我引用Wisconsin-Madision给我的拒信,先简单说明录取程序。
“Admission is a two-step process. An applicant must be deemed admissible by the Ph.D Program Committee and a member of the faculty must indicate a willingness to serve as an academic sponsor. In your case, the Ph.D Program Committee determined you to be admissible but no member of the faculty is available to serve as your academic sponsor”
(1) University of Oregon
这个学校我申的是景观项目,他们的项目偏生态,14fall有五六个老师招学生,其中两三个都是偏生态的。往届有一个Phd是本科硕士双清华背景,orz。由于这个学校截止日期是10月底,当时我的材料非常粗糙,理所当然的reject。注意一个问题,他们的网站上虽然表达的含混不清,但是他们确实是要求作品集的,不能仅有writing sample。
Finding a job and deciding a career is different. You seem to mix these two together. More important goals to me are to prepare students for a lifelong research skills/ethics/interest. In the meantime, getting them ready for the market place.
Phd的实质是准备lifelong research /ethics/interest,始终记得纯粹的理想,也许会让我们的行动和决策都变得很容易,与诸位共勉。