There has always been a rumor that Harvard University is most proud of rejecting 2,000 SAT applicants every year. No matter how good your homework is, I don't care! In fact, the admission requirements of prestigious schools are not difficult to understand: European and American schools will interview students before entering the school. A classic question is: Why should I admit you? What is so special about you? Characteristics, potential, or "uniqueness" are particularly valued by top universities, because there are too many applicants with excellent grades and active activities in the application letter. The so-called uniqueness and potential is simply to learn the domineering of this major. People in the industry who have been in contact with American universities for many years know that American universities pay special attention to students' interest in majors, which must be from the heart and have special feelings for a certain major. After being discovered in this way, a "hidden rule" of application appears-many applicants "make friends" with professors of foreign universities outside the normal application procedure, trying to "sell" their own characteristics to professors by email, hoping that professors will remember themselves and get "extra points" in future interviews. It's time to catch up with this "making friends" season. With the opening of the application season for universities in Europe and America, hundreds of emails fly to Professor Yang's inbox every day. However, it is terrible that a professor claimed that most emails were deleted directly, because few emails mentioned his interest! San Joai Das, an assistant professor at the School of Electronic and Computer Engineering of Kansas State University, is such a professor. His choice of email address and his judgment on students' potential are causing heated discussion in the study abroad circle. Let's see how he interprets the standard of "uniqueness". A letter from an American professor to an international applicant: If an international applicant wants to seek admission guidance and help, please read this passage before sending me an email. Every day, I receive greetings from international students, who ask me for admission information, suggestions, especially financial aid information. Unfortunately, I deleted most of the emails without reading them carefully. One reason is that I get a lot of irrelevant emails every day and I can't reply to them one by one. Of course, the more important reason is that there are almost no emails that attract my attention! Therefore, before sending me an email, the applicant had better read this passage first. You know, I'm only willing to communicate with one kind of applicant. First of all, they must be different, and at the same time have a strong interest in my professional field and make achievements in this field. By the way, I will especially favor applicants with master's degree. Specifically, which emails I will reply to and which emails I will delete directly, here are two samples of application emails: the applicant of the first email will never get the admission information such as graduate assistantship from me, which is an unexpected email-dear sir, I am very interested in coming to the United States for further study. I am seeking your school's support in terms of admission and funds. I have a strong interest in artificial intelligence and computer architecture. I have programming experience in C++ and java languages. I am also very familiar with many software packages in Windows environment, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, spreadsheets and so on. I also have the networking certification of NOVELL (an old network company). My GRE score is 2050 and my TOEFL score is 99. Please take a moment to browse the resume attached to the email. Sir, if you can provide me with a graduate assistantship, I promise to work hard for you. In fact, since primary school, my academic performance has been very good. Can you tell me what are the chances of getting a teaching assistant scholarship from your school? In addition, can you tell me some information about the deadline for summer semester application? Thank you for your precious time. My respect for XXX [Professor's comment] I will only delete this kind of email, because it is full of nonsense. This applicant seems to be too servile, in other words, too flattering. I also read some emails from time to time, of course, the number is limited. One of my criteria is that I will scan the full text and search for keywords such as "precious" and "respect". If I find it, I will delete an email. I think people who write application letters like that are unprofessional and have too many function words. This person's characteristics and abilities are unknown. More specifically, the applicant claims to be interested in artificial intelligence and computer architecture, but these two fields are very irrelevant, which makes me think that the applicant will study as many majors as possible in order to get as many scholarships and other financial assistance as possible. In addition, the applicant has not declared to support or prove the claimed content. For example, he claims to be interested in artificial intelligence, but so far, there are no examples. Then, he emphasized his skills in software, which gave me the feeling that the purpose of his study abroad was to get a job in software in the United States, and the so-called pursuit of higher education was only a stepping stone for him to enter the American job market. His GRE score is not bad, but it is by no means outstanding. He asked me how likely it is to get an assistantship in our college. I can't talk about this. I am a professor, not a university administrator. He also wants me to provide information about the deadline for summer semester applications. How should I know? I think this information should be published on the website of official website or the graduate school. Finally, I think this letter is too mediocre and has no features at all. I suspect that this applicant may have sent hundreds of emails with the same template and then sent them to professors of related majors in colleges and universities all over the United States. I receive hundreds of such emails every day, so I won't reply to them one by one. I'm not interested in such applicants at all. This is another email that will definitely interest me. This is a great email. Dear Professor Darth, I am applying for a doctorate from Kansas State University. I'm interested in your research field. I'm looking for the possibility of cooperating with you in research, and I certainly hope to get financial support. One of my interests is to apply tikhonov regularization method to your computer neuroscience research, because I know that the data of neuroscience research is quite messy and sparse. In addition, I am also interested in applying evolutionary algorithm to your genetic neural network parameter estimation research. My other interest is multiprocessing. Do you consider putting multiple operations into a system that optimizes algorithms? Considering that the research topics listed on the school website may be inseparable from a large number of calculations, this may become a valuable strategic pursuit. Last year, I published a paper entitled "Hybrid Gradient Descent Training Based on Probabilistic Repetition Network" at the International Conference on Neural Networks and Image Processing, which was later compiled and published by the conference. That is a publication blindly censored by peers. I uploaded this paper in PDF format in the attachment. Please let me know as soon as possible if you have financial support and are interested in my application. So-and-so [Professor's Comment] This is a straightforward email, and the applicant is really interested in my professional field. This is an excellent applicant. He has made it clear that he has a strong desire for professional study and is quite proficient in my research field. If I have financial resources, I will try my best to dig this applicant into my major. In addition, this person may already have a master's degree. You know, most applicants only have a bachelor's degree.