"I didn't study well at the undergraduate stage. I took several professional courses in the postgraduate entrance examination. I feel that only when I am a graduate student, the real life can be regarded as the beginning." A junior majoring in pharmacy in a university in Southwest China said. This year, the number of candidates for master's degree in China is 4.57 million, an increase of 800000 over 2021, an increase of more than 21%; Compared with 2017, the number of applicants increased by 2.56 million, an increase of 1.27 times. The total number and increment of graduate enrollment constantly refreshed in the boiling are intertwined with the driving force of quality upgrading, the pressure of "forced business" and the inability to escape from society. Employment is different? Postgraduate entrance examination "more into the palace" at all costs "I have taught career planning for 10 years, which is usually held in freshmen. In the first class every year, I ask students what their goals are in the next four years? About five years ago, 50% of the students in my class said they wanted to take the postgraduate entrance examination. Now, the proportion of freshmen willing to take the postgraduate entrance examination is as high as 80%. Even in the senior year, more than 70% of the students are preparing for the examination." Bian Yuxuan, vice president of the school of Geographical Sciences of Hebei Normal University, said. At the same time, due to the epidemic situation, the international situation and other reasons, the study abroad was blocked, and some students went abroad for the domestic postgraduate entrance examination. Novel coronavirus pneumonia has been used by Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication student Zeng Yi, who had planned to study abroad before, but was also admitted to the National University graduate student due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic. In addition to college students, the reporter also found that many candidates chose "World War II" and "three wars" after the failure of the postgraduate entrance examination. These young people either gathered in the postgraduate entrance examination boarding base, or several people rented houses near the school for the examination. The postgraduate examination is approaching, and I am busy preparing for the examination. This article is "half moon" WeChat official account. Li Shunping has just completed the "World War II" examination. He told banyuetan reporters that there are about 1500 candidates in his postgraduate entrance examination boarding base. Most candidates are "World War II" people who failed in the "First World War", and even candidates for the "Fourth World War": "I know a person with the same major who is 30 years old. I can't go to Tsinghua University in the" Fourth World War "this year." Hong Jian, a candidate of the "three wars" of Qingdao University of technology, introduced his undergraduate major as traffic engineering. Most of his work after graduation is to go to the construction site. He took the postgraduate entrance examination to change his major and change his profession. Now he is ready to apply for the computer major. "This year, the standards of colleges and universities have been reduced. As long as you can find a school to study for postgraduate studies, it's OK." Graduate "undergraduate"? Equipment upgrade or an excuse to avoid the world When the reporter learned the reasons for the postgraduate entrance examination, he found that some students love their majors and are bent on learning. However, when talking about the purpose of postgraduate entrance examination, most students still aim to increase their weight in applying for a job and alleviate the Employment anxiety pervading the society; Other students follow suit and sign up and prepare for the exam because they "don't want to be different"; A few students joined the army of postgraduate entrance examination with the mentality of "wanting to play for a few more years" and "afraid of becoming a social animal". Candidates are reviewing in the library. —— Love what you have learned, delve into knowledge, "change the track" to broaden your horizons. During the interview, the reporter found that many engineering college students love their majors, are willing to devote themselves to modern technology research, and are eager to understand the frontier of knowledge. At the same time, some students hope to improve the popularity of their graduation institutions and engage in the majors they are interested in through the postgraduate entrance examination. Meng Xiangyan, School of public administration, Hebei University of economics and trade, said that some students did not consider their major choice when applying for volunteers in the college entrance examination. Through the postgraduate entrance examination, they had the opportunity to choose again. —— Just adding weight to employment, graduate students are not the end. During the interview, many students confided that they were deeply worried about employment and believed that they could not find their favorite job only with their bachelor's degree; At the same time, there is also a mentality of "unwilling to engage in low-grade work" and "not accepting work whose income is inconsistent with their own quality". Wang Xiao of Hebei Medical University said that it is almost inevitable for medical majors to go to graduate school. If they want to work in large hospitals and are unwilling to go to grass-roots hospitals, they must take the postgraduate entrance examination and doctoral degree; Liu yunyun, an art teacher major at Suzhou University of science and technology, said that if he wants to be a teacher in the future, his undergraduate degree is not competitive. Only after postgraduate study can he find a good job. However, with the increase in the number of graduate students, the competitive pressure is also rising. In this regard, some students expressed confusion, and some thought they should continue to study for a doctor. —— Follow the trend blindly without goal, follow the crowd and feel at ease. Wang Mingyan of Hebei University of science and technology told banyuetan that in fact, he didn't plan to take the postgraduate entrance examination at the beginning and felt it was too hard. But more and more people are taking the postgraduate entrance examination, and they are still hesitant to take the postgraduate entrance examination. "Until the beginning of 2021, I planned to get a job after graduation. Later, I saw other people's good records of campus life and graduate life on social media, and I was willing to continue my further study on campus." Cao Fanghua, a student majoring in communication in 2022, said. —— Lazy employment, tired of responsibility, hid in the safe house of postgraduate entrance examination. Some of the students interviewed admitted that they just didn't want to get a job, enter the society and bear social and family responsibilities. Wang Huiyan, a senior human resources manager in Beijing, said that some college students are "rigid" and "numb" when facing employment pressure. What's more, they simply choose to "lie flat". Xiao Guo, an art teacher at Suzhou University of science and technology, told banyuetan that he wanted to enter society later and was not ready to become a "social animal". He could temporarily escape the pressure and anxiety of looking for a job. "Graduate school is also to give yourself a period of time to think about what to do in the future. The school environment is relatively quiet, so you can spend more time planning and don't rush to work." "Focus on participation" has become unemployed, and "repeated participation in war" has deep resentment "Some students didn't think clearly about where they would go after graduation. They didn't seriously prepare for the exam and didn't seriously look for a job, which wasted their senior year. Finally, the graduate students didn't pass the exam, missed the two golden employment hours of spring and autumn recruitment, and became unemployed." A teacher from Hebei Normal University said. He Yangqi, deputy director of the Academic Affairs Office of Xingyi Normal University for nationalities, said that avoiding employment pressure by taking the postgraduate entrance examination may transmit the pressure to the graduate stage. In addition, some students have disrupted the learning state of undergraduate stage for postgraduate entrance examination. Some students are busy taking the postgraduate entrance examination in their senior year. Their graduation practice is very perfunctory, and their graduation thesis and design are even less concerned, which will have a negative impact on their successful completion of their undergraduate study. The person in charge of the employment center of some colleges and universities said that the excessive boasting of the postgraduate entrance examination will aggravate the anxiety brought by the society's irrational desire for higher education and aggravate the distortion of the employment market. Zhou Zhengsong, vice president of the Graduate School of Jiangsu University, said that the current postgraduate entrance examination fever also has the problem of structural imbalance. From the perspective of enrollment ratio, the enrollment ratio of urgently needed majors or key fields is relatively low. We should increase macro-control guidance from the undergraduate enrollment plan, limit the enrollment plan for some popular majors that do not meet the social needs, and reduce the training scale of these undergraduates. (Xinhua News Agency)