1。关于重要问题的回答。
我去签之前,觉得签证官一定会问我为什么不在中国学我的专业。其实几乎每个人都问了我这个问题。呵呵呵。我当时总结的重要问题是,为什么不在中国学,为什么要去美国,为什么要去这个学校(特别是在有别的更好的offer或ad的情况下)。
我的建议是一定要联系起来思考这些问题。为什么不在中国读书呢?这个原因一定也要能同时解释为什么要去美国读,同时也要能兼顾到为什么选这个学校,甚至兼顾到为什么回来,回来做什么。我当时设计了一段话,也就一段话,我甚至没有写下来,只是反复的在心里对自己说。如果你现在问我,我也可以像聊天一样的告诉你。答案是这样的:
Part of my research interests is concentrated in *****, this theory is
originated and developed in US, but the graduate education of this field
in China started only recently and lacks theoretical structure. I know some
professor in this area very well. Some of them encourage me to pursue my
PhD abroad, especially in US. They told me that those programs in their
universities really need a lot of scholars with solid theoretical
foundation and new approaches. So I want to gain first hand experiences by
studying abroad. There are three most famous professors in our field. They
are all located in US. Two of them are both in U***(I am going there),
AND,one of them will&
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