发信人: miludear (miludear), 信区: Visa
标 题: 给2000的签友鼓气,bj_6,24_2000_eco_pass
发信站: BBS 大话西游站 (Sat Jun 25 09:53:29 2005), 站内
准备2000的签友,好好加油!
背景:本科生,rank30多的学校读eco phd,全奖
6月6号,1000被 Paul Kreutzer拒,(绝对的f1杀手),
因为no working experience & no publication被拒。
6月24号,2000pass,vo是一个男士,有点像中东那边的人,喜欢把笔夹在耳朵上工
作,看起来很严肃但是很耐心,英语有口音,不是太好懂。
过程如下:
me: Nice to meet you, sir.
vo: how are you?
me: Im good, thank you.
vo: ok, lets get to the point.so you are rejected last time?
me: yes.
vo: why?
me: I was too nervous to present myself very well.I am still a little bit
nervous today, but I will try my best to have a relaxed conversation with you
vo: You are going for an eco phd.
me: yes. at xxx univ. I have full financial aid.
vo: I know all this, I know your univ and your financial aid.You were rejected
last time because you didnt explain your major clearly. What specialty
are you interested in?
me: Macro, specifically economic development and policy analysis. Do you
want me to explain it to you?
vo: yes.
me: it deals with.... it is about.......(听从师兄的话,用了一些术语)
vo:tell me more.
me: I plan to learn the advanced research methods from US and start my research
career back in China.
vo: You know, in China, there are some very worthy people and they can spend
a million dollars in 拉斯维加斯,there are also so many people hard to afford a living.What is your opinion about the income inequity in China?
me: It is a critical issue in China economy.There are a lot of poor people
here in China especially in countryside. Give the excessive labor supply on agriculture and the low prices of agricultural products in China,it would be impossible for them to increase their earning by themselves. China has to set up an
efficient pension system for the low-income people.
vo:But the banking system in China has almost collapsed, do you have any
idea of how to set up a pension system with such a mess of financil market?
me: That's what's fasinating about macroeconomics. The labor mkt, product
mkt, and financial mkt are closely related, you cannot solve the problems in one mkt separately, you have to consider the interactions between these mkts. No problem can be solved alone. I'm going to learn the most advance research methods so that I can be helpful to China's economy when I come back.
最主要的是一定要有信心!1000失败,最主要的是被paul的“why not”震住了,没
有强有力的表现自己。他对我的认识就只有“no working experience, no publication”,于是怀疑我的学术能力和出国动机。我后来一直想,根本不可能在这么短的时间内整一篇论文发表来证实我的学术能力,只能在与vo交谈的时候表现得更professional。刚好在1000被拒以后,对方学校的诺贝尔经济学奖得主来我们学校讲座,我向他要了一
封sl,另外对方系主任也给我写了一封(信的内容让我脸红)。这两封信都没有用上
,但在心理上给了我巨大的支持。在排队的时候,我一遍一遍的对自己说,vo没有理由怀疑我的academic background,连nobel laureate都说我牛,你还能说我不牛么?后来在窗口那里排队时,看见vo对前面的背景相当复杂的人面谈的时候都相当耐心,这给了我很积极的心理暗示。而不是像1000时那样,被拉到一个陌生和严厉的paul面前,又是队伍的第一个,一上去便被他的“what are you doing” 给弄蒙了。
这里尤其像给那些被paul拒的人一些信心,各个签证官有自己的风格,下次碰到的绝对没有paul tough!