A mentor wrote a letter to a graduate student

2012 Postgraduate examination of the national fraction has been completely new, I believe many prospective graduate students are also full of future graduate life filled with infinite expectations and vision, let us accompany this article, sip a tea, carefully read it ...

When you feel like soy sauce in class, when you are very confused with graduate students, when you sit in front of the computer tireless, please read the following article, very useful, at least my heart now not impetuous before. Good articles can sometimes change a person's mental state, and here is one of them.

A teacher at Shanghai University said: "It is undeniable that graduate students face a relatively large pressure of survival, but to balance their own direction, in the absence of the threat of survival, to focus on learning." He said that in the case of general social psychology, it requires graduate students to come up with a broad vision, weigh their immediate interests and the long-term development of the foundation, "Crazy to do part-time is not confident performance." He believes that in the long run, graduate students should see the development trend of society as a whole, and the belief of firm development is not tied to temporary difficulties, especially to the lesser material interests of the moment. "1 million of graduate students in the school, the proportion of the entire population structure in our country is very low." Graduate students are still the elite group of society, since it is an elite group, there must be a sense of responsibility and mission. ”

The first thing to do is to change your mental state, which is easy to say, but it is difficult in practice. However, since already on the research, do not complain, and try to think about what you should do is the kingly way. First of all need to clear several good mentality.

1. Whether doing research or engineering, do not expect the instructor to give you too much guidance, this is the same in the world, do not complain, the ability to solve problems independently is the way to exercise. A good tutor can give some advice in the general direction, but the specific work needs to be done by himself.

2. Others have no obligation to help you, whether it is a senior or classmate, the most reliable person is always himself. Others help you, to express gratitude, and to help others. No one else can help you, don't complain.

3. Don't complain that the course is boring and the teacher doesn't speak well. Reading to graduate students, self-learning ability is not as good as dropping out.

4. Graduate students can not find a good job, good work is to the ability of people, not to the high degree of people, to see NB undergraduates, but also to learn humbly.

What to do during grad school:

1. Get into the habit of exercising, 30 before you deal, 30 after your illness.

2. If you study the major, China is not the best, then please learn English well, please do not say what English education is a cancer of the bullshit, before graduate, at least to be able to conduct English interview preparation.

3. Try to be a good person and learn to change yourself and control your desires. Treat the people around you.

4. Learn how to manage the time, plan and execute the plan. This habit will benefit you for life.

5. Learn how to use Google Scholar, including various search methods

6. Strive for every opportunity to enhance their abilities (internships, competitions, etc.), personal advice to strive for internship opportunities, and mentors to discuss, 3 months of relevant field of internship will be a great help to the ability. To find a good job is also a favorable bargaining chip.

7. Read a book every day. In addition to the relevant books of this major, look at half an hour of other books: economics, management, all kinds of inspirational books. Also can look at some cattle people's blog.

8. Develop the habit of writing things. Regularly write blog is a good way to write is a good way to exercise their logical thinking ability.

9. Multi-hands, for CS students, write more programs, more look at the program. To look for English papers.

10. Cultivate some hobbies outside the game.

11. When discussing with others, first understand the opinions of others and learn to listen. Wrote a few, if not enough, everyone adds.

The competencies that graduate students should have before graduation:

1. Be able to make your own point of view clear. Verbal + Written

2. Can smooth the professional English paper, basic do not translate software

3. Have preliminary plans and ideas for your career.

4. Broaden your knowledge and prepare for stepping into society.

5. Good health and can play ball.

6. Have a bunch of good friends, can help each other.

Book list:

1. Seven Habits of high-performance people (recommended to read several times)

2. First events (learning to plan, planning time)

3. The wise man's training (inspirational see above three is possible)

4. Economics (17th Edition)

5. What is a highly recommended mathematical science and engineering

6. Weaknesses in Human nature

How to spend your graduate life in full:

Descartes said: "The most valuable knowledge is the knowledge of the method." ”

I. What we should do during the postgraduate period

1) Establish a reasonable knowledge structure: as wide as possible to explore the basic knowledge of the subject, as far as possible to understand all aspects of the research field, past and present

2) Master the methods and skills of independent research: Learn as many research methods as possible, and master the research process and procedures.

3) Learn to write paper: Writing a paper is not only training expression ability, but also the logic of training thinking, although the paper is stereotyped, but it is to arrange ideas, communication with others effective structure, can not respect

Personally, personal psychological management is a constant self-adjustment of mentality. Contentment Changle, the

1, research and entertainment to combine

2, everything is the reason for its existence, do not often have complaints

3, do not casually take two people to compare, only see what he got, but do not see what he lost, what is the point?

4, the correct face of the dilemma, with a dialectical vision to see the problem.

Second, how to determine suitable for their own research areas?

There is a lawn-paved story that can be used to answer this question. It is difficult to protect the lawn because the road on the lawn is often not repaired according to the convenience of the people. Once a designer undertook a project, delivered after the use of the building around all paved lawn, no road, no one to tread, a few months later, the lawn on the clear appearance of a few ways: there are coarse and fine, and then he on the basis of road, there are coarse and fine, the results can be imagined.

At the beginning, you can not clear the goal, as long as you open all your tentacles, to see, to read, to feel, you will not consciously love to see something, it is your interest, but also your knowledge of the structure of the decision, the days are long, there will be several roads, these roads can also lead to the goal you want to pursue. Learn to listen to heart sound, let the mind to tell you how to walk, will not be other people's values, popular hot spots to run.

Third, how to enter a research field?

The simplest and most effective way to enter a field is to find the earliest monograph or textbook in this field, such as collaborative learning, which can be seen by Robert E. Slavin "Cooperative learning". After you have made a clear understanding of the basic concepts of the field and the relationship between them, then read the paper in this field, and you will be able to grasp it with a good idea. This kind of work must be done first, can not search the paper on the Internet, otherwise, you will feel: Read 20 articles, the knowledge of this field has not formed, these concepts contradict each other. It is fortunate to have this knowledge, some people may be led by prejudice, do not know, this is the most terrible.

Iv. How to select a research topic

For our students now, while learning basic courses, we may as well do some more extensive reading:

1. Visit the websites of the relevant associations to see the topics of recent academic conferences

2. Turn over the domestic journals and see what we've been up to in the last few years.

Depending on your own knowledge structure, you will naturally be inclined to take a closer look at the topics you are interested in and, after comparison, may have formed your thesis topic.

PS: Listen to a word, whether the current professional is not hot, or how unbearable, but, once do not love their professional, since the mediocre, then graduation is really dead. No matter how bad the professional, first love her, and then learn her

Part2

1 is never too late.

A lot of people always say how bad their foundation is and worry about it. It is natural to have this mentality, but do not deny your ability to do so. People are forced to come out. My undergraduate year is a rotten mess, but after the postgraduate I said it will take three years to do something to prove to yourself. There is nothing, only sat for three years of bench, to graduate when the patent of all have (SCI 6, 1 for four, if the sum of more than 16, a patent is now published).

2 positioning decision-making status

When I was a graduate student, I listened to my PhD seniors talking about SCI, and only to know that the article was published by a search engine called web of Science. Although some Chinese magazines are included, the English magazines are almost all included. So I think it is not convenient to send English articles directly. Chinese article review slow, long period. Another consideration of China's national conditions, and the way I want to go later. It's better to go straight to the international route. I graduated from all the articles are English, now look back, also feel that the English article is not too difficult.

03 The level of the mentor determines your level

If you are a diligent person and want to fly higher, the level of the instructor determines your level. Taking my mentor for example, he studied in our direction for decades and was one of the internationally recognized cattle men. So he was in touch with the first-rate people in our direction. He also often invites some Daniel to make reports. These are good opportunities for communication and learning, and there is no chance for a general tutor to be a student. He looked at the problem and the way of doing things gave me a lot of inspiration, so the choice of mentors is very important, stand high ability to see far.

04 Communication is important

The popular argument is that more people chat with cows. What is the ox person, my opinion is stronger than you are the ox person. So not to Professor Bo, assistant lecturer, or senior senior, as long as you can discuss a problem with you, is a good opportunity to learn. The most I have talked about in the last three years is the Doctor who is also my mentor, who has just started to talk about very specific issues, and then the discussion is more extensive. Three years down, it feels different. Of course, in order to prepare the topic of discussion and look at the paper, but also a process of accumulation.

05 Literature to read more

When I first read the literature, I read all the magazines. To the later discovered the major mainstream magazine, so these magazines are almost every period of browsing, focus on reading. Once a magazine became the mainstream of the profession, that one has been accumulated for many years, for a newcomer to this, can play a multiplier effect. In addition web of SCIENC provides a citation report of the article, for an article can be found in its reference to the detailed trust, by reference can be to understand the component of this article. When you see a certain number of articles, you will also find that in fact a direction, the best thing is often the few to more than 10 groups. In this way, these groups of articles can be systematically read and follow-up study. There are some places there are rivers and lakes, academia is another river, do not know how the situation can be mixed down?

06 levels are slowly increasing.

We all want to send if High magazine, but the level of improvement is step by step. Like the paper I was starting with in the If almost magazine, I was in the Journal of If Shiyang. So from scratch is a process, Magdalene to excellent or a process. Haste makes waste.

07 Good work to do.

Very international first-class magazine, the organization of the article, the design of the chart is very beautiful, and the foreigner's PPT generally do better than us. Some people say that having a good result is the most important, but if not the perfect expression of their results is also for the mountain Nine Ren, fall short. A good researcher, not only need to do a good job, but also the ability to introduce the work to peers. A good paper is not only a good report, it should be a complete piece of artwork. Return to the head to see, now oneself to the paper in the composition aspect still feel a lot of places do not too good. Of course, now the eyes are very different. Software like Latex has learned to be useful.

08 to have a little history knowledge

For the course of the development of this subject to have a general understanding, it is best to do a horizontal and vertical comparison. Horizontal is compared with other disciplines development, recognize the current position of the subject. Portrait is compared to its development process if the subject is now hot, why hot, if cold, why cold. A year or two can not be seen, put to 10 years 20 years, or even 50 years such a range, you could see more clearly. A lot of foreign professional classic books in general the first chapter is to introduce the history of discipline development.

09 How to find a cow

Here are some ways I feel good, everyone try how.

One is the mainstream journal of the major, the editorial board in the field is a famous figure.

The second is to see the professional meeting of the consultant list, and then rotten meeting can find a few cattle to fill the scene. It is another matter whether they come to the meeting or not.

Third, generally a mature discipline will have international academic community, learn. Like Aps,acerss, IEEE and so on.

These societies usually have annual meetings every year, and usually a few grand prizes will be issued to the Bulls to encourage the backward. Find such an award-winning list, one by one look,

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A mentor to a postgraduate letter