小飞机起航－签证－实录2003.5.27pass

悠悠白书UID: 106973

发信人: chloroplast (小飞机), 信区: Visa      
标  题: 小飞机起航－签证－实录2003.5.27pass
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Tue May 27 21:01:12 2003), 转信

Background:
EEA @ Tsinghua (undergraduate) ---> EE @ Duke (Ph.D.)
Full financial aid, TA.
Major: Electrical Engineering, electromagnetics.
TOEFL: 653, GRE: 2350

6：00起床
7：00南门四人集合，打车到美国使馆。
7：30到达使馆外，存包，聊天。
8：30（叫到我的＃90）进入使馆，安检，进入大厅（大约15m*8m，win2-4领取卡片，
win5-9VO，win10领取visa），F1比较多，形势很差。
拿到白色牌子，大约9：30，轮到我。

VO是5号小tt，亮黄色衬衫，褐色条纹领带。
小飞机：蓝色上衣，牛仔裤，蓝色文件夹，羊皮笔袋（老爸给的礼物）。
(V for VO and T for 小飞机)

V: Ren Tong!
T: Morning, Sir! (walking over to the window)
V: Good morning! How are you?
T: Fine, thanks.
V: (looking at the DS forms) Why are you going to the United States?
T: To get my Ph.D.
V: Your major is?
T: Electrical Engineering.
V: What aspect?
T: Electromagnetics.
V: (turn off the microphone, go away for a while, then back) Sorry about
that. （And then looking at the screen）
T: It’s OK.
(Silence for a little while.)
V: &^%*&(*&* please! (quite dim)
T: Excuse me but…
V: Give me your test scores.
T: (pick the score sheets out and put them in) Here you are.
V: (notice that the microphone was still off, then turn it on) Oh, the
microphone was off. I’m Sorry.
T: (smile)
V: (take a glance at the score sheets and put them out.) OK. What’s your
plan after graduation?
T: I want to teach, in Dalian xxx University. Actually I have already talked
with the university about my future. Here is a supporting letter about my
job offer. (putting the letter in)
V: Oh, no, I don’t accept that. (putting them out)
T: Oh, that’s OK.
(silence again for a while)
V: What will you teach?
T: Electromagnetics theory and simulation.
V: What did you say about *&%^*^%?
T: Electromagntics deals with the relation between electricity and
magnetism. …
V: Could you please say that word again?
T: Electromagnetism, or electromagnetics, as we also call it.
V: (putting in the word into the computer) Why do you think you can find
such a position?
T: Because my father is dean of the Engineering College at Dalian xxx
University. And I want to be a professor there.
V: Give me your %^$&%$&^ please?
T: What?
V: Your curriculum vitae, do you have one?
T: Oh, yes I do. (pick out my CV and put it in) Here you are.
V: (look at my CV briefly, very fast, and circle some words in my research
experience part. Then go away for a while with my CV and a piece of blue
paper.)
V: (come back again) What will you do after graduation?
T: Come back to my hometown Dalian.
V: Do you have any relatives in the United States?
T: No, all of them are living in Dalian.
(silence a third time for a while)
V: Ok. I will issue you the visa. Please go to window 10. Have a nice trip!
(tear off the green card and put it out)
T: Thank you.

以下经验和总结，仅仅从我个人所见所想出发，是否合理，大家自己判断。

1． 和VO的交谈是一种交流。我愿意把对方看成我的朋友，一个想要通过对话来了解我
的朋友。不要欺骗你的朋友。

2． 心态：If I pass, everything is normal. If not, nothing is wrong.我一直坚
信，所有的因缘结果都是长期积累而最终瞬间爆发的。

3． 注意基本礼仪：比如，语言礼貌，音量、语速适中，少用反问句，少说No（尤其我
很反感有些人大声的连连的说NO），不随意打断别人的说话，不说别人不感兴趣的话（
我个人认为静场没有什么不好）。记住：你不喜欢的话语或者做法，对方也一定不喜欢
。

4． VO问话的特点：口语化，语调、语速和普通美国电影里面差不多，通常句子非常简
短（除了最后那句I am sorry…）。抓住名词（名词常常就是重音）。

5． 回答问题的技巧：简明扼要，紧扣问题，一句点到主旨；口语化，清晰，重点突出
（语调非常重要）。尽量不要使用长句、复合句。注意交流是一种互动，而不是你的个
人演讲。

6． 面试我的这个VO（小tt），喜欢一直看着屏幕，很少和申请人对视。没有特别的表
情。喜欢要CV。感谢他今天没有难为我，使得我说的每一句话都是实话。

7． 旁边的jfmm，真的十分pp，喜欢把面庞贴近玻璃窗，喜欢eye contact和body gest
ure，表情丰富，语调起伏。喜欢追根问底，通常盘问很长时间，据人也很温柔。（我
在window5前面等待的时候，有一段时间一直看着window6的她，和她对视了好几次:P）

8． 进入大厅后，一般来说有足够时间熟悉环境和稳定心情。VO比那些警卫可爱多了。
不用担心，一切顺其自然。

9． 我通过了。我只能说我很幸运。虽然我不愿意这样说，但是我不得不承认：Duke似
乎的确被VO们公认为是“很好的学校，而且是很少有军工项目的贵族学校”（虽然这不
一定是事实）。

加菲熊UID: 103463

发信人: chloroplast (小飞机), 信区: Visa      
标  题: 小飞机起航－签证－SL from current advisor
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Wed May 28 09:48:35 2003), 转信

Dear consular officer,

It is my pleasure to have Miss Ren as my undergraduate student and research
assistant in my group from Nov.2002 till now. She holds a solid background
and shows strong abilities in the experiments as well as in her research
work. I believe that Miss Ren will make valuable contributions to our country
in her future research fields.

Through our communication, I find that her motivation of studying in the US
is very clear: she just wants to improve her academic capability with the
guidance of excellent faculty and advanced research equipment. I think
Electrical Engineering is the right major for Miss Ren and she should fully
take advantage of this precious opportunity to study abroad. After she gets
her Ph.D degree, I strongly hope that she return to China and work with me
again. With those advanced skills and theories that she would have learnt in
US, I'm sure that she will hopefully improve the research quality of our lab
and take her responsibility to make China a colorful country.

I appreciate your assistance regarding her visa interview. If any further in
formation about Miss Ren is needed, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely Yours

Prof. xxx
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Tsinghua University

加菲熊UID: 103463

发信人: chloroplast (小飞机), 信区: Visa      
标  题: 小飞机起航－签证－SL from prospective advisor
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Wed May 28 09:56:52 2003), 转信

following is a message I sent to my prospective advisor.

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I do not have an example, but the following information should be helpful.
The supporting letter may include the following tips:
0. Title: Consular Officers at U.S. Embassies and Consulates in China
1. Introduction of you and your lab.
2. The reason why you want me to go to the States to study with you
3. What I will do in your team. ( Please make it related with life, not army
research. No need to be too specific.)
4. Tell the visa officer that I will probably come back to China after
graduation to seek a research position in a Chinese University.
5. State that you would be happy if the consular officer can issue me a visa.
6. Anything you feel like to say is welcome.
7. Your signature and date.