Is it necessary for photography major to take the postgraduate entrance examination?

From my personal experience, I think it depends on my hobbies and my recognition of my ability after I finish my undergraduate course.

First, after I finished my undergraduate course, I evaluated myself. In fact, photography is a very practical subject. Basically, you can learn knowledge by staying in class and listening to the teacher talk on paper, but when it comes to operation, you will find it impossible. The original theory went wrong in application. I mean, at least during school, I need to practice more and make more use of the internship resources of the school to enter the industry. Or a few good friends may get angry if they shoot some creative videos and put them online. At the same time, they also exercised their photography skills. In the past, Ke Bai and Xiao Ai did this, and they formed their own artistic style intentionally and systematically in these shooting processes, which will play a great role in the future.

My undergraduate course requires students to start their internship from the first winter vacation of my freshman year. We can really learn a lot, and our artistic understanding can really help us get a better job.

Second, of course, I wouldn't advise people majoring in photography to take the postgraduate exam. This is another way. If you don't have confidence in yourself when you graduate, it's not that your professional ability is not strong enough. Your confidence in not working hard in society may be various, or you like academics enough. This is my personal suggestion, because I also took the postgraduate exam, but I found that the postgraduate entrance examination is not very helpful to the photography technology itself. Of course, I took the film exam. It is influenced by academic attainments, that is to say, although I am a master, I am more or less experiencing some academic practice, and I am basically practicing in the second academic year (currently practicing). The advantage is that you can really get some better internship opportunities than undergraduate courses, and you can also broaden your horizons. The disadvantage is that I am poor, really poor. I am in my twenties. You have to think this through.

Finally, whether you want to go to graduate school or not, you don't have to follow the above suggestions, because the key point is to follow your heart, because only you know what you want now and what you want in the future. Work and graduate school are not decisive factors for your future wealth, but graduate school may lead you to a different path from most people. Generally speaking, I think it is worthwhile to go to graduate school, because I am not blinded by the status quo.