[錄取] Columbia, Berkeley EE PhD
Program:
PhD in Electrical Engineering
Admission:
Columbia* with RA/TA (fellowship still under review) 1/6
UC-Berkeley with RA 2/9
UT-Austin 2/22
* with skype interview
Rejection:
Caltech 3/27
UMich** 3/28
** with skype interview in Feb and another interview invitation on 3/30
Pending:
UCSD
Background:
2005-2009 BS in Electrical Engineering, NTU
GPA: 4.0/4.0 Rank: 7/191
Minor in Philosophy
2009-2011 MS in Communication Engineering, NTU
GPA: 4.0/4.0 Rank: 5/123
Research Area:
Microwave integrated circuits and antennas
Test Score:
TOEFL: 105 (2011/7)
GRE: 710/800/3.5 (2011/4)
Work Experience:
TA/RA in NTU
Honors and Awards:
台大電信所最佳論文獎
中國電機工程學會青年論文獎第一名
斐陶斐會員
書卷獎x3
亞太數學奧林匹亞銀牌
國際科展第二名/加拿大科展金牌
Recommendation letters:
4 from NTU professors (3 of them IEEE fellow, one of them the editor of a
good IEEE journal)
Publication:
First-author IEEE Transaction x3
First-author IEEE conference x3
First-author domestic conference x1
Third-author IEEE conference x2
Several first-author IEEE papers submitted/in preparation
Master Thesis
心得:
大學一至三年級時醉心於西洋哲學,並修讀輔系,雖然一直有出國看看的想法,卻無力
像同學般做相應的準備(GRE/TOFEL)。大四作專題時慢慢地有一些成果,但由於IC製作的
流程較久,可能來不及寫paper,故決定多花兩年先讀個碩士。在此期間,一面看看自己
的研究能力與熱情,若發現不行也可去業界工作。我的女友則是一開始就計畫要出國讀書
,故大學畢業就去UMich讀PhD。
雖然是在大咖的實驗室做研究,仍常感到許多有形無形的限制,加上女朋友在國外,故
當我做出一些對出國有利的成果時,便堅定地要朝這條路努力。在過程中除了準備GRE
與托福外,還要不時抵抗教授"直昇博班"的遊說。(後來發現教授沒有我想得那麼壞,不
但在第一年的暑假讓我去美國玩兩周,碩二時讓我去新加坡考GRE,後來知道我要趕入伍
,七月底就放我走了)
聯絡教授方面,只有在參加conference時和Columbia的教授閒聊兩句,故很早就拿到這
個offer。
常受益於studyabroad板的資訊,無以回饋,分享一招個人覺得有效抵抗教授遊說的方
法。當教授強調出國念書的風險時,可以說:
~~教授呀,我相信出國念書風險很大,但我更相信我的好運氣。你看!我現在不是就
因為運氣很好才能跟您這麼好的教授做研究嗎?所以我相信以後出國念書,也能找到一
樣好的教授。~~
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