Chapter 78 A phone call that changes perception (Part 2)
Everything Xue Song said on the phone made Qiao Yu realize that his previous thoughts were indeed too simple.
Of course, these are all related to what Lang Jie said to him before.
But then again, the good old man has never been a university professor, so some cognitive biases seem to be normal. After all, high school and university are two completely different systems.
On the other side of the phone, Xue Song was still explaining tirelessly.
"Take our Yujiang University as an example. The admissions work is directly contracted to various departments. For example, our Department of Mathematics is responsible for the admissions work in Dongshan Province this year. Do you think the professors who are assigned to do the admissions work will give the admissions office face? Don't be stupid!
Although I haven't studied the enrollment of Huaqing and Yanbei, they should be very similar. In other words, the teachers responsible for enrollment are likely to be the same. He was the former top scorer in the college entrance examination, and even the former champion in the competition. Do you think he would take the so-called top scorer in the city and province seriously? "
Qiao Yu listened carefully, after all, these are his actions? A junior high school student, or even ordinary people, had no access to information. From this point of view, Xue Song was really sharing it for free, no matter what his purpose was.
"So I asked you to complete a paper as a first author before you entered university, which could be published in at least the top 5% journals in the first region. That is different. But I asked you to do this It doesn't mean that you have to negotiate terms with Huaqing and Yanbei on such nonsense as scholarships.
Instead, you are qualified to choose an academician as a mentor, preferably a senior academician who has stopped accepting students in recent years. This is very important to you, because you do not need much guidance at the academic level. As long as there is someone who can help you with your work, it will be enough for you to do scientific research while you are a student.
Don't think it is a simple matter. Can you imagine adding water to someone else's laboratory just because you are jealous of their achievements? With such a mentor, at least you won't encounter these bad things while doing research.
Senior academicians value face, and they are really willing to go out of their way to close disciples and their words are really useful. You must know that most of your brothers and sisters have already made a name for themselves in the academic world, and they will all be your help.
A paper from District 1 may not seem like much to them. But it is different for a student who has just entered high school and can independently complete a high-quality first-district paper, and can also win gold medals in IMO and Little Libaba competitions.
Let’s put it this way, my situation was similar to yours back then, so I went to Princeton and found a well-known mathematics tutor early, so that I could achieve what I have achieved today. "
"Huh? Senior academician tutor? Well, are there senior academicians in the Department of Mathematics of Yujiang University? "Qiao Yu couldn't help but ask.
"There are academicians, but no senior academicians. And Yujiang University can't resist anything, so don't come."
To be honest, Xue Song's words really surprised Qiao Yu.
He originally thought that after Professor Xue told him so much today, his final goal would be to go to Yujiang University to study with him, but this sentence completely eliminated this possibility.
Qiao Yu also checked online before. At least in China, academician is already the highest honor in academia.
As for the senior academician among the academicians... he is probably the top BOSS among the BOSS, right?
In short, for a junior high school student, this topic seems a bit far away.
But soon, Xue Song's words made Qiao Yu realize that this was actually a problem he would face in a year.
“In short, senior academician tutors are preferred. So no matter who contacts you now, you don’t need to pay attention, and quietly prepare your competition and paper. Then publish the paper, get the IMO gold medal, and then go to Huaqing or Yan Sign the Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral Study Agreement in Beijing
Sign this agreement. When the time comes, you can directly determine the mentor, and don’t worry about other detailed conditions. At that time, whichever mentor is willing to sign you has a stronger voice in the academic world and is more suitable for you, which one you choose.
After hearing these words, Qiao Yu said sincerely: "Thank you, Professor Xue. ”
"Don't thank me yet. I helped you plan so much with conditions. For your first paper, you are the first author. The corresponding author should write my name, and the contact unit should also be written as Yujiang University. Do you have any questions? "
Qiao Yu immediately replied: "No problem! "
This is really no problem. Although he doesn't understand the paper very well, Lan Jie talked to him in the car back to Star City. Some.
It is common practice for students to publish papers and for the corresponding author to write about their supervisor.
It is not just the tutor who needs the corresponding author. In many cases, it is the student who needs the corresponding author to have the name of the tutor to pave the way.
After all, students are generally new academics, and editors will not take them seriously if they are not the kind of journals that have no pursuit at all and just want to make money. Not to mention that the journals recognized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences are generally ranked in the top 30% of international influence. Generally speaking, there is no shortage of manuscripts.
You can imagine how difficult it is for a newcomer with no name to publish a journal.
Even for many students' papers, the tutors just bite the bullet and sign the corresponding author's name.
The writing is so poor that it would be embarrassing to publish it, but in order for students to meet the school’s minimum graduation requirements, I really have no choice but to admit it.
It’s like a classic complaint circulated between tutors and students: “Your article has no threat to my status in academia, but it will disgrace me in the education world.”
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So Qiao Yu thought about it and felt that it was not enough for a professor from Yujiang University to speak so heartfeltly. It was completely inconsistent with the principle of equivalent exchange, so he tentatively asked: "Um, Professor Xue, are you just the corresponding author? "
"Haha, even if I want to get more from you now, you don't have the ability. At least I will be the corresponding author of your first paper. You will be able to read it when you get ahead. As a favor, my call today was not in vain. I also have academic concerns. Pursued."
The tone on the other end was very calm. Qiao Yu found it credible and said sincerely: "Thank you very much, Professor Xue. After being given such guidance by you, I am really not confused at all. "
"I'm just giving you a general direction. It's not easy to be a close disciple of an academician. There will definitely be other tests at that time. You have to have confidence in yourself. "
Qiao Yu immediately said: "Don't worry, Professor Xue, I can do other things. It’s quite lacking, but I never lack confidence.”
"That's fine, do you have anything else to ask?"
Qiao Yu naturally would not miss this rare opportunity, and immediately asked: "Well, Professor Xue, Teacher Lan told me that if I If you can become a great professor, you can enjoy many privileges, right? Really?"
This time the other person pondered for a moment before replying: "It's hard for me to say that, and I don't know how big the professor that Teacher Lan is talking about can only be mine. Let me tell you briefly about the situation.
Let me put it this way. , my current professional title is associate professor, but because I was selected into the school's Hundred Talents Plan, I can enjoy a high salary in the school. Compared with my age, I am already among the relatively strong group in the university with this achievement.
If you go out , For example, whether I go to Xiaohu University to attend an academic conference, or I am invited to attend a seminar in the industry, everyone still respects me. But when I go back to Yujiang University, even the school security guards look at me when I enter. , I can only bear it.
Got it? Relative to schools, ordinary professors actually belong to a disadvantaged group. But it will be different if you can become an academician in the future. So whether a professor has any privileges depends on your position.
Ordinary professors are just like other ordinary people, tutoring students, looking for projects, and just living a casual life. But if you become an academician, the resources you can mobilize are completely different from those of ordinary professors. The school will naturally give you more respect. ”
Xue Song’s speaking style today is completely different from usual.
If his students heard it, they would probably be shocked. After all, my tutor usually pays the most attention to his demeanor. The words are particularly measured.
Today's way of speaking can even be described as vulgar.
But there was no way. When the person opposite was a junior high school student, Xue Song felt that he could not express himself as implicitly as he did when talking to his colleagues and his students. It can only be said that Professor Xue can actually be very flexible when it comes to choosing words and constructing sentences.
The effect is naturally very good. It made Qiao Yu understand deeply that professors in universities are also divided into grades three, six and nine. Those professors who reveal their identities on forums and make themselves look like they are worth 2,580,000 people actually lead a very humble life. They even have to bear the looks of the security guards, which is really miserable.
It seems that the great professor that Teacher Lan mentioned must have the title of academician.
This time the goal is clearer. The only option is to go to university first and then become an academician.
"Um, Professor Xue, last question. When you were studying in the United States, around 2009, did you ever hear about an international student named Feng at MIT? He seemed to have stayed there later."
"Surnamed Feng? I have a few friends in Massachusetts, but none with the surname Feng. If you can confirm the major he studied abroad in, I can ask someone to help you find out."
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“I’ll hang up if I don’t have any other questions. I’ll send you a few articles on WeChat when I get to school. You can read them first to familiarize yourself with how to write papers. . In addition, I will send you a specification about the writing and format of mathematics papers. You can study it yourself first. If you have any questions, you can call me 24 hours a day.”
“Okay. Thank you, Teacher Xue.”
"You're welcome."
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After hanging up the phone, Qiao Yu sighed again, and even lost interest in continuing to go to the forum to chat with other scholars.
I thought he was already very good, but it turned out that the path that the good old man helped him choose was actually just a good starting point.
He knew that the world would not be that simple.
But then again, if you really want to live a superior life by playing games, it is indeed quite difficult.
If you want to be a professional player, you have to pass five levels and defeat six generals. If you don't perform well, you will be pointed at your nose and scolded by a group of people online.
The key is that now that he has embarked on this path, Qiao Yu is really unwilling to look back.
After sitting on the bed and digesting what Xue Song said for a while, Qiao Yu simply put all this mess aside.
The next step is just to continue learning.
It just so happens that he's pretty good at this.
After about twenty minutes, Xue Song sent several documents directly on WeChat.
Qiao Yu used the computer to receive them one by one. The PDF reader had just been downloaded. Qiao Yu casually clicked on a paper and read it carefully, then began to analyze the structure of the article on his own.
The focus is roughly divided into six parts, introduction, background, methods, results, discussion and final conclusion.
The logic is still very strong, and the writing is also very clear.
Then Qiao Yu opened another article explaining the format of the paper. Well, there are two formats for writing a paper: APA and MLA. Americans are really boring. Fortunately, it has been stipulated that natural subjects only need to study the APA format.
Then suddenly it seemed that writing a paper seemed very simple.
Because formatting standards have specific requirements for titles, line spacing, margins, paragraph formats, papers, and reference citations. So you just need to memorize these standards firmly, and then follow the requirements specified in the format during the writing process.
Qiao Yu has always believed that when it comes to learning and writing, all regulations are dead and the parts that do not allow free play must be the simplest parts.
For example, the theorems and various expressions in mathematics, physics, and chemistry in middle school are stipulated and cannot be used freely, so it is relatively easy to get full marks.
Although there are standard answers for all liberal arts subjects, such as Chinese, history, ethics and rule of law, many questions allow students to express themselves freely, and it is extremely difficult to get a perfect score.
So after reading these two articles, Qiao Yu already had a certain understanding of the paper.
It is nothing more than telling everyone in detail how to solve a certain problem according to a certain logical sequence and format standards. Finally, I’ll add some references to tell you where I drew inspiration from.
It doesn’t seem too difficult.
It’s just that the way he gets inspiration is through the videos posted by many big guys on the Internet. At that time, he may need to find the source of the specific content.
With this knowledge, Qiao Yu turned off the computer and lay down on the bed.
Let’s talk about the future in the future.
I have to go to school tomorrow for an exclusive interview.
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Qiao Yu fell asleep while lying on the bed, but Zhang Tiejun couldn't sleep at all.
It’s not just excitement, either.
The Star City Morning News's desire to interview Qiao Yu was just a signal. Then the phone calls to the school came one after another. The phone numbers left on the school's official website were almost flooded with calls from teachers who wanted to inquire about registration.
The consulting teacher who just didn’t understand why took the time to complain to him on WeChat.
Of course, he was not idle either.
God knows how those powerful reporters got his phone number, and they wanted to do exclusive interviews with Qiao Yu one after another, which was a happy worry.
Overnight, with the help of the Internet as an amplifier, Xingcheng Railway No. 1 Middle School has become almost a household name in Xingcheng. What can we do!
Thank you to my brother for the reward and encouragement for walking in the breeze and drizzle
PS1: Day 4 of the 10,000-word update.
PS2: There was a cognitive error in the previous chapter. Because I had seen examples of 12-year-olds participating in IMO before, I always thought that junior high school students could also sign up for the league. It turned out that I was wrong, and I skipped a grade.
Thank you book friend for your correction!
(End of this chapter)