zz 一个教授主页上说陶瓷信的注意事项 [复制链接]

I get a LOT of e-mail from prospective graduate students. It is nice that so many people are interested in studying here. What follows is a list of things
to consider BEFORE sending an e-mail to me (or anyone else, for that matter).

Keep in mind the following points:

The person you are e-mailing is probably very busy. Even if I spend an hour a day, every day, reading/answering e-mail, there still is not enough time to
write a thoughtful response to each one. If you keep your e-mail short and to the point, you are more likely you receive a response.

Why are you writing? What do you hope to get in a reply? The recipient should not have to guess.

Do not use slang and abbreviations. "How r u?" may be appropriate for chat-rooms, but not if you want to be taken seriously.
有时候我会用这种口语问候语~~~
Please use the Web to answer your questions, if possible.
陶瓷前请善用搜索~~
Get the recipient's name right! I've had all kinds of variations on my nameused by people who I don't know. People have mis-spelled my name, or confused my
first and last names.
看起来这种错误让教授快抓狂了~~~
If you really want me to answer your question, address the e-mail to me. If I see that your e-mail is addressed to "Dear professor," it sounds to me like
you've e-mailed everyone in my department. Why should I have to answer an e-mail that you've probably received a response to already?

Yes, I consider it rude when I receive e-mail that was sent to everyone in the department. We do talk to other faculty members! One of the first times I got
an e-mail, I discussed it with another faculty member, only to find out that he received the same e-mail. The e-mail sender said to both of us, "I am interested specifically in your research". That cannot possibly be true, since we had completely different research areas.

Do not include your resume as a .doc attachment. If you send me an attachment, I have to go through extra steps to read it. It also tells me that you assume that I'm on a PC with Microsoft Windows, as if this is the only type of OS. I run Linux on my PC. It is much easier just to delete the e-mail.
用ＰＤＦ格式，因为可能有些教授不用微软的系统以及那些昂贵的收费软件
Do not say you are interested in my research, then go on to say that you want to work on my operating systems (or algorithms, or databases) project. My research is in computer architecture, VLSI, and DSP. This tells me that you either do not know what I do, or do not understand it.
尽量不要笼统地概括教授的研究，最好是谈某个或者若干问题，当然是越专业越好，越精深越好
Get the person's title correct. Some teachers at a university go by "Professor",some by "Dr.", and some by "Mr.", "Mrs." or "Ms." If you get it wrong, the person will assume that you don't know the difference between the titles, or that you don't care. He or she may even be offended. By the way, "doctor" is the Latin word for "teacher". It is a term of respect given to people who have completed a doctorate degree, and one of the few perks of spending 8+ years in college!
我Ｋ！原来"Dr."这么多意思！我一直用的Dr.称呼教授~~~这会让人家误会吗？？~~~
Do not assume that I have funding to hire a graduate assistant. Sometimes I do,sometimes I don't.
一般来讲这个问题是关键的首要问题，是吧~~
Some people try to make a good impression by touting their skills in webpage design, using word-processing software, or programming. I assume that everyone applying for a CS graduate program is already proficient in these things.
Actually,I assume that any second-year undergraduate student is proficient with these things. If you are bragging about these skills, it gives me the impression that you don't know what research is all about.
Touting?Bragging?---还是得谦虚啊
我还没到那种份上，每当教授问我会不会这个，会不会那个的时候，我都浑身发凉~~~
Above all, if you are sending an e-mail to faculty member you don't know, be sure it is professional, short, and specific (and that it is really necessary).
I think all faculty members are nice people who want to be helpful, but who are also very pressed for time.
我可以保证内容很professional,也比较specific.可是多少字才算short呢?（我一般不会多于400字）

Ultimately, acceptance into graduate school is done by people examining your file. I have NEVER heard of someone being accepted into a program because of an e-mail that he/she sent. Computer Science departments like mine are blessed with many, many, good applicants every semester. We can only handle so many students at a time. If you apply, but do not get in, remember that not every deserving student is accepted.
Keep a positive attitude.
平常心，平常心~~~