信息整理表

大三暑假把所有跟自己有交集的教授列出来,按熟悉程度高低排序再去套磁。交集可以包括科研、中高阶课程拿A、academic advisor等。

Recommenders

申请过程中用这个表格跟进推荐信的提交情况,建议ddl前三天如果还没交就可以提醒一下。

Submission of letters

还需要为教授提供什么?

有些老师会希望你提供一些关于你的个人信息,来给ta写信提供素材。

最有代表性的是经管学院Britney老师的要求:

If you would like me to write you a general recommendation letter expressing my positivity towards your applications, you don’t need to provide me any further info and I will go ahead. If you would like me to write you a detailed and genuine letter instead, I need a few more things from you:

  1. A list of schools and programs that you are planning to apply for. This does not have to be the final version, I just need to have an idea of your targets.
  2. Your updated CV
  3. Your transcript
  4. A few paragraphs of texts about things (in detail) that you would like me to talk about in my recommendation letter.I will write very nice things about your performance during MGT4187 for sure, but let's make the letter even more convincing.

Letter-of-Recommendation-Info-Form.docx

其他个人观点

元音留学视频中关于推荐信的笔记和个人观点

Did well in class 推荐信 (22-02-11 updated)

总的来说对于硕士项目,DWIC推荐信就是个凑数的,没有必要太花精力。如果申请准备的时间很充裕,强烈建议有意识的在大三的时候挑两节本专业的高阶课(最好跟申请的方向有关系的,比如我是STA申请的是金融工程,time series就是符合我说的标准的一门课)极其认真地去上,卷到让老师对你十分熟悉的程度并且拿A。每次上课坐第一排,office hour隔三插五去,每一周把所讲的推导全部弄懂弄熟并且能自己推出来。这样要到的推荐信质量会相当高。

课程的推荐信原则上都应该是大三本专业或者希望申请的专业的高阶课,即使MAT1001 calculus学得再好,也不应该要calculus的推荐信。(招生的时候是希望看到你能胜任高阶课程,拿一封大一时候课程的推荐信是不是暗示大学四年就大一还学得明白)