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1、一个美国教授对陶瓷的看法:Internationalapplicantsseekingassistantship/admission:pleasedonotsendmeemailsblindlywithoutreadingthisEverydayIreceiveemailsfrominternationalcandidatesforinformation,foradvice,andespeciallyrequestingfinancialassistance.Unfortunately,Ideletemostofthemwithoutevenreading
2、themcarefully.Igetsomanyirrelevantemailsthatcannotreplytoeach.Extremelyrarelyhasonecaughtmyattention.Pleasedonotsendmeemailswithoutreadingthisfirst.Iamonlyinterestedincorrespondingtocandidateswhoareexceptional,andhaveastronginterestandexperienceinmyimmediateareaofspecialization,an
3、dIhighlypreferoneswithaMaster'sdegree.Foryourbenefit,Ihaveincludedinthispage,somewritingtips,whencorrespondingtome,andperhapsalsoinwritingtootherfacultymembersinUSUniversities.Whencorresponding,donotmentionyourage/dateofbirth,yourgender,nationalityetc.Thesearesuperfluousinformatio
4、n.IamNOTinterestedin:Extra-curricularactivities,performanceinhighschoolorbefore,TOEFLscores,hobbies,softwareskills,UNIX/ORACLE/NOVELLcertificationandotheritemsunrelatedtomyresearcharea*.IamSOMEWHATinterestedin:Yourawards/academichonors,academicrecords,GPA,GREscore(2200+),experienc
5、e.IamHIGHLYinterestedin:Yourpublications,researchinterests(havesupportingevidenceforyourclaim,don'tjustclaimyouareinterested,unlessyouactuallyhavedonesomeworkinthearea).*(Incidentally,IdonotknowwhatNOVELLorMicrosoftcertificationare.Researchismoreconcernedwiththingslikeadvancedmath
6、ematicalskills,creativityetc.Toomuchsoftwareskillactuallymayevencountnegativeinmygroup).InformationICANNOTprovide1.Chancesofgettingassistantshipinthedepartment(otherthanmyownavailableresearchgrants-Idonothaveanyrightnow,althoughnotverylikely,itmaychangeinfuture).2.Deadlinesforassi
7、stantship/admission.3.Anyinformationonadmissionproceduresandpolicies.4.MinimumGRE/TOEFLscoresrequired.5.Howtogetapplicationforms.6.Whetheradecisionforassistantshiporadmissionwasmade.7.Otherfacultywhowouldbeinterestedinaprospectivestudent'sbackground(youcaneasilyseefacultyresearchi
8、nterestsfromthedepartmentwebsite)