Why do more and more college students choose interdisciplinary graduate studies?

Before answering this question, I specially searched the information on the Internet. According to the statistics of "China Postgraduate Entrance Examination Network", following the record number of applicants for 20 17, the number of applicants for 20 18 increased by 370,000, reaching 2.38 million, up 18.4% year-on-year. There are more and more people taking the postgraduate entrance examination, and the competition is getting bigger and bigger, which is one of the environmental backgrounds of the postgraduate entrance examination at present. So in this context, why do more and more college students choose to take postgraduate examinations across disciplines? Let me give my opinion.

First, foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, and strive for the upper reaches.

This is specifically for the examination subjects of postgraduate entrance examination. After all, if you want to go to graduate school, you have to pass these two thresholds. For example, for example, there is a graduate student in science, but his math scores can't be saved and he can't pass the exam at all. In this case, he can only cross-major exams and bypass the pit of mathematics, otherwise there is no chance to enter the second interview. In fact, this choice is quite common among graduate students, and it is a comprehensive factor that graduate students will consider when choosing a school major at the beginning.

Second, because of interest, old ideas have revived.

Some college students didn't think clearly about their major or didn't understand it thoroughly when they applied for the college entrance examination, which led to their dislike of their major, and they didn't change their major at university for various reasons. In this case, they regard graduate school as an opportunity to pursue love again.

Third, hot majors are the general trend.

Some college students take postgraduate courses in order to have better employment opportunities in the future. For example, you will find that many graduate students choose finance every year. This kind of major has good employment prospects and great market demand, so every year, someone will "change careers" in time and turn to "business" through postgraduate entrance examination.

Fourth, herd mentality, get together to apply for the exam.

This kind of situation does exist, blindly following the trend, seeing that others are studying a certain major, whether they like it or not, whether it is suitable or not, they go to apply for the exam, and finally they are admitted, but when they really go to graduate school, they may be disappointed. ?

What I want to say is that the most important thing is to gain something, whether it is postgraduate study or interdisciplinary study. Now that you have chosen, do it well. Three things I fear most in life: not insisting on choosing, not choosing, and constantly choosing. I hope you don't regret every decision you make.