连续2年申请没有offer后的感想

lu05721025

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lu05721025

另外，我觉得LZ可以暂且忘记申请的事情，潜心的读一些书，加强自己的底蕴，真心的做一个爱的研究。不要急，把申请PHD当作学术生涯的一个附带就好了

dandanapple

支持lz，年龄不是什么问题，尤其对于男生来说。

教授的职业生涯都很长的，很多教授都工作到七十多岁。

kndx5

reapplication for the same school seldom succeeds, otherwise they would have sent you an offer in previous year. sorry to say that.

Moreover, i think most schools look at where you graduated, especially Harvard.

炒汇

有点高不成低不就的感觉。其实lz可以考虑下排名低些，但有一两个老师做的很好自己方向又感兴趣的学校。
最终决定placement的还是publish，如果一个学校排名很牛，但老师身兼数职（hbs写case,做reviewer),没时间管你，you survive on your own的话，还不如跟一个愿意帮助你，原与你合作的老师。
有次面试的时候，一个老师和我说，中国人都喜欢big name，但真正重要的是老师是否愿意帮你develop a good taste。他说了我上面一段话之后问我，"Now you tell me, those Chinese from MIT&Harvard, who did well today?"
HKUST今年就拒了两个standford的学生，因为论文不好。

pursueMBA2010

Which school is your dream school?
In top20, besides hbs, which other schools invited you for an interview?
In UK, which school gave you offer? [If oxbridge/lbs(correct me if lbs doesn't provide phd education), I think the reputation/quality is fine.]
Please answer these questions, then you make it clear about your positioning. And then, you can evaluate yourself and judge whether you are qualified or not to your dream school.

Anyway, as your background, being offered by top 20 is not a big issue. But top 5 is really difficult for you.

Before all, what is your goal or what do you want to do in the future? Pls consider. If you just want to change your life. you have tons of choices like changing your job, pursue a master or MBA program.  hd is a big commitment to your goal, which will cost lots of time - opportunity cose is super high.

海马福雷德

reapplication for the same school seldom succeeds, otherwise they would have sent you an offer in previous year. sorry to say that.

Moreover, i think most schools look at where you graduated, especially Harvard.

-- by 会员 kndx5 (2010/5/20 2:43:40)

我今年重新申请的两个学校CMU和UT Austin都成功了，不认为重新申请成功几率比较低。

pursueMBA2010

ls可以试试re-apply MIT/hbs/Stanford
而且你的是小样本case，不足以反驳kndx5，我支持他的观点；

omick

各位大牛！
LZ的的GPA以及并不是十分强大的研究背景是不是他申请的瓶颈呢？
我觉得他其它方面还是挺优秀的。但我觉得定位集中在TOP20好像是有点高了。

Which school is your dream school?
In top20, besides hbs, which other schools invited you for an interview?
In UK, which school gave you offer? [If oxbridge/lbs(correct me if lbs doesn't provide phd education), I think the reputation/quality is fine.]
Please answer these questions, then you make it clear about your positioning. And then, you can evaluate yourself and judge whether you are qualified or not to your dream school.

Anyway, as your background, being offered by top 20 is not a big issue. But top 5 is really difficult for you.

Before all, what is your goal or what do you want to do in the future? Pls consider. If you just want to change your life. you have tons of choices like changing your job, pursue a master or MBA program.  hd is a big commitment to your goal, which will cost lots of time - opportunity cose is super high.

-- by 会员 pursueMBA2010 (2010/5/20 8:54:30)

pursueMBA2010

ls的，以我的经验，top20一点都不高
坦白说交大毕业的，GT这个水准，有F500的经验(别的经验参照LZ)，拿下top10~15是应该的，15~20是稳的
top5~10需要点运气，top5基本没可能的
但他一个都没有，要不就是申的学校不对(比如说说top20，其实都在申M7)，要不就是文书写得有问题

top20现在有点像大白菜，并不是那么高不可攀