详细分享我的申请经验5
2.2 陶瓷,再次选校(十月中旬-十一月上旬)
考完CCIE以后我就回学校了,那时候大概是十月中旬。十月中下旬的时候Abroad版
搞了一次版聚,当时大家基本上都是刚开始准备,我连学校都没有选好,去凑了凑
热闹,认识了小鹿师兄和其他很多飞友。
从十月下旬开始我一边准备申请材料一边陶瓷。陶瓷信一般要很简短,把自己的优
点写出来,让教授一目了然。教授也都很狡猾,一般在这个时候绝对不会说肯定会
要你之类的话,一般都是说你的条件不错,鼓励你申请。我自己的经验是,一般前
20的牛校,即使助理教授都不会轻易回信;20名以后的学校,一般助理教授都会很
热情的回信,副教授和教授的回信率大概是30%左右。现在记得的当时给我非常热情
回信的,一个是Lehigh的一个助理教授,向我介绍了他的方向,非常热情地邀请我
申请,并且叫我在PS中注明希望到他的实验室;一个是CUHK的教授,告诉我说我的
条件非常好,鼓励我申请,而且跟我说了奖学金有两种形式,一种是系里给钱的要
系里的录取委员会决定,还有一种是教授给钱的教授自己可以决定,并且说申请中
遇到什么困难都可以找他;另外一个是ASU的教授,给我回了一封很长的信:
I DO NOT HAVE TO have another student, but will leave the door open for
an excellent applicant. Financial support is always available for such s
tudent.
Although I respect your right to apply to many places, I ask you to be s
incere with me. As much as I know about the Chinese universities, you ma
y also know about some kind of rankings of US universities. ASU is a ver
y good (and rising) school, but not a top school yet. Last year, I allow
ed a top student from USTC to hold the ASU offer for some time but event
ually went elsewhere. I let him go. But starting from this year, I will
not allow that to happen. You (or your fellow applicants) may wonder how
. ×××
So, it is complete OK for you to apply to many places. However, once I m
ake you an offer and you agree to, you should drop your contacts with ot
her places immediately. Otherwise, I will help you lose the offers from
most places, including ASU.
××× This requires both talent and hard work. I expect to have more fr
om future students. As such, I will have telephone interview for each su
ccessful candidate, after going through the application materials.
I hope the above is useful to you. If you are seriously interested, plea
se send me whatever (including copies of your transcript) you believe ar
e representative. There is no hurry, think carefully.
我把这封信贴出来是想请以后的师弟师妹们引以为鉴,陶瓷的时候不能丧失了最基
本的原则。我后来给这个教授回信说,即使没有这些约束,我也不会这样做,并且
告诉他这只是极少数人的做法。这个教授以后就一直很热情,告诉我他们什么时候
开始审材料,以及最新的录取情况
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