How do college entrance examination candidates fill in their application forms? How to fill in the college entrance examination application form to increase the admission rate?

After the college entrance examination results are released, filling out the application form becomes the most worrying topic for candidates and parents. What major should I apply for? Should I prioritize choosing a school or a major? How to fill in parallel choices more reasonably? How should candidates in the new college entrance examination areas fill in their applications? Let’s listen to the professional advice given by college admissions directors.

Don’t blindly follow others when choosing a major

——Fully consider personal interests, career planning and social needs

In terms of major selection, Li Lei, director of the Admissions Office of Tianjin University, suggested that candidates and parents should adhere to interest-oriented approach, not blindly follow the trend, and fully consider personal interests and hobbies as well as students' career planning. Also, look to the future. “Pay attention to the development of the future industries of the country and society, actively adapt to social needs and serve national development, so as to better achieve personal growth and development.”

Feng Jiemei, deputy director of the Admissions Office of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences University, also emphasized that candidates should fully consider their own interests and personality traits, choose a major suitable for their future career development, and make preliminary plans for their studies, career, and life in advance. Simply put, planning is divided into four steps: self-awareness, environmental analysis, decision-making, and action. First, you need to understand yourself, your interests and hobbies, your strengths, and have a comprehensive understanding of yourself, which major is suitable for you and what your general future plans are; second, you need to have a preliminary understanding of the current external social environment and various industries at this stage. In the volunteer application stage, you need to understand and analyze the information of various schools and majors; third, make analytical judgments, make decisions on the choices you face, and set goals. In terms of volunteer application, this means listing the school and major options; fourth, take action according to the set goals.
——Don’t choose a major based on the word “business”

Zhang Lu, deputy director of the Admissions Office of Wuhan University of Technology, reminded candidates that they should "understand their own interests, not just look at the words, and consider the broad categories" when choosing a major.

"Don't just look at the name of the major and make assumptions." Bai Fei, deputy director of the Admissions Office of China Agricultural University, reminds candidates that when applying for a major, they should try to understand the content of the major, including what the core courses of the major are, whether it is a specialty major, the strength of the major, the development prospects of the major and the employment destinations of students, etc.

——The basic starting point for undergraduate study is to choose a school

When filling out their applications, many candidates are confused about whether they should choose a major or a school first. Li Lei said that one should comprehensively weigh the school level, professional strength, and regional economy. "It is difficult to find the best ideal choice in all aspects when filling out college entrance examination applications. It is recommended that undergraduate students should still take 'choosing a school' as the basic starting point, because the level of the undergraduate school determines the level of higher education resources that can be enjoyed during the undergraduate stage."

Jin Ge, deputy director of the Admissions and Employment Office of Soochow University, suggested that candidates should pay close attention to the admissions regulations of the target school when choosing a school. Because the admission regulations will describe the admission rules, application conditions, physical examination requirements, etc. of each university. In addition, the application instructions of each university described in the admission regulations are also important.

——Correctly view the term "hot and cold" majors

"There is no absolute distinction between unpopular and popular majors. The 'hot' and 'unpopular' nature of a major is closely related to the social environment and economic development. Moreover, as society's demand for talent changes, basic and emerging disciplines will experience 'hot and cold conversions'." Sun He, director of the admissions office of Northeastern University, believes that the most important thing to do when choosing a major is to choose the candidate's interests and career plans. If the major is one that the candidate likes and recognizes, the candidate will have a stronger interest in learning it and will have better development in the future.

Zhou Yanfei, director of the admissions office of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), also said, "Candidates should correctly understand their own interests, strengths, and personalities, and should not blindly pursue popular majors. They should choose a major that suits them, so that they will have motivation in their subsequent professional studies and can go a long way in their professional development."
The parallel volunteer admission mode also has risks

Fill in the formula: Go for it, be steady, protect it, and cushion it

"Parallel choices increase the candidates' chances of being admitted, but there are also risks. You cannot submit again after one round of admission." Zhang Li, director of the Admissions Office of Southeast University, analyzed that after the candidates are admitted, if their scores are relatively low, they refuse to be adjusted in majors, or they do not meet the physical examination requirements of special majors, the university may return their files. Once an application is rejected, the candidate can only participate in the voluntary application or be admitted in the next batch. If there are restrictions on a certain part of the body, you must avoid choosing that part of the body.

How to grasp the order of “parallel choices”? He suggested that parents and candidates remember the reference "formula": charge first, stabilize first, protect first, and cushion first, that is, grasp the gradient relationship between charge, stabilize, protect, and cushion first. It should be noted that "rushing forward" should be done with caution and with certainty, rather than blindly. It is necessary to focus on analyzing the admission information of colleges and universities in recent years to form a gradient of professional preferences. When filling out the application form, you can put the most favorite and confident major as the first choice. The subsequent choices should be ranked in descending order rather than in a parallel relationship. It is also very important to form a gradient of professional preferences.

In order to eliminate the risk of being rejected after being admitted, Jin Ge recommends that everyone try to "obey the adjustment" when filling out their applications.

Candidates in the new college entrance examination areas should rationally refer to the admission data information of previous years

What issues should candidates in the new college entrance examination areas pay attention to when filling out their applications? Lin Peng, director of the admissions office of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, reminds candidates to pay attention to the following three aspects when applying for the exam: First, do not take it for granted that if you apply for the same major, the elective subjects of each school must be the same; second, you must make a reasonable analysis when referring to previous years' scores. Whether it is a major + school, or a major group + school, you cannot simply refer to the ranking of the admission line in previous years. It is relatively more accurate to refer to the ranking of the lowest scores of the corresponding majors in previous years. However, when referring to the ranking, due to the cancellation of the division between arts and sciences, the ranking corresponding to the score should be appropriately magnified when referring to the professional scores of previous years; third, based on the college entrance examination scores, pay attention to the ranking of all candidates in your province and your ranking among the candidates who took the elective subjects.

Liao Aimin, deputy director of the Admissions Office of Sichuan University, believes that the admission situation in previous years was the result of an admissions model based on the division of arts and sciences and on the filing and admission model of colleges and universities. There may be certain changes under the new admission model after the reform. There is a certain degree of uncertainty in simply using the candidates' college entrance examination score rankings to correspond to the professional admission rankings in previous years, so candidates should rationally refer to the admission data information of previous years, including the filing rankings, average scores and lowest scores of admission majors in previous years, as well as the 2020 candidates' college entrance examination score rankings and the one-point-one-section table of the total college entrance examination scores. Candidates can make a rough positioning based on their ranking and refer to the admission situation in previous years.

Before formally filling out the application form, candidates and parents must clarify relevant issues and make preparations.

The first is to collect information about the school, understand the policies of the province, familiarize yourself with the relevant regulations, and check the school's admission regulations. Candidates and parents should have an overall grasp of the province's college entrance examination policies, such as understanding the relevant methods and regulations for college entrance examination admissions in the province, and knowing the volunteer settings and corresponding filing and admission rules for their category. Understand which policies are very important and whether there are any changes in important policies during the year.

You should carefully read the admission regulations of the school you are applying to and understand the school's policies. In particular, the colleges and universities' admission principles and the requirements of each major for candidates, such as the filing ratio, foreign language proficiency, and single subject scores, whether they meet the application requirements.

The second is to check the admission scores and ranking of admitted candidates in recent years for the target colleges and majors. Querying this information is actually a process of knowing yourself and your enemy. The admission score lines of colleges and universities are formed naturally and cannot be accurately known before the end of admission, so it is definitely not an option to fill in your application based on the admission scores of previous years. However, when the candidate's ranking is unknown, the school's admission score and the admission score for each major are still very valuable for reference. Many provinces will release admission statistics of colleges and universities in the province. Especially when filling out specific professional applications, it is best to refer to the admission data of the past three years.