[錄取] MIT EECS

[chengfred (狗肉)]

Research Interest: Ultrafast Laser Optics and Biomedical Imaging

Admission :
MIT EECS with 1 year funding (TA/RA/fellowship)      Feb 19   no interview
UIUC ECE with 1 year RA                              Feb 12   email interview
Cornell AEP with 1 year fellowship                   Feb 12   no interview
UCLA EE with funding                                 Feb 19   email interview

Rejection :
Stanford Applied Physics                             Feb 4    no interview
Princeton EE                                         Feb 19   no interview
Purdue ECE                                           Feb 24   no interview

Pending :
Harvard Applied Physics
Caltech Applied Physics
Michigan EECS

Decision : MIT

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Education Background

Double Degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Electrical Engineering)
and Bachelor of Science (Physics)
National Taiwan University, Taiwan                   (Sep. 2006 ~ Jan. 2011)
201 credits  GPA: 3.99 / 4.00 (94.8 / 100)    Rank: 4 / 230 with B96
                                              Rank: 2       with B95

Exchange Student (with scholarship)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA      (Aug. 2009 ~ Dec. 2009)
18 credits   GPA: 4.00 / 4.00

Degree of Master of Science (Photonics and Optoelectronics)
National Taiwan University, Taiwan                   (Feb. 2011 ~ Jul. 2013)
30 credits   GPA: 4.30 / 4.30                 Rank: 1 / 94

Test Score:
GRE: V 630  Q 800  AWA 3.5
GRE Subject: 990 Physics
TOEFL iBT: R29 + L28 + S23 + W25 = 105

Honors:
Bronze Medal in 7th Asian Physics Olympics (2006)
Presidential Award (8 times in 8 semesters)
Student Paper Award in OPTIC 2012
National Science Council Undergraduate Student Research Grant
Exchange Student Scholarship to UIUC
Outstanding Students Conference Travel Grant from FAOS

Teaching Experience:
Teaching Assistant of History of Physics
Teaching Assistant of Experimental Physics
Teaching Assistant of Silicon Photonics
Teaching Assistant of Nonlinear Optics
Teaching Assistant of Semiconductor Optics
Teaching Assistant of Solid-state Lasers
Teaching Assistant of Applications of Laser and Nonlinear Crystals

Research Experience:
Undergrad Project
  Micro-optical Devices Lab. - Prof. Guo-Dung Su (Sep. 2008 ~ Jan. 2011)
Master's Thesis
  Ultrafast Optics Lab. - Prof. Chi-Kuang Sun (Feb. 2011 ~ Jul. 2013)

Publications:
3 OE, 1 JBO, and 1 under review
12 conference papers

Recommendation Letters
1 from NTUEE (Master's Thesis Advisor)
1 from NTUEE (TA)
1 from Academia Sinica (TA)

Other:
NTU Calligraphy Club Leader

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期盼了好久好久，現在終於輪到我要踏上這一條留學之路了，希望大家都能圓夢成功！

我個人認為申請的關鍵有四點
1. 在好的學校拿到高GPA
2. 聯絡到研究方向類似的老師
3. 推薦者有名或與該校老師有私交
4. Publication (Master student)

好的GPA要靠自己持之以恆的努力，不能有任何鬆懈，要堅持拿好最後一個學分為止。
多少個苦讀的夜晚，把自己留在自習室跟書海為伍，拒絕其他的誘惑，就是為了這個
出國的夢想，拿到錄取信的那一刻，我發現到一切都值得。

大學生只要成績好就行了，不用有paper也沒關係。但是Master Student就要顯示出
自己在這幾年作出了什麼成果，才有說服力。

推薦信相當相當重要，請找熟識的老師寫，如果是很大咖的老師就更好了。
如果推薦者有熟識的人在該系所，那會大大地有幫助！

在申請階段，應該GPA跟Publication都已經底定了，剩下能做的就是去聯絡有興趣的教授
，如果研究方向真的很match，就應該多寄幾封信，表達出強烈的欲望，這樣他拿出資料
來看的機率就比較高，上榜的機率也就提高了。如果某校老師們都不回信，或是沒有很
正面的回應，建議就可以好好思考是不是要申請該校了。我在申請前花了很多功夫在看
各校的研究領域，寫信聯繫有興趣的教授，即使只有1/3的人會回應，也足夠作為參考了。

Toefl跟GRE需要長時間的準備，堅持下去就對了！

SOP我覺得我沒寫的很好，就不獻醜了。

最後小小提醒一點，確定不去的學校早點放棄，對彼此都好。

祝大家都能順利達成自己的夢想。

                                                                By Chengfred

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