定位过高? 愿得小奖来美----6月申请,来得及! (Poly. U, NY)

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:funk:

bearlingUID: 2182464

这个教授真好.

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原帖由 blast-qunfa 于 2007-4-30 01:37 发表
我是一个老POLY. 十几年前申到了POLY 的AD, 没有SCHOLARSHIP. 在国内找人凑够了”担保”. 拿到了赴美签证. 到了纽约JFK机场时, 身上共有$2000. 这是我当时的全部财产. 是父母一辈子的积蓄加上从亲戚朋友那里借来 ...

被这样的奋斗感动!

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原帖由 blast-qunfa 于 2007-4-30 01:37 发表
我是一个老POLY. 十几年前申到了POLY 的AD, 没有SCHOLARSHIP. 在国内找人凑够了”担保”. 拿到了赴美签证. 到了纽约JFK机场时, 身上共有$2000. 这是我当时的全部财产. 是父母一辈子的积蓄加上从亲戚朋友那里借来的钱. 家里能换钱的都换成钱了. 父母都是中学教师. 让我出国留学是他们最大的心愿. 一个POLY 的学长让我暂住他处, 说好一周. 第二天我就去中餐馆开始打工了. 还好, 这里中餐馆特多, 平均每个BLOCK一家. 开学注册时我只交了$1000. 他们也同意了. 然后开始了边打工边读书的生涯. 那时我每学期上四门课, 为的就是早毕业, 早工作. 还差四个月毕业时, 一次ON-CAMPUS JOB FAIR, 一个大家都知道的美国大汽车制造公司雇用了我. 起薪四万一. 工作第一年中我就给父母寄去了一万美圆. 现在中国人有钱的多了. 很好. 但我认为适当的打点工对学业无害, 对增加人生的阅历大有益处.

一个老POLY

感动!

一个学期4门课的确不少了,12个学分吧,
这样两个学期就24个学分了,
再拿6个thesis学分就可以读完Master了.

我也想打工!

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原帖由 blast-qunfa 于 2007-4-30 01:37 发表
我是一个老POLY. 十几年前申到了POLY 的AD, 没有SCHOLARSHIP. 在国内找人凑够了”担保”. 拿到了赴美签证. 到了纽约JFK机场时, 身上共有$2000. 这是我当时的全部财产. 是父母一辈子的积蓄加上从亲戚朋友那里借来的钱. 家里能换钱的都换成钱了. 父母都是中学教师. 让我出国留学是他们最大的心愿. 一个POLY 的学长让我暂住他处, 说好一周. 第二天我就去中餐馆开始打工了. 还好, 这里中餐馆特多, 平均每个BLOCK一家. 开学注册时我只交了$1000. 他们也同意了. 然后开始了边打工边读书的生涯. 那时我每学期上四门课, 为的就是早毕业, 早工作. 还差四个月毕业时, 一次ON-CAMPUS JOB FAIR, 一个大家都知道的美国大汽车制造公司雇用了我. 起薪四万一. 工作第一年中我就给父母寄去了一万美圆. 现在中国人有钱的多了. 很好. 但我认为适当的打点工对学业无害, 对增加人生的阅历大有益处.

一个老POLY

前辈再详细讲讲自己的奋斗史吧,
很有意思,也很鼓舞人.
我搬个板凳来听.

108toyUID: 197264

请问申请材料现在是不是还是寄过去研究生院？

还是别的地方呢？～！！！

急盼～～！！

[ 本帖最后由 108toy 于 2007-5-9 17:06 编辑 ]

chen-polyUID: 2323829

"请问申请材料现在是不是还是寄过去研究生院？"

Answer: 研究生院.

dovegymUID: 2156243

要申请就要快啊。嘿嘿:loveliness:

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没事，现在申请Poly没问题，不过最好和陈教授说一声吧。
可能会有意外的惊喜

chen-polyUID: 2323829

Hi,
If you applied Poly, 你若愿意接受我校的录取, 你若还未提供财政担保 and you didn't received the following letter yesterday, please contact me.
Chen

XXX 同学, 你好!
我是 ECE Graduate Advisor, 陈老师.
1.     据研院提供的资料显示, 你已被我校录取为硕士生.
2.     基于你的成绩, 研院将为你提供每年免除$xx00学费的奖学金.
3.     正常的学费约为每学分$1000. 硕士毕业需30个学分. 每门课三个学分. 共十门课. 你若选择做论文或课题, 可上八门课
        得24个学分, 做论文或课题得6个学分.
4.     全美正在进行研究生学制改革, 硕士生从36个学分改为30个学分. 我校从2007年9月开始跟进这种改革. 你们将是第一
        批受益者. 学分减少的同时伴随着每学期内周数的增加和每堂课分钟数的增加. 与此同时我校学费从每学分$988上升
        到$1027. (你可以算出实际的学费降低了.)
5.     你若愿意接受我校的录取, 并还未提供财政担保, 请速提供(复印件或扫描件也可)，并发往研院. 我校收到后, 即用快递把I-20
        寄给你. 为了获取I-20你应提供第一年的财政担保. 数额为$32000减去你的奖学金, 即$2xx00. 去签证时你必须有上述文件
        的原件. 在填写我校申请表中的”DECLARATION & CERTIFICATION OF FINANCES”的时候，表中的”Affidavit of Support”不必
        公证. 你的父母签字即可。若是你本人的资金，你本人签字即可。
6.     你若有中国大陆或台湾的硕士学位, 或是硕士在读, 我校可接受你转来的9个学分. 在你的要求下, 我可为你写一封供签证官
        看的转学分信（此信可相当于你第二年9000美圆的担保。）
7.     如你在别校获得了更好的offer, 那我在此恭喜你。

如果你有任何的问题，请发电子邮件给我。请在每封电子邮件上写上你的电话号码。

谢谢！希望在学校里见到你。

陈教授
ECE Graduate Advisor,  TEL: 718-260-3056, cell-phone 917-345-3932, email: xkchen@poly.edu

[ 本帖最后由 chen-poly 于 2007-5-14 11:27 编辑 ]

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陈教授，请问贵校的校内住宿条件是怎样的？
几人一间？是随机分配的嘛？

The condition is good.
It is better than NYU's.
But I suggest you don't live in the dorm.
It is very expensive.
See Yan Hao's post for more info.
If you do want to live in the dorm,
I can tell you that you can select room-mates.
But it is not guaranteed.
I got this information from my son who lived there for one semester.
He is not 100% sure.

Chen

[ 本帖最后由 chen-poly 于 2007-5-15 10:04 编辑 ]

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Prof. Chen,
Thanks for your help and prompt reply.
I have a question, since Poly has the money to give small
amount of scholarships to quite a few students, why Poly cannot
support fewer students who are excellent
with full financial aid?
Thank you.
XXX

Dear XXX,
Your question is a good one. I will post my following answers on Gter.

Full-support PhD students are schools' employees who make money for the schools. Other students are customers who pay moneys to the schools. (Many people don't understand this difference!) This is true for every USA school, not just Polytech.
Small offers are tuition remission only. Good students still pay, just pay less. Schools still make money. Therefore, it is easy to give. Anyway, it is better than nothing. And it is helpfull for students to get visa.
Full-support PhD students work for professors and publish papers. That will help professors gain more contract money. That money will be used to support the next group of full-support PhD students.
Almost every Chinese student wants to get full-support PhD fellowship. But that means the student has to work for his professor for about 5 years with less than $20k/year salary.
While, a master program student just spends about two years to get the degree. Then he can find a good job easily with starting salary $60k+/year.
This year is my first year on this graduate advisor position. I see that more 50% Chinese applicants are for PhD. More Indian students applied to our school’s ECE Dept. There is no single one applied for PhD!  Some Indian students are very good. But they don’t want to go for PhD. They would rather to pay and get MS degrees quickly, then find a job.
Comparing these two countries, should we figure out something?

By the way, for this fall 07, our ECE Dept alone offered 14 full-support PhD fellowships. 10 out these 14 fellowships are given to Chinese students. In USA, this is a big number for a single dept to a single country. Three Huazhong University of Science and Technology students received our full-support offers.
There are too many good Chinese students, including you. Therefore, not every good student can get "quan jiang" offer.
My conclusion is that if you wish to do research, go for PhD; if you wish to find a job, go for Master.
Good luck!

Chen

[ 本帖最后由 chen-poly 于 2007-5-18 06:03 编辑 ]

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definitely

dovegymUID: 2156243

A good answer. This is why I choose my master degree rather than a Ph.D degree. Maybe,Ph.D are not a suitbale choice for me.:handshake

Zan