请问大家,这个算OFFER吗?麻烦大家帮忙看一下~~~新手上路,搞不清楚状况的~~~~ I am pleased to inform you that the M.A. program in Human Resources and Industrial Relations (HRIR) will make a recommendation to the University of Minnesota Graduate School that you be admitted to the M.A. program for Fall 2007. Please understand that the Graduate School will make the final decision whether or not you will be admitted and they will notify you in a separate e-mail message in the next week or two. Congratulations on this preliminary admission! Our program is an internationally recognized program, consistently considered one of the top three in the United States, and we have an exceptional curriculum to go with our outstanding faculty, staff, students, and facilities.
According to our records, you have completed the Introduction to Microeconomics prerequisite.
Financial Assistance Unfortunately, we are unable to award you merit-based financial aid such as a scholarship, fellowship, assistantship, or tuition waiver. Moreover, please understand that you are unlikely to obtain financial aid once you arrive on campus. We only award fellowships during the admissions process, and only rarely are able to offer assistantships to current students. Other departments on campus sometimes hire graduate assistantships, but thousands of graduate students from all over campus are competing for these jobs so your odds of finding such a position are low. You may be able to find an on-campus job such as a food service worker, but note that these positions are not assistantships and do not include tuition benefits and you are not allowed to work more than 20 hours per week.
Special Information for International Students Over time, we have found it useful to share information with incoming international students about employment opportunities and advance preparation they may want to make before their arrival on campus.
First, it is critically important that you understand that off-campus employment opportunities for international students on an F-1 visa are severely restricted by U.S. immigration laws. Specifically,
F-1 students are not allowed to work off-campus until they have completed one academic year of study in the United States. F-1 students who begin their studies in the fall semester are legally allowed to have a summer internship through curricular practical training, but many international students do not get a summer internship because many companies use internships as a selection tool for offering permanent jobs that require work authorization. Many companies therefore do not even interview international students for internship positions. Only a few companies hire international students for permanent jobs in human resources. Work permits from the U.S. Government are severely limited, and many companies only use these permits for engineers and similar positions, not human resources jobs. Getting a work visa is much, much more difficult than obtaining an educational visa. Many companies therefore do not even interview international students for permanent positions.
This is an unfortunate situation that applies to all U.S. graduate programs in the field, not just ours. It is essential that you understand these restrictions and that you do not arrive believing that you will find it easy to obtain a job in the U.S. or that you will have the same employment opportunities in the U.S. as domestic students. You should decide whether to attend the University of Minnesota based on what our degree will do for your career in your home country and not on an expectation of obtaining a U.S. job.
Second, we want to give you some hints that may help you to be more successful in your coursework when you arrive. We have many international students at the University of Minnesota. We find that many international students find the language adjustment difficult. We strongly urge you to work very hard before your arrival on your speaking, reading, listening, and writing in English. To maintain our excellent reputation, our instructors will not be able to change their teaching methods by slowing down or making other changes specifically to accommodate individuals with difficulty with the language transition. We are confident that if you work hard on your English skills before your arrival, you will find the transition much easier.
Responding To Our Offer of Admission After you have carefully considered the financial, employment, and language issues described above, please send an e-mail message to the HRIR Admissions Coordinator, Laura Simpson, at lsimpson@csom.umn.edu to tell us whether you are accepting our offer of admission (conditional upon Graduate School concurrence) by April 15, 2007. If you accept our offer of admission, you must complete an international student financial certification statement and submit it to the Graduate School without delay. This form is necessary to obtain an I-20 form to get a student visa. Any delays in submitting the financial certification statement can jeopardize your ability to get a student visa. Instructions for accessing and submitting the financial certification statement will be contained in the e-mail letter of admission you receive from the University of Minnesota Graduate School.
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