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好久没有在寄托发贴了,主要是由于一直忙于行前准备,到美国之后又一直在安顿自己的小窝和办理学校的各种手续!今天终于可以坐在这里写一点东西给09的申请者!
看到09的GTER们已经开始准备申请的各项工作了,这很好,越早动手,你会感到之后的时间越充分!

首先谈谈推荐信,对于这个材料的重要性,我个人觉得是所有材料中最不重要的,因为经过这么多年的申请,老美已经皮了,他们都知道中国学生的那一套,自己写,请老师签字!呵呵!所以大家不用太在意推荐信!至于用什么样的信纸,什么样的信封之类的问题,真的不用话太多心思去弄!除非是牛推,否则真的没什么用!只是申请当中必不可少的一项材料!当然现在好多都是要网推,所以各位可能要费点事情了,一般的老师可是懒得给你去弄十几个网推的!这时候可以做一件WS的事情,那就是自己给你的老师申请个邮箱,至于是什么样的邮箱,这个也不要过多的去费心,没必要说非要你们学校edu的邮箱,随便一个好用的邮箱就OK了!之后的事情,相信大家都明白怎么做了!事实证明我说的这种办法很奏效,很多我认识的08GTER也是这么做的!没有出任何问题!(如果某些美国的学校非要什么EDU的邮箱,那你就要厚着脸皮去找你的老师了)

接下来谈PS.这是很重要的东西,体现你自己最与众不同的东西,所以一定要写好,多写,多改,直到你认为已经perfect了!很多网友想看看别人的PS是怎么写的,还有好多人PM我要我的PS,我觉得还是不要看别人的!因为这可能会限制你的思路,你很可能去模仿别人的!而且出于个人的隐私,我也是不太愿意把PS贡献出来的,见谅!
PS写了这么多年,很难写出什么新意来了,但是只要是你自己原创的,体现你个人魅力的,就OK了,千万别去抄袭!
最后我还要再次强调PS一定要抓住你自己与众不同的地方来写,说白了,也就是要给老美一个理由,为什么选择你,而不选择别人.你最大的特点是什么!如果你有套磁的话,PS里最好能体现出你和你未来老板MATCH的地方!也就是科研兴趣!

第三,说说简历!所谓简历就是要简单明了,清清楚楚的体现你所做过的科研和活动!是高度的概括,千万不要长篇大论!抓住最核心的东西来写,体现出你的能力!记住这是CV,不是PS,所以一定要简单!
第四,成绩单,就按照你自己学校的要求来,我的建议是不要乱改成绩单!太伤RP了!

第五,套磁.关于套磁,我很早就想写点东西来回报寄托,但是由于各种原因搁置了!套磁是很多GTER非常关心的,所以现在我要多啰嗦一下了!至于是否要套磁,我觉得仁者见仁,智者见智!如果你比较闲,那就不妨去套套看!如果真能套到一个,那可真是会省很多事情!当然很多牛人都是不套磁的!但他们是牛人,我不是,所以我要套磁!
至于有些人说研究生比本科生在套磁上面更有优势,我觉得也并非如此.本科生和研究生都各有特点,不同的教授选择人的标准也不同!所以小本们也可以去努力套磁!
套磁其实就和买彩票一样,是撞大运.老美的教授早就被套皮了!想想看每年有那么多的申请者,80%的人又都会去套磁,而且出国留学都已经这么多年了,所以老美很可能是把套磁信当垃圾邮件直接删除的!能套到一个教授,那可真是RP爆发了!所以如果大家在套磁的时候遇到石沉大海或者收到回信1封之后就再没有音信的情况,千万别太失望了!因为这实在是太太正常了!
说说套磁信的内容,我先把我的套磁信贴给大家看看!(建议不要抄袭我的)
第一封套磁信: Dear Prof.XX:
hello! my name is 18411111.I have just graduated from Deparment of Materials Science and Engineering,XX University,P.R.China,on July ,2007.
My major is Polymer science and engineering.Now, I am desirous of having further study in this fascinating field. I got your information from the website of XX Univeisity. What mostly attracts me is your research work in polymer nanocomposites.I'm eager to have my potentials fully tapped under your instruction,and I would like to know whether you would enroll graduate students with financial aid for doctor degree next fall or not in 2008? Thank you very much! Your kind help and advice will be very important for my future. I hope that it would not take much of your precious time. I would greatly appreciate you if you would give me a few words at your convenience.
Have a good day!
Looking foward to receive your reply!
Yours Sincerely,
18411111
之后我收到了这个教授的回复: Dear 18411111:
Thank you for your email.  By next fall do you mean 2007?  If so, the answer is unfortunately no as the semester will start in less than a month so our incoming class is already set.  If you mean Fall 2008, then the answer is that you would have an excellent chance to be admitted with financial support assuming your academic credentials are sound.

Please provide me with a copy of your resume so that I can advise you further,
我很幸运,发了5个套磁信之后就收到这个比较积极的回复!
我的回信: Dear Prof.XX:
Thank you for your email letting me know this good news! Thanks for your attention and kind reply!  My desired entrance date for The PhD programme is in Fall 2008,so I think there will be enough time for me to prepare for it.
My undergraduate GPA is about 3.9 in 4.0, about top 2% in my department.I have taken GRE test on June 9,2007,the test score will arrive in a few days.I will let you know it as long as I receive the score.And  I will also take the Toefl-iBT on Oct.27,2007.
A copy of my resume is in the annex with this email.
Thanks again for your precious reply and I hope you can give me more advice at  your early convenience!

之后就按照这个教授的要求一步一步去做,几个来回下来,良好的关系就建立了!接下来的信件主要谈一些教授的研究方向,我主动要了他的论文,仔细阅读之后又提出一些问题,他也很nice的给了解答和回复!
但是说句实在话,套磁的次数越多,你也会感觉越来越没有什么话说了,我想的办法就是请他帮忙改改PS或者CV或者问学术的问题,但又怕教授烦了,就隔一个月再去问候一下,他有时候会给我回复,有时候就不理我了!
逢美国的节日如感恩节和圣诞节的时候我也都会去发信问候.挑几封和大家分享:
Dear Prof.XX:
Today is Thanksgiving Day! Best regards for you and your family in this special day.
As I know,Thanksgiving Day is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. All give thanks together for the good things that they have.Thanksgiving Day is a time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie.
In all, Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks.so I want also to express my thanks to you, Thanks for your help with the application process;Thanks for your suggestions on my CV and personal statement; Thanks for sending me many papers I am very interseted in; Thanks for your kind reply to my questions on those papers;Thanks for your encouragement and support.I really appreciate  what you have done to me.
By the way, a few days ago,I got the TOEFL-iBT test score,which is as follows.
So I have completed all the required application to XX U.
Thanks again for your geneours help!
I'm eager to have my potentials fully tapped under your instruction.
yours,
18411111
教授的回复: Hi 18411111:
Thanks for the email and the Toefl-iBT scores.
You are correct that Thanksgiving is an important holiday.  In spite of our Christian heritage, you may be surprised to learn that Thanksgiving may be even more important than Christmas.  More people travel for Thanksgiving than Christmas.
In any event, I’ll get back to you shortly.
Best Wishes,

中国春节的时候我又发信了
:
Dear Prof. XX:
Today is Chinese Spring Festival,also known as the Chinese Lunar New Year .Similar to the importance of the Christmas Day for the westerners, the Spring Festival is the most important celebration for Chinese people.The Spring Festival is when all family members get together, all people living away from home go back.
We usually stay up late and set off fireworks on New Year's Eve. By the first day of first lunar month, people are wearing festival dresses and begin to visit or welcome family, friends and loved ones.They greet each other and invite guests to drink tea and chat at their home.
So on this special day,I also hope to extend my greetings to you :Wish you a Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year!
By the way,you mentioned in the last email that you would give a phone interview with me. I wonder when we will do it.
I have been looking forward to it!
Best Wishes in Spring Festival!
教授的回复: Hi 18411111:
Happy spring festival to you as well.  I’ll be going to a Spring Festival party on Saturday.  When would be the best dates/times to call you.  Please provide me with several days as I will need to work around the 13 hour time difference (I believe you are 13 hours ahead of us).  Normally I do it in the morning my time (evening your time).  I am in the same time zone as Washington DC.  I would like to do it this week if possible (unless of course you’ve had too much rice wine by the evening) so we can make a decision.
Happy New Year,

大年初一,教授和我做了电面,聊了25分钟,一个OFFER就到手了!呵呵
总之套磁这种事情是没准的,一定要坚持,要和教授保持联系,至少让他记得有这么一个你!

啰嗦了这么多,只希望我的话可以给09的GTER一些参考.至于和我观点不一致的朋友也可以畅所欲言,我们共同进步!
最后衷心祝福所有的申请者都可以实现自己的梦想!
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How is the virginia life? I have not heard from you for quite a while.

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VT大农村,呵呵
倒也还好,很安静,我很喜欢这样的环境!
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发表于 2008-8-24 09:33:51 |显示全部楼层
哗。感谢版主分享~
祝在美国一切顺利!
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发表于 2008-8-24 10:09:54 |显示全部楼层
感谢楼主!!
The King is dead. Long live the King!

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发表于 2008-8-24 10:16:59 |显示全部楼层
沾大牛的仙气~希望我也套词成功!
要申请了!
09fall,加油!

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发表于 2008-8-24 11:07:19 |显示全部楼层
LZ陶瓷信中有语法错误 :loveliness:
“Looking foward to receive your reply!”
应该是
“Looking foward to your reply!”
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嘿嘿!是的
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太感谢了:)

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这个要顶

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发表于 2008-8-28 15:53:09 |显示全部楼层
及时雨。收藏了。谢谢

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发表于 2008-8-28 17:13:17 |显示全部楼层
好文章,万分感谢!

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大牛你好,我是09fall,很想申VT的EPE。不知今年形势怎么样?Fred Wang等在那的中国老师是不是更好套?谢谢

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发表于 2008-8-28 18:35:01 |显示全部楼层
受教,这个要顶

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发表于 2008-8-28 20:03:29 |显示全部楼层
正迷茫呢 谢谢!!

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