is also a necessary checkpoint for any candidate to go ashore. Today's postgraduate entrance examination is becoming more and more serious, coupled with the rules and realities of the normal elimination of the re-examination and merit-based selection of each school, the importance, criticality and even decisiveness of the re-examination are self-evident.
The second chance to go ashore: the postgraduate examination adjustment ashore
For a candidate who has crossed the national line, the following two situations occur, if you still want to go ashore with this nature and the batch of masters, it means that you have to start preparing to participate in the adjustment: you have crossed the national line but have not passed the re-examination line of the first-choice enrollment unit, or you have participated in the first-choice re-examination but have been eliminated.
The Ministry of Education will make specific provisions on the "Basic Requirements for Candidate Adjustment" in the "National Regulations on the Administration of Postgraduate Enrollment" every year. In the 2024 edition of the document, Articles 64 to 67 of Chapter 9 "Adjustment" are specific and systematic provisions on adjustment.
If we refine the adjustment requirements of most ordinary majors, the most important and basic are three points: first, the preliminary examination score line is required to reach the national line and the adjustment score line demarcated by the school; If the score of the preliminary test does not pass the line, it will not work. Second, the first choice of students in the target school is not full; If the target school has saturated the source of first-choice students for the major, no. Third, in principle, it is the same category, the same major or a similar major; If the category and professional span are large, no.
It should be noted that the application conditions for adjustment are not equal to the admission conditions for adjustment. For example, the application conditions and admission conditions for graduate school entrance examinations are two different concepts.
If you want to make a successful adjustment, you also need to comprehensively consider the student's undergraduate background, preliminary examination scores, competitors, personal information resources, etc.
Of course, every year, there are 100,000 candidates, although they have passed the national line in the first attempt, but they fail in the re-examination or adjustment and fall off the list; There will also be a very small number of candidates who are "intended to be admitted" and may give up on their own due to dissatisfaction with the admitted school or personal reasons. If there are candidates to be admitted to give up clearly, there will be a new plan vacancy, and the enrollment unit will generally be based on the comprehensive score ranking of the previous re-examination candidates, for substitute admission, or within the specified time, the adjustment system will be opened again for new voluntary solicitation and new examination organization.
Candidates who have not crossed the national line
In recent years, more than 3 million candidates, who generally account for about 75% of the total number of people taking the exam, have failed to pass the national line of the year, or even if they have passed the national line, they have failed to pass the re-examination or adjustment, which will lead to the failure of the postgraduate examination this time.
If you don't want to "game over" yet, you still have the obsession to go to graduate school, you still want to "resurrect", and you still want to go to a master's degree this year, as long as you know and connect to the "full master's degree", you may still have the following opportunities-
The third chance to go ashore: the same academic master's degree ashore
If you are an in-service person who is going to graduate school, that is, you already have a job and want to get a master's degree while working, and you can apply for a master's degree with equivalent academic ability if you meet the basic conditions.
The full name of the Equivalent Master's Degree is "Applying for a Master's Degree for Persons with Equivalent Academic Ability", referred to as "Tongli Master's Degree". In the form of on-the-job learning, those who meet the conditions will be awarded a single master's degree, which is recognized by the state. Tongli Master's Degree does not issue a master's degree certificate, so some people also call it "Single Master's Degree".
The registration conditions are bachelor's degree and bachelor's degree, and the bachelor's degree must be completed for 3 years when registering for the national examination.
Admission is exempt from the national examination, and the general application and registration are admitted, unless the enrollment quota of individual schools is limited, and the acceptance rate is about 100%. Before obtaining a master's degree, you need to take the national examination, and only one English course is required for general science and engineering majors, and one business course is also required for literature, history and management majors, with a score of 60 to pass, and you can take the exam for about 5 years (once a year). If the candidate has a bachelor's degree and the foundation of English is okay, whether it is from the success rate of admission or the conditions for obtaining a master's degree, it is relatively the easiest way.
In the master's section of the same academic ability, because it is relatively difficult to recruit double certificates and is limited by the number of places in the enrollment plan, hundreds of thousands of in-service graduate students transfer from "part-time postgraduate examination" to "equivalent academic ability for master's degree" for "curve graduate study" every year. In 2022, the number of applicants for the national equivalent master's examination is 3120,000, a year-on-year increase of 20%, compared with only 12520,000 people. By 2023, the number will be close to 400,000, which is a rapid growth.
For example, Yangtze University's equivalent master's degree in education, physical education and other majors can be applied for and admitted all year round.
The fourth opportunity to go ashore: the master's degree of Sino-foreign cooperation ashore
Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools refers to educational and teaching activities jointly organized by Chinese educational institutions and foreign educational institutions in accordance with the law, with Chinese citizens as the main enrollment targets, and the institutions and projects set up in accordance with the law will be publicized on the official website of the Ministry of Education.
Sino-foreign cooperative education programs are divided into double degree classes and single degree classes. For the double degree class, you need to take the national unified examination, study full-time after admission, and meet the conditions to obtain a double master's degree from a Chinese and foreign university, that is, there are both a master's degree awarded by a Chinese university and a master's degree awarded by a foreign university, and the Chinese university will also issue a master's degree certificate. Single-degree class, participate in the school's independent enrollment examination, independent admission, register for a master's degree in a foreign university, and be awarded a master's degree in a foreign university after graduation, and after certification by the Liufu Center of the Ministry of Education, its effect is completely equivalent to China's ordinary full-time master's degree + master's degree.
Most of the school duration starts from 1 year, 1Ranging from 5 years, 2 years to 3 years, more than half of the programs are completed in Chinese universities, without going abroad or leaving the country; Half of the program will require students to study at both Chinese and foreign universities; Specific forms of study include full-time and part-time. Relevant information is subject to the program system approved by the Ministry of Education and the official brochure of the school.
For example, the master's program jointly organized by Central China Normal University and the University of Wollongong in Australia (162nd in the 2024 QS World Rankings), the master's program jointly organized by Central China Normal University and Colorado State University in the United States (409th in the 2024 QS World Ranking), Zhongnan University of Economics and Law and the School of Economics in Rome (134th in the 2024 QS World Ranking) are also currently enrolled.
The fifth opportunity to go ashore: overseas Hong Kong and Macao master's landing
In recent years, the one-year master's degree program in Hong Kong, China has many obvious advantages, such as "no need to go abroad", "social and economic prosperity", "integration of Chinese and Western cultures", "high world ranking of Hong Kong schools", "strong teachers in Hong Kong schools", "short study period", "exemption from unified examination", "application system", "relatively low cost of tuition fees", "wide employment opportunities", "overseas returnee treatment after graduation", etc., and has been warmly welcomed by mainland students in recent years. Hong Kong has also become a high-quality and important destination for mainland students to pursue postgraduate studies.
Master's programmes in Macao, which are generally two years long, have also been very popular with mainland students in recent years, resulting in a "hard to find a seat".
In Hong Kong, China, and Macao, China, there are hundreds of master's degrees in one university, and tens of thousands of mainland students apply for "rushing" in recent years, and the number of mainland students applying for master's degrees in Hong Kong and Macao will be close to 100,000 in 2023.
The universities in Hong Kong and Macao that recruit master's students in the mainland are: The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Baptist University, Lingnan University of Hong Kong, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, and Chu Hai College of Higher Education. University of Macau, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau Polytechnic University, City University of Macau, etc.
The sixth chance to go ashore: study abroad for a master's degree
In the master's section of studying abroad, whether it is popular in Asia, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe, the United States, Australia and Canada, after being temporarily affected by the epidemic, it is expected to show "explosive growth" in recent years and in the future.
From January to June 2023 alone, Chinese student visas in the United States skyrocketed by 44%. In the first half of 2023 alone, 1330,000 people, including more than 70,000 Chinese students currently studying in Macao for master's programs. In 2023, the number of master's students recruited by many universities in South Korea for Chinese students will increase by more than 50% and more than 100% year-on-year. Kyung Hee University alone, a South Korean university, will have 2,069 Chinese students enrolled in master's programs in 2023; Hanyang University, a South Korean university, has 1,403 Chinese students enrolled in master's programs in 2023.
Recommended universities: Yonsei University, Sungkyunkwan University, Cheongju University, Jeonju University; National University of Singapore; University of Greenwich, UK, and many more.
Tips: What is a "full master's"?
The concept of "full master's degree" was innovatively put forward by Mr. Tong Wei, the operator of the master's program, and is being vividly practiced by hundreds of educational institution partners across the country, guiding and helping more and more students to successfully go ashore and achieve more and more gratifying results. The connotation includes a master's degree in all disciplines, a master's degree in all categories, a master's degree in all fields, and a master's degree in China.
Among them, "all types of masters" include recommended master's degree without examination, master's degree in separate enrollment, master's degree in unified enrollment with double degree, master's degree with equivalent academic ability, master's degree in Sino-foreign cooperation, and master's degree in overseas study (outbound or going abroad).
The person in charge of the postgraduate examination training institution and the front-line staff, especially to learn and master the professional knowledge of the "full master's", connect the high-quality resources of the "full master's", and master the operation methods of the "full master's", that is, they have the opportunity to provide personalized and targeted master's landing planning guidance and solutions for students with different backgrounds, different conditions and different demands, so as to truly realize "teaching and educating people, and achieving oneself".
If a candidate has the opportunity to connect with the high-quality project resources of the "full master's" and obtain professional-level guidance, he or she will basically be able to go ashore in the same year.
Special Instructions:
The above information of "six landing opportunities" is for reference only, and if there is any update or discrepancy in the specific project information, it shall be subject to national policies and school information.
At the same time, the application conditions for all programs are not equal to the admission conditions, just like the postgraduate entrance examination, the application conditions and the admission conditions are different concepts. For example, in recent years, the overall admission rate of mainland students in Hong Kong, China has been only about 5%.
Olympic champions need coaches. It is recommended that students who intend to apply for the above master's programs need to plan their goals and prepare materials early, and at the same time seek guidance from institutions and professional teachers with resources and experience, so that the success rate will be improved.
Finally, I wish every candidate who can have the opportunity to read this article will go ashore this year and realize their master's dreams!
Infographic in this issue
On November 12, 2023, in the incubation building of Wuhan University of Technology, at the second phase of Tong Wei's postgraduate teacher class, Mr. Tong Wei, the operator of the master's program, conducted systematic interactive training for students on "focusing on the whole master's degree and serving the whole of China". Heads of educational institutions from Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi and other places participated in the study, and generally reported that they were full of dry goods and full of vitality. The postgraduate teacher class will help the trainees to improve the operation level of the master's program of the institution, so as to further help more postgraduate students to realize their dreams.
Producer: Tong Wei.
Editors: Liu Yiqin, Xu Hui, Ke Meifu, Li Mengqi.
Editor: Liu Shihao, Wen Xiangui.
Project Cooperation: Feng Xi'e.