2005mimi的北美申請(qǐng)總結(jié)

[b]（一）[b]通過出國(guó)來證明自己的優(yōu)秀不是我的理由，我想出去是因?yàn)槔蠋熥龅恼n題讓我覺得有意思，好奇心成為了本質(zhì)的動(dòng)力。我一直享受學(xué)習(xí)的過程，而且能從中找到樂趣，所以感覺上進(jìn)一步的學(xué)習(xí)是必要的。人在一個(gè)角度看自己看事情都是片面的，所以我渴望透過一個(gè)全新的視角來重新自己和這個(gè)世界。[b][b]（二）GT[b]GT是每個(gè)申請(qǐng)者都會(huì)經(jīng)歷的一個(gè)過程，一個(gè)學(xué)會(huì)耐住寂寞專心學(xué)習(xí)的過程。我考G的時(shí)候是大二的時(shí)候，當(dāng)時(shí)相當(dāng)痛苦的一個(gè)人背了半年單詞就去考試了。最后得到的也是一個(gè)比較汗顏的分?jǐn)?shù)?？糡的時(shí)候最是沒有激情的時(shí)候，所以考得也不好。不過我也從來沒有想過要通過GT分?jǐn)?shù)來取得優(yōu)勢(shì)。就像我套的一個(gè)教授說的那樣“your GRE and TOEFL score is not good， but they are in an accept range.”分?jǐn)?shù)夠了就行了，沒必要在這上面死磕。這個(gè)過程相對(duì)于整個(gè)申請(qǐng)來說其實(shí)也算是一個(gè)相對(duì)合理和公平的步湊，因?yàn)樗鼈冇羞@么一個(gè)量化的標(biāo)注來衡量好壞，而不是像后面申請(qǐng)那樣，沒個(gè)絕對(duì)的標(biāo)注。[b][b]（三）申請(qǐng)[b]申請(qǐng)是我想詳細(xì)說明的一個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)。[b]我做了一年生化的實(shí)驗(yàn)，是關(guān)于酶的課題，自己覺得頗有意思，所以就打算重點(diǎn)申請(qǐng)這個(gè)方向。我是農(nóng)業(yè)院校的，但到申請(qǐng)的時(shí)候我都不想做關(guān)于小麥，水稻之類的東西，而這一年多的實(shí)驗(yàn)對(duì)我來說恰好是一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)方向最好的理由。我們的課題是動(dòng)物科學(xué)院下面一個(gè)老師的子課題，而做的內(nèi)容屬于蛋白質(zhì)工程的，所以我想盡量往生物醫(yī)學(xué)方面靠。（后來事實(shí)證明我的想法很不成熟，轉(zhuǎn)方向的在第一時(shí)間就被拒了）。[b]我選學(xué)校是參考專業(yè)排名的。進(jìn)到各個(gè)院系里看FACULTY做的東西，有興趣的就發(fā)封EMAIL問問。根據(jù)教授的回信決定是否申請(qǐng)。我做的課題是關(guān)于PHYTASE，所以首先看的是做同樣課題的教授?？聪聛淼脑捑褪荂ORNELL， PURDUE動(dòng)物科學(xué)的幾個(gè)教授在做。先給他們說了說情況，教授的回信如下：[b]Cornell的[b]Dear N: [b]I am very pleased to hear from you about your interest in phytase research. It seems that you are working with the group of Professor W. You may know that we were classmates at graduate school. [b]At Cornell, I have had 2-3 students lined up for entering my lab for 2005. However, I will establish a research center at XXUniversity soon. We will recruit research leaders, postdocs, Ph.D. students, and staff members. Those people will have a great chance to come to Cornell or other schools for study. If you are interested in the program, you may discuss with Professor Wang or President Wen. [b]Best wishes, [b][b]這個(gè)XX教授和我們學(xué)校的W教授是同學(xué)，而W老師剛好是我的本科導(dǎo)師。但是因?yàn)閄X教授是想在我們學(xué)校建立一個(gè)合作小組。我問了問導(dǎo)師后就沒和他聯(lián)系了。因?yàn)槲也幌肓魢?guó)內(nèi)等待這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)。對(duì)我來說可能現(xiàn)在的發(fā)展比較重要吧。[b]Purdue的[b]My apologies, but at this time, I will probably not have any additional space for another student for at least the next year.[b]Thank you for your inquiry. I have enclosed a copy of a paper for your records. [b]You may want to contact XX from Cornell University for possibilities of working with him.[b]T[b][b]沒戲[b]Hi N,[b]Thank you very much for your interests in my study. Unfortunately, I do not have openings. However, I will keep you with updated hiring information if I have an opening for graduate student in the near future.[b]H [b][b]婉言拒絕了~[b]因?yàn)榛旧显俳又鲆粯拥恼n題是廢了，所以只有找相關(guān)的。我考慮的是找研究上和我們課題有一致性的。[b]發(fā)郵件給RUTGER的一個(gè)中國(guó)留學(xué)生，因?yàn)樗幕匦盼掖蛩惴艞夁@個(gè)學(xué)校了。[b]Your last name is Y, right?[b]Hope my info will help you a little bit.[b]Our program is small, other than me, a lot of Chinese students who were in[b]this program have agricultural background. Now I am the only Chinese student, I will graduate soon. Due the economic condition and huge budget cut in all public schools in US, it is tougher for foreign students to get financial aid, this year, we did not have any new foreign student at all in our program. Moreover, about 30% of Chinese students coming to Rutgers are paying by themselves. I am not saying that you should not consider applying,[b]there are still chances.[b][b]I am not sure how much GRE will weigh in their decision making, most American students have similar score to you, however, most students in this program have to do teaching assistant job to support ourselves, in a way, they don't care about your score, but they do care about your English proficiency, can you understand, speak, write ficiently in English, can you teach in English, not very easy to be TAs here.[b][b]Most importantly, I don't know any one who is doing research similar to your project in this program, so I think for your benits, you might want to seek other programs which have professors doing enzymology and protein engineering.[b][b]My biggest advice is, if you want to go abroad to study, eventaully you will be able to do it, but the biggest challenge is what really interests you. Chinese people will find a job and will make a living (green card, house, car, kids ect), but very few know their true interest, even if when they finally realize what are their interests years ago, they do not have the opportunity to pursue their interests anymore. Bore you pick the school,[b]think about this, the earlier you know, the better.[b][b]Good luck and God bless you![b][b]然后又是繼續(xù)天天看學(xué)校教授的情況，整個(gè)過程持續(xù)了一個(gè)月。不停的詢問教授課題情況和是否招人。以下是部分學(xué)校的回信。這些學(xué)校都是我因?yàn)榉N種原因沒有挑選的，比如GT不夠高，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)過于激烈等等，或者態(tài)度不友好什么的，還有條件夸張的比如UTHSC-HOUSTON的CANCER BIOLOGY要求G的V到80%[b]Brandeis的兩位教授回信[b]Dear N,[b]Thank you for your interest in my laboratory. The Biochemistry Program at Brandeis University has a strong emphasis on enzymology which I believe would fit your interests. You can learn more about this program at:[b][url= should tell you that we can take very few foreign students and the applicant pool is very large and talented, although with one published paper already, your application would be quite strong. [b][b]Dear N[b]Please visit the website for your graduate studies for information: [b][url= [b]However the chances are quite slim because our program can only admit one foreign student per year due to the fact that the students are paid by a training program that is limited to domestic students. [b][b]UIUC的教授對(duì)我的方向很感興趣，后來告訴我我的G太低了，被錄取很難。建議重新考~[b]University of California–Irvine 要tse[b]SUNY–Buffalo 發(fā)郵件問小米了申請(qǐng)?zhí)ち伊薣b][b]在這個(gè)過程中排除了很多學(xué)校，基本上敲定了自己的學(xué)校。都是比較友好，或者是朋友推薦申請(qǐng)的。不過話說回來很多時(shí)候教授態(tài)度比較好，但沒說要你之前什么都不好說，很可能他會(huì)變卦。這樣的情況我也遇到了的。一個(gè)在我看來對(duì)我很敢興趣的教授到后面就不回我EMAIL了，以下是他最后一封回信。[b]Dear N,[b]I looked over your resume. While your verbal GRE and TOEFL scores are a bit[b]low, they are in an acceptable range. Your GPA is quite good. If you have[b]had extensive research experience, and if you have good, detailed letters of[b]recommendation, that will be viewed favorably. Have you submitted your[b]pre-application yet? It is required for foreign students. If you have any[b]questions regarding this, you may email R.[b]From your resume, I gather that you are primarily interested in the directed[b]evolution aspect of my research. Since this is a new area for me, I do not[b]have any publications on that yet. I can tell you that we are making good[b]progress on the enzyme XX, which I discuss on my website. In January, once we have received your application, we can discuss my research further.[b][b]其實(shí)說申請(qǐng)的過程是相當(dāng)折磨人的。所有的事情都必須要你自己親自去一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)的做。我寄材料的時(shí)候最初都是用全球優(yōu)先寄的，結(jié)果慢不說還弄丟了好多。補(bǔ)寄都是次要，關(guān)鍵是這個(gè)事情很影響心情。[b][b]（四）申請(qǐng)總結(jié)[b]我這次申請(qǐng)總的來說是比較失敗的，轉(zhuǎn)方向的基本都被拒絕了，而且申請(qǐng)的學(xué)?；旧隙际且粋€(gè)檔次的，因?yàn)橹斑^多考慮到做的課題而忽略了拉開檔次這一重要問題。在現(xiàn)在看來申請(qǐng)過程中最為重要的是自我定位，一個(gè)準(zhǔn)確的定位無論哪里看影響都是很大的。就說我自己吧，我是農(nóng)業(yè)院校背景，雖然是211大學(xué)，但在國(guó)外沒有任何知名度可言。而且我本來的專業(yè)是生物技術(shù)（植物方向），但我申請(qǐng)的時(shí)候我卻主要申請(qǐng)的和動(dòng)物，醫(yī)學(xué)沾邊的生物化學(xué)方向。我以為自己在實(shí)驗(yàn)室的經(jīng)歷對(duì)自己的申請(qǐng)會(huì)很有幫助，但事實(shí)上我的背景很雜。我大一在分子生物實(shí)驗(yàn)室混了一年，大二上在微生物實(shí)驗(yàn)室做了段時(shí)間的食用菌，然后就轉(zhuǎn)到生物化學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)室，在那里自己才算是很正式的參與課題。到后來掛在研究導(dǎo)師的名字下出了兩篇EI的論文，自己覺得自己背景很好了，所以申請(qǐng)的時(shí)候完全跟本科的專業(yè)沒掛鉤。這個(gè)可能是轉(zhuǎn)方向被拒絕的原因，背景不是特別純粹。[b]然后說的話，還有個(gè)問題可能是我的PS。我的PS寫法是屬于干貨型的那種。從頭到尾都是強(qiáng)調(diào)都是自己多牛，做了多少東西。做為一個(gè)本科生也許我的研究經(jīng)歷算是不錯(cuò)了，可是這種寫法的話也許會(huì)被教授拿來和研究生做比較。而我自己對(duì)生物的興趣和發(fā)展?jié)摿@些方面都沒大涉及，這些其實(shí)才是一個(gè)本科生真正被看中的原因。[b]還有就是陶瓷，陶瓷很重要。我自己雖然沒有套澳際授，但我相信我選的學(xué)校至少是會(huì)仔細(xì)看我的材料，而不是一開始就因?yàn)镚T或者別的什么硬條件被卡下來。而且DRIVER在申請(qǐng)的時(shí)候陶瓷起了很大的作用。[b]最后還要說的是校友關(guān)系在申請(qǐng)的時(shí)候是一個(gè)相當(dāng)大的優(yōu)勢(shì)。很多都說國(guó)外不象中國(guó)，沒有那么復(fù)雜的人際關(guān)系。可實(shí)際上校友的推薦也是相當(dāng)有效的。現(xiàn)在要我的學(xué)校就是因?yàn)橛姓J(rèn)識(shí)的教授在。還有據(jù)狒狒羊說她的申請(qǐng)過程中校友也是有很大作用的。 摘自[url=立即咨詢