Graduate School Examinations
為了研究生的夢想,無數(shù)學子正在付諸努力。然而動機各不相同,有人覺得考過研的大學生活更加完整;有人覺得考上研找工作就能“緩期執(zhí)行”……真心祝愿今年考研的研友成功!
Words and Expressions
GRE (Graduate Record Examinations)
研究生入學英語考試,GRE由美國教育考試服務(wù)處主辦,是美加大學各類研究生院(除管理類學院,法學院)要求申請者所必須具備的一個考試成績,也是教授對申請者是否授予獎學金所依據(jù)的最重要的標準。
MCAT (Medical College Admission Test)
醫(yī)學院入學考試,在美國的醫(yī)科學生打算進一步深造需要參加的考試。
GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)
研究生管理科學入學考試,美國、英國、澳大利亞等國家的高校都采用GMAT考試來評估申請入學者是否適合于在商業(yè)、經(jīng)濟和管理等專業(yè)的研究生階段學習。GMAT考試不僅考查申請人的語言能力和數(shù)學能力,還要測試其頭腦反應(yīng)、邏輯思維和解決實際問題的能力。
LSAT (Law School Admissions Test)
法學院入學考試,是由美國的法學院入學委員會負責主辦的法學院入學資格考試。其分數(shù)范圍在120-180分。
dissertation
畢業(yè)論文
In order to earn an advanced degree, all the graduate students must complete a dissertation.
為了高等學歷的學位,所有研究生都需要完成畢業(yè)論文。
Master's degree
碩士學位
In order to earn your master's degree, you must have already completed your bachelor's degree.
為了取得碩士學位,你必須拿到學士學位。
Doctoral degree
博士學位
A doctoral degree is also called a Ph.D.
博士學位也被人們稱之為Ph.D。
recommendation
推薦信
Admission into most graduate study programs requires strong recommendations from undergraduate instructors.
研究生入學項目要求本科生有導師的推薦信。
discipline
學科
Advanced degrees can be earned in many fields and across many disciplines.
研究生是可以跨領(lǐng)域、跨學科獲得學位的。
Sentences
I realized that it's almost impossible to cram the night before for an exam like the LSAT and perform well.
我認識到要想靠臨時抱佛腳在法學院入學考試中取得好成績是不可能的。
I've got to do really well on my GMAT to get into a good business school.
要想進個好點的商學院,我必須在GMAT的考試中取得好成績。
There are two types of GRE's: The GRE general test and the GRE subject tests.
GRE考試分為兩種:一般性測試和專業(yè)測試。
The GRE subject tests are offered for eight different fields of study: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Literature in English, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology.
GRE為八大研究領(lǐng)域提供專業(yè)考試:生物化學、生物、化學、計算機科學、英語文學、數(shù)學、物理和心理學。
Most graduate students spend years doing research for their dissertations only to find out that their initial assumptions were incorrect.
許多研究生花費數(shù)年潛心鉆研的論文,到頭來卻發(fā)現(xiàn)他們最初的假設(shè)就是錯誤的。
Although the number of graduate students in the U.S. is increasing, students with advanced degrees are a very small minority in America.
盡管美國的研究生數(shù)量在不斷增加,但是全美學生中擁有高等學歷的還是少數(shù)。
Many students come from abroad to earn advanced degrees in the United States. Most of them are required to take an English competency examination such as the TOEFL.
有許多外國學生去美國想拿到研究生學位。其中的大多數(shù)都需要參加諸如托福之類的英語語言能力考試。