[校友答疑] UT系主任对于MA项目一些常见问题的回复 [复制链接]

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本帖最后由 simon2030 于 2016-3-17 15:09 编辑

之前被UT的MA项目录了，论坛上也陆续有些小伙伴拿到了AD。我邮件了系主任问了几个常见的问题，系主任很快就回复了，果然像传说中那样nice。特此po上来给大家伙作为参考~（我GRE作文3的水平，大家看看就好，望海涵。。。）

1. In my application, I choose the option three(the 10 months track). Can I change to 18 or 24 months track freely if I change my mind in these 10 months?
You can change to a longer track once you are here, and we would have the international office request an extension to your visa.  If you know that you will want a longer program now, then it is best to request the appropriate visa length before you enter the program.  There are additional costs for the longer programs, primarily a fixed cost for each additional non-summer semester.  The exact numbers are on our website.

2. In your decision letter, there are no words about tuition reduction assistance. Is that means I have not been awarded the reduction or you will inform me about this later? Compared with other admissions I have got, your program is truly attractive if I can be awarded your tuition reduction assistance.
The admissions letter does not make mention of a tuition reduction, then the admissions committee has not offered one to you.  If you have received such a reduction from one of our peer programs (for example, BU or Duke), please feel free to attach their offer letter to an e-mail and send it to Kristen Hotopp.

3. In your website, I saw the profile of 2015~16 class. And could you please tell me is its size and scale of US and international student similar to this year? It is appreciated that the size of your program is much smaller than most other programs, so students can get more interaction with professors.
We are aiming for a similar size cohort this year, although there will be some students who will graduate in 10 months and others that will stay on.  We will also try to maintain a similar mix of U.S. Students and international students.  As compared to some programs, we admit a much lower percentage of Chinese applicants so that we can better focus on their placement.

4. The placement of past students you post in the website is really decent both in Ph.D program and job market. Could you please tell me the result of international students(especially Chinese), because these information is more convincing to me.
We have six Asian students applying to PhD programs this year.  Although they are still waiting on some decisions, all six will have funded PhD offers:  one Korean student at UC-Irvine and five Chinese students (one at Iowa, two at Syracuse, one choosing between UT/Rochester/BU, and one at NC State).  If you were to decide to go the PhD route, we would definitely advise you to re-take the TOEFL in order to be more competitive.  We have a faculty member who is dedicated to advising PhD applicants in a one-on-one capacity, and she works with these applicants to strengthen their applications in all aspects.  Many of our Chinese students have either pursued a PhD (or other graduate degree) or decided to return to China for a job.  We have had several in the last two years who have successfully obtained jobs or internships (eBay, investment companies, internship at the United Nations, etc), although they face the usual challenges in obtaining full-time employment in the U.S. as a non-citizen.

5. In your new 18 or 24 months track option, the website shows that students can find internship. Is it means CPT(Curricular Practical Training)? And will the department help students to find internship?
Yes, for international students, this would be an internship through CPT.  We can not guarantee internships for all students, but we will do our best to assist you in your search by leveraging our College’s career services office and also our large alumni network.

6. Is your program included in the STEM list?
Unfortunately, our program does not fall under the STEM list.  We were unable to secure this designation last year.

7. The last question is a little subjective and hard to answer, could you share with me your opinion about comparing your program to BU's MA program(both in applying Ph.D and finding jobs)?
It’s hard for me to directly compare outcomes since I don’t really have complete information on BU’s students and their placements.  For Chinese students, I think we are particularly attractive since the number of Chinese students in our program will likely be a lower percentage than it is at other programs.  For both PhD and job placements, this allows us to focus more attention on each student individually.  I don’t believe that BU has someone dedicated to PhD applicants in the way that we do.  I would also mention that our 10-month program actually provides more coursework than BU’s.  You can take 10 or more courses over the course of the three semesters (summer, fall, spring), whereas the BU program is only fall and spring with 8 courses.  They are labeled as 4-credit courses at BU, but these courses are the same number of classroom hours as our 3-credit courses.