I started paying attention to summer camps at the beginning of the year, paying attention to information about my favorite schools, preparing summer camp materials, and making resumes. I slowly realized that I had done nothing worth being proud of in the past two and a half years, especially in the second semester of my sophomore year. After that, I felt a little decadent and wasted time, but after all, the time had passed, and I had no time to sigh, so I had to bite the bullet and submit my resume and materials to the school. I submitted a lot of resumes one after another. When the results were announced in early July, it was found that out of 17 schools in Haitou, I only got into 6. Of course, this is only the final result, the process is the real suffering. The time when the summer camp releases admission results one after another coincides with 2 weeks before the exam week. It is the time for elective exams + preparation for the final review. I open my mailbox countless times a day to check for new emails and see if there are any announcements in the QQ group. New notification news, which school's summer camp results will be checked immediately on the official website. This is nothing. After reading it, I was not on the list, so I wondered if there would be supplementary admissions. I didn't really know who I was until the list was confirmed. Liangliang is ready to wait for the results of the next summer camp to be announced. It took about 2 weeks before I decided on my summer camp itinerary. Then I was not admitted to Shandong University or Tianda University, which I most wanted to go to, which made me feel a little upset. Fortunately, I got an offer from Nankai at that time, which was a little comforting. (Because Nankai held admissions interviews at out-of-town seminars this year, the School of Computer Science happened to be in Nanjing, so I went to try. The content was probably a basic English interview. I was asked a 3-minute self-introduction. It was very simple. Other students were also asked I was asked to describe college life, your favorite books, movies, etc.; and then came the project interview. Because I was doing scientific research training on the security of the Internet of Vehicles, the teacher asked briefly like: Briefly describe your project, how to build a simulated 5G environment, and some extensions on how to combine the Internet of Vehicles and blockchain, how to realize benefits from the technical aspects of the Internet of Vehicles, etc. I feel that I answered the last two questions too quickly and did not think carefully. So in the end, I didn't get a very high interview score. In the end, our group passed. The teacher said that we need to contact the teachers in the college after we go back. As long as your favorite teacher is willing to give you a place, you can come to Nankai to study. After I went back and looked at the official website, I contacted a young teacher who was doing edge computing. Maybe the direction I was doing was closer to him. The teacher didn’t bother me. He asked me to send a PPT that I had done before and we chatted for a while. After I passed it, I sent the materials to the teacher and the teacher said that the Graduate Admissions Office would notify me later, so Nankai came to an end). Then came the summer camp after the end of the semester. During this period, he also received a summer camp notice from Beijiao, but he happened to bump into the ones from Southeast and Chinese Academy of Sciences, so he didn't go. To be honest, except Southeast, I really don’t want to go to other schools. Moreover, I was really not prepared at all, I didn’t read the professional knowledge, and I didn’t brush up on the test questions, so I was still a little flustered. But thinking that after all, I had this opportunity, I thought it was just to communicate and experience it.
I signed up for the first Internet Security Academy in the Southeast (7.9-7.10) after my sister applied for it and went back to school, because this year it seemed that there were a lot of people needed for the summer camp to expand enrollment there. The Jiulong Lake campus in the southeast is very large. There are no free bicycles in the school. In addition, the hotel we stayed in is still a certain distance from the school. In two days, we easily took close to 20,000 steps a day. The first day consisted of reports in the morning, and camp opening and company visits in the afternoon. The company visit was quite shocking to me. Although we visited a new, small-scale security company, the impression given was that it was very progressive and warm, and I immediately became interested in the work. In the evening, I arranged for graduate students to answer questions and answer questions. I asked many questions and learned about the study situation of graduate students here and the direction of network security. The gap is quite big, and it can be an option for graduate students. When I returned to the hotel that night, I had not yet arranged a room. In the end, the front desk said that there were too many people and only three people could sleep in one room. As a result, three people slept in two single beds, so I slept in the middle gap. The two girls living together, one majored in communications from Xidian University and the other majored in information from Hunan University. I basically never come to this school, so I don’t say much. The next day consisted of listening to reports in the morning and interviews in the afternoon. Because I had an uncomfortable sleep last night, I was not very energetic the next day. I listened to the report in the morning in a daze. When I waited for the interview in the afternoon, it was probably the 42nd, and it was almost 4 o'clock when I arrived. The teachers in our group were very quick to interview. They basically started grading the application form you submitted before as soon as you walked in. I don’t think they listened to my self-introduction. By the time I finished the introduction, they had basically finished grading. Then he looked at my resume and asked about my competition without knowing much about it, so it came out quickly. I felt like they weren't interested in me, or maybe they were tired. In short, it was just not ideal, and I thought it was probably out of the question. After finishing, I went to their cafeteria to borrow a girl's meal card, bought two cakes to eat, and then went to the airport to fly to Beijing. Later, the group notified students who wanted to apply for a direct PhD to contact the teacher themselves. I was thinking about Dean Cheng, whom I had heard introduced by the graduate student senior, so I just sent him an email. But when I didn’t receive a reply in the end, I knew it was probably Liangliang. . But later when I was in Shenyang, I received an email from Dean Cheng (Welcome to join my laboratory), but by then the list of outstanding summer camp campers had already come out. So I told the teacher the specific situation and then there was no news.
The second one is the Network Computing Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (7.10-12). Due to the delay of the plane, it was already 11 in the early morning when we arrived in Beijing. It cost 100 to take a taxi to the hotel. After taking a shower and sleeping for more than 3 hours, I went to report. In the morning of 11, I mainly listened to lectures. I felt that there was a strong emphasis on engineering projects. Many of the teachers’ topics were projects and achievements of the country or companies. Then there is the group that I signed up for interviews on QQ before. I applied for the Computer Network Center, so I only had interviews. At the beginning, I introduced myself in English, and then a teacher asked me questions in English about what I mainly do in the student union, and what projects I have written. My English is scummy and I don’t speak it well. Then the teacher looked at my resume and asked what we had learned about network protocol analysis and whether there were any corresponding experimental courses; what algorithms we had learned in the artificial intelligence course; what projects I had written, and every sentence touched my heart. College was in vain. In short, I just wasn’t prepared, so there was no excuse. Since I was the second person to be interviewed, there were no arrangements after the interview. I felt like I didn’t do well in the interview, so I went back to the hotel to sleep. In the evening, my classmates from the Software Institute said that there was a performance at the closing ceremony tonight, so I went to visit next door. I felt that the quality was indeed different. After all, it was a better institute. They assessed both organic and written examinations. I feel that this is the biggest gain. . I also know my own humbleness. Later, I went shopping in Tsinghua University with a girl from Chengdu University. There were people studying with computers in the convenience stores and bookstores outside Tsinghua University. After chatting with him on the way, I realized that it turns out that the big guys from such a good school usually choose to study abroad directly for graduate school. This year, there was only a problem with going abroad because of visa issues. It has also been found that people with good family conditions have a greater chance of entering colleges and universities, because the things they have been exposed to since childhood are the best. Students who attend foreign language schools in high school do not have to worry about not understanding English. It also made me understand the importance of the college entrance examination. A good university determines your starting point for graduate school and work. Of course, this does not rule out students from ordinary schools who work hard to counterattack during college. But compared to people like me who are quite satisfactory, those from good universities I was already in line at the starting point. I had a physical examination on the morning of 12, and then visited the laboratory. I saw the computer room on the first floor of the computing center, many large servers, and the most impressive thing was the root domain name server. It was so good. Hahaha. Later, because I had no arrangements, I made an appointment with a girl from Beijing Postal University to buy delicious food. I bought Master Bao’s flossed pork belly and Beijing specialty jujube cake. Just because I am a glutton, I missed the last bus home. In the end, I could only buy the high-speed rail. I rushed to the high-speed rail station and found that I had no tickets. Fortunately, someone happened to refund my tickets so I could go home. It was already past 8 o'clock when I got home.
After going home for a few days, I went to Dezhou Station on the afternoon of 14 and saw Dezhou Station for the first time. Think about it, I experienced so many firsts during this summer vacation. Then prepare for the trip to Shanghai University of Science and Technology (7.15-7.18). It was my first time to come to Shanghai and I was a little excited. I went to East China University of Science and Technology to sign something for my classmates and had breakfast + took a shower in the hotel. In the afternoon, I went to Shanghai University of Science and Technology to report. Shanghai University of Science and Technology is indeed a new university. The architectural style is very beautiful, and the accommodation conditions are even better. The dormitory building has elevators, hot water and electricity all day long. The teachers in the college are also very young and very energetic. After reporting in the afternoon, I walked around the school with my friends, then bought some fruit, and started contacting the teacher to send emails to prepare for tomorrow’s interview. The morning of 16 was mainly about opening the camp, introducing the basic situation of the college and sharing the experience of the seniors. I took advantage of the morning time to look at the list of teachers I could meet with as well as the time and location to prepare for the afternoon. In the afternoon, I was free to interview the teacher. Because I only received interview responses from two teachers, after interviewing these two teachers, I wandered around to see if I could still interview with the teachers I had contacted before. I was relatively lucky. I interviewed 4 teachers in one afternoon, and I basically didn’t have any answers when they asked me about my professional knowledge. The first one is Mr. Zhang Liangfeng who specializes in cryptography. When I went there, a classmate from Xin’an from our school happened to be there. It looked like the conversation was going well. It seemed that he was talking about algorithms such as encryption and decryption. A layman said he was a bit confused and it was almost over. At that time, I heard the teacher asking him when he planned to leave and if he had any other plans. It seemed like we had a good conversation. When it came to me, the teacher asked me if I had any foundation in cryptography before and what scientific research projects I was doing. After I described it, the teacher said that my direction was too far away from his. I was more application-oriented while he was more algorithm-oriented. theory. Then he asked me what a polynomial is, how to solve a polynomial equation, whether a three-dimensional polynomial can be solved given three sets of known data, and then the rank of a matrix, etc. These should be very basic questions, but I was basically confused. . Then I felt cold after I came out. Seeing no one in the next room, I knocked on the door and went in. I had seen this teacher in the introduction before and knew that he was in the field of intelligent medical imaging. As soon as the teacher opened his mouth, he asked me if I knew her field. , I said I didn’t know much about it, and then the teacher introduced me and said that he mainly makes medical electronic equipment, and pattern recognition and the like are just preliminary assistance. Then he asked me about some knowledge about communication, such as Fourier transform. , modulation and demodulation methods, I only remember a rough idea but did not explain it clearly; later the teacher said, let me ask you a simple question about the essential difference between light and sound. I was also confused, so I went to check it out later. (Light is an electromagnetic wave, and sound is a sound wave. The speed of light is constant, and the speed of sound will change with the density of the surroundings. Because light can be transmitted without relying on any medium, the transmission of sound requires a medium, so the density of the medium is only Affects the speed of sound) I really didn’t remember learning about it. Because I wanted to study 5G communications before, I later went to find teachers Zhou Yong and Yang Yang who responded to me. Teacher Zhou Yong talked a lot, but it didn’t involve too much professional knowledge, and I can’t remember the details clearly; Teacher Yang Yang was interviewed in a room, and first introduced himself (the teachers were looking at their resumes at this time). Then talk about one of the most impressive things in college (I think this is very important. A good expression will be a bonus to impress the teacher, so I will add it later), and ask a little about the competitions I participated in. There is no more. After the interview, I visited their laboratory. I felt that it was quite well-equipped and well-equipped. The key is that it has many hardware devices which are very convenient. I originally wanted to try it out on the 0th + 7th day, but many teachers had made reservations in advance and there was a long queue, so I just forgot about it. Then my friend who lived with me went home in the afternoon, and I made an appointment with a girl from Jilin University to go to the Oriental Pearl Tower. There were really many people here, and I saw the flag-raising formation at the Forbidden City. I regretted not being able to take the ferry, but I bought it again when I came back. I ordered Master Bao’s flossy pork floss and fell in love with it. I lost weight after lunch the next day.
The last stop was Northeastern University in Shenyang (7.19-7.21). I got off at Hefei High-speed Railway Station and took the subway to Hefei Station to buy some snacks, just in time. It was really uncomfortable to stay in the hard sleeper or the upper bunk for 16 hours. At the beginning, I played Landlords with the two brothers for 2 hours. However, my sister and I were very skilled. In the end, I got bored and went to bed. Arrive in Shenyang the next day and report at the hotel in the afternoon. I have to say that the teachers here are really enthusiastic and the people in Shenyang are also very humorous. The hotel we stayed in was also a 4-star hotel, and the school’s lunch and dinner were all buffets in the teacher’s restaurant. Later I learned that the reason why the summer camp is held on Saturdays and Sundays is for the primary semester of their college. Saturdays and Sundays do not delay their studies, which is very thoughtful. The morning of the 20th is the camp opening + lecture report, and the afternoon is the interview. One of the two lectures after the opening ceremony was given by Mr. Xiao, a teacher from the laboratory I wanted to go to. He was a very humorous teacher and it was obvious that the students liked him very much. After all, most of the campers It's from their own school. After it was over, I went to ask about the situation in their laboratory, because I had contacted Mr. Zhu from their laboratory before, and he said that there would be separate tests from their laboratory after the summer camp in the courtyard, so I still had to prepare well. Regarding the interview in the afternoon, I was the first to be interviewed, so I was very panicked. When I entered, I first introduced myself in Chinese, and then the teacher asked me about my scientific research training project and asked me to introduce the Internet of Vehicles and the project I was researching. After I introduced it, a teacher said he was in this field. I talked a lot but didn’t get to the point. What was my specific work and progress? I am indeed not prepared for this aspect, and I have not done much. I do not have good answers. I will make a good summary when I come back. Then came the English situation. I introduced myself and then the teachers interrupted me midway in order to control the 10 minutes. I felt very lucky. After all, I only prepared a self-introduction for the English interview, hahaha. After the interview, I felt a little nervous. The teacher who sent me an email the night before told me that I could chat with him after the interview. But I misunderstood and thought it would be tomorrow, so I went to the library to read by myself. When I realized it, it was already after I returned to the hotel in the evening. I was so nervous that I could only send an email or text message to the teacher to apologize and explain the reason. Fortunately, the teacher said that I could contact him again after listening to his report tomorrow. On the 20th day, there are company visits, lectures, and written examinations. In the morning, we went directly to Neusoft from the hotel. The environment here is very good. We were in a large lecture hall. One of their bosses, Mr. Wen, who is also a professor at Dongda University, introduced us to Neusoft and told us a lot of useful information. What impressed me most was the promotional video of Neusoft's development history, the starting point of the three people's struggle, their far-sighted vision, the concept of combining learning and practice, etc. The teacher also said that Neusoft's profit model is mainly to make money from society, such as Medical care, etc., not only bring convenience to the people, but also make profits. As for today's Internet companies, many of them rely on popularity and traffic to make money. For example, the currently popular self-driving cars may be just for the sake of buzz and popularity, but they are really doing it in a down-to-earth manner. of. There are many more. The teacher probably talked for more than 2 hours. He didn’t lose his attention during the whole process and listened attentively. After listening to the report in the afternoon, I went to contact the teacher. After handing him my resume, the teacher said that as long as I am always available, I should not contact other teachers. After hearing this, I felt relieved, but this kind of non-difficult reply felt a little bit Xu, could it be that this laboratory is not very good? I secretly cursed myself for being so good at being so good, hee hee. I thought there would be professional courses in the written exam, so I worked overtime last night and looked at some algorithms and line generation, but it was of no use. Three questions, one is the probability of coming to this school, the other is the projects or competition experiences you have done during college and your main contributions and achievements, the third is the current field of interest and a description of its development status. I feel like I wrote an essay, but my ability to express myself is limited. The result depends on the teacher’s evaluation. This is basically over. There will be a simple closing ceremony later. Those who want to go to the Qinhuangdao branch can also go there to experience it for two days. It is still a hotel-style accommodation. The school here is really good to students. I like it very much!
At this point, summer camp is over. To sum up, although I have prepared the materials, I have not prepared anything after entering the summer camp, such as professional knowledge, English proficiency, and project experience description, so I cannot impress the teacher. You need to think about your competitive advantage and why the teacher should choose you. This is also your shortcoming. You should save your strength in August. However, these 12 days were still rewarding. I saw the resource advantages of high-level universities. Whether it is faculty, hardware equipment, scientific research strength, etc., it is indeed much better than ordinary universities. Choice is more important than hard work. I feel deeply that the choice determines your height also made me understand the importance of the school platform. I have experienced a lot in the past few days, including being overwhelmed in Southeast Asia, tired when going to Beijing, sad on the way home, admired by Shanghai University of Science and Technology, and enthusiastic by Shenyang people. It was the first time I took a plane and was helpless when it was delayed. It was the first time Going to Shanghai and seeing the Oriental Pearl Tower on TV, the loneliness of staying in a standard hotel room for the first time, and many, many firsts can make me have many insights, and I can reflect and grow through these experiences. Now I am back at school, reviewing my travel experiences these days, and planning my review plan for the next month. In the following time, prepare for the review of professional courses, computer-based test training, and English interviews, contact teachers from the colleges of your choice, and be prepared for the ninth push. I hope to finally give myself a satisfactory answer, so that the efforts of the past month will be in vain. And thank you for your hard work! come on!