[錄取] Cornell, PhD in BMCB
Admission:
Cornell (BMCB, PhD, with stipend of $30,533/1st-yr and full tuition)
Background:
B.S., Life Science, NTHU (2006, GPA 3.5/4.0)
Test Score:
TOEFL (R 25, L 22, S 22, W 29, Tot 98)
GRE (V 680, Q 800, AWA 3.5)
Recommendation:
1 from current PI at NTUH
1 from PI at Academia Sinica
1 from postdoc at UMN
Publications:
3 papers: 1 × 1st, 1 × 2nd, 1 × 3rd
1 poster: 1 × 1st
Work Experience:
1. Second Lieutenant at Coast Guard Administration
2. RA at Academia Sinica, UMN, and NTUH
心得:
我申請的學校多半是每個人都想申請的名校,競爭非常激烈,也因此今年初就收
到一半學校的rejection,到目前為止也沒有收到任何interview的通知。昨天我
直接寫信去問系上目前的申請情況如何,沒想到Cornell隔天就直接說我被錄取了
,還把offer的內容都提供好,要我盡快回覆。在我認知中,bio PhD領域多半都
要面試才會錄取,像這種沒有面試就錄取的情況還真的不多見,不過也是看系上
來決定要不要面試。
Cornell BMCB的網頁上有提到一般錄取的標準,如GPA至少3.5,VERBAL至少500,
V+Q至少1200,IBT至少R/L/S/W=20/15/22/20,很湊巧地我都有達到門檻。另外申
查的先後順序是:美國人、在美國的外國人、在國外的外國人,尤其在國外的外國
人更是到二月才會開始審查,但我卻現在就收到通知,而且還不用面試,這是讓我
很疑惑的地方,希望只是我想太多了。不過我想我被錄取的主因應該還是publication
和美國的研究經驗吧!國際學生若想提高能見度,應該要盡可能加強這兩者才能和
其它人區別開來。
無論如何,至少現在可以不必擔心最後沒有學校錄取了。希望申請BIO卻還沒收到
通知的人也不要太灰心,說不定這一兩個月就會有好消息出來了。
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