[錄取] MS in OR, Columbia U
Admission:
MS in OR, Columbia U.
MS in Math in Finance, U of Minnesota.
Rejection:
MS in Finance, UIUC.
MS in Finance, MIT.
MS in Financial Math, Stanford U.
MS in Finance, U of Wiscosin, Madison.
MS in Financial Math, NYU.
MS in Computational Finance, Carnegie Mellon U.
Pending:
MS in Financial Math, Columbia U.(They claim I'm in the waiting list)
MS in Applied & Interdisplinary Math, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Background: BS, Mathematics, NCKU.
GPA: 78.96/100
Test Score:
GRE V330/Q780
TOEFL R26 L29 S18 W24
Work Experiences:
Research Assistant in National Center for Theoretical Sciences.
Special Assistant in AOK Industrial Co..
Publications: None.
Honors/Awards:
Top 1 percent in Calculus Contest at National Cheng Kung University, 2004.
Recommendation: 2 from NCKU, 1 from NTU.
其實末學本來是想念數學的PhD,但是後來因為種種原因,突然就改成申請金融工程,
因此結果可想而知,被拒絕的很慘很慘,最後終於運氣比較好,中了兩間。
末學檢視這次的申請,最糟糕的部分應該就是SOP,
末學第一個版本的SOP得到某位教授很高的好評,但是讓有金融相關經驗的人看過,
則被批的一無是處,末學最後根據這些做了大修改,教授看過後,
則覺得不再吸引人,後來我還是把修改過的寄出去,結果.....
我後來覺得,SOP是要真誠的介紹自己,你要對自己的特色有信心,
你要告訴人家為什麼你的特色可以去讀他們的系,
如果你自己看了都不感動,怎麼能打動評審呢?
也許你自己所認定的SOP不見得就可以申請得好,但是少碼是真實的自己,
應該相信自己,我相信真正的好學校不會只看實際的部分,
他們更希望看到的是學生的器量、遠見、熱情。
當然,最後最重要的,是要找強而有力的推薦函,和夠好的工作經驗,
我想這是最後把我救回來的主因。
希望大家都能申請到自己理想的學校。
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