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