美国留学申请--推荐信范例8

Sample 8

Dear Sir or Madam:

I am writing with pleasure to recommend Mr. X for acceptance into your graduate program.

I have been acquainted with Mr. X since 1995, when he did his undergraduate diploma design in our institute. At that time, I found him an excellent student in both working ability and personality. In designing the School of Science of XXX University, he cooperated with other engineers and colleagues effectively and did a remarkable job. With his outstanding performance as an undergraduate, he began his graduate study in XXX Univ. in 1996.

The main project of his graduate research is the acoustic and interior design of XXX Theater, in which I was the leader and Chief Architect of the project. He worked closely with me so I could assess his ability more thoroughly. As a hall used for ballet performance, the reverberation time of the audience hall should be controlled strictly at 1.6 sec. To verify the acoustic qualities of the design, he performed the acoustic model test and brought out important data in directing interior design, thus we can determine the materials used in the hall. He also did a great work in the interior design, created a splendid and elegant atmosphere with the specified materials, and with unique aesthetic feeling.

In my mind, Mr. X is a person of integrity, he is both honest, polite and amicable. He also has broad interests. During the period he worked with me, I found him really familiar with music ( both classic and modern ones ), painting and many other modern arts, like advertisement, movie, etc. In addition to this, he has the capability of learning new things quickly. I once found his computer rendering work of an Ionic Order --- one of the assignments of the CAD course oriented to graduate students --- outstanding among 40 graduates. When he told me that he had just began to learn 3DS two weeks ago and had rendered the work on a 386 PC, I was surprised. I think all these could be essential qualities for a person to become a successful designer.

In summary, Mr. X's potential and broad interest will ensure his considerable progress in advanced study, research and design in your program. I strongly approve his plan of pursuing further studies and recommend him without any reservation.


Sincerely yours,

美国留学申请--推荐信范例7

Sample 7

Nov. 30, 19xx
Pratt Institute
Office of Graduate Admissions
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205

To whom it may concern:

I am pleased to recommend Mr. X, an excellent graduate from our department, into your group.

I have known him since 1996 and he has worked in our Lab of XXX at XXX University for 3 years. Mr. X is one of the best students in our department, he is both diligent and independent, intelligent and fast-learning. What impressed me most, is his working attitude and ability.

During the years in our lab, he was mainly responsible for the interior design and acoustic model test of XXX Theater. As a student majored in architecture, he lacked the skills of such physical experiment at first. But I found that as soon as he was assigned this task, he began to study assiduously for relevant knowledge and read many references. Thus he mastered the skill of the experiment in a short time and can even install and debug the whole set of equipment himself. These equipment included some sophisticated acoustic instruments and data processing programs.

In the spring of 1998, his instructor, also his experiment director, had to go to Japan for academic event. In the next half year, he finished the whole experiment independently, including the reverberation time measurement and the pulse response measurement. The result was soon used to direct the interior design of the theater. Also should be mentioned is that from the beginning of the experiment, he took part in it enthusiastically and positively. He helped the layout of the model and made more than 400 exquisite model chairs by hand. All these clearly demonstrate that he has the ability of solving problems effectively, working independently and has organized manner in approaching problems.

Mr. X is a student eager to learn. In order to acquire more knowledge, he began to study Japanese, for many architecture books and journals are published in Japan. In one year, he passed the level 3 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test with a high score. Recently I heard that he has also got excellent record in GRE test. I believe that he would have no trouble in studying abroad.

When he told me he was planning for further research in U.S.A, I encouraged him. His talent and ability would ensure him to do outstanding works. I can state unequivocally that he will be well qualified for graduate studies in your group. I would appreciate it if you could give him your favorable consideration.

Sincerely,

美国留学申请--推荐信范例6

Sample 6

The Graduate School
Cornell University
P.O. Box 305
Ithaca, NY 14851 - 0305, U.S.A

To the esteemed Graduate Admission Committee:

I deem it a great pleasure to recommend Mr. X, one of my favorite students, for admission into your graduate program.

The first time I knew him was on my class of "Fast Presentation with Pencil". When I had finished demonstration and asked the students to practice on their own, his drawing ability attracted me. He grasped the skill more quickly than the other 70 students in the class. In later practices and assignments, he often finished them within little time but with high quality.

His working efficiency was further proved by the work he did in our Architectural Design and Research Institute in 1994. As an assistant designer, he took part in the construction drawing of the XXX Residence Area of Higher Education Bureau. Since the requirements of the client were constantly changing, the drawings needed to be redrawn again and again (at that time, computer aided design was not widely used here ). He just accomplished them effectively and fulfilled the requirements in time.

In his undergraduate diploma design, the College of Science of XXX University, he showed great ability of design in depth and in detail. I remember in designing the exterior of the southwest part of the building, a brick decorative pattern was required. He studied the patterns on all of the old brick buildings in the campus and made a satisfying design which was highly appreciated by the professors later on. Cooperated with the equipment and electric engineers, he also made a distinguished interior design of the report hall.

So in my experience with Mr. X, I was impressed by his effective working manner and ability of design. I think he would be an excellent student in further studies. Therefore, I would like to support him firmly in his quest for more advanced studies in your program, and strongly recommend him to you without and reservation. I would greatly appreciate your favorable consideration of his application.

Yours Sincerely,

美国留学申请--推荐信范例5

Sample 5

To whom it may concern:

Dear Sir or Madam:

I am pleased to write this recommendation letter in support of one of my best students, Mr. X’s application to your graduate program. I have been the research and degree advisor for Mr. X’s Master study for one and a half years. I chose him as my Master degree student because I know his is a talented young man. Being a student from one of the Talented Youth Class in XXX Province, he began his college study in Beijing at the age of 14. After getting B.S. in materials physics with the highest honor from XXX University, he came to Peking University, one of the best universities in China, for the Master’s degree in 2001. After the first year graduate study of core courses, he ranked the best (and also the youngest) among the graduate class of more than 40 students.

He began his research in my magneto-optic imaging (MOI) group in Sep. 2002. From then on, we have a lot of chances to work together, he is definitely one of the best students and research assistants I’ve ever met. Working with me only for a month, he was competent as a co-author with me for an invited review paper about the MOI technique and its application, which was published on physics in China. I am really impressed by his learning speed in this complicated field.

The determination of critical current density in high temperature superconductors (HTSC) by MOI is an interesting topic since the discovery of HTSC. Mr. X creatively proposed a new idea of the saturate field for the determination. This new method enables the measurement to be very quick and reliable. His idea also leads to his two new papers, which will soon appear on Chinese Physics Letter, one of the key physical journals of China.

Also worthy to be mentioned is his excellent programming skills of numerical calculation and his superior English proficiency. He probed into different theoretical models of high temperature superconductors, did quick calculation of the distribution of magnetic induction, simulated the motion of vortex lines, and even pointed out some simulation mistakes in the references. Moreover, as you can see from his exceptional scores, he will have no difficulty in communicating with others in an English speaking country.

In my assessment, Mr. X distinguished himself as an outstanding student who has expressed the ability to solve complex problem and the enthusiasm to science. I strongly recommend him to you and believe that your favorable consideration of his application will be highly rewarded.

Please feel free to contact me for more information.

Sincerely yours,

美国留学申请--推荐信范例4

Sample 4

Dec. 14, 2005
To the esteemed Graduation Admission Committee at XXX University:

I consider it a great pleasure to recommend to you Mr. X, an extraordinary graduate from our department and an exceptional candidate among your prospective students. To my knowledge, he is very interested in your Applied Physics Ph.D. program. I understand that the graduate study in XXX Univ. is the most competitive in the world. Nevertheless, according to my personal knowledge of Mr. X, I can assure you that he is quite qualified for it.

I have known him since 1997 when he enrolled in XXX University. After his first-year study, he entered our department as a special student to study specialized major coursed earlier. He studied diligently and got excellent records. He took several coursed of mine, such as the . On my lectures I found that he is extremely brilliant and investigative. I was constantly impressed by his clear and quick grasp of the concepts and strong capacity for analytical thinking.

Mr. X always goes ahead for his goal. Due to his diligence and internal drive to study, he was able to keep ranking the first or second in the comprehensive assessment of students in his class. Meanwhile his industrious study enabled him to learn more than what his classmates learned, especially many profound coursed in Physics, upon graduation he was awarded the honor of Outstanding Graduate, these honors clearly demonstrate his achievements in our department.

Mr. X does not direct all his efforts to courses study and exams. Instead, he has taken part in many research projects. In scientific research, he is good at cooperating with others while thinking independently. He is quite familiar with my research work in optical communication devices and optoelectronics. He is also interested in our research projects of optical switches and interconnection. His contribution to these projects was very good and important. His design work of microlelctronic circuits for HuaWei Technology Co. won much praise. His bachelor degree thesis was finished in the National Laboratory of Laser Technology. It won the only honor of Excellent undergraduate thesis in our department and the second-class prize of excellent research work of XXX province in 2001. such experienced indicate his solid background in optoelectronics and laser technology. Everyone who has worked with him speaks highly of his creativity and organized manner in which he approaches every problem.

Before his graduation from our department, he asked me about his future study plan. Since he had strong interest in physics, I told him that it is important to advance himself theoretically. I recommended him to study nuclear physics in Peking University, the best university in China. I believe that an extensive knowledge is very helpful to his academic future, since optoelectronics is calling for more and more new ideas from physics. Now Mr. X is a well-trained physics graduate student majoring in nuclear physics. It is his wish to do doctoral-oriented research work in the field between optoelectronics and physics. He told me that he is interested in many research projects conducted in Yale University. I know that he has read many references and thought much about these projects. As I am also working in the area of optoelectronecs, I believe that he can learn the newest ideas and make important contributions at Yale University.

I have recommended quite a few excellent students for graduate study in the US, and I heard that they are all very outstanding in the US institutions. In my opinion, Mr. X’s talent, creativity, perseverance and academic ability are truly exceptional even when comparing him with these students. He is well prepared for graduate study at Yale. I believe that the theoretical foundation and experimental training our institution has provided for him will ensure him to do outstanding research work in optoelectronics. Therefore, I strongly recommend him to you without any reservation, and shall appreciate your favorable consideration of his application.

Sincerely yours,

美国留学申请--推荐信范例3

Sample 3

Dear Sir or Madam:

I take great pleasure in recommending Mr. Yu Minhong, one of my favorite students, for admission into your Ph.D program.

Mr. Yu has ever taken my course of ___, when he was a junior. What impressed me most is that he worked very hard in the course and showed great interests in the subject. Unlike most other students, when he couldn’t understand a concept, he would try his best to think about it independently for even several days before discussing with me. Through our talk, I found that Mr. Yu has a very solid mathematical background: he has the excellent ability of modeling and could use different tools proficiently to solve problems. Consequently, Mr. Yu did quite well all through the semester and won him a very high score in my course.

Not only is Mr. Yu good at ___, but also has he a strong enthusiasm to put his analytical skills into practice. It seems to me that while he enjoys learning a new theorem, he is also eager to apply his knowledge to solve real world problems. Through our intercourse, I got that he interested in ___, which require ___ much. To help quench his thirst for improving ___, I recommended him to participate the social practice to study the application of ___. Mr. Yu won his colleagues’ praise for his strong motive to pursue academic career, and learnt much about ___ by himself. In addition, he is never satisfied with just getting the job done, but always seeks the most efficient and concise methods at the conclusions he has reached.

Mr. Yu showed great interests in an academic career and I sincerely believe that he has strong learning capability and enthusiasm in this field. So I wouldn’t doubt that there is a bright future as a researcher in front of him in your esteemed department. Should you need any further information about Mr. Yu, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely yours,

美国留学申请--推荐信范例2

Sample 2

Professor Yu Minhong
Department of English
New Oriental University, Beijing 100080, P. R. China
Dec. 3, 2005

Dear Professor:

I consider it a great pleasure to recommend to you Mr. X, who has been known to me for a long time as a truly exceptional young student. He enrolled in the special class for gifted children as a 15-year-old student at XXX University, and used only 3 years to finish his 4-year undergraduate program. He entered the Physics department at XXX University in 2001 when he was only 15 years old. In the coming June he is expected to be the youngest graduate student in our department with a M.S. degree.

I was the Dean of the School of Science at XXX Univ. when he entered our school in 2001. he has paid all his efforts to coursed study and research work. As far as I know, he has been successful in almost all the major coursed taken. He began his Master research in the autumn of last year. At that time, much attention was directed to mesoscopic and nanoscale physics, with papers published in and . Mr. X is very interested in these areas since they are closely associated with chemistry and materials science. He often exchanges ideas and discusses problems with me. He has a good cooperation spirit with professors in our group. The research subjects he involved in include fabrication techniques, electronic structures and optics properties in semiconductors and carbon nanoscale materials, quantum microelectronics and quantum optics, etc.

Mr. X has done much important research work. He has written 200 papers in the past one year, many of them submitted to or accepted by the top journals. He has proven me extraordinary ability to study physics with engineering ideas. With a slid engineering background and well-trained experimental ability, he concerns not only the modern physical theories but also the experimental chemistry methods in research. His ideas in the “carbon-based chemistry” seem quite valuable. He has mastered the idea of microscopic design of electronic structures. This method enables one to find materials with proper wavelengths in electronics.

Mr. X has the temperament to be a successful scientist. The research topics he interested in are usually the widely discussed new topics in the best journals. He is good at finding problems from research works of others that appear to be perfect. In out seminars he always raised many critical questions and adds further insight into problems. He benefits much from his comprehensive knowledge and his exceptional ability to analyze problems independently and express ideas clearly.

Mr. X has been a teaching assistant in our group and shown his strong responsibility to students. His English proficiency is excellent. He has the ability of general reading in English, which enables him to find out quickly the newest progressed in his research areas from hundreds of new articles each month. His spoken English ability enabled him to be a superior translator in international conferences. He rarely prepared a draft when writing English papers or articles, but just wrote down in once with few mistakes. Most of his papers were written in English.

As a very brilliant young man, Mr. X has an extremely assiduous attitude toward work. Every time I go to the graduates’ room, he can always be found reading articles or making calculations. Sometime I even wonder whether he needs to take a rest. However, I was moved when he told me how diligence and perseverance are indispensable for hard-earned achievements he has had and success in science that he desires. He wishes to work in the area between physics and chemistry. I hope his dream of being an illustrious scientist in this area can become true in the future. Therefore, I will be really delighted to see him realizing his academic goals in the XXX department of XXX University. After his doctoral study in XXX Univ., he will refresh the applied physics research t XXX Univ. with the advanced knowledge learned from you, and your eminent training for an unusual young Chinese graduate will be greatly appreciated by then.

Sincerely,

美国留学申请--推荐信范例

推荐信示例

Sample 1

Professor Yu Minhong
Department of English
New Oriental University
Email: YMH@xxx.edu.cn
Nov. 28, 2005

To whom it may concern:

I deem it a great pleasure to recommend XXX, an excellent young researcher in our group, for admission to the xxx Department of Stanford University. I am his graduate advisor and have known him for nearly three years, so I have the opportunity to observe closely and assess justly his work and personality. In my assessment, Mr. X is one of the best students of mine. The biggest asset of him, I think, is his outstanding intellectual potential, which is due to not only his youthful spirit, but also his excellent research ability compared with his classmates or peers, who are all much older than him.

In 1995, I heard his name when he was still an undergraduate, because of his strong ability in studying physics, though his major then was optoelectronics. It is his wish to study in the field between condensed matter physics and optoelectronics, so he learned various advanced theories in both condensed matter and optical physics, sometimes by himself. His master degree work focused on studying transport properties of mesoscopic and nanometer-scale systems. He read many references, and grasped the main points of this topic quickly. His first paper was written just two months after he reached this topic. He has made great efforts to study the electronic transport and Coulomb blockade phenomena of nanotubes and the impact of defects. His idea of “ carbon-nanotube-based electronics” by setting up the analogy between toroidal nanotubes and mesoscopic rings seems valuable and may develop some current ideas.

I have noticed that Mr. X is a quite versatile young boy and has a very broad research interest. He does not pay all his attention to exams; instead, he makes more efforts to extensive study in related fields. He has done much more work than I had expected for him in one year. He had referred to nearly eighty references in his dissertation proposal, and much more in the final dissertation to be finished. He is most interested in quantum well optics and micro-cavity optics, electronic structures and optical response of novel materials, and laser technologies applied to condensed matter. He is currently carrying out research in these topics. With a good command of doing large experiments, he has engaged in many experiment topics as a research assistant in several groups. He is very interested and skilled in doing condensed matter physics experiments, where his work is in close collaboration with his theoretical efforts.

Mr. X is very assiduous, often stays up to very late in the lab, and sometimes even misses his lunch. He is able to grasp the essential concepts in physics research rather than fall into detail considerations. As to personal character, he is polite, generous, cooperative, and easy of access. His proficiency in English language helps him catch up the newest proceedings in his research topics without any difficulty. All these merits, especially his unusual diligence and intelligence, and his strong capability to study and research independently, benefit him much.

I believe that Mr. X’s outstanding potential and broad research interest will ensure his considerable progresses in condensed matter physics in the future. I strongly approve his plan of pursuing his doctoral studies in XXX at your esteemed department, and recommend him without any reservation.

Yours sincerely,

Yu Minhong, Professor of English
President, Department of English
New Oriental University

美国留学申请--光学排名

1. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, Institute of Optics
2. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
3. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON, School of Engineering
4. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, School of Optics
5. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, College of Arts and Science Department of P
hysics
6. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, Engineering and Computer Science School
Proggrams in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
grams in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
7. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Department of Electrical Engineering
8. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Department of Electrical and Systems Enginee
ring
9. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER, Department of Electrical and Compute
r Enngineering
10. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE, Department of Electrical and Compu
ter Engineering
11. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, and Applied Science of the Technological Insti
tutee Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

美国留学生信用卡申请credit card application

先介绍一下本人情况 吧。Credit Score 740. 四大信用卡机构Visa, MasterCard, American Express(AMEX)和Discover卡都用过。

目前用的最多的卡: Citi Dividend Platinum Select, Discover More Card, AMEX Starwood Preferred Guest Card （$45年费)
曾经用过或很熟悉的卡：Chase Freedom, TCF Express, Wells Fargo Cash Back College Card以及USAA美军专用卡（室友的）
我所指的熟悉的卡，是指自己用过它的网上银行，熟悉此卡各种features的卡。

介绍完了情况，下面来浅谈个人对好信用卡的一点意见：

1. 好申。
奥巴马签署信用卡改革法案，法案要求信用卡公司向２１岁以下申请人发放信用卡时，必须得到申请人本人有能力还款或父母愿意代其还款的证明。这样一来对于21岁以下的留学生申信用卡就带来不利条件了。就前几天，我两个同学，一个申Citi的Dividend Platinum, 一个申AMEX的Delta Skymile卡，都被无情的锯掉了。当年我申Citi同样卡的时候，虽然拿了三个月的网费和电话单，但还是顺利通过了。现在的网申，对初来咋到的国际学生并不利。没有信用记录的我们怎么去申请信用卡呢？
我的建议是：如果你收到AMEX的Blue Cash卡的Pre-selected邮件，那就申一个吧。 当然，除了Capital One的卡。那个公司每周会变着法的给你发信要你申他的卡。不要申，我所有用过它家的卡都说its customer service sucks. 刚来学校应该会有一个checking account，看看是什么银行的顺便申一张信用卡吧。等以后慢慢建立信用记录后再申其他更好的卡，那样就会顺利的多。

2. 信用额度。
Chase和WellsFargo极为抠门。当年我申这两个公司的卡，都只给我800的信用额度。同时申请的Citi就给我两千。Discover也不是很慷慨，今年四月申的信用额度才给我2000，当时我的Citi卡都有一万多的额度了。AMEX美国运通就很赞，上个月申的SPG就给到10000的额度。当然，有同学会说，并非额度越高越好。没错，但对于我们留学生来说，远没到申请降低额度的份上。 况且，Credit Score计算公式也要考虑Balance/Total Credits的比率 。信用额度越大比率自然就越低，那样对Credit Score自然有好处。
我的建议是：至少申一个CITI或者AMEX的卡。Citi的好处是，每隔几个月它自动给你额度升两千。我信用额度只有2000的时候，给他们客服打了一个电话，说要买两张往返北京的机票，可是额度不够，客服MM痛快的就把我额度升到4000了。




3 . 网上银行
网上银行的方便程度，直接影响着信用卡的使用。像Discover和AMEX，密码都不得超过八位，并且不可以有@之类的字符。TCF的密码更是不得超过六位，让人匪夷所思。Chase的安全措施倒是很好，但好的变态了。每次用新电脑登陆，还要经过电话认证。（chase会给你打电话然后你在电脑屏幕输入几位数字）这就太麻烦了。
我的建议是：在用过了WellsFargo, Chase, Citi, USAA, Discover, AMEX和TCF等，见过了Bank of America，USBANK等网络银行之后，个人十分喜欢CITI和Discover的网上银行。Citi的navigation panel很清晰，密码也可以使用特殊字符。Discover的颜色很鲜明（橙黄），Cash Back的月份优惠也提示的很清楚。Wells Fargo布局凌乱，操作不如Cit. TCF简陋的像九十年代的网站，不推荐。BofA和USBank的网络银行都中规中矩，没有特别突出的亮点。AMEX的网络银行十分的简洁，蓝白的布局也很好看，推荐喜欢简约的同学使用。

4. 卡的功能和优惠
这是重点中的重点。个人信用卡无非就可以分这么几类 ：Low Interest Card, Balance Transfer Card, Reward Card以及Travel/Airline Card. Reward Card里自然又可以分Point Rewards, Gas, Cashback等等。对于我们国际学生来说，如果你有按时还款的习惯，Low Interest 和 Balance Transfer卡就不用看啦，除非你有套利的想法。 那对个人来说，最有用的就是Reward卡和Airline Card了。 相对于兑换点数(points)，个人更喜欢Cashback，尽管有很多时候点数兑换优惠幅度更大。CashBack，拿回的是真银子，而points则通常只能兑换各个商店的gift cards 。其实，各大商业银行的Cash back都大同小异。无非都是1%的purchase cashback，加上一个优惠期或者特定类别3-5%的cashback. 对于优惠期我是嗤之以鼻。挺好的一张卡，六个月后你就不用了么？要不够cashback的最低限度（一般是攒到$50以上才返现)不就亏了么？
我的建议是：每人应该必备一张Discover More的卡 。这个卡特点是，每三个月换几个种类有5%的优惠，其余1%。简单的道理，你买机票回北京，1000刀的机票正好赶上Travel是5%，那就是白来的50美金。当然一张Discover More还不够，有车的同学可以加一张AMEX的TrueEarning或者Citi Forward. 我同学对这两张卡的反馈还是很不错的。
每一个同学还应该至少有一张航空公司/旅游的卡。 比如Delta，只要你申AMEX Skymile卡，Delta就送你2万英里的里程(符合条件再加5000），最低25000英里就可以换一张北美地区往返的机票（我春假去多伦多的时候就换的机票），最低60000英里就可以换一张往返世界任意的机票。其他航空公司也是类似的（西南用的是points，8点就可以换机票）。如果你能确定自己就坐一个航空公司的飞机，那推荐你申那个航空公司的信用卡。如果你像我一样看哪儿的机票便宜就做哪个公司的，那我强烈向你推荐AMEX SPG卡，这是我唯一一个有年费的卡。在这里说说Starwood Preferred Guest的卡有什么过人之处。
1. Starpoints可以以1:1兑换全球三十多个航空公司的里程点数。尽管此卡本身只是消费一元得一点，但它的灵活性是任何Airline Cards无法比拟的。比如，我现在有12万英里的Delta里程，1万5的AAdvantage里程。我既可以将SPG的点数换成Delta的里程，也可以注入到AA这样就够一张美国国内的往返机票。想想，如果你交学费的学校恰好不收信用卡手续费，你用这卡交一两年学费，基本上一张往返北京的机票也就出来了。这可是1000多刀的价值啊。
2. Starpoints还可以兑换全球925间喜达屋(Starwood)酒店。我前几天随便查伦敦的酒店，最低只要3000点就可以有Free Night。在你申信用卡的时候AMEX会送你10000点。这样算起来就至少是三晚可以免费住宿了。SPG还给你每年一次50% Off Regular Price(最高五晚)的优惠。
3. Extended Warrenty， Purchase Protection和Return Protection。这卡好的有点惊人。SPG卡给你最多达一年的延长保修期，即使原厂保修已经过了。90天的theft+accidental protection+Free Return. 在维京群岛的朋友新买的拖鞋被浪冲走了，打个电话，AMEX立马就答应REFUND。

所以，好的卡要有的几个素质是：一是好申，被拒了就没有下面的事儿了。二是给的信用额度要慷慨，毕竟信用卡是用来花钱的。三是网上银行要方便。最重要的是卡的优惠幅度要大。

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美国留学生信用卡申请credit card application

先介绍一下本人情况 吧。Credit Score 740. 四大信用卡机构Visa, MasterCard, American Express(AMEX)和Discover卡都用过。

目前用的最多的卡: Citi Dividend Platinum Select, Discover More Card, AMEX Starwood Preferred Guest Card （$45年费)
曾经用过或很熟悉的卡：Chase Freedom, TCF Express, Wells Fargo Cash Back College Card以及USAA美军专用卡（室友的）
我所指的熟悉的卡，是指自己用过它的网上银行，熟悉此卡各种features的卡。

介绍完了情况，下面来浅谈个人对好信用卡的一点意见：

1. 好申。
奥巴马签署信用卡改革法案，法案要求信用卡公司向２１岁以下申请人发放信用卡时，必须得到申请人本人有能力还款或父母愿意代其还款的证明。这样一来对于21岁以下的留学生申信用卡就带来不利条件了。就前几天，我两个同学，一个申Citi的Dividend Platinum, 一个申AMEX的Delta Skymile卡，都被无情的锯掉了。当年我申Citi同样卡的时候，虽然拿了三个月的网费和电话单，但还是顺利通过了。现在的网申，对初来咋到的国际学生并不利。没有信用记录的我们怎么去申请信用卡呢？
我的建议是：如果你收到AMEX的Blue Cash卡的Pre-selected邮件，那就申一个吧。 当然，除了Capital One的卡。那个公司每周会变着法的给你发信要你申他的卡。不要申，我所有用过它家的卡都说its customer service sucks. 刚来学校应该会有一个checking account，看看是什么银行的顺便申一张信用卡吧。等以后慢慢建立信用记录后再申其他更好的卡，那样就会顺利的多。

2. 信用额度。
Chase和WellsFargo极为抠门。当年我申这两个公司的卡，都只给我800的信用额度。同时申请的Citi就给我两千。Discover也不是很慷慨，今年四月申的信用额度才给我2000，当时我的Citi卡都有一万多的额度了。AMEX美国运通就很赞，上个月申的SPG就给到10000的额度。当然，有同学会说，并非额度越高越好。没错，但对于我们留学生来说，远没到申请降低额度的份上。 况且，Credit Score计算公式也要考虑Balance/Total Credits的比率 。信用额度越大比率自然就越低，那样对Credit Score自然有好处。
我的建议是：至少申一个CITI或者AMEX的卡。Citi的好处是，每隔几个月它自动给你额度升两千。我信用额度只有2000的时候，给他们客服打了一个电话，说要买两张往返北京的机票，可是额度不够，客服MM痛快的就把我额度升到4000了。




3 . 网上银行
网上银行的方便程度，直接影响着信用卡的使用。像Discover和AMEX，密码都不得超过八位，并且不可以有@之类的字符。TCF的密码更是不得超过六位，让人匪夷所思。Chase的安全措施倒是很好，但好的变态了。每次用新电脑登陆，还要经过电话认证。（chase会给你打电话然后你在电脑屏幕输入几位数字）这就太麻烦了。
我的建议是：在用过了WellsFargo, Chase, Citi, USAA, Discover, AMEX和TCF等，见过了Bank of America，USBANK等网络银行之后，个人十分喜欢CITI和Discover的网上银行。Citi的navigation panel很清晰，密码也可以使用特殊字符。Discover的颜色很鲜明（橙黄），Cash Back的月份优惠也提示的很清楚。Wells Fargo布局凌乱，操作不如Cit. TCF简陋的像九十年代的网站，不推荐。BofA和USBank的网络银行都中规中矩，没有特别突出的亮点。AMEX的网络银行十分的简洁，蓝白的布局也很好看，推荐喜欢简约的同学使用。

4. 卡的功能和优惠
这是重点中的重点。个人信用卡无非就可以分这么几类 ：Low Interest Card, Balance Transfer Card, Reward Card以及Travel/Airline Card. Reward Card里自然又可以分Point Rewards, Gas, Cashback等等。对于我们国际学生来说，如果你有按时还款的习惯，Low Interest 和 Balance Transfer卡就不用看啦，除非你有套利的想法。 那对个人来说，最有用的就是Reward卡和Airline Card了。 相对于兑换点数(points)，个人更喜欢Cashback，尽管有很多时候点数兑换优惠幅度更大。CashBack，拿回的是真银子，而points则通常只能兑换各个商店的gift cards 。其实，各大商业银行的Cash back都大同小异。无非都是1%的purchase cashback，加上一个优惠期或者特定类别3-5%的cashback. 对于优惠期我是嗤之以鼻。挺好的一张卡，六个月后你就不用了么？要不够cashback的最低限度（一般是攒到$50以上才返现)不就亏了么？
我的建议是：每人应该必备一张Discover More的卡 。这个卡特点是，每三个月换几个种类有5%的优惠，其余1%。简单的道理，你买机票回北京，1000刀的机票正好赶上Travel是5%，那就是白来的50美金。当然一张Discover More还不够，有车的同学可以加一张AMEX的TrueEarning或者Citi Forward. 我同学对这两张卡的反馈还是很不错的。
每一个同学还应该至少有一张航空公司/旅游的卡。 比如Delta，只要你申AMEX Skymile卡，Delta就送你2万英里的里程(符合条件再加5000），最低25000英里就可以换一张北美地区往返的机票（我春假去多伦多的时候就换的机票），最低60000英里就可以换一张往返世界任意的机票。其他航空公司也是类似的（西南用的是points，8点就可以换机票）。如果你能确定自己就坐一个航空公司的飞机，那推荐你申那个航空公司的信用卡。如果你像我一样看哪儿的机票便宜就做哪个公司的，那我强烈向你推荐AMEX SPG卡，这是我唯一一个有年费的卡。在这里说说Starwood Preferred Guest的卡有什么过人之处。
1. Starpoints可以以1:1兑换全球三十多个航空公司的里程点数。尽管此卡本身只是消费一元得一点，但它的灵活性是任何Airline Cards无法比拟的。比如，我现在有12万英里的Delta里程，1万5的AAdvantage里程。我既可以将SPG的点数换成Delta的里程，也可以注入到AA这样就够一张美国国内的往返机票。想想，如果你交学费的学校恰好不收信用卡手续费，你用这卡交一两年学费，基本上一张往返北京的机票也就出来了。这可是1000多刀的价值啊。
2. Starpoints还可以兑换全球925间喜达屋(Starwood)酒店。我前几天随便查伦敦的酒店，最低只要3000点就可以有Free Night。在你申信用卡的时候AMEX会送你10000点。这样算起来就至少是三晚可以免费住宿了。SPG还给你每年一次50% Off Regular Price(最高五晚)的优惠。
3. Extended Warrenty， Purchase Protection和Return Protection。这卡好的有点惊人。SPG卡给你最多达一年的延长保修期，即使原厂保修已经过了。90天的theft+accidental protection+Free Return. 在维京群岛的朋友新买的拖鞋被浪冲走了，打个电话，AMEX立马就答应REFUND。

所以，好的卡要有的几个素质是：一是好申，被拒了就没有下面的事儿了。二是给的信用额度要慷慨，毕竟信用卡是用来花钱的。三是网上银行要方便。最重要的是卡的优惠幅度要大。

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出国留学申请攻略--简历Resume示例

Resume
Applicant XXX

Name: Yu Minhong
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 01/01/1977
Address: P.O.Box 100, XXX Univ. Post Office, Beijing 100080, P. R. China
Telephone +86-10-62666666
Email: XXX@sina.com
Citizenship: People’s Republic of China

EDUCATION
1993.9 – 1996.7 I enrolled in the Special Class for Gifted Children at XXX Univ. I graduated from the Department of Electronic Engineering with a Bachelor of Eng. Degree.
1996.9 – present I am a Master Graduate student specialized in Condensed Matter Physics at the Department of Physics, XXX Univ. Master of Science degree expected in June 1999.

MOST IMPORTANT ACADEMIC HONORS ( most recent first, not a full list)
◆ Special Graduate Scholarship for Research, XXX University, 1997-1998
◆ Honorable Mention of excellent research, the 9th Conference on XXX, Oct. 1998.
◆ Most Outstanding Graduate of XXX Univ., 1996. (the highest honors, Top 1%)
◆ Excellent Bachelor Degree Dissertation, Dissertation Evaluation Committee of XXX Univ., Jul. 1996. (awarded to top 5% dissertations)
◆ Honorable Mention of excellent researches, the 12th Chinese National Laser Conference, by Chinese Optical Society, Jun. 1996.
◆ Huawei Prize for excellent undergraduate students, 1995.
◆ Received an interview granted to 15 most excellent university students, by Vice Premier Li Lanqing, State Council of P. R. China, 1995.
◆ Fellowship for Gifted Students, XXX Univ., 1993-1996.

RECORDS OF STANDARD TESTS
TOEFL 630(62/62/65) TWE 4.5 Oct. 1997
GRE V 630 (91%) Q 800 (99%) AWA 5.0 Oct. 1996
GRE Subject 940 (94%) Physics Nov. 1997
IMPORTANT PROJECTS I PARTICIPATED IN (sponsors listed in parentheses)
◆ 1997, 1998, Microscopic material design of Nanoscale Materials (Chinese National Science Foundation, National High Technology Development Program, China). I studied both theoretically and experimentally properties of nanoscale materials.
◆ 1997, Research on electronics design for Integrated Circuits and fabrication techniques (Chinese National Ministry of Electronics Industry). The design work that I contributed to has turned into communication products now widely used in China.
◆ 1996, High-power CO2 laser interaction with solids (Chinese National High Technology Development Program). The techniques I found have been applied in actual production.

LIST OF MY PUBLICATIONS ( research in progress not included)
1. XXX, Wang Zi, and Advisor, 1999 (to be submitted).
2. XXX, Huo Yu, Advisor, and Xing jia, XXX Express (to be published).
3. XXX, with Zhan Gan, the 9th International Symposium on Physics, 1998. (will appear on the Journal of Materials Science and Technology)
4. XXX, with Advisor, Biennial Conference of Chinese Materials Society, 1998.
5. XXX, Bachelor Degree Dissertation, XXX Univ. press 1996.
6. Luo Zhen, XXX, ’96 Chinese National Laser Conference, 1996.

IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS, AFFILIATIONS, SKILLS
Institution or employer Position Date Type of work or research
Dept. of Physics, XXX Univ. Research Assistant Sep. 97
-Jun. 99 Experimental Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science
Dept. of Physics, XXX Univ. Teaching Assistant Sep. 97
-Jun. 98 Teaching: answering undergraduate students’ questions, grading
Dept. of Electrical Eng., XXX Univ. Research Assistant Sep. 97
-Jun. 99 System Science, Experimental Electronics Research
Huawei Tech. Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, China Assistant Engineer Summer 95&97 Research in Electronics Design and Fabrication in Integrated Circuits
National Integrated Optics Laboratory Research Trainee Apr. 97
-Jun. 97 Optoelectronics Experiments
Physics Society, XXX Univ. Assistant to Chair Feb. 97
-Jan. 99 Arranging Physics Lectures held at XXX University

I am a member of the Optics Society and Electronics Society of Beijing, China. My native language is Chinese. I can read, write and speak English fluently. I can read Japanese and German journals. I can speak Japanese and talk with Japanese scholars. I am very familiar with numerical recipes like Monte carlo and ab initio, and good at computer programming in C/C++/Visual C++, Fortran, Delphi, Java/CGI, etc. I am a good swimmer and mountaineer.

Signature____________
Date:

出国留学申请攻略--Cover Letter示例

APPLICANT'S NAME: XXX
DATE OF BIRTH: XXX. XX, 19XX
GENDER: Male
CITIZENSHIP: P.R.China

CHECKLIST:

The following materials are enclosed in this package:
◆ Application Forms
◆ Personal Statement
◆ Resume
◆ Three letters of Recommendation
◆ Official Transcripts from XXX University
◆ Portfolio [if required]
◆ Unofficial copy of GRE Score Report
◆ Request for waiver or deferment of Application Fee [if you decide to pay the Application Fee, do not include this.]
(* The Required Official Score Reports for Toefl and GRE will be sent from ETS as soon as available.)[if your score report would be sent in advance, this sentence is not needed.]

* After you have received this package, please notice me its arrival and, if
happened, any material missing, through E-mail at:
xxx@xxx.xxx
thank you for your kindly help.

出国留学攻略--请求免申请费信件示例

简洁型：
Dear Sir or Madam:

I am so sorry that I have not the capability to pay the application fee in recent 4 months. The reasons are as following:

1. Currently the exchange rate between US$ and RMB is very high:
8.3 RMB = $ 1.00
2. I am an undergraduate student and have no salary.
3. The strict limitation in our nation to obtain foreign currency, at least in near future.

I am a diligent student. I have taken GRE and TOEFL on June, 2004, and my score is ___. My undergraduate GPA belongs to upper 5% of 180 students in XXX University. I sincerely hope you can consider my situation and review my application.

Your kind considerations are highly appreciated.

Yours sincerely,
复杂型：
REQUEST FOR WAIVER OR DEFERMENT OF APPLICATION FEE

Nov. 30, 1996
Office of Admission
College of XXX, Illinois Institute of Technology
S.R.Crown Hall
3360 S. State St
Chicago, IL 60616-3793 USA

Dear Sir / Madam:

I am an applicant of the College of XXX. I am here requesting the waiver or deferment of paying the application fee. Please consider my following reasons.

First and the most important reason is that I can’t afford it.
I became self-dependent after graduating from high school when I was 18 years old. During my subsequently pursuing for bachelor and master’s degree at XXX University, my average income was:
RMB 200 ( from University per month ), as official exchange rate 1 US$=8.3RMB, it was about $24 a month.
Normal expense:
Food: RMB250
Books, clothes and other daily necessities: RMB100
You can see that my income was far less than the expense, so I had to borrow money from my parents to sustain my study, but they are debts, not contributions.

Another important reason is:
In our country -- P. R. China, free exchange between official currency RMB and US Dollars is strictly limited. One can exchange limited amount of dollars only after he’s got admission from U.S universities and received his passport. Therefore, those who want to apply for the American university should endeavor to acquire dollars through unofficial channels, which would be considered criminal, and meanwhile, they are under the risk of being defrauded. I am now trying to acquire dollars needed through legal channels. To meet the deadline of application, there must be a time interval between submitting the application materials and paying the application fee.
I wish you could consider my request, and review my application first. I am very clear about my responsibility and sure to pay the application fee for your hard work in processing my application if you think the fee can’t be waived under my circumstances. If you would have any question about my information, please contact me through
E-mail at:

Your kindly consideration and help will be greatly appreciated.

Yours Sincerely

出国留学申请攻略--套瓷信范例

1A
Dear Professor ####:
　　I am very sorry to bother you and send this e-mail, but I really wish to
contact you. I am a graduate student majoring in Condensed Matter Physics T
heory in the Department of Physics, Beijing University (Beijing). I wish to
pursue a doctoral degree in Physics at your University. My desired date of e
ntrance is Fall, 2000. I have visited the homepage of the "Laboratory for Na
notech". I am writing this letter to you to introduce myself and query about
the graduate programs at NCCNM. Thank you very much for reading this email.

　　Born on SEP 10, 1979, I entered Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology
(HUST) when I was 15 years old. I finished the four-year undergraduate prog
ram in three years and achieved my degree of B. Eng. (Optoelectronic Enginee
ring) in June 1997 with the honor of "Outstanding Graduate". Then, I was adm
itted to the Graduate School of Beijing University at the Department of Phys
ics. I will obtain my degree of M. S. (Physics) in June 2000. I have done mu
ch research work on the topics of mesoscopic physics, such as carbon nanotub
es, persistent currents, Aharonov-Bohm geometric phase effects, electronic t
ransport phenomena, etc. Such modern research topics attract me very much in
that they are associated with both Condensed-Matter Physics and microelectr
onics, respectively my detail majors for M. S. and B. Eng.
　　I wish to say that I am indeed interested in the graduate programs at Ph
ysics Dept. of Princeton University, and I eagerly wish that I can join your
research group. As I have also strong research interests on carbon nanotube
s, I do believe that the doctorate-oriented study under your direction will
be of great help to me. I wonder, however, whether you do theoretical or exp
erimental research works? I wish to state that, although my current research
topics on carbon nanotubes are theoretical, I can also do experimental rese
arch works, especially optical studies, due to my undergraduate major in Opt
ics. I hope my solid background in both physics and engineering can meet you
r general requirements of entrance to Physics Department as a graduate with
financial supports. I deem it a great honor to become a graduate of Princeto
n, if admitted.
　　Would you please consider my application and tell me whether it is possi
ble for me to be enrolled as your graduate with financial supports? Thank yo
u very much for your kind assistance. I am looking forward to receiving your
reply.
　　My current address is:
#######
Building 38-201
Beijing University
Beijing 100080
People's Republic of China
　　Thanks!
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Yours Sincerel
y
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　#########
（1B）
Dear ######:
　　Thank you for the email and your interest in our research program.
　　I am very intersted in your application and would like to hear more. Are
you interested in Fall 2000 or fall 2001? Certianly for 2001 there should b
e no problem getting research support, provided that your test scores, grade
s, etc. are acceptable to the university. For 2000, it would be a little tou
gher because of the short notice, but might be arranged under special circum
stances.
　　You asked about the nature of research here. In the laboratory, students
generally couple calculations with experiment. We specialize in spectroscop
ic determinations of transport and electronic structure using scanning probe
s (STM and NSOM). To gain a detailed understanding of this, ab initio calcul
ations must be compared with data. We have worked closely with J-C Charlier
in Belgium, A. Rubio in Spain, and X. Blase in France using a variety of the
oretical techniques including tight binding for structural information and L
DA of DFT for electronics calcs.
　　Our tunneling microscope is a low temperature Besoke design copied from
the Julich group. We are capable of running at LHe temperatures for good ene
rgy resolution. We are in the process of constructing a near-field scanning
optical microscope and a photon scanning tunneling microscope. These two new
instruments should be on line around Dec.
　　Our group focus is to understand the quantum dynamics and optical respon
se of individual nano-systems like carbon nanotubes, B-doped nanotubes and f
illed nanotubes. Look for our latest publications coming out in the next mon
ths in PRL, JMR, and Advanced Materials. The entire group will also be at th
e MRS meeting in Boston.
　　We would be pleased to consider your application for this year or next.
######## 　
Professor of Physics
Princeton University
（2A）
Dear Professor #######:
　　Thank you very much for your kind reply. I am sorry that during the summ
er vacation I cannot read and reply your email in time.
　　As stated in my first letter, my desired entrance date is in Fall of 200
0. And I would like to provide my test scores. My TOEFL test score is 647 (O
ct. 1997) with a TWE score of 5.0. My GRE test score is 2340 (Oct. 1996, V77
0 M800 A770). My GRE Subject score is 920 (Oct. 1998, Physics). And I will t
ake the TSE test in the coming August. And my undergraduate and graduate GPA
are both about 3.5 in 4.0, about top 10%-20% in my class.
　　I wish to make a note that during my undergraduate study I was quite you
ng, and during my graduate study I take many efforts to study the basic cour
ses in Physics by myself, which may be the reason my GPAs are not in the top
5%. But now I believe that I have been quite familiar in the knowledges of
Physics, both the courses and the researches. So I hope that my test scores
and grades are acceptable to Priceton with financial supports.
　　As to the research, I am very glad to learn the research background you
provided in your letter. I am quite familiar with the works of X. Blase publ
ished in PRL and APL. I also know that J-C Charlier is a famous specialist i
n this field. So perhaps I could do theoretical research works in your group
. Also, I am very glad to know that you have the needed main instruments for
carbon nanotubes in your group, so that both theoretical and experimental w
orks can be done.
　　I am puzzled at the "MRS meeting in Boston" you mentioned in your letter
. What is the full-name of MRS? Is it a meeting specialized in nano-systems?
I do research works on carbon nanotubes almost totally by myself, and perha
ps are not familiar with such fixed terms. Would you please explain the cont
ents of this meeting? Thanks. And you mentioned that your latest publication
s will come out in next months in PRL. Would you please send me the page num
ber of this paper in PRL, and if possible, the full text of this paper? The
journal PRL reaches to China very late, usually several months to half a yea
r after published, and I don't have the account to find the full-texts of PR
L on-line.
　　I am looking forward to receiving your warmhearted reply.
　　Thanks.
　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Yours sincer
ely
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　########
###
（2B）
Dear #######:
　　Thank you again for your email. From the sounds of your scores and grade
s, you should have no problem entering Princeton. I am quite familiar with t
he program that you are in and have had several close friends that have been
there at Beijing University. In fact, ####### was in graduate school with m
e and she was in the accelerated program. She has done extremely well in the
U.S. and after graduation went on to do some first rate science at a univer
sity in California.
　　Since 2001 is your target date, I can begin to arrange funding for a res
earch assistantship for you. These are nicer than teaching assistantships be
cause they allow you to focus only on your research. Naturally, you will not
be obligated to accept should you find other options. However, I believe th
at you will be most welcomed here in my group.
　　You had asked about some of my publications, if you send me your address
I can send preprints. They may take some time to get to China. You can find
some of our work listed on our web site under my cv. This is an incomplete
list but the PRL of last year is there and the latest hasnt yet been release
d from the publishers.
　　We have been doing some interesting things lately with topological defec
ts on tube manifolds that you might like. We have recently imaged nanotubes
which exhibit a change in chirality along the tube! Tunneling spectra show t
hat this produces subtle changes in the LDOS as predicted in some of X. Blas
e's work. We have also begun optical studies on individual nanotubes using n
ear-field scanning optical microscopy and spectroscopy. We are particualry i
nterested in how the surface plasmon resonances (governed by tube topology)
effects the third order nonlinear susceptability in these objects.
　　Thank you again for your interest in our group. May I suggest that we ke
ep in contact over the year. Let me know your progress and I will try to hel
p with the application procedures should you decide to join us.
Sincerely
Dave Carroll

美国留学申请--光学申请总结zz

写这个东西的目的有两个,一是BBS上很少有有关光学申请的文章. 二是觉得申请对个人
来说是挺大的一个事,觉得以有必要写点东西沉淀一下.

背景:
本科, 科大物理系光学专业.
GPA:3.75, 专业:3.77
Research Exp: 基本无,实验室打零工大半年
T: 657/5
G: 610/800/5
Sub: 930

申请方向: Photonics/Optics/Optoelectronics

申请学校:
Level 0: Arizona, Rochester, Central Florida
Level 1: Michigan, Dayton, UCSD, USC, U. of Southampton (U.K.),
Imperial(U.K.)
UIUC, Lehigh, Colorado, Cornell
Level 2: Univ of New Mexico, North Carolina at Charlotte, University of
Alabama at Huntsville
结果
2 offers (TA@New Mexico TA@UNC,Charlotte)
3 ads(Lehigh, Michigan, Southampton)
1 wl (Central Florida)
其余据或无消息
最后去University of New Mexico at Albuquerque

科大物理系光学专业一般申请凝聚态或光学中非常偏理论的专业(量子通信类,AMO). 很
少有申请Photonics, Optoelectronics的.(23系6系倒多些) 因为申请时消息闭塞,"误走
"了一条less travelled的路. 申请结果自己不甚满意,但其中或多或少有些所得,写出来
仅供参考.

其实物理系的光子研究所作得都是很偏工的东西,比如光纤网络,聚合物光纤,纳米光学,
光子晶体计算等. 自己对偏工的方向也比较感兴趣. 于是,没多考虑往届的情况就决定申
请应用光学方向.



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选校是难题. 除了三大光学中心之外(Arizona, Rochester, Central Florida),做光学
的教授可能在Physics,也可能在EE. 一般在EE的多些,在物理系的也大多集中于Laser,
Nonlinear, Quantum Optics. 有些学校虽然没有独立的光学院,但有Physics和EE合办的
,针对Optics的Program. 这些Program往往通过Physics和EE都能申请.

还有一点,光学选校应该主要看专业排名. 像Central Florida综合排200多,但人家光学
牛B得一塌糊涂. 还有Dayton,小学校,综合100以外. 但它Electro-Optics Center的主任
Joseph Haus是光子晶体领域绝对的牛人. 相反一些综合很牛的学校,Columbia,Yale,UIU
C等,并没有多少教授在做光学.

以下是一个光学选校指导. 为转载

发信人: Opto (流氓猴子@floater), 信区: Oversea
标 题: 美国主要光学研究机构 发信站: 飘渺水云间 (Tue Oct 8 13:58:00 2002),

转信

最近老有人的问这个东东，贴一个。不一定完整，只是个人申请时整理的， 如有问题

请不要K我。前面三个绝对是TOP3,后面的顺序不指排名。
U of Arizona Optical Sciencs Center
U of Rochester Inst. of Optics
U of Central Florida School of Optics
U of Dayton Electro-optics Center
U of Alabama Applied Optics Center
U of Michigan Center for Ultrofast Optics
U of Tufts Electro-optics Center
U of Louisville Electro-optics and Nanotechnoloy Center
U of Iowa Optical Science & Tech Center
U of Oregan Oregan Center for Optics
Boston U Photonics Center
Rochester Inst. of Technoloy Image Research Center
Kent State U Liquid Cystal Inst.
UC Berkeley School of Optometry
U of Indiana School of Optometry
Ohio State U School of Optometry
U of Houston College of Optometry
Johns Hopkins U ?? Eye Research Inst.
Oklahoma State U Center for Laser&Photonics
还有如下学校光学很牛
Northwestern U EE
Princeton EE
Stanford ECE&Physics
CMU ECE
Penn State U EE
U of Texas,Dallas ECE
U of New Mexico Physics/EE
New Mexico State U EE/Physics
Oregon State U Physics
Arizona State U EE
Wright State U CS
U of Colorado, Boulder EE/Physics
UC,Davis ECE
UCSB ECE
UCSD ECE
U of Connitticcut EE/Physics

我个人对这个list是比较赞同的. 选校时各大BBS逛了一圈也没找到个像样的光学排名,
蛮痛苦的. 但最后申的学校大多还都在这个list里面.

下面分别说说:

Optical Science Center@UA. 实力没什么好说的,各个分支都比较强.这个学校的物理给
科大很多Offer,但OSC基本不招大陆学生. 12.1日截至,小米说一般是250个人里面选50个
(包括没funding). 应该是很有钱,不知为什么对大陆学生没好感. 二月初就给我据信.
近几年招的为数不多的大陆学生好像全是清华光电中心的研究生(As far as i know, 今
年有一个). 申请费50刀.

Institute of Optics@Rochester 我感觉是三大里面最强者,光学院历史悠久,大批牛人.
早期的Wolf(就是写光学原理的那个),做非线性的Boyd,做纤维光学的Agrawal等等...
对大陆学生的态度也算是三大里面相对较友好的,每年都有人去. 去年有一个6系本科生
去,今年有上光的研究生去,科大好像也有一个. 它不要申请费,因此竞争还是非常非常激
烈的!

CREOL@UCF 这个学校除了光学之外都不怎样. 光学院有强烈上升的趋势,在不断从各个地
方挖人. 比如Wolf现在就在这个学校. 方向很全,似乎液晶尤其强. 招生情况,据说每年
留两个名额给大陆的学生. 浙江大学比较有优势,因为它们学校有几个在那儿做Faculty,
比较喜欢浙大光电系的学生. 今年我所知道的给大陆的offer就是被浙大混合班的一个牛
mm拿到,结果她还据了UCF去了UCLA念Master. 我在wl较后的位置... 申请费30刀


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标 题: 光学申请 - 选校(2)
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ECE@Michigan 这个学校2月初就给我Ad,本来很高兴,希望能套到钱. 结果最后听说ECE全
面没米...只给第二年学生RA,第一年只有fellowship/TA, 因此名额很少. 里面有Optics
的方向,Integrated Optics, Nano-Optics还蛮强的. 国内好像有不少人拿到光学的AD,
最后似乎只有一个清华光电系的人拿到了TA.

Soton/IC
这两个是英国光电最强的学校. 南安普顿是全光放大器的诞生地. ee排名全英第一,Opto
electronic Research Center的名声也是响当当的. 很早就表示要我,但Funding是问题.
在英国读书要获得资助不太容易,ORC的态度是若可以为你申请到ORS(英国政府补足本土
学生和外籍学生学费差额的奖学金),它会给你提供剩下的资助. 或者,它会提名中国的学
生申请DHPA,这是2004年开始的全奖(拿到手有2w磅一年,注意是磅!),每个大学会分到固
定的名额,但很少. ORC在2004年提名了两个中国学生去申请DHPA但都失败了,可见难度也
是不小的. DHPA出结果一般都在4.15之后. IC的Photonic应该也不错,可是这个学校一直
没有理我...

UCSD/USC
这两个加州学校是冲着地方好而申请的. USC的Willner组做光纤通讯很强,UCSD的ECE很
大且有不少做理论光学和应用光学的教授. 事实证明这两个学校都很难申请. UCSD到5月
给我发了据信,而USC则是管理混乱完全不理人.今年据我所知有一个清华的去UCSD读Phot
onics.

New Meixco
这个学校二月底就给了我Offer. 它Optics项目是Physics和EE联合办的. 学生可以通过
两个系分别申请. 据说光学不差,ee排在前50,物理80多,但地方寒碜了些. Albuquerque
是一个没有绿色的城市. 想到这一点不禁背脊发寒...

Dayton
非常小的学校,但光学很强,在Photonic Crystal和Nonlinear上尤其. 申请不容易,据说
一般给AD不给钱. 而且它一定要本科学位证明. 大四申请的本科生需要尽可能早的写ema
il给主任和小米说明情况. 免申请费的.

UNCC
在夏洛特的北卡分校. 很小,在校学生才1000多. 光学一般,Adaptive Optics比较强. 在
五月初给我TA,申请费55刀,且一定要正式成绩的.

Alabama at Huntsville
听浙大光电系的人说这个学校的光学也不错,它有独立的应用光学中心(Center For
Applied Optics). 当时选校的时候也考虑在内,但考虑到地方不好,学校又小(不是主校
区),而且种族歧视严重, 没付申请费就把材料递过去了. 结果6月份收到催费信... 浙大
今年有几个过去的.

Colorado 这个学校AMO很强,在科大也招了不少人. 做应用的一般在ee系. 另外,它有一个
interdisciplinary Program in Optical Science & Engineering. 是一个physics, ee
和chemistry三个系合办的项目,可惜只给美国学生资助.

供牛人参考的
MIT/Princeton/Stanford/UCLA
这些学校当时没敢申请. 后悔了,大家不妨试试. 而且后来我得到在美国的朋友的消息说
,Princeton有个科大过去做光学Faculty的教授打着灯笼找科大的申请者. 可惜可惜,
Information is power.

关于其他几个牛校, 以下转载一段浙大混合班rosielaw的评论(就是据了UCF去UCLA的那
个牛mm)

"去年大家普遍都说加州没钱，我还是一冲动申请了加州两个大学，UCBerkeley纯粹是为
了让人生完整，而UCLA就缘于不可名状的dream情结。后来意外地拿到她家的offer, 我
就从了。

我未来的老板Optoelectronics Group的Prof Eli Yablonovitch，他是光子晶体的创始
人，两院院士。我一开始对于这些头衔没怎么在意，后来在准备电话面试过程中，看了
一些他的论文，特别是有篇关于他发现光子晶体的过程，读了之后对他敬佩不已。。。

除了无源光子晶体器件的研究，近几年他也和MIT在合作进行量子光学，量子通信的研究
。
说起量子光学，我还听说另外两个大牛：

MIT的Jeffrey Shapiro和Stanford的Jelena Vuckovic。
Jelena Vuckovic是光电子创始人Amon Yariv的学生，她做量子通信在全美绝对的top2，
世界绝对的top3，而且仅29岁，很PP! 她是一个Quantum MURI的director，带领两个量
子光学大牛，有一个据说还提名过诺贝尔奖的，很强。我一个哈工大的同学就把她视为
第二个dream老板, 为了跟她，毅然拒掉了UTAustin的牛offer, 从了Stanford的ad.

前面那位Jeffrey Shapiro是我同学的第一个dream老板，想必更厉害，有兴趣的同学可
以多了解一下。回到UCLA，从我个人经历来看，一般只要能拿到她家的ad，大多能有全
奖。我感觉在电话面试里面自己并没有表现得很突出，Eli只是问了一些常规的问题，我
先前看的论文还有准备的专业知识都没有用上，电话信号还时断时续的。结果还是被提
名了Fellowship。"


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标 题: Re: 光学申请 - 选校(2)
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【 在 atOmpLoyD (Mr.芥末) 的大作中提到: 】
: 标 题: 光学申请 - 选校(2)
: 发信站: 瀚海星云 (2005年07月03日17:06:06 星期天), 站内信件
:
: ECE@Michigan 这个学校2月初就给我Ad,本来很高兴,希望能套到钱. 结果最后听说ECE全
: 面没米...只给第二年学生RA,第一年只有fellowship/TA, 因此名额很少. 里面有Optics
: 的方向,Integrated Optics, Nano-Optics还蛮强的. 国内好像有不少人拿到光学的AD,
: 最后似乎只有一个清华光电系的人拿到了TA.
:
: Soton/IC
: 这两个是英国光电最强的学校. 南安普顿是全光放大器的诞生地. ee排名全英第一,Opto
: electronic Research Center的名声也是响当当的. 很早就表示要我,但Funding是问题.
: 在英国读书要获得资助不太容易,ORC的态度是若可以为你申请到ORS(英国政府补足本土
: 学生和外籍学生学费差额的奖学金),它会给你提供剩下的资助. 或者,它会提名中国的学
: 生申请DHPA,这是2004年开始的全奖(拿到手有2w磅一年,注意是磅!),每个大学会分到固
: 定的名额,但很少. ORC在2004年提名了两个中国学生去申请DHPA但都失败了,可见难度也
: 是不小的. DHPA出结果一般都在4.15之后. IC的Photonic应该也不错,可是这个学校一直
: 没有理我...
:
: UCSD/USC
: 这两个加州学校是冲着地方好而申请的. USC的Willner组做光纤通讯很强,UCSD的ECE很
: 大且有不少做理论光学和应用光学的教授. 事实证明这两个学校都很难申请. UCSD到5月
: 给我发了据信,而USC则是管理混乱完全不理人.今年据我所知有一个清华的去UCSD读Phot
: onics.
:
: New Meixco
: 这个学校二月底就给了我Offer. 它Optics项目是Physics和EE联合办的. 学生可以通过
: 两个系分别申请. 据说光学不差,ee排在前50,物理80多,但地方寒碜了些. Albuquerque
: 是一个没有绿色的城市. 想到这一点不禁背脊发寒...
:
: Dayton
: 非常小的学校,但光学很强,在Photonic Crystal和Nonlinear上尤其. 申请不容易,据说
: 一般给AD不给钱. 而且它一定要本科学位证明. 大四申请的本科生需要尽可能早的写ema
: il给主任和小米说明情况. 免申请费的.
:
: UNCC
: 在夏洛特的北卡分校. 很小,在校学生才1000多. 光学一般,Adaptive Optics比较强. 在
: 五月初给我TA,申请费55刀,且一定要正式成绩的.
:
: Alabama at Huntsville
: 听浙大光电系的人说这个学校的光学也不错,它有独立的应用光学中心(Center For
: Applied Optics). 当时选校的时候也考虑在内,但考虑到地方不好,学校又小(不是主校
: 区),而且种族歧视严重, 没付申请费就把材料递过去了. 结果6月份收到催费信... 浙大
: 今年有几个过去的.
:
: Colorado 这个学校AMO很强,在科大也招了不少人. 做应用的一般在ee系. 另外,它有一个
: interdisciplinary Program in Optical Science & Engineering. 是一个physics, ee
: 和chemistry三个系合办的项目,可惜只给美国学生资助.
:
: 供牛人参考的
: MIT/Princeton/Stanford/UCLA
: 这些学校当时没敢申请. 后悔了,大家不妨试试. 而且后来我得到在美国的朋友的消息说
: ,Princeton有个科大过去做光学Faculty的教授打着灯笼找科大的申请者. 可惜可惜,
: Information is power.
:
: 关于其他几个牛校, 以下转载一段浙大混合班rosielaw的评论(就是据了UCF去UCLA的那
: 个牛mm)
:
: "去年大家普遍都说加州没钱，我还是一冲动申请了加州两个大学，UCBerkeley纯粹是为
: 了让人生完整，而UCLA就缘于不可名状的dream情结。后来意外地拿到她家的offer, 我
: 就从了。
:
: 我未来的老板Optoelectronics Group的Prof Eli Yablonovitch，他是光子晶体的创始
: 人，两院院士。我一开始对于这些头衔没怎么在意，后来在准备电话面试过程中，看了
: 一些他的论文，特别是有篇关于他发现光子晶体的过程，读了之后对他敬佩不已。。。
:
: 除了无源光子晶体器件的研究，近几年他也和MIT在合作进行量子光学，量子通信的研究
: 。
: 说起量子光学，我还听说另外两个大牛：
:
: MIT的Jeffrey Shapiro和Stanford的Jelena Vuckovic。
: Jelena Vuckovic是光电子创始人Amon Yariv的学生，她做量子通信在全美绝对的top2，
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~hehe~

: 世界绝对的top3，而且仅29岁，很PP! 她是一个Quantum MURI的director，带领两个量
: 子光学大牛，有一个据说还提名过诺贝尔奖的，很强。我一个哈工大的同学就把她视为
: 第二个dream老板, 为了跟她，毅然拒掉了UTAustin的牛offer, 从了Stanford的ad.
:
: 前面那位Jeffrey Shapiro是我同学的第一个dream老板，想必更厉害，有兴趣的同学可
: 以多了解一下。回到UCLA，从我个人经历来看，一般只要能拿到她家的ad，大多能有全
: 奖。我感觉在电话面试里面自己并没有表现得很突出，Eli只是问了一些常规的问题，我
: 先前看的论文还有准备的专业知识都没有用上，电话信号还时断时续的。结果还是被提
: 名了Fellowship。"
:
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标 题: 光学申请 - 总结
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和纯光电系出身的申请者相比. 科大物理系光学专业的优势在于雄厚的理论基础. 很多
课题归根结底都是物理问题. 对学光学的人很关键的几门课应该是:固体物理,量子力学,
电动力学,半导体物理.

申请光学需要有科研经历的. 这一点,我觉得是自己的致命伤. 要套磁,特别是光学分在e
e系的情况. 要争取有面试. 因为光学研究很多是以大工程项目的形式,Project Manager
希望你一去就能干活. 实验室经历很重要.

另外,各位物理系没有确定PhD阶段要做什么的xdjm们还是别申光学出去了. 至少不要像
我一样一棵树上吊死. 凝聚态要好申请的多.或者申请AMO,比如Colorado的,Brown的. 以
后若对光学感兴趣在美国转.

说完了,8.8号就要踏上飞机去一个遍布着仙人掌和黄土坯的地方读光学了. 从申请时的
轻狂到申请后的失落与感伤,应该说这一年的经历改变了我很多. 希望自己的未来顺利,
也希望科大其他的flyers顺利.

出国留学申请攻略--个人陈述的"十要"和"十不要"

"十要"
1.一定要追求深度而非广度;把精力投入在一两个主题或经历上.
2.一定要写别人不可能写的东东.
3.一定要让评委看到你的精神-----你之所以是你而不是别人的内在实质.
4.一定要实事求是,不要以为"理想的你"就是"现在的你".
5.一定要不落俗套,特别是头几句.
6.一定要就各校的引人之处做各别评论.
7.一定要描写性格中的积极面;过失和错误在附录中解释.
8.一定要评价个人经历而非简单地讲故事.
9.一定要请别人为你修改语法,标点,用词和风格.
10.一定要选择易辨的字体,采用通用的行距和白边.
"十不要"
1.不要写流水账式的简历;不重复他处已有的信息.
2.不要抱怨生活境遇;不过,与未来事业有关的建设性批评无伤大雅.
3.不要像街头演说家一样向评委布道;表达观点无可非议,但不能狂热或极端
4.不要承认钱是求学动机之一.
5.不要空谈少数民族身份和 邮票尘?当然若有撼人故事则不同.
6.不要提及学校排名.
7.不要写无意义的开头结尾.
8.不要采用怪异风格或包装.
9.不要不顾学校要求随意寄其它材料.
10.不要写错校名.

美国留学申请攻略--物理学排名2007

Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0 = highest)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.0
Stanford University (CA) 5.0
3. California Institute of Technology 4.9
4. Harvard University (MA) 4.8
Princeton University (NJ) 4.8
University of California–Berkeley 4.8
7. Cornell University (NY) 4.7
8. University of Chicago 4.6
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 4.6
10. University of California–Santa Barbara 4.4
11. Columbia University (NY) 4.3
University of Texas–Austin 4.3
13. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.2
Yale University (CT) 4.2
15. University of Maryland–College Park 4.1
16. University of California–Los Angeles 4.0
University of California–San Diego 4.0
University of Colorado–Boulder 4.0
University of Pennsylvania 4.0
University of Washington 4.0
University of Wisconsin–Madison 4.0
22. Johns Hopkins University (MD) 3.8
SUNY–Stony Brook 3.8
24. Ohio State University 3.7
Pennsylvania State University–University Park 3.7
Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ) 3.7
27. Rice University (TX) 3.6
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 3.6
29. Brown University (RI) 3.5
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 3.5
Duke University (NC) 3.5
Michigan State University 3.5
Northwestern University (IL) 3.5
University of California–Irvine 3.5
35. Boston University 3.4
Georgia Institute of Technology 3.4
Indiana University–Bloomington 3.4
New York University 3.4
Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 3.4
University of Arizona 3.4
University of California–Davis 3.4
University of Florida 3.4
University of Rochester (NY) 3.4
University of Virginia 3.4
45. Florida State University 3.3
University of California–Santa Cruz 3.3
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 3.3
Washington University in St. Louis 3.3
49. Texas A&M University–College Station 3.2
50. Case Western Reserve University (OH) 3.1
CUNY Graduate School and University Center 3.1
University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.1
University of Pittsburgh 3.1
University of Southern California 3.1
55. Arizona State University 3.0
Dartmouth College (NH) 3.0
Iowa State University 3.0
North Carolina State University 3.0
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 3.0
University of Massachusetts–Amherst 3.0
University of Oregon 3.0
62. Brandeis University (MA) 2.9
College of William and Mary (VA) 2.9
University of Illinois–Chicago 2.9
University of Iowa 2.9
Vanderbilt University (TN) 2.9
67. Northeastern University (MA) 2.8
Syracuse University (NY) 2.8
University of California–Riverside 2.8
University of New Mexico 2.8
University of Tennessee–Knoxville 2.8
University of Utah 2.8
Virginia Tech 2.8
74. Boston College 2.7
Emory University (GA) 2.7
Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge 2.7
Tufts University (MA) 2.7
University of Connecticut 2.7
University of Delaware 2.7
University of Georgia 2.7
81. Colorado State University 2.6
University of Hawaii–Manoa 2.6
University of Kansas 2.6
University of Nebraska–Lincoln 2.6
85. Colorado School of Mines 2.5
Kansas State University 2.5
Ohio University 2.5
Oregon State University 2.5
University at Buffalo–SUNY 2.5
University of Houston 2.5
University of Missouri–Columbia 2.5
University of Oklahoma 2.5
University of South Carolina 2.5
Washington State University 2.5

出国留学攻略--[推荐转帖]牛人自述 : 谈谈美国的一些物理系

谈谈美国的一些物理系

送交者：量子光

我的个人情况：Physics@Pku, undergraduate. GPA major: 3.92/4 (6/123). GPA overall: 3.85/4. GRE General: V: 580/80%, Q: 800/92%, W: 4.5/47%. GRE Physics: 990. TOEFL: 653 + 5.5. Paper: 2 SCI (one as 1st author). Research: 从大二下开始在龚旗煌老师组里做君政基金（光学理论）；大三暑假以后转到近场光学实验。主要申请方向：1st, AMO. 2nd, Condensed Matter.

Berkeley物理系做AMO的几个教授的方向我挺喜欢。但好多年来只有去年招了一个北大物理的。所以我申请时一直在犹豫是不是要申它。最终碰运气的念头占了上风，花60刀买回了一封email据信:( 今年它仍然没给我们系offer，不过给了清华5个。排名靠前ddmm可以试试，但别抱太大希望。可以网申，其他材料（推荐信、成绩单等）都寄到系里。交了申请费都被据，所以，就别考虑逃费了。不过GT都是可以逃正式成绩的；当时Sub成绩出来以后我给希里小米发信问怎么办，回复说传真或者把扫描文件email过去都可以:) 另外，切记：推荐信表格要用物理系专用格式的！

Brown属于常青藤联盟声望不错，但无论物理排名还是综合排名都不高（20多名）。物理系，光学方面有个做liquid crystal的组还不错。另外有个得诺贝尔医学奖的在研究脑神经，实力挺强，我们系有个师兄在他组里。小米挺傲慢的，email response也慢，造成的后果是我withdraw申请2周后还是收到了它的offer! 我老老实实的交了申请费，也没听说有谁逃费，可能跟申请材料全部寄到研院有关吧. 同样的原因，GT也没法逃. G&T code: 3094. 对北大物理系还算可以，最近几年都发了offer.

Chicago物理系的研究方向比较传统，光学方向目前就2个教授在做而且没什么名气，所以我当时主申的是凝聚态。另外它主页上说目前在致力发展biophysics, "A new interdisciplinary research institute, called the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, has been xxxxed at Chicago." 整个申请过程中Chicago给我的印象非常好，小米非常热情，专业方向、教授情况、GT要求...email总是当天回复（除了二月份系里做录取决定的那段时间问申请状态不回，大概是系里的制度吧）。在我提出withdraw申请后还发信对我的决定表示惋惜，并且告诉了我offer的细节。

申请Chicago物理比较麻烦。首先这个系到目前为止只能纸申，需要提前向系里发email索要申请材料——寄的很快大概一周就能收到，55$申请费不能免，而且只能用汇票支付。更变态的是它对申请者的硬件要求很高：T要求三个section都上60，GRE general没有明确要起但是小米说越高越好（我V 580她说够了），GRE Sub据说要到980。GPA要求也比较高，这次我们系拿到offer的几位同学排名都挺靠前的。当然，这么多硬性要求的好处就是：你达到了这些要求，拿offer的概率就会非常大:) 申请说明上说：7. GRE, Toefl official report to 1832, photocopies are welcome. 但是我还是寄了正式成绩。所有申请材料一起寄到系里。今年是2月底做的决定，平信寄出offer，事先没有email通知。

Chicago的治安一直名声不好，造成我们系的几个牛mm没敢申:( 另外，UChicago的经济系非常强。

Colorado (Boulder)物理系AMO方向的排名仅次于MIT（NO.3是Stanford）。2001年Nobel physics（BEC方向）得主之一Carl Wieman在这里工作。可以逃费申——不过要写哭穷信。我们几个申请的都逃费成功了:) 既然可以逃申请费，自然正式GT也就免了。而且最近两年都给了北大offer。所以，对AMO感兴趣的师弟师妹们别忘了申。

这所学校离著名的大峡谷非常近，但地方实在偏僻了些，适合一心搞研究的。另外，物理系小米从来没回过email。我withdraw后几天被告知申请材料全了，再withdraw一次后又过了2周被告知我被录取了（汗...），发email decline offer, 再次袅无音信。所以，寄出材料后就默默等待消息吧。

Columbia我申的是工程院的APAM(Applied Physics and Applied Math)。哥大的物理系因为Dr. TD Lee、君政基金而被大家熟知，我当时选校时的第一想法也是申其物理系（事实上01级出国的其他君政都申了物理），但细看主页上研究方向发现其研究偏理论，有几个做光学的、凝聚态的教授还是属于应物的。加之我给物理和应物的小米发email说了自己的兴趣，物理系的小米建议我申应物，而应物的小米很热情的说“Your qualifications sound impressive and I am sure there are a number of faculty members in the department who share your same field of interest”，所以最终申了应物。然而让我郁闷的是，12月中旬网申付费提交申请后，给告知大约2月中旬会email通知结果，于是我寒假在家里忐忑不安。但是一直等到二月底都没结果，nowwhy打电话问小米，被告知还要等上4周。我faint,随即将其withdraw. 现在已经4月初了，我们系其他申这个系的同学还是没收到消息。在这里祝他们好运！如果有耐心，可以申一下，从往年的情况看还是发offer的——北大物理系这2年没有，可能是在此之前大家都有了更好的offer吧。

申请费不能逃。GT也不能逃，虽然系里小米说faculty可以先用unofficial report审，但我却收到研院的email催正式成绩。GT都送到研院，G: 2111/0000, T: 2111/00。切记：工程院跟理学院的Institution code不同，别搞错了。

Dartmouth也是Ivy league的成员，但无论综合排名还是物理排名都让我想到一句话：“你还以为自己是水果啊”(kidding)。Anyway, 物理系量子信息、量子光学方向还是不错的，而且跟其他一些学校（Cornell, UIUC等）和一些国家实验室有合作项目。喜欢的AMO的同学可以申一下，它连续三年给北大发了offer，估计明年还会有。

学校虽小，脾气却大。没有网申系统，只能办闫薄⒅缴辍?5美元的申请费虽然不贵，但正式GT必须在审材料前寄到系里（G: 3351/0808, T: 3351/76）. 这样实际费用就是45刀以上。小米回信极酷，问及材料是否齐了，回曰: GT未到。再问能否暂时用扫描文件代替，对曰“不行，别发附件自找麻烦”。跟Chicago或者Columbia的小米比，也算别有风味了... Duke被称为"南方的哈佛"，近年来名气很不错。物理排名30左右，今年申的人非常多。AMO方面有Dan Gauthier在做量子光子学、量子电子学、物理生物系统非线性动力学。另有John E. Thomas研究光与物质的作用、原子冷却。Ultrafast Semiconductor Spectroscopy Lab的研究也跟AMO相关。

Duke并不是单纯按排名招人，排名太靠前的申请者往往会被overqualify. 这也是所比较傲慢的学校，系里小米回信不是很积极，研院的小米总是用自动回复敷衍。申请费、正式GT都不能逃(GT code: 5156)，所有材料寄到研院。网申完成1-2周后研院后发email提醒你缺了什么申请材料，但是从那以后就不会再主动告诉你还缺什么，必须主动联系系里的小米。

GatechGeogia Institute of Technology. 一所以工科著名的大学，物理排名跟Duke, Rice差不多。AMO领域做得不错。尤其是BEC方向有Michael Chapman, Chandra Raman. 量子通信方向Alex Kuzmich水平也很强。不过申请费、正式GT（code5248，送到研院）都不能逃，而且所在的Georgia州比较保守，最终我没申它。

JHU申物理系人比较多，而且物理系光学和凝聚态都不是主要其强项，所以我申了EE。JHU的EE排20多名，光电子组有Frederic Davidson(Professor)在做光通信。系里网页上明确说“网申，不需要申请费”，GT也不需要正式成绩。今年系里有几个同学申了，但都没什么消息，可能是申请的人太多吧。排名不是很靠前、又公开声称可以逃费的学校往往如此。申请后期如果还有时间和精力的话，不妨一试；但不建议把精力耗在这上面。

顺便说一句，JHU的物理也是可以逃费的。

Maryland物理排名13，nonlinear排名全美NO.1。AMO方面有做BEC的大牛William D. Phillips; Luis Orozco和Steve Rolston的量子光学、量子信息研究也很出色。所以当时毫不犹豫的申了。

申请费不能逃。网申结束时可以用国际信用卡付账，但是今年那个付费系统总是出问题连接不上。不过耐心等等，过几天没准什么时候就能用了。实在不行，也可以把信用卡号和个人信息传真过去，所以不用为没法交申请费担心:) 物理系审材料时GT可以用复印件代替，不过我还是送了正式成绩——因为没有师兄提醒。当然，还是那句话，申请费都交了，犯不着因为没有正式成绩丢掉offer. G: 5814/0808, T: 5814/76. 网申结束后过几天系里会发来email告诉你一个连结，用信里附的用户名、密码登陆可以查自己的申请材料是否齐全，缺了什么，很方便。不过在此之前要把研院网申的大部分内容再填一遍，有些麻烦。

还有个比较bt的要求是要把PS拆成Statement of experience和Statement of purpose两篇文章。不过物理系小米说不拆问题也不大。

MITAMO排名NO.1，实力超强；获2001年Nobel Physics的Ketteler在此工作。我心仪之。可是它很久没在北大招人，而且网申很麻烦。所以最终没申。MIT的物理，跟Harvard、Caltech、Berkeley的一样，同为北大物理人心中的痛。

Oregon物理排名50左右。Miriam Deutsch做光子晶体，Thomas W. Mossberg和Michael Raymer做量子光学。考虑到去年组里有师兄去了那里做量子光学，我决定以此校保底。2月1日我收到录取通知，这是我的第一个offer.

系里明确表示会为申请物理系的同学代付申请费，只要把所有的申请材料寄到系里。GT都不用正式成绩。今年2月初就狂发offer——中科大一次就有十几个人拿到。对北大的同学挺友好的，近3年都有人拿到。P.S.，系里鼓励陶瓷。

PSU被录取以后才交申请费，不用正式GT。AMO方向：Vincent H. Crespi光子晶体，Daniel J. Larson光信息存储，D. S. Weiss，K. M. O'Hara超冷原子研究多体问题。我早早的申了，又早早的withdraw了，对录取细节了解不多，有待xiaobaocliff补充。

Rice对这所学校，aidi已经说的挺详尽了。我就说说Physics和Applied Physics的区别吧。借用物理系教授Randy Hulet的email回复：The Applied Physics Program is a "program" rather than a "department", like the Department of Physics and Astronomy. The Applied Physics program is made up of faculty from several departements, including Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, EE, and ME. If you are interested in working with a group that is connected to the Dept. of Physics andAstronomy, you can apply there. Otherwise, if you are interested in a group from a different department, you should choose Applied Physics. 这些话应该对选系有些帮助。Rice的Rice Quantum Institute，在纳米和AMO领域还是很有名气的。

RochesterRochester和Arizona 一样，是光学界的泰山北斗；当然，这本指它工程院的Optics系。其物理系本身以高能闻名。但是对物理出身打算学光学的同学来说，没有必要申光学系——竞争太激烈每年只录取两三个人；它的物理系跟光学系合作非常密切，很多光学系的教授在物理系兼职。这所学校前两年因为财政问题没怎么招人，今年开始招了。在指定日期前网申免申请费，不需要正式GT；加之地处纽约，以后打算做光学的同学没有理由不试试。

不过Rochester的网申系统很差，不能保存填好的内容，必须一口气填完、提交。建议师弟师妹们准备好所有要填的内容（包括PS），一次完成。所有材料寄到系里。网申页面上说材料齐了以后会发email通知，事实上我们几个申请的除了application decision再没收到它的email; 发信问问题也不回。

SUNY-SB高能著名。做光学的教授有：Emilio E. Mendez，Harold Metcalf，Tom Bergeman，Luis A. Orozco等人。今年3月初研院来北大面试了数、理、化、生等专业的申请者，我们系很多申物理的都拿到了面试。所有材料寄到系里，GT可以先用copy代替，code 2548.

UCSD物理专业排名15左右，地处加州，非常热门的学校。对我来说，申这所学校是失误。它的物理系几乎没人做光学，凝聚态方向也没有太让我感兴趣的。当时只是觉得，自己排名不错，这种好学校、好地方为什么不申？现在想想真的很幼稚：没有自己感兴趣的方向，我即使拿了offer又有什么意思？更何况UCSD的物理系严格按照申请者背景是否与系里研究方向fit发offer，我凭自己的背景拿到offer的机会非常小。

如何能拿到UCSD的offer? 这个问题offers和sunnyheart更有发言权。

学校不能逃费，但是可以逃正式GT。MSE的小米说一份申请费最多可申6个系（专业）。但我没有尝试。另外，申物理的要预申请；北大物理系的都能通过吧。

UIUC物理排名第九，凝聚态专业排名NO.1。考虑到其凝聚态方向有四五个教授在做光学相关的材料制备和物性研究，我毫不犹豫的申了这所学校。

可以网申，但不比纸申简单多少。一来，网申后还有几张表格要手填。二来，其网申系统设计的不是很合理，最后一步确认网申完成时如果没有选择“用信用卡付费”，就再没有机会用信用卡付费。大约2-3周后还会收到研院讨费办公室寄来的带负责人亲笔签名的催费信:( 我当时就遇到这种情况，只好联系系里小米，请她帮我cancel过去的申请，然后我自己再重申一遍:(

UIUC今年给我们系发了9个offer——前十名有7个拿到。不过大多数人都因为有更好的offer而陆续据了它。不知道明年它还会不会那么nice.

T是研院的要求，最好送正式成绩，1836/00。G送到系里，unofficial的也可以。

UMN物理专业排名20多。明确说可以逃费，不用正式GT。要先过预申请，不过没听说有谁没通过的。UMN物理系04年12月底专门派两位教授到北大面试所有的申请者，两人非常友好。不过到目前还没听说有谁拿到offer.

没有光学division, 凝聚态方向跟光学相关的研究也不多，James Chelikowsky研究光和物质相互作用。Cheng-Cher Huang研究液晶薄膜。

USC地处LA的私立大学，物理排名40多，不高，但地处LA决定了它的热门。Anupam Madhudar做纳米光电子。AMO方向有Jack Feinberg (the fundamental properties of optical materials and invents optical devices), Martin Gundersen (Pulsed power physics, quantum electronics, and semiconductor devices and physics), Anthony F. J. Levi (the scaling of ultra-fast electronic and photonic devices, and the system-level integration of advanced optoelectronic technologies, manufacturing at the nanoscale, and the subject of Adaptive Quantum Design) 和 Maxim Ol'shanii (Berry's phase in atom-light interactions and dark-states-based laser cooling of atoms)。

我起初发email给graduate advisor问奖学金事宜，竟被告知可以把所有材料直接寄给他，不用申请费——网页上并没有这个说法。ddmm们申请时不妨也试一下。

UT-Austin物理专业排名13，地处德州，环境好、就业好、物价低，是很热门的学校。AMO和Condensed Matter都不错。如做飞秒光谱的Michael C. Downer，做BEC的Daniel J. Heinzen，做原子物理的John Keto，量子输运的Mark G. Raizen；做凝聚态理论的Qian Niu...

不过同是德州的学校，跟Rice相比，Austin给我印象却是傲慢——like J. W. Bush。申请过程中无论给系里还是研院发信，得到的回复不是aoto response，就是一两句话的敷衍塞责；即使是withdraw申请都没收到回复——我老老实实付了75刀申请费。不能逃费，亦不能逃正式GT（G,T code 6882）。推荐信、PS和GRE Sub寄到系里，而G General、T和正式成绩单则要寄到研院。这无形中增加了邮寄成本。我把G的General和Sub成绩合并后寄到了系里，研院的网申状态显示：GRE not received. 我把情况向研院说明请他们协助解决，收到的回复是'You do not have to send them to the department'。我随即向系里发email请小米把gre转给研院，却没有回复...没想到中国的踢皮球制度在这里会出现。所以，提醒ddmm们，直接把GT都寄到研院吧，而且越早越好，因为材料不全不审。

UW (at Seattle)物理专业排名16，地处华盛顿州西雅图（微软总部所在地），环境、就业都很好。原子物理还可以。

这是我申的最仓促的学校，因为它的deadline for international student是11月1日！我还记得当时跟Chamberlain, victorjj一起合寄UPS赶deadline的情景。那时我只是提交了网申，把成绩单、申请表等硬件寄到研院。直到11月底签好了3封推荐信、改好PS，才把剩余材料平信寄到系里。幸好这样做没出问题，而我也在2月底拿到了它的offer。但我要说的是，如果再让我选择的话，我绝不会为了meet deadline而匆匆忙忙的申这所学校。不过换个角度想，它把deadline定的比别的学校至少早一个月，给人一种紧迫感和物以稀为贵的感觉，确实吸引了不少申请者。

网申，没法逃费；不过不用正式GT.

Virginia物理排名38，和Berkeley, UMich同属最好的公立大学。AMO方向有Louis A. Bloomfield，Olivier Pfister，Robert R. Jones和Cass Sackett Sackett等人。

申请材料寄到研院，申请费、正式GT都不能免。申请时就听同学说它过去要的学生没有排名太高的，我不以为意；结果果然被据了。