1. First, decide the language certificate you want to take according to the country you want to go to and the subject you want to study. Nothing more than GRE/GMAT, TOEFL/IELTS. If you want to study economics in the United States, you should take GRE and TOEFL. Only business students need to take GMAT and TOEFL. What to take in the final exam depends on your specific direction and school requirements.
If you plan to go to the United States, prepare for the GRE test (valid for 4 years) from now on, and try to finish it in the second year of graduate school, and then concentrate on preparing for the TOEFL (valid for 2 years).
Besides preparing for the English exam, Kenichi has to deal with a lot of courses, and you have little time to do anything else (in fact, you can't do anything ~ ~ ~)
3. In the second year, the graduate students began to prepare the opening report and literature review. You can take this opportunity to learn about your subject development, which will be of great help to you to study abroad and even choose a tutor. You can consciously establish contact with relevant professors on the grounds of asking questions and start the first step of "touching porcelain" ... Please note that this step is very important! Because your future direction is to go out to study for a doctorate, rather than relying on grades like an undergraduate/master's degree, experience tells us that without the appreciation and recognition of foreign professors, your wish is almost impossible to come true.
A) how to find a tutor? Contact the mentor you know or the famous mentor in your field directly. Many tutors have money but haven't decided whether to find a job as a doctor. It is very likely that they will decide to hire you after reading your materials. In fact, most OFFER are found in this way, of course, it may also be because the applicants who apply through formal channels are still in the lengthy bureaucratic review process (which also shows that direct contact with the tutor is the quickest way, and there is no time limit, so you can contact and leave at any time-tell your current tutor). Don't be afraid to contact a great mentor. This is at least an opportunity to introduce my work to the professionals. Even if you don't find a job, it's not in vain. But it's best to find out whether the other person is a tutor or a student (some students are also excellent), so as not to let people write back and say, "You are excellent, and I'm happy to offer you a position." If I can get my doctorate in a few months and become a professor. " Then you'd better browse the tutor's homepage before applying (of course, you already know his work well before).
B) What did you say when you first contacted your tutor? Remember to use email (forever):
1) Tell the other person that you are looking for a postgraduate position (in a word).
2) Briefly introduce your main work interests and experiences (preferably only one sentence).
3) Kiss his less disgusting flattery (actually unnecessary).
4) Tell the other party the file format of the attachment (such as PDF) and say that you can send a printed copy or other formats if you have any questions.
5) Your contact information.
6) Be sure to send your resume in the attachment, and the key things should be reflected in it, so prepare your resume carefully.
Example of your first email:
Dear Professor George Bush:
I am writing this email to you to apply for a post-doctoral position in your group.
I am working against Taiwan Province, and I plan to study how to use the White House against Taiwan Province.
Attach my resume and my research interests. The attachment is in Acrobat PDF format, so if you have any questions when opening it, please let me know and I can send you a hard copy. I am very willing to answer any questions you have about my application and research. I look forward to your reply.
sincerely
Antedu
4. Preparation of materials. Nothing more than personal statements, resumes, transcripts, papers. Among all the application materials, two things are the most important, transcripts and PS. The report card is dead and PS is alive. If you study for one year or two, your report card is still alive. Take more courses related to your study direction at school. The following focuses on PS writing. It would be helpful to make a role exchange first. Think of yourself as a teacher who comments on PS. What should be the PS of the students you want to enroll? Seriously thinking about this problem will help you jump out of the misunderstanding of PS writing. Personally, I think the most important thing for PS is that the text should have content. Professors are experts, and you can see how good you are from PS. Just like we look at the composition of primary school students, which is better or worse, and write it on paper.
Send an email or write a letter when applying? If the other party does not specifically request to send a general letter, it is best to send an email. It is best to send your resume as an attachment in PDF file. (PDF is the abbreviation of ACROBAT PortableDocumentFormat, and the file is much better than WORD, and it is much smaller, virus-free, and has good compatibility-you can also see it under -UNIX. Foreign tutors may not like WORD because of virus problems, and he may not use WINDOWS. PDF format can be used to convert files into ACROBAT DISTILLER, which is available in ACROBAT 5.0 and SHAREWARE packages on the internet. In addition, HTML is also a good choice. Some tutors and institutions may also require plain text ASCII files or submit applications online.
Another important part of the application materials is the letter of recommendation. As far as I know, in cattle schools like Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton, almost all China people who are studying for doctoral degrees are disciples of Professor Niu from Tsinghua Peking University Jiaotong University, and it is difficult to enter without outsiders: (recommended by domestic tutors, introduced by senior brothers, or guaranteed by foreign professors ... So if you want to enter this circle, you must try your best to get involved with these "cattle" schools in China. At least let them write a letter of recommendation, which will get twice the result with half the effort. ...
Finally, I'm sorry that I don't have any students studying at Harvard. Although I am also a Ph.D. student abroad, I dare not even think about such a high position-I am ashamed-so I can only say something I have learned and experienced, not the "experience" ~ ~ ~
The first is to be professional. If you want to apply for a master's degree or a doctor's degree in top 100, first of all, the professors you apply for must match your major, otherwise even if you are excellent, they will not give you an offer.
The second is the research paper. At least during the master's degree, there should be papers published in international journals of this major, and the more the better. It would be better if it could be incorporated into the four retrieval systems.
Then there is GPA. According to my research, the average GPA of admission to cattle schools is almost 3.8, which is the first, TOEFL scores are above 90~95, which is the second, GRE V 500+, Q750+, W4+ which is the third. If you are a student of Tsinghua, Peking University, Fudan University and National People's Congress, then Harvard should be waving to you. Even if you are not a student of the above schools, then top30~50 should not be too difficult.
PS: Don't worry about money. As long as more than 90% American doctors have accepted scholarships, especially those from famous universities like Harvard who have offered them, even if the other party doesn't give you scholarships, the country will be happy to support you. Go and see it often. There are many opportunities there. Also, when you declare that you don't want a scholarship when you apply, you can win state funding and increase your chances of admission ~ ~ ~
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As for the choice of master's tutor, my suggestion is that the "returnees" who can grasp the development trend of the discipline should be still in contact with foreign countries, which is the first choice, and age and attainments are not important. You will know their true "depth" when you study for a doctorate. So I think what can help you is the most appropriate. A master's degree only helps you define your "thoughts", not learn from him. Otherwise, you won't become a famous scholar, let alone go to Harvard. ...