Nearly 10,000 candidates and parents face 90 universities directly. What are they most concerned about? Shanghai held its first large-scale offline college entrance examination consultation on campus this year
On June 16, the sun was scorching in Shanghai Lingang University Town, and nearly 10,000 candidates and parents who came to participate in the on-site consultation meeting for the 2024 Shanghai General College Admissions Application were sweating profusely. The enthusiasm for consultation was even higher than the temperature of over 30 degrees Celsius. The consultation desks of 90 local and foreign universities were crowded with people.
This year is the first year after the adjustment and optimization of the discipline and major settings of colleges and universities, and the first year of the implementation of the universal version of the college entrance examination elective subjects. Candidates are more concerned about the optimization and adjustment of the discipline and major distribution of colleges and universities, especially the disciplines and majors with an increased proportion of science and basic medicine undergraduate majors. Candidates and parents who are currently waiting for the college entrance examination results to come out face to face with the admissions officers of various schools, what are they most concerned about? Do you have an answer?
This is the first large-scale offline college entrance examination consultation meeting held in Shanghai this year. On the playground of Shanghai Jianqiao University, 36 Shanghai universities including Fudan University and Shanghai Jiaotong University, as well as 54 universities from other provinces and cities including Wuhan University and Sun Yat-sen University, all selected admissions teachers to sit at the consultation desk to answer questions and solve problems for candidates and parents, providing "one-stop" on-site consultation services.
"We hope to select the best students and the students who are most interested in Tongji University to come to Tongji." Mr. Xiong, head of Tongji University's Shanghai Admissions Group, said that universities have a full-chain talent training plan from enrollment, training to employment and further study, with self-selected packages and selected packages. For example, they are the first to explore policies such as micro-minor majors and double-degree majors that can be listed separately for postgraduate study, providing students with more personalized choice opportunities. Especially the setting of changing majors, after entering the school, students have multiple freedoms such as transferring out of Sino-foreign cooperative education, transferring into medicine, and transferring from liberal arts to science and engineering. They have more choices according to their own interests and specialties, which is also a respect for the laws of students' growth and success.
Sun Yuzhu, director of the admissions office of East China University of Science and Technology, said that the biggest feature of the school's enrollment this year is that it has increased its efforts in cultivating innovative and outstanding talents. It has expanded the enrollment of advantageous and popular majors, such as computer-finance dual degrees, engineering experimental classes, and mechanical intelligent experimental classes, and has added an undergraduate major in "electronic information materials" specializing in integrated circuits. "Students have greater freedom to change majors after entering the school, and have two opportunities to change majors. There are no restrictions on transferring out, and there are assessments for transferring in." Sun Yuzhu told the candidates and parents.
As the host, Yu Xiaoguang, vice president of Shanghai Jianqiao University, said, "Each school has taken many measures. After entering the school, there are still many opportunities for students to change majors, obtain a second bachelor's degree, take a minor, or take a micro-major. Even if you choose an unsatisfactory major in the college entrance examination, there are still many opportunities to change majors after entering the school."
At present, 21 provinces in China have implemented the new college entrance examination. When applying for the exam, candidates need to pay attention to whether their college entrance examination elective subjects match their undergraduate major categories. For example, candidates who apply for the major of Marxist theory must take the political subject in the college entrance examination; while most science, engineering, agriculture and medicine majors require physics and chemistry subjects.
Wuhan University has sent "three big gift packages" to Shanghai candidates. "The total number of students enrolled in Shanghai has increased this year, and the number of majors for the Strong Foundation Plan has increased from 8 to 9. Among them, the number of students enrolled in high-quality popular majors such as Hongyi Academy, Law, Computer Science, Remote Sensing, and Electrical Engineering in Shanghai has increased significantly." Li Yi, head of the admissions team of Wuhan University, revealed that the enrollment of the special experimental class Hongyi Academy has undergone major reforms, and the number of students enrolled nationwide has increased from 245 to 400, and the enrollment plan in Shanghai has increased significantly. "
A teacher from the Admissions Office of Sun Yat-sen University said that this year the school plans to enroll 38 general students in Shanghai. The enrolling majors have been slightly adjusted compared to last year. This year, two professional groups, "no limit on majors" and "physical chemistry" have been set up, the single-choice "physics" group has been cancelled, and new "cyberspace security" and "sociology" majors have been added for enrollment in Shanghai.
Candidate Zhang is interested in majors related to scientific research. During the consultation, he showed great interest in Harbin Institute of Technology's Academician Featured Class and Future Technology Elite Class. "Artificial intelligence, intelligent manufacturing and life health are cutting-edge fields that the country urgently needs. I also want to become a new force in promoting the development of new quality productivity."
"School or major?" "Should I go to Shanghai or other provinces?" Jiefang Daily Shangguan News reporter learned that this year, more Shanghai candidates tend to weigh these issues based on their interests, and pay more attention to high-quality universities in other provinces and cities, and consider including them in their application list. Candidate Tang has a strong interest in biomedicine-related majors. Compared with the choice of university, he pays more attention to the connection between the selected major and future employment. "I hope to be able to work in the major I like."
Mr. Tao, a candidate's parent, said that when choosing a school, he would give priority to local universities and foreign schools with specialties, and would respect his child's wishes and make comprehensive considerations based on his child's interests, subject selection, and future career direction. "The information obtained from the consultation will be synchronized with the child, and we will discuss the application together to make a better decision." Mr. Tao said frankly, "I am more concerned about what my child will rely on for a living and what professional skills he will learn in the future."
Yu Xiaoguang suggested that candidates can choose a major that suits them based on their interests and strengths, combined with the new engineering, new medicine, new agriculture, new liberal arts and other advantageous disciplines built by colleges and universities. At the same time, they can pay more attention to the disciplines and majors that match the future economic and social development and the employment market, and plan their personal career development path in advance. "I hope that all candidates can choose the appropriate disciplines and majors according to their own circumstances and realize their life goals and social values."
