[錄取] U Minnesota,UC Riverside Physics PhD
感謝每一個人的幫忙,我才能有出國讀書的機會,
所以希望這篇能給以後想申請物理的人做一些參考,
我主要是申請凝態實驗
Admission:
UC Riverside, Physics PhD (1st year:$12k fellowship + 5 years TA)
U Minnesota - Twin City, Physics PhD (1st year TA support)
Rejection:
Caltech, Applied Physics PhD (said because of limited space & insufficiently
coincided interests)
UT-Austin, Physics PhD (said because of limited space)
UIUC, Physics PhD (said because of limited space)
UCSD, Physics PhD (said because of limited space)
MSU, Physics PhD (said because of limited space)
Penn State, Physics PhD (said because of limited space)
Purdue, Physics PhD (said no more offer before 4/15)
U Florida, Physics PhD (said I am not qualified)
TAMU, Physics PhD (said because of limited space)
Iowa State, Physics MS (said because of limited space)
UNC-Chapel Hill, Physics PhD (said they do not have the equipments I might
require. What!?)
Pending:
none
Decision: UC Riverside
Background:
B.S. in Physics, NCKU
Overall GPA 3.16/4.00, Last two years 3.49/4.00
Test Score:
TOEFL iBT: 81 (R26/L20/S17/W18) 10/15/2008 (I'm not kidding...)
GRE V 420/38%, Q 770/88%, AWA 3.0/8% 10/25/2008
SGRE Physics 920/90% 11/08/2008
Work Experiences:
1 year in Chemical Engineering, NCKU
Publications:
2 journal papers(2nd and 5th author) published during and after senior year
1 conference paper(1st author) published during work
Honors/Awards:
None
Recommendation:
1 from the Chairman of Physics Dept., NCKU (course instructor)
1 from the Professor of Physics Dept., NCKU (supervisor)
1 from the Professor of Chem Eng Dept., NCKU (employer)
感想:
非常感謝我的指導教授,現在的老闆,在Harvard的高中同學,同事,家人以及studyabroad
版上的各位.我才能以這麼爛的大學成績能申請到學校.
選校
由於當初我不確定能申請到哪裡,所以就索性找排名1~70的學校,另外參考Gradschool
Shopper http://www.gradschoolshopper.com/ 的資訊來選校,這網站僅有提供
物理相關科系訊息.還有我也會參考http://www.physicsgre.com/的資訊,
裡面也有不少錄取背景分享.
SOP
我文筆不好,花了一個多月還寫不好初稿,UMN的Objective甚至寫不出來,但是deadline
就在隔天,我只好請強者我同事幫我寫 囧>,不過這不是個好的示範,好孩子不要學喔.
此外,我也很感謝在Harvard的高中同學幫我修改,我才漸漸掌握到重點,
最後我覺得寫的還挺不錯的,而且我每一間學校的SOP都是特別寫的,
只可惜我背景還是不夠好,所以仍被一些好學校拒絕.
UMN的Rejection
有不少人問我有關UMN收到Rejection後,又得到Admission的事,
我曾跟UMN面試過,他們問我以前以及現在做了甚麼研究,雖然我英文回答不好(有TOEFL為
證),但是他們似乎覺得我專業表現還不錯,所以又給我第二次面試來測驗我的英文,
不過很可惜,第二次面試我還是沒達到標準,他們不給我TA,當然也不會有Admission
"因為我們沒錢,所以...喏,好學生卡一張" 就收到了第一張Rejection, orz
可是我後來想想,他們不錄取我的原因是英文,我覺得這能力是可以再進步的,
所以我就寫信給教授請他reconsider,
第一段就先感謝他給我面試機會,雖然我並不合格,但仍請他重新考慮
第二段就用SOP裡的重點吊他胃口,證明我是很不錯的candidate.
第三段再說我的缺點,我如何改善這缺點的方法
整篇約300字.
教授也很有誠意的回了一篇相當字數的信,說他可以給我Admission,但不保證我有
funding.總之,能拿回Admission就很滿意了.我覺得寫逆轉信重點就是表現自己的
特點與誠意.
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中間還有一段插曲,第二次面試完,隔天就收到教授未接來電的訊息,我以為要通知我結果,
我趕緊另外寫信去跟教授確認,結果教授回信說他在試Skype的新功能...,
只是不小心點到我的名字,他還不忘同時附上Rejection,
原來我只不過是被Skype玩弄於股掌之間的一名犧牲者而已...
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雖然現在拿到兩張Admission,但我卻很煩惱要去哪一間,完全沒有頭緒...
其他的pending大概也沒機會了
希望大家都能申請到好學校
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