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发信人: lemonlike (美人鱼~想念遥远的你们~~), 信区: AdvancedEdu
标题: 美国人对陶瓷的一些态度(zz)
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Wed Sep 8 12:19:37 2004), 站内

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No.1 一些美国人对于陶瓷的态度！！（比较详细）
发信人: PCR (Tag酶), 信区: Abroad
标题: 美国人对于陶瓷的态度！！ZZ
发信站: 南京大学小百合站 (Sun Feb 3 11:00:41 2002)

Dear Micheal,
I read your statement again during the weekend .
It is clearly that there is a cultural differences here. In
the US, the criteria to admit a student primarily rests on
merits (connection may count in some private elitist schools
where that the parents being an alumni will or a big contributor
add points). Especially in public university, the admission
process is very transparent and conducted in a committee. When
I was at Berkeley, I ran for one of the two student representatives
to the doctoral admission committee.I read admission files with my
other 5 faculty members. During the three rounds of discussion, I
had one vote just like each of my professors. We admitted the students

purely based on merits. There was a separately financial support
committee composing with faculty and students who do not need
financial aids (for fear of conflict of interests).

We developed a table by GRE, TOFEL, SAT and GPA. It is easy to screen
off about 70% of the applicants who were obviously unqualified -- low
scores, lack of supporting documents, incomplete forms, major errors,
missing deadlines, etc. Then we divided the remaining 30% into three
groups -- must accept (students we love to get when they may go to
other better schools), should accept (those who are good enough), and
the marginal case (usually we put them on waiting list). Doctoral
admission also relies on another important factor -- whether there is
a
professor in the department who has common research interest to take
care of the applicant for the next 5 years. This is not very important

for a master applicant because most master programs are fairly
standardized.

So, with a reasonably good TOFEL and GRE score, how can you market
yourself
better? Your academic training, your academic interest, your
future career or scholastic plan, and your dedication are the stuff
the
admission committee will examine. Letters of reference are very
important but you don't have that advantage because unless you are
applying to a school where your professor at *** graduated (or your
professor is known in the field worldwide); otherwise, these letters
from
China (sometimes with translation) will not help too much. Of
course, you must make sure none of these letters hurt you. Then what
makes you different from other applicants and deserving a fellowship?
Some work sample, prior studies, project reports will give the committee

a chance to gauge your level of competence. So only send stuff
that is good -- it is tough because of the translation requirement.
Life is full of constraints and opportunities. So you try your best
and
hope of the best. When opportunities present to you, seize them.
Your score is good enough to get to most schools (don't worry about
the
verbal part of the GRE -- which you are very good as a non-English
speaker and your TOFEL is OK because it is above 600. You will be
accepted by some schools but then what?
You have several options:
a. get to the cheapest and most affordable place that accepts you --
it may be in a remote, isolated place. But if you are lucky, you
study a subject you like in a program that is solid.
b. get to a good university but financially you are bit vulnerable --
you may be in the field you like or not.
Here good university means the fame of the whole university --
not the standardof the department. You should do some research about
the reputation by department in the fields you applied for. The fame
of
the whole university is more relevant for undergraduates. For graduate

schools, the department's reputation counts more because of the
network
of professors in that field. For example, computer science at Penn
is lousy but its MBA is the best in the world (better than Harvard and

Yale). Also my previous university FIU is lousy but its
hopitality/sea cruise program is one of the best two in the country
(the other one in Las Vegas). It is about the niche.
All this related back to your goals. It seems to me that you just
want to studyin the US regardless interest. If you show such desperation

in your application, it may raise a red flag. Committees want to
accept
good students in terms of academic potential. So try your best to
hide that motivation. Since it is a practical concern to you, you may
like
to go for option a. as defined above. Use the 2 years as a time
to get adjusted, obtain a very high GPA, complete one or two excellent

term papers. You should know the niche of graduate schools in your
field, so you may consider transfer in the second year, or get another

master degrees or a doctoral. Also develop your connection and
identify your true academic interest in those two years. Make sure
that
when you applied for Ph.D. or for a job, you have 2 to 3 American
professors who are fully supportive.
Given your ability, you would like the US because this is a place that

appreciates handwork and individual merit. It is a country full of
opportunities. Guanxi helps but not a factor that limit you. However,
you must be very independent and always lonely in mastering your
future and taking your responsibilities.
Another matter is about the long-term career future. Computer, IT &
biotech will be the future of the world just like electricity,
telephone, telegram around the turn of the 20th century. Despite the
setback of the high-tech industries (dot.com, etc.) in the past 10
months, these field have lot of future. However what I saw in the past

decade was that most Asian students came and stayed in engineering
and then computer; then make a good living. Few of them were
entrepreneurial enough to have their own companies. Most of them lived
in an

isolated social and cultural setting that they did not fully integrate
into
the US mainstream. The main reason is that they lack the
language skill, so they could not get to marketing or key positions
which \
require bargaining, negotiation, and management skill -- all in
English. It is clear that when they were studying here, they did not use
Eng

lish
. They found a place to excel in their technical and
mathematical expressions. This specialization hurts them in the
long-term,
so some of them returned to Taiwan and Korea. Some try to work
in import and export trade between Asian and the US. Some worked for
Dell, I

BM,Microsoft but worked in China. I just let you know you can
choose if you prepare yourselves early enough. It is up to you to pick
the
best path for you.You will be on your own most time but I am happy to
discuss with you if I have less time pressure.
Take care and good luck!

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