origin: Oriental Morning News reporter Han Xiaorong Intern Chen Qianqian
at the beginning of the new year, when other students are busy with the final examination, the Song Department wind from the Shanghai Pudong Fudan middle school ("Pudong Fudan middle school") received a surprise - a pre admission letter from the world's top school of University of Oxford, vadhan College (WadhamCollege). The "95 Queen" girl will soon start her study tour of University of Oxford in October 2016.
University of Oxford is one of the oldest universities in the English speaking world and one of the most famous research universities in the world. The latest 2016TIMES world university rankings, University of Oxford ranked second in the world and the first in Britain.
in the eyes of students, the song system is not a learning tyrant. She also thought she was a thick "lazy girl": she forgot to hand in her homework from time to time, slept early, and thought she had slept for second days when she woke up.
the way to study abroad was selected by the Song Dynasty style. Her parents initially opposed it. "I told her a lot of loneliness and setbacks about studying abroad, and let her know that studying abroad is a very hard thing, or it is more comfortable to stay with her parents." Song Feng mother told the Morning Post reporter what she was trying to persuade her daughter at that time.
but Song Department wind is very insistent, "brush questions for me is to improve speed, but if the speed is already saturated, it is a waste of time for me to brush the questions." After realizing the competitive environment of the national college entrance examination, she confirmed the goal of going abroad, and won the support of her parents after having done in-depth communication with them. After
, the Song Department wind joined the ranks of the A-Level amateur system, from Monday to Friday in the Pudong Fudan middle school, the whole day system was normal, the weekend, the holiday in the Shanghai center to learn to learn from the two legs, "two legs walk, both are not abandoned, and compared with the full-time, amateur system costs lower, a high cost performance. "."
ultimately, with the excellent results of basic mathematics A*, advanced mathematics A*, physical A* and chemical semi division A, the song system was successfully accepted by the chemistry of University of Oxford, and IELTS reached 8.
this is not a diligent girl who knocking on the door of Oxford. The Song Dynasty wind morning newspaper reporter described his learning process, his unique learning methods and the entanglement and confusion he had experienced in the application process.
[dialogue song system wind]
Oxford interview: mainly with the professor face to face communication to make a
morning newspaper reporter: talk about the interview process of University of Oxford first?
Song Dynasty wind: I like the interview of University of Oxford, they make me feel very relaxed.
the interview of University of Oxford is mainly based on face-to-face conversation, which is a form I like very much. In the interview, the professor will give some new background topics, which are related to the existing knowledge, but different from the usual learning topics. The professor will step by step, and if wrong, the professor will give further hints. From the state of an unknown process to understanding the state of the process, the initiative to solve the problem, and in this process, I have a new discovery that I thought I could not solve the problem. In fact, the knowledge that I had learned was finally solved, and the experience of this challenge was good.
Morning Post reporter: have you encountered any tangled or confused situation in your application?
Song Dynasty wind: when I first contacted A-Level, I set my future goals between two famous schools in Oxford and Cambridge. Before I submitted the application to University of Oxford, the major I wanted to report was not chemistry, but material science. I wanted to be able to learn a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary specialty at that time, and the material was in line with my requirements. I personally liked natural science very much. I thought that if I only learned this subject, I would be sorry to say goodbye to another subject. But then I found that I was more willing to study chemistry, and then I went back to chemistry.
and when I am waiting for a notice, I have been wondering, what is the difference between which school to go to? In fact, the difference is not very big. Because for me, no matter which school I go to, I have the same thing to do, that is, to learn knowledge. The difference in school research level has little impact on me. For example, the upper limit I can reach is only B. Even if there are A and A* between schools, it's all I can't touch, so it doesn't matter if the school has a A* level.
mind: when there is no choice, you will persuade yourself to accept the reality
song system wind: the most difficult time should be in the second half of the second semester of the final examination stage, because of the late period of learning A-level, I in the second half of the second half of the second semester about seven or eight unit of the A-level course, and the school final examination, the exam is also in that month, each week needs to test two.
for me, when things happen at the same time, I can only accept them at the same time. Reluctance is another thing. It's urgent to comfort yourself and say it doesn't matter. Just look at your true level.
Morning Post reporter: then you should be a very good person. How do you evaluate yourself?
Song Dynasty wind: a good attitude is not enough. I feel that I am a lazy person in a standard sense. I am also good at explaining. When I have no choice, I will persuade myself to accept it. For example, the examination is not too late to review, then see how the true level of their own is what; reading can not go in, it does not look, after all, I can not absorb anything; again, say homework is too late to do, you can see, but also do not copy, copy homework is only in the wave time.
the reason for going abroad: tired of the endless repetition of the brush problem
morning newspaper reporter: why do you want to study abroad, I heard that parents did not support your decision at first, how do you convince them?
Song Department wind: after the examination and examination, I feel that the examination environment at home is full of competition, some boring, sometimes endless repetitions, and the final result is only to some well-known universities in China.
however, there is a big gap between the domestic university level and the foreign universities and colleges. The huge psychological gap makes me hope to plan for my future early. A chance I have come into contact with the A-Level course from the UK, which can be fun for me to choose 3 courses from 76 subjects for their own courses.
compared with the domestic high school curriculum, A-Level course has opened my brand-new learning mode. Throw away the repeated brush questions and rote learning, and proceed entirely according to your interests. The 3 course of the
A-Level is much easier than the 9 courses in the domestic high school, and the unit test, even if the result is not ideal, does not have to worry about it, because you can choose to retest it and get the best test results. Based on the knowledge of senior high schools in China, I am more comfortable in learning A-Level.
about the communication with my parents at that time, my parents are worried about going abroad. I'm going to have setbacks and difficulties alone. I told them that frustration and difficulties and loneliness everywhere would come across, and I wouldn't encounter loneliness and setbacks on the other road. It was no way to predict. Isn't it good to have a personal experience?
learning to be a bit "obsessive-compulsive"
morning newspaper reporter: learning is sometimes very boring, how to make fun of boring, what do you think is the most important learning method?
song style: the most important thing is to like learning. We should be enthusiastic about the learning of every subject and see their relevant and distinctive places.
I think a person has no right to hate a subject. The reason why we can see the present knowledge is the research results of the predecessors, we are all on the shoulders of the predecessors, the discipline developed to the form we learned in the textbook, and the human achievement.
someone may feel bored by some one, it's just because our narrow vision can only see a place with a light, but there are a lot of places without light and we don't see it. Before I saw it, I didn't think we had the right to say it was a whole.
for example, if the learning process is like mountaineering, I am not standing on the mountain, and not at the foot of the mountain. I am now on the mountainside. I may be walking to a slope and I think this mountain has no scenery. This is a biased assessment.
in addition, it is OK to take it seriously and do not need to review at the time of examination. Besides, I think the most important thing in learning is to have obsessive compulsive disorder. Obsessive compulsive disorder can help a person to do a lot of things on his own. I will feel that if I finish reading these parts of the book today, I must read them out so that the original plan can be completed.
passion for exploring chemistry:
Morning Post reporter: Why did you choose University of Oxford? Is there any reason for not going?
Song Dynasty wind: there is a special complex for the chemistry specialty of Wald Han college, University of Oxford.
in the history of vaderhan college, a dean organized an invisible University. Later, the scholars of invisible University became the predecessor of the Royal Society. There was Robert Boyle in which he wrote a book, "the sceptic chemist", which divides the past alchemy and modern chemistry, standardizes the object and purpose of modern chemistry, and is called "the father of modern chemistry" in the later years. For me, if I can study in the same college with the pioneers of the subject, I will have a sense of inheritance.
Morning Post reporter: now the trend of students majoring in choosing majors is related to business. Why do you choose chemistry?
Song Dynasty wind: because I am interested in chemistry, this is the simplest reason. And I think learning basic subjects is more adaptable than subjects that are too elaborate. In addition, I do not like finance very much.
learning A-LEVEL chemistry process, I think its learning content is not the same as domestic chemistry, for me, it is like opening a new door. The reason for choosing this major is that after contacting chemistry, I think this is a major I would like to learn. College chemistry learning may be a little different from what I am learning now, but I have a positive expectation of it.
morning paper reporter: can you tell me why you like chemistry?
Song Dynasty wind: I am more interested in organic chemistry. Where I like chemistry is where many people don't like chemistry. For a subject, the most important thing is its predictive ability, which is not so significant for many times because of complex reasons, which is a place for many people who do not like chemistry. And I like chemistry, I think chemistry is a very broad basic discipline, because space is broad and full of possibilities.
morning paper reporter: then your future ideal is to become a chemist?
Song Dynasty wind: I am interested in scientific research. After my master's degree, I intend to continue to pursue advanced studies. It would be a great honor if we could become a member of chemists in the future.
chemist tries to connect all things in life with a net, trying to find the innumerable bifurcations that go to this point, the most primitive, such as how quantum influences the matter and the final state of the reaction; it is not the perfect model that makes the perfect situation less perfect. I think the job is great.
in addition, from the perspective of scientific research, I think theory is always ahead. What scientists do is not to be satisfied with the phenomenon, and constantly explore the areas where the masses are not so concerned or optimistic, providing theoretical basis and guidance for future applications. Such a job may be easier to have a "long walk" feeling, to avoid the boring process, probably always with enthusiasm, to work hard to understand the world, to explore, to find, to summarize, although it may not get anything at the end.