求帮忙分析教授的回复

crazy要GTUID: 3375330

Thank you for writing, and for your interest in our program. Having an art history major is a good qualification to apply for our MPhil program, so you're a suitable applicant. But if you're interested in studying western art, it looks like your preparation is weaker than in Chinese art. If you wanted to write a thesis on 19th-century European art, for example, you might not have enough background knowledge and training to be successful. If you wanted to write on Chinese art, it looks like you do have enough background.

As you probably know, our program is an MPhil program, which is based on 2 years of research and writing to produce a master's thesis; we have very little coursework in the MPhil program, and you would work with one main supervisor. For this reason, it's important to have a solid background in your area of research before entering the program, and it's important to have a good topic agreeable to your potential supervisor.

So the next thing you should do if you're interested in applying to HKU is decide on an area of research and begin composing a research plan. This is the main element of the application, and it should explain the material you propose to study, the research questions you plan to explore, and the scholarly work that's already been done on the topic by art historians. You should send your proposal to a supervisor ahead of time for some feedback.

If you are also applying to overseas MA programs, the application process is quite different, and MA programs would give you good coursework to strengthen your knowledge of western art. Also, our MPhil program is small - just 2 or 3 students admitted per year - so it's quite competitive, whereas MA programs usually admit more students.

By the way, on your c.v. you should indicate in what city the China Academy of Art is located. We probably call it the Chinese Academy of Art in English, but there are many institutions with similar names, so I'm not sure.

我想申请的是港大的MPhil,西方艺术史方向，显然教授觉得我的bg不够强大，我该听他的建议选中国方向吗？那样会不会显得太没定力了。教授有提到MA，可是港大没有这方面的课程提供啊，我该怎么回复他。。。教授是不是已经拒绝我了~~求分析啊，谢谢各位

popkartriderUID: 3863697

我觉得教授还是挺认可你的，他说你是suitable applicant，还说了那么多上手research的建议，这个MPhil项目只招两三个人，你能获得青睐，说明你也很优秀。至于选择西方方向还是中国方向，我感觉还是得看个人兴趣，如果你真的像教授所说background不够，那还是听他的建议吧。他说的MA项目是说别的学校的，他的意思是，如果你执意想做西方方向，他建议你先去读个MA授课硕士。教授没有拒绝你，他们都很忙的，如果没看上你，不可能给你废话这么多。
具体怎么抉择看楼主个人吧。还有就是要注意保护好隐私，别把你本科学校这么堂而皇之地贴出来。