[錄取] Stanford M.S in MSE
Admission: Stanford M.S in Material Science and Engineering 2012 Fall
Rejection:(除了NW 其他都是MS)
UIUC
UCSB
UCSD
UCLA
UC-Berkeley
CMU
Northwestern(Ph.D)
Pending:UW-Madison/UT-Austin/Purdue
Background:
National Tsing Hua University B.S in
College of Science, Interdisciplinary Program
in Physics & Material Science Engineering (2007~2011)
(理學院學士班,主修物理與材料)
GPA:3.59
Last60:3.89
Major in Physics:4.00 / in MSE:3.79
GRE Q800 V710 AWA 2.5 2011/6月 東京茅場町
TOEFL R22 L21 S19 W24 Total 86 2011/11月
HONORS & AWARDS:
Graduation with Distinction Award
Graduate representative of Interdisciplinary Program of Science
College of Science Young Elite Scholarship twice
Presidential Award
College Research Training Fellowship, National Science Council (Taiwan)
National Intercollegiate Athletic Games, Judo Bronze medal in 7th
magnitude
Recommendation:
1 from professor in NTHU EE (course professor)
1 from professor in NTHU Chemistry (Associate Dean of Science College)
1 from professor in NTHU Physics (course professor)
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之前po過一篇錄取文,但是很搞笑的.....UIUC最後竟然寄給我rejection
回信問學校說怎麼會這樣子的結果,學校只是很罐頭的回答說:很抱歉 我們也無法
告知詳細原因,真的很抱歉.......
自那天起,我就覺得人生已經毫無希望(因為已經昭告天下,父母也很開心,自己也玩得
很歡樂),接下來的日子斷斷續續接到了幾間學校的rejection,而且連幾乎保底的學校
也不錄取,更是讓我快瀕臨崩潰邊緣.
直到3/28收到Stanford的email,才終於鬆了一口氣
但是其實我自己本身也有個疑問,不知道為何Stanford會收我
因為本身的托福成績只有86分(英文一直是原po的罩門),低於系上建議89分
看了之前有人詢問學校的結果,好像是其他資料ok的話,低一點是無仿的
所以我猜想可能是我物理和材料的雙重背景
再加上寫的online essay和SOP有對到Stanford的胃口
所以在這邊分享一下:
Stanford的線上essay有個部分是問說:
How would factors such as your background, work and life experiences, special
interests, culture, socioeconomic status, race,or ethnicity contribute to the
diversity of the entering class, and hence to the experience of your Stanford
classmates? Please describe these factors and their relevance.
*由於小弟剛好父親工作上的關係對於半導體界有相當的認識與熟悉
*剛好想走的領域也是一樣的,所以我就將我自己的優點表示出來:
(依稀記得是這樣寫的)
I'm a student from Taiwan. Not only lots of famous consumer electronic device
industry,like HTC, but also semiconductor industry, like TSMC are located in
Taiwan; although Taiwan is a small country, the actual strength is influential
to the electronic ecosystem around the world. Due to my parents' background,
I connected this area when I was 15 and decided to be a successful vanguard
in ECM industry. That is the reason why I want to study abroad to realize
other culture and know more peer in Stanford to push me forward and share my
experience to them. I believe that my personal background will provide cultural
diversity and contribute strong work in the program.
我覺得在線上essay真的要好好的寫並且利用自己的長處去發揮,並不要隨便寫寫後交差
了事.我那時候還想寫更多,寫滿後發現不夠寫了,才略為精簡的寫出來
另一方面是SOP的部分,我大致上參考了版主ron0908的模式書寫
主要分為五段
1.寫出動機:
我在這邊開頭就表明我將來想做的事是在半導體產業界做一個舉足輕重的腳色
還有為什麼會讓我有這個想法(sop中 請容許我自吹一下)
2.為什麼我想念這個program,我希望在這期間學到甚麼,增加自己的能力
3.undergraduate期間所學習到的東西,並且舉例:
我覺得這部分非常的重要,這邊主要可以詳細的講自己在課業上的學習,不管是碰到
困難,如何克服,或是一些發人省思的課程.另一方面可以寫下你研究專題上所學到的
東西,儀器操作,亦或是presentation被教授狂電的學習機會 :)
我特別在這段上做了個轉折點,就是Semiconductor Processing和Introduction of Solid
State devices這兩門課給我的啟發,讓我更想要專注於半導體領域,並且我另外一個
物理背景可以給我理論基礎和思考問題上的幫助.
4.我回顧我的背景和我將來想做的事,我覺得我的背景非常適合就讀於這間學校
有點前尾呼應之感
5.結論:收我準沒錯(給自己信心!!)
(如果領域相同想參考sop在站內信問我好了)
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我從大二決定要出國開始,當了三年多的潛水鄉民,幾乎把所有心得文和錄取文看完
每次看完一篇都會讓自己吃了E罐一樣的活力十足,更有衝勁(神手錄取文除外 科科)
從大三下開始準備考試,每個禮拜回台北補習,又要兼顧雙主修的課業,專題做不出來又要
被教授猛叮,回想起來真的是一股傻勁,雖然最後托福沒有考得很理想,
但是指考國文+英文100分左右的我,對努力過後的我已經沒有太大的怨言了
最後想說的是,不到最後關頭絕不放棄任何希望,相信自己並盡最大的努力
原本想說可能是因為托福太低害了我,可能明年才能捲土重來,沒想到能夠在三月底
的時候收到admission,並且在三個禮拜後的今天收到正式的信並且註冊
謝謝留學版的前輩們努力給予我們後被許多經驗和心得想法
也多謝我的戰友們一起戰勝GRE和托福的動人時光~~
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