长版本：
Dear Sir or Madam:
Before I submit my formal application to your esteemed Ph.D. program, I have several questions which need your kind reply. First, I am now a graduate student majoring in AAA, but my undergraduate major is not in AAA, thus my years of instruction in AAA is not very long. Yet I have learned, sometimes by myself, all the basic knowledge and many advanced knowledge in AAA (you may refer to my transcript). The GRE Subject Test is hold only once a year in China, and I have missed the deadline to register for the coming test. But I believe that I have been quite familiar in the knowledge of AA, both in the courses and the researches. I believe that should I have had the chance to take the GRE Subject Test, the score should be 990. would you please tell me whether it is possible to give me a waiver of my GRE Subject Test according to my superior AAA course scores? Thanks.
Next, since I am very young, I cannot work and don’t have any amount of funds in dollars available. Also, my parents are poor workers and I cannot arrange for me any fees. Your institution has the best graduate program that matches with my research interest, I wonder whether you can provide financial supports, and, if possible, waive or defer my application fee?
Thank you very much for you kind assistance. Please contact me if further information about me is required.
Sincerely yours,
短版本：
Dear Mr. XXX:
I am an applicant at P. R. China. Due to my economic situation and the difficulties in changing RMB (our official currency) into US Dollars, I cannot submit the application fee in time. Could I defer my payment of the application fee for some time?
I am looking forward to your answer.
Sincerely yours,
询问申请材料是否寄达的确认信：
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am an applicant of your Ph.D. program in AAA starting from Fall, 2005. I have mailed out my application on Nov.26 directly to you. Up to now however, I have not received from you any feedback yet. I understand that you do not provide an acknowledgement for applications.
Nevertheless, I have heard here many tragic stories about lost application packages: many students said that their application packages arrived in US with only an empty envelope, nothing left. As XXX University is the best university I wish to join, I am very afraid that my application experiences the same nightmare. So I wonder whether you can spend some time to check the current status of my application. Thank you very much.
My information:
Last Name: Yu First Name: Minhong
Date of Birth: Jan. 1, 2005
Looking forward to receive your kind reply,
Best wishes,
Yours sincerely,
第一封套磁信示例：
Dear Prof. Yu Minhong:
I am a senior student at the Department of ___ of ___ University of China. I have visited your homepage on the internet and I am impressed by your program emphasis on ___. This is also my personal interest. I would like to do some research in ___. Since I am hoping to pursue a Ph.D degree in this field, I would like to know if there is a chance for me to further my study under you. If necessary, my advisor could send you a recommendation for me.
If you are interested in my detailed information, you can contact me by email.
My email address is ____
I will wait and appreciate your reply.
Sincerely yours,
申请材料寄出后，与申请前曾经联系过的教授加强联系的信件示例
Sample 1
Dear Professor XXX:
Greetings.
It has been a little while since I wrote to you last time. I have completed the application process, and I learned that my materials are now at the department for admission decision. I understand that perhaps you are not a member of the admission committee, yet I still wish you can take some time to review my sincere application, and consider my competence to be your student.
To my best knowledge, each Harvard physics graduate student has only one research advisor. My friends told me that it is more important to find a good advisor than to find a good university. It is based on my careful consideration that I believe you are one of the best advisors at Harvard’s physics department: for example, your articles about metal and other new materials emphasize not only the computation methods but also some very interesting theoretical ideas. I find that your research emphasizes both theoretical and computational works. I think my graduate research under your direction will be very enjoyable and tenable.
Also, I think my academic background might be qualified to be your student. I have had many new ideas in the area of materials physics. I will get my Master of Science degree this year with honors. In my doctoral study I wish to work with an active and authoritative professor, and develop my ideas as well as learn new ideas from him. Again I find that you are the right research advisor I wish to find.
My current advisor, who is the head of physics dept. at Peking Univ., strongly approves my doctoral graduate study plan. He told me that the strict training for Harvard graduate students will do me a lot of good. With the rese3arch knowledge learned from him, now I feel that I am well prepared for such strict training. I am willing to make great contribution to0 the knowledge of low-dimensional condensed matter physics during my graduate study. Ms. XXX told me that my recommendation letters are in my application files now.
I wonder whether you can consider my willing and youthful spirit, and accept me as your student. I know that you are very busy currently, yet I am quite embarrassed to ask you to review my application. Would you please tell me whether I am qualified to join your research group? Anyway I think it might be better to discuss the possibilities of being accepted by you before I am accepted by the esteemed Harvard Univ., if possible. Thank you for your kind reply in advance.
Best wishes,
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Sample 2
Dear Professor XXX:
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
I am a graduate student at Peking Univ., Beijing China. I met you when you visited Beijing in 1997. I am very sorry to bother you by this mail. However, as I am very young, I wish to take doctoral study and make the best effort to win the Nobel Prize under your direction. I have sent my application for the Fall 1999 Applied Physics Ph.D. program to Stanford. I wonder whether you can consider my eager wish and accept me to join your group.
Born in 1978, I enrolled in the Special Class for Gifted Children (SCGC) in XXX University in 1993. I won the Top 1% honor “Outstanding Graduate”. Then I enrolled in Physics department at XXX University, and received extensive research training that made me much experienced. I will get the Master of Science degree in June 1999.
In the National Lab of Laser Technology and National Integrated Optics Lab in China, I have had much research experience in laser technology and optical physics, especially in quantum well optics, laser spectroscopy, high-power laser radiation and interaction with matter, optical fiber communication, optical waveguides, etc. In my Master graduate study, I happen to have been very familiar with the recent highlights in laser cooling and trapping of atoms, and laser spectroscopy. I have extensive knowledge in both optical physics and solid-state physics. I think my background and interest seem perfectly fit your research projects. It will be most helpful to my academic career if I can be your student.
In the coming new year, I wish I can have the chance to take doctoral study at Stanford under your direction. My Resume and Statement are ready to be sent to you. Would you please consider my sincere application and tell me whether I am qualified to be your student, if openings available? I would be happy to act on your advice. Thank you very much, I am looking forward to hearing from you.
May your Christmas be bright with happiness!
May peace and joy be with you in the new year!
Best wishes,
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