First of all, let me introduce some basic information about myself, which will be your reference for choosing a school, as follows:

My undergraduate major is environmental design. I passed CET-4, 47 1 point. I belong to the type that hand painting is weaker than culture, so what I am most worried about during the preparation period is actually hand painting, and he spent a lot of effort.

First, about choosing schools and setting majors.

1, reasons for choosing a school

Suzhou University ranks among the first batch of "Double First Class" (Class A) and "985 Project" in China. It is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university focusing on humanities and social sciences. It has a long history and enjoys a high reputation in China. Although design is not a strong subject of Suzhou University, graduate students of Suzhou University can still obtain a wide range of resources through the platform of the school. I think this is very beneficial to graduate students' study and future employment. This is the main reason why I chose Suzhou University, and it has also become my motivation for preparing for the exam.

2. Analysis of the situation and difficulty of postgraduate entrance examination for design major in Suzhou University.

The design of Suzhou University is divided into two majors: design art and art design. Design art is a master, taking English 1, art design is a master, taking English 2, and other subjects are the same. Professional courses are all an introduction to the history of art and design, and they are all pure theories.

The design science of Suzhou University has three directions: landscape, visual communication, animation and new media. Unified examination before the initial test, regardless of direction, and professional selection after the second test.

In 2022, there were 892 students enrolled in the Art College, including 820 masters and 24 students, accounting for 34: 1. There are 4 students enrolled in the design art major. The official did not give a specific number of applicants, but overall it will not be less than 30: 1. There are 72 masters of art and design, and 2 students are enrolled, with a ratio of 36: 1. Obviously, the competition is fierce.

Second, the initial experience.

Review of public courses:

1, English

Judging from the admission situation this year, the English of the students who enter the second interview is generally good, so we must pay attention to English when reviewing, especially for many art students with weak English foundation, English review must be early.

1 words: individuals like to remember words with APP. Here, I recommend words with ink and ink back, which contain many word thesaurus. Choose 300 words a day from the outline of the postgraduate entrance examination and memorize them repeatedly with fragments. Reciting words should be done every day until the day of the exam. Although the memory of words is boring, vocabulary is the basis of English for postgraduate entrance examination. If you don't know the words, you can't do the problem.

② Reading: I followed Tang Chi. I think his reading method is very useful and recommend it to everyone. More importantly, keep one or two unfamiliar articles in it every day to ensure the feeling of doing the problem.

③ New question type: Recommend teacher Liu Xiaoyan.

4 size composition: the small composition follows Mr. Shi Leipeng and writes with him in every class. There is basically no problem in the exam. It is suggested that I summarize the template after listening to one or two teachers. After all, we are in an arid area, and the template will definitely not be high at first glance.

English retest schedule, for reference only ~

(1) Text is very important! I began to learn English one and a half years before the postgraduate entrance examination. At first, I memorized the postgraduate entrance examination words, one module a day, using the APP that loves words and hundreds of words. Before going to bed at night, I will review the words I recited in the morning. Use the spare time after class and eating to see more. Words will be forgotten. Memorize words until the exam, and pay attention to consolidate them in time.

(2) July-10: Start learning long and difficult sentences! Start doing the problem! Do the reading questions first, and the reader will win the world! I have brushed the real questions of English 1 for ten years, and the real questions of English 2 have been brushed at least 2-3 times. Don't be afraid to make too many mistakes when you finish. The key is to extract the unknown words from the article, organize your vocabulary book, and pay attention to distinguish between words with similar morphology and words with polysemy. There will also be many technical terms in the article. After reading the translation of the answers, read through the article and each question, find out the positioning sentences of each question for analysis, understand the thinking of the proposer, and summarize the types of errors in the process of doing it later, such as making things out of nothing, loading mistakes and so on. The study of long and difficult sentences is some real sentences with complex structure and many clauses. The analysis and study of long and difficult sentences are also helpful to the later translation. Students with weak foundation can listen to Liu Xiaoyan's Isn't it Grammar and Long and Difficult Sentences? Every time I read a book, I will circle the wrong questions. Every time I do the questions, I will be familiar with the ideas of the proposer. Every time I do the questions, I will review the words in the real questions.

(3)11-65438+February: Start to brush translation and new questions. Pay attention to clauses and prepositions when translating, break sentences, and then translate with Chinese thinking logic. Must be fluent. Choosing five out of seven is tricky. In order to facilitate comparison, this paper underlined the key words in the stem. I am going to start writing large and small compositions these two months. I saw the magic board of Tan Jianbo's composition, with a fixed frame template. The most important thing is to learn to use it, form your own template recitation meeting, and write a true composition every week. When writing a composition, we should pay attention to tenses, singular and plural numbers, singular and plural numbers of nouns, capitalization of initial letters, and correct writing of words. Don't lose points on these trivial issues.

2. Politics

Political preparations began in August. I have been listening to Sister T's class, but I think I actually prepared for politics a little early and spent a lot of time. I can make a surprise attack later, but Ma Yuan must be the first person to learn and understand memory. The second is Shi Gang, followed by Hughes and Mao Zhongte.

9- 10 month: I have been attending classes for two months, so I write some real questions worth writing, because I have been following Sister T, so I am also very worry-free. Just follow the teacher.

11-65438+February: In the late sprint stage, I basically wrote all the multiple-choice questions on the market (so the multiple-choice questions in my exam are about 40 points). Although this year's questions are reversed, the multiple-choice questions in the exam seem familiar (one or two questions). /kloc-When sprinting in October/February, you must recite big questions and memorize them firmly. I tried to forget what I recited in a hurry during the exam, but I learned my lesson because I didn't recite it firmly! ! !

Politics is very important! Is to practice writing papers in advance! ! ! (It's very important) I didn't finish writing the second question of the two questions in the exam, which is ten points short, so I didn't do a good job in the short answer (learn from the seniors and make sure to practice writing a complete paper before going on stage! ! ! ! ! )

3. Professional courses

Suzhou University's design courses are divided into introduction to art and design history, and the questions are noun explanation, short answer questions and essay questions.

(1) Introduction to Art

Reference books include Introduction to Art by Wang Hongjian and Introduction to Art by Peng Jixiang. Wang Hongjian's version is the main version, supplemented by Peng Jixiang's version. Because Suzhou University's Introduction to Art is aimed at the whole art college, there will be topics related to art, art, musicology and design in the ranking, so you should make more efforts and read more books in these categories when reviewing. Here I recommend Wang Cizhao's "Basic Knowledge of Art", and you can take time to look at the explanations of the terms in it. Generally speaking, for art and art candidates, the explanation of nouns is relatively easy. Theoretically speaking, their review should be broader and more comprehensive than the design, and they should have more advantages. Just now, I lost a lot of points in the explanation of nouns, which is quite regrettable. Everyone has time to try to expand as much as possible.

The most important thing of an introduction to art is to master the framework, study it as a whole, and finally close the book and write the framework silently, so as to restore the contents of the whole book according to the framework. Therefore, in the early stage, we must read more "Introduction to Art", recite it after reading it, and recite it for several rounds, so that we can learn it by heart and establish a framework system. At this time, look at the corresponding papers according to the knowledge and hot spots to supplement the discussion questions. After all, it is not enough to just recite the content. It is necessary to add some new examples and new angles to make teachers shine.

(2) Design history

The reference book is Wang Shouzhi's history of modern world design, second edition.

It is suggested to read the original work first, and then buy the vigorous grass of the History of Modern World Design. It is best to buy both the first edition and the second edition, with the second edition as the main one and the first edition as the supplement. From the previous topics of design history, in addition to the investigation of basic knowledge, there will be some open extracurricular topics, which requires students not only to master the knowledge in books, but also to pay attention to social hotspots and understand the current design trends. Because the design of Suzhou University is divided into environmental art landscape, visual communication, animation and new media, we should focus on supplementing the knowledge of these three aspects when reviewing, read more papers and summarize and discuss by ourselves. Although this year's design history topic is different from previous years, focusing on the investigation of basic knowledge, on the whole, it is essential to supplement extracurricular knowledge in the process of reviewing for the 23 rd postgraduate entrance examination. By the way, the basic knowledge must be comprehensive, and there must be no luck.

(3) Quick Problem Design (6 hours) (505)

I choose the direction of landscape design, and suggest that the earlier I study and practice quick questions, the better. Basic exercises in the early stage of quick topic design are more important, such as line exercises. , and the template of quick questions that can be processed should be determined before 10 month. /kloc-after 0/0, you can choose a set of paintings every week according to your own topics and practice constantly. The time for designing quick questions is 3 hours, so the time is still tight. You must practice more to keep your hands green, and time must be stuck in time to complete.

In terms of theme, according to the contents of previous exams in Suzhou University, there are some big topics such as Winter Olympics, science and technology, tradition and so on. Therefore, we can also pay more attention to social dynamics and simulate these hot topics, such as rural revitalization, centenary of the founding of the party, ecological environment, scientific and technological progress, epidemic situation and so on. Draw a picture and practice each theme. There is not enough time. Some topics need at least one structural idea in mind.

Third, the second interview experience

This year, the retest line is 374, with the highest score of 408. 19 people entered the second interview, and finally 14 people were admitted.

As for the content of the second interview, affected by the epidemic, this year is still an online second interview, using Xue Xin. Com system, and eliminates the test content of quick questions. This year's second interview is divided into several parts: the first is the introduction of personal portfolio, which requires less than seven minutes; The second is the tutor's question about personal situation; The third is the question and answer of professional courses, about ten minutes (the topic is randomly selected); The fourth is English question and answer, which lasts about three minutes (also drawing lots to answer an English question). The whole interview was completed in about twenty minutes. The teacher was so naive that I didn't catch my English questions clearly. The teacher patiently read it to me three times. Equipment testing and simulation will also focus on the day before the second interview, so just relax and show what you have prepared.

As for the question-and-answer content of specialized courses, the content of the initial test will not be much, but it can be used as a list of cases. The questions asked in the second interview are mostly grand, theme-related topics, mostly related to social issues, and are also likely to be topics that teachers are studying and paying attention to. Therefore, it is suggested to read more teachers' papers and books and sort out the social concern about design in recent years.

Finally, you must simulate an interview. It is recommended to simulate once a day before the second interview. Ten times is not much. This can reduce the nervousness of the interview, because there will be a feeling of deja vu when introducing the portfolio in the interview, so we should grasp the time of introducing the portfolio.

Fourth, give advice and encouragement to younger brothers and sisters.

Experience of life in postgraduate entrance examination;

1, health is very important. Choose a routine that you are used to and suitable for, and study step by step and regularly. Examination is not a one-off event, but a process of persistence and accumulation to maturity every day;

2. The country is very important. Active and healthy learning state is much more efficient than muddleheaded learning. It is suggested to eat more fruits and vegetables and supplement trace elements, otherwise it is easy to get tired and sleepy.

3. Keep a hobby to relieve your mood. Postgraduate entrance examination is not a dark day, not all. It is the most important thing for us every day, but we also need some hobbies that can keep a good mood and balance, such as fitness, sports, reading or eating hot pot. Everything that can secrete dopamine is a happy thing, which can make us better engaged in learning.

I want to say that both postgraduate entrance examination and life need to grasp their own rhythm. Some of them study for ten or twelve hours every day, and some study for five hours every day, but they don't just study for a week or a month. Moreover, it is more important to go through a long-term and continuous accumulation process, grasp your own rhythm and stick to the last day.

In short, where there is a will, there is a way. Postgraduate entrance examination is a long process. Don't give up even if you encounter a little setback in the middle. Your efforts will eventually be rewarded with good grades! I hope my sincere sharing can help my schoolmates!