Xiao Congcong
Intern Luo Kexin
The national college entrance examination in 2022 has ended. For all "prospective college students", filling in the application will undoubtedly be another important "big test".
Should you choose "Hot" or "Love" for your major?
In the face of more choices and opportunities, where should the candidates go?
New choice: change the list of popular subjects, choose or not?
According to "Baidu Hot Search 2022 College Entrance Examination Big Data", compared with previous years when the majors of humanities and social sciences were the most popular, in the past two years, cutting-edge technical disciplines such as artificial intelligence, robotics engineering, and big data technology have firmly occupied the hot spot. top of the list.
The Zhihu College Entrance Examination Volunteering Report shows that in Zhihu's 2022 ranking of popular majors, the most popular majors are psychology, law and English, and the popularity is far ahead.
"The emergence of popular disciplines shows that there is a corresponding demand for talents in social development, and the different rankings of majors in the popular list indicate that there are differences in the selection perspective of college entrance examination volunteers, employment factors, personal interests or opportunities for further study after graduation. It will affect the ranking of the list." Yang Chao, a member of the Henan Admissions Team of Beijing Normal University, reminded that candidates and parents should make the most appropriate choice based on the students' own learning ability and interest when referring to the ranking of majors on the popular list.
For example, Yang Chao said that "wide-caliber" basic disciplines have wider adaptability, which is more advantageous for future students to choose a more specialized research direction during their postgraduate studies, and it is also a good choice.
Previously, Zhong Fangrong, who scored 676 points in the college entrance examination, was admitted to Peking University but devoted herself to filling in the archaeology major, which caused heated discussions. Now more "Zhong Fangrongs" choose to pursue their "what they want".
"During college, if you choose a major that you don't like very much just for the sake of chasing hot topics and getting a good job, it may be a very painful feeling. Besides, the employment rate of the major you love is not necessarily low. With a good academic foundation, there will be more ways out in the future." Yang Chao said.
New trend: Popular cities are getting attention, should you go?
Judging from the popularity of Zhihu on topics related to the college entrance examination, Chengdu has the highest search enthusiasm for the college entrance examination, followed by Beijing, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Chongqing.
In addition, judging from the search popularity of Baidu and Zhihu on topics related to the city where the university is located, the search enthusiasm related to Chengdu is the highest, and cities such as Wuhan and Changsha are also very concerned.
Not only is it the trouble of choosing a university or a major first, but "choosing a city to study" has also become a consideration for candidates when applying for volunteers.
In Yang Chao's view, the cultural heritage, educational resources and geographical environment behind the city where the university is located are also important factors for college students to consider when filling in their voluntary application. The rise in popularity in Chengdu, Nanjing, Chongqing and other regions also represents the country's attention and continuous Under the promotion, educational resources are gradually achieving a balanced development across the country.
It is worth noting that many Hong Kong universities will also set up branch campuses in the Greater Bay Area to promote higher education exchanges and cooperation.
Yang Chao believes that the campuses established in the Greater Bay Area concentrate the original faculty advantages of famous schools, and cooperate with the development strategy of the characteristics of the Greater Bay Area. Global, therefore, in recent years, the college entrance examination enrollment has developed more and more advantages, and the application fever is also rising.
New changes: 31 new undergraduate majors are added, whether to apply or not?
It is understood that the new 31 undergraduate majors this year cover nine major disciplines including economics and law.
Among them, engineering has added 14 majors, accounting for the highest proportion, followed by art and agriculture.
It is worth noting that the intelligent transportation engineering major of Beijing Jiaotong University and the intelligent marine technology major of Harbin Engineering University are set up for the first time in universities across the country.
Faced with the emergence of emerging subjects in the college entrance examination, should candidates pursue "new"?
According to Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Education Sciences, the emergence of emerging disciplines is based on the need for scarce talents in the process of national development.
With the development and change of society, new talent gaps will always appear, and the establishment of new majors should be normalized.
Candidates should not blindly pursue "new".
Yang Chao said that new majors in colleges and universities are often not a new and unfamiliar field, but a combination of the knowledge system of related majors in the past disciplines and integration with the new knowledge framework. Therefore, there is generally no new establishment in colleges and universities. There is a shortage of professional teachers, or they are relatively disadvantaged compared to other disciplines.
In addition, because it is a newly established major, it may receive more attention and obtain more abundant teaching resources.
It is reported that last year, the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and the Ministry of Education issued a notice deciding to set up the "interdisciplinary" category.
After "interdisciplinary" became the 14th discipline category, it has also become one of the hotspots for volunteering in recent years.
"With the development of research methods in various disciplines, the perspective of three-dimensional research has become an increasingly important factor in scientific research work. The development of 'interdisciplinary' scientific research also provides candidates with more diversified development directions." Yang Chao said.