How to contact the tutor (for a friend)

Recently, many students talked to me about postgraduate entrance exams. The final result of the postgraduate entrance exams is to select a mentor. I hereby post an article. For reference. Thank you to Cao da.

With the publication of Professional Course scores of various schools and the fulfillment of public course scores, 09 postgraduate students have also entered the last important link on their way to postgraduate entrance exams: review! In recent years, schools have adjusted the proportion of retests In the postgraduate entrance exams from 20% to about 50%, this fully demonstrates that the school has placed more important emphasis on the overall quality of students, and the importance of review should also be paid attention to by students!
Questions about contacting the tutor. Currently, the mentor is a two-way choice. Teachers can select students and students can also select teachers. Students may say that the sooner they contact the mentor, the better. In fact, the mentor's contact can be divided into several stages. First, you need to know the tutor's research direction and see whether you like the tutor's research direction or not, in the initial stage, you must determine the job you want to do in the future, and then query the papers published by the mentor to conduct in-depth research on the papers previously published by the mentor, in addition, I want to understand the current research work of the mentor. In addition, you must present your expertise in front of your mentor!
1. Learn more about your favorite mentors, including their research fields, research results, and general education and work experiences, so that they can find common topics and make communication smoother, and quickly obtain the mentor's favor. Do not rush into contact without knowing anything about the mentor, especially if you are not knowledgeable or knowledgeable about it. No senior intellectual wants to be idle with others.
2. Master the tutor's contact information in a timely manner, including the tutor's office, address, phone number, mobile phone number, and email address, this information can often be obtained from campus networks, college admissions offices, and acquaintances. A mentor is often a public profile in the school or even in the academic field. His information cannot be closed, and he will not be too surprised to know his contact information.
3. There may be a small number of contacts before the initial test due to incorrect contact time. contact should be added during the review, and contact should be strengthened after the assignment of instructors. Although I don't think I have booked a mentor from the very beginning, it is necessary to get in touch with me in the early stage. Early sporadic interactions allow the mentor to know himself, you can also learn more about the mentor.
4. The instructor is a senior intellectual, and he is always willing to make a commitment when the tutor does not know much about the students. The effect of direct access is not very good, this is definitely not a bargaining on the goods market, but a kind of spiritual scrutiny and human nature. It is a superb realm.
5. to be nice, but pay attention to the occasion and wording. For example, the direct consequence of praising a mentor during an interview is that the score is not small, in addition, you should not say anything too explicit or too cool. Almost everyone likes to listen to good words, but it is also a good word. It is a world of difference in the effect between the charming and just-right compliments, however, the same wording of the same thing may be different from the difference between time and space.
6. email is a good contact method. After careful consideration, emails written are easier to receive than hasty conversations. Most tutors reply brief emails, which makes communication easy to continue. In this age of relatively developed information, most tutors have the habit of checking their email addresses online every day. Instructors often use e-mail addresses to communicate with their graduate students. They will not be cool at this.
7. Generally, do not visit the door easily or call the tutor. If you do not welcome an uninvited guest or a stranger, make an appointment or someone will introduce it before visiting. In this case, the mentor is usually busy, the other is that talking to unfamiliar people is often prone to cold scenes, and the third is that they are not easy to get into the topic, fourth, the failure will create obstacles for subsequent contact.
8. cleverly use the festival to get a preference for Spring Festival, mid-autumn festival, and Teachers' Day, and send an email or text message to the tutor, which is likely to receive miraculous results. It is not necessary to receive a reply from the tutor to be successful. Remember to introduce your name and identity and do not play anonymous text messages. Teacher's Day is a special day and is often more relevant to the subject than the wishes of other festivals, more effective.
9. Do not disclose yourself too much to prevent preconceived students. Pay attention to the details so as not to disclose your shortcomings too early or publicize your advantages too much. The tutor will not like an aggressive student. In the early stage, we should focus on Releasing positive information. We should pay attention to the size and anatomy of our shortcomings in the later stage. However, no matter in the early stage or in the later stage, most of the information depends on the subject of learning.
Finally, we should pay attention to maintaining a correct attitude. We must distinguish the main contradictions in the process of selecting a mentor. We must realize that the mentor is important, but the students' own efforts are the most important, only tenacious and diligent is the final principle.