1. What is rhetoric?
"Stereotype" means that we contact the relevant professors of the applying school by email or Skype, or face to face, so as to improve our admission chances and scholarships through contact.
2. Why do you want to be sweet?
Personal contact is not necessary for the application, but it is very important, especially in the fierce competition. Studying abroad is a huge project for everyone, which requires a lot of energy, time and money, not to mention paying at one's own expense. Therefore, when you fight for scholarships, you need to use sweet words. Let's talk about scholarships here. There are two kinds of scholarships related to professors: teaching AIDS and research AIDS. Teaching aid, referred to as TA for short, is evaluated by the department admissions office according to the applicant's teaching ability, especially your professional course scores on your report card and your TOEFL oral English, and sometimes you are interviewed to evaluate your oral English. Research assistance is short for RA. Its decision is in the hands of the professor, because the money comes from the professor's funding, basically hiring you to work for his research project. Getting scholarships, especially RA and TA, is not only a financial relief, but more importantly, it helps to increase your experience and background, whether you are working in the future or continuing to study for a doctorate.
Another important function of rhetoric is to screen the most suitable schools, locate the most suitable majors and directions, reduce the blindness of application, increase the accuracy of application and enhance competitiveness through contact with professors and professional consultation. At the same time, I will also improve my interpersonal relationship with my future boss in advance, so as to lay a foundation for my future study at school.
3. What kind of person is suitable for rhetoric?
Of course, everyone can go to rhetoric, but science and engineering majors, such as EE, CS, chemistry, biology and so on. Mathematics, physics and economics are also ok. At the same time, rhetoric with certain research project background will often receive unexpected results. The meaning of liberal arts rhetoric is really not great. Here, I would like to remind those students whose GT scores are not high, but who have some research background, such as those who have published papers, worked on related projects with their tutors and entered the school laboratory. If you apply in the usual way, the school will not attach too much importance to your background. At this time, you need to contact the professor through the magnetic field to give play to your own bright spot.
Many people say that it is useless for graduate students to apply magnetism. Theoretically, yes. Because the admission of graduate students is basically decided by the admission Committee, which is generally composed of several teachers in the department. By examining the materials separately. Your magnetism teacher may or may not be on the committee. But now the admission is very stable, for example, I was admitted to the University of Oregon. After a week's interview with the teacher, the admission and scholarship have been confirmed. If not, if the teacher is a big cow in the department and has more say, his suggestion is also very reasonable. For students who apply for a doctorate, I suggest that you don't have a particularly hard background and basic conditions, but you must set up a magnet! Because doctors have clear direction and practical experience, communication and discussion with professors are much smoother and the probability of success is high. Moreover, the admission of doctors is mostly decided by professors, and the school will only get GPA and GT.
4.who are you playing with?
The professors in the school are divided into the following categories:
Professor 1. Professor: Generally speaking, he is older, has experienced many letters, and has formed a fixed enrollment habit. Generally, if he is interested in you, he will reply in one day. In this case, you have great hope. If he doesn't come back, you're basically hopeless. If there is no professor promotion, people will not be very enterprising, and high reputation is very beneficial to their future development.
2. Associate Professor: Be flexible and demanding. Of course, this type of professor has a high level. There will be more students, because they are eager to be promoted to professor, and their work will naturally be pushed a little. Of course, it will be easier for you to produce results.
3. Assistant professors: Assistant professors generally have start-up funds, need people to work, and have not formed a fixed enrollment habit, so assistant professors are more likely to succeed.
4. Associate professor, emergency professor and part-time professor. These teachers basically don't enroll students or don't enroll students in our school, so don't pay attention.
Suggested words: professors who have recruited students in our school > old professors > associate professors > assistant professors. Of course, there are also white professors > China, Indian professors > female professors, because white professors will not work so hard in the future and usually have a high reputation. China, Indian professors will work harder and female professors will work harder. But the difficulty of magnetization will gradually decrease. Push. Of course, the specific person or specific analysis. It was only through the advice of some seniors and professors that this conclusion was reached. I have no experience in pushing myself.
You can find a suitable professor in the following ways.
1. Go to the school website to see the professor's profile.
2. Look for papers in this field on the Internet and look at the background of the author or the author of the cited literature. The newer the better, such as NCBI, science, IEEE, etc.
Every year, many professors post their intention to recruit graduate students, research direction and other information at the door of the office, so that friends from that school can go to the department to help check. This information is still useful. You can have a choice and a corresponding direction when making a group of words. If you don't know anyone from a certain school, you can check the email address of the graduate students and send a letter signed by China.
5. When is the rhetoric?
1. Early rhetoric-Early preparation (July-August)
The main contact objects are friends, alumni, graduate school secretaries, etc. In essence, it is a part of investigating schools and majors, asking about the enrollment of this major, such as the enrollment ratio, scholarship allocation ratio and tuition fees, the composition of students in this major, the projects they are studying now, and the destination of graduation. , and what the department studies is strong, the local available school facilities and resources, etc. Knowing this is of great reference significance to whether you choose this school or not and how good your chances of applying for it are. There's no harm in getting to know each other at the same time. This is something that anyone can do.
At the same time, it is best to make a list of professors who want to be magnetized. Study the professors on the list one by one, especially their academic papers and current projects. This is very important, because the professor of magnetism often needs to interview you, and you need to put forward your own opinions on his research. Of course, you should also show your interest in his research in your long-term contact letter.
Remember that it is best to have only one professor in each department of each school, because the professors in the department, especially those in the same direction, are familiar with each other. If you find that you have several professors in the department at the same time, not only will your impression be greatly reduced, but even the admission of this school may be affected.
2. Mid-term rhetoric-formal magnetic capture and contact (9 to 12 months ago)
After knowing the major and research direction you want to apply for, you can contact the relevant professors. One way to contact the professor is to talk about the professor's current research and his understanding and interest without applying. This requires reading a large number of relevant materials of professor research in advance. Some teachers will download it from their own or laboratory's homepage, while others need you to search in EI, IEEE, ACM and so on. At this time, we should make full use of the resources of the school. The library of Nanyou University has purchased high authority from these schools, which can be downloaded through the intranet. Another way is to come straight to the point, directly express your interest in the research direction of the professor and ask whether to enroll students, and ask some questions about the research projects and fields of the professor. This requires the applicant to have a strong academic background and be able to talk for a long time. Next, I will introduce in detail how to write a set of specific magnetic letters.
In the whole process of magnetization, we must show positive connection to avoid offending the professor. I suggest you contact the professor once a month after he confirms his interest in you. Give priority to academic discussions, and report to him about his recent experiments or the latest published or published papers from time to time, which requires the applicant to have a strong academic background and be able to speak for a long time. Other trivial things to add, such as sending the application materials and hoping the professor will pay attention to it. And remember details such as holiday greetings.
In the process of magnetization, getting an interview with a professor is a very crucial step. Finally, the two professors who gave me RA and TA also confirmed my admission and scholarship after the interview. If the professor doesn't take the initiative, the suggestion can be made by himself. Usually done on skype. Finally, I will give you some common interview questions about professors.
3. Postscript-After getting the AD or 4. 15 (after February)
Every school will draw a preliminary conclusion after the first round of audit (some even before deadline), and these students will get the offer as soon as possible (as early as the end of 12 1 early month). For most students, especially those who have not received AD, everyone has not been rejected, but the professor has not decided who to choose. Usually this shows that your materials are competitive. On the one hand, it shows that your application background is very strong, and at the same time, it shows that your background is not better than those cows who won earlier in the first round. But at least anything is possible. At this time, the importance of rhetoric will also come into play. For applicants with the same background, professors tend to choose people who have had contact with them. After 4 15, rhetoric plays a great role. Especially for engineering students, because there are many engineering scholarships, in other words, many people will lose multiple offer around 4 15. At this time, applicants can make excuses even if their academic background is not strong enough.