Yes, that's pretty much it. The first phase of PhD is all about fundamentals: reading papers, maths, statistics, etc. So if you start doing these things as early as possible, it gives you a good basis for 套磁 and 推荐信 and 个人陈述. 学校有 MIT, UPenn, Berkeley, UWM, PennState, UGeorgia, GeorgiaState, Cincinnati, CUNY Baruch. I may miss some schools, but I guess that's it. Good luck!
Yes, that's pretty much it. The first phase of PhD is all about fundamentals: reading papers, maths, statistics, etc. So if you start doing these things as early as possible, it gives you a good basis for 套磁 and 推荐信 and 个人陈述. 学校有 MIT, UPenn, Berkeley, UWM, PennState, UGeorgia, GeorgiaState, Cincinnati, CUNY Baruch. I may miss some schools, but I guess that's it. Good luck!