IncscIn each link of the declaration, it is a key step to contact the external guide to obtain an invitation letter. This article by this joint doctoral student records the application process and psychological feelings in great detail and truthfully, and puts forward useful suggestions, which are especially recommended for everyone's reference.
The 2024 National Study Abroad Program is about to begin, among which the "National Construction of High-level University Public Postgraduate Program (Including Joint Training of Doctoral Students)" project has attracted the attention of applicants. Being able to go to a high-level university or research institution abroad to study under first-class tutors for half a year to two years of joint training at the student stage will provide you with broader prospects for your future employment and academic career, the significance of which can be seen in our previous articles".cscJoint cultureAn excellent choice for domestic doctoral students to go abroad
In each link of CSC declaration, it is a key step to contact the external guide to obtain an invitation letter. We have also felt this in practice, but in line with the principle of being responsible for the background of the entrusted applicant, we have not recorded the application process in detail in previous successful cases. I happened to see this article by this joint doctoral student on the Internet, which recorded the application process and psychological feelings in great detail and truthfully, and put forward useful suggestions, which is especially recommended for everyone's reference.
Brief Overview:
1.Briefly describe the characteristics of the emails to be replied to by the external guide (Articles 1 to 3).
2.Describe two representative types of email replies (p.
4. Article 5).
3.Cases of successful invitations (Article 6).
4.A few suggestions for contacting the external director.
Point 1 and point 4 are very short, point 2, I described in detail the whole process of the two types of email replies I encountered, which is really like an adventure and something that others may also encounter in the application process that cannot be understood, and point 3 is the case of me who successfully got an invitation letter.
The bumpy journey of contacting the external director:
In October last year, I began to contact the external supervisor, because the joint training time given by CSC to the doctor is 6-24 months to apply, so I applied for 12 months, I had already set the research direction at that time, and I had an article in my hand that was ready to be submitted, and then sent various emails, and the feedback from the emails was planned into the following categories.
Email feedback categories (6 categories in total).
oneStone sunk into the sea, did not receive any reply,If you don't particularly want to go to the class to give up.
2. A glimmer of hope was dashed in an instant, and a reply was received, the result is that the group is full, find someone else, and bless my ......, which made me give up willingly.
ThreeThe greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and received a replyThey said that they could send an invitation letter, but recently they took on a new project and changed to another direction, and they wanted me to do the same ...... with their group. I'm willing, my doctoral supervisor is not willing, and besides, the new direction is still a bit bad, and I still have to think about graduating smoothly, no way, this kind of love is reluctant to give up.
The following two points are the pitfalls I have encountered, which I want to focus on, so let's learn from them.
FourPersonally, it is inclinedyear, the foreign director wanted me to apply for two years
Gritting his teeth and disappointed, he received a reply, saying that he was willing to give an invitation, but he hoped that I would exchange for 2 years, saying that he hoped that I would take their doctorate degree, but I personally didn't want to go out for two years, because I am now in the 2nd year, if the 3rd year goes out and the 5th year comes back, then I have to stay for half a year to graduate, then I have to graduate in at least 5 and a half years, and I will graduate in about 4 years in our group, I definitely don't want to delay it for so long.
When I replied to the email, the director said, "I know, but I still want you to exchange for 2 years, because you can't make anything in a year." But I still don't want to go for two years, I think it's a bit long.
Then I wrote back to the director, who still said, "Understand, and please believe me, if you can't make anything in a year, let me think about it." I also asked one of the Chinese seniors in their group to contact me.
The senior sister introduced to me that she applied for a year at that time, and thought that this group was very good, and then she gave up her domestic degree and stayed in the foreign group, saying that she had learned more than in China, and that the tutor was good, easy to post, and tell the truth, which really moved me .......
I wrote back to the external director and said that I discussed it with the mentor in the group, but I didn't tell the mentor, because I thought it would be very good if I could let me go out for a year of exchange.
Communicate with the group and implement school policies
I asked the senior sister in the group for advice, and the senior sister asked how many articles the foreign senior sister had posted? I said she was writing and hadn't posted yet. The senior sister said, "She went for 2 years, plus 1 year in China, and she didn't have an article during the 3 years, how can it be called easy to post articles?" "Instantly I was a little sober and wanted to comeWhat others think is a good group may not be suitable for everyone。My senior sister asked me again, can I get a foreign degree after staying there for 2 years, don't get it when the foreign ones don't get it, and the domestic ones will be delayed.
It dawned on me! Hurry up and go againThe policy of the school has been implementedI found that our school has not allowed us to take outside degrees during the joint training period since last year.
It was almost Christmas, and I took the time to reply to the director of our school's hard conditions, and made it clear that I really couldn't go for two years, and I still planned to apply for a one-year exchange, that is, 12 months, and then there was no more.
After a week, the director didn't reply, I thought it was Christmas. So I asked my sister to answer that she didn't know, maybe the tutor was on vacation. But before the foreign director received my email, he basically replied every other day, no more than 3 days at most, I didn't think much about it, I thought it would be a long time, and I would talk about it after the holiday.
After Christmas, I sent another email saying that I wanted to go for one year and would actively communicate with my mentor during the joint training period, but I never received a reply.
Later, I asked the senior sister abroad, and I thought that maybe the teacher didn't want 1 year, but I felt that according to the teacher's reply was very positive, even if I went for a year, I shouldn't not give a reply.
Anyway, I never received an email again, and I gave up, because every time the director said, "I understand, you are very welcome to come, just let me think about a 2-year exchange", so I felt that there must be hope, until in the end there was no response, so I spent 2 months on this director.
Summary:During this period, I have been entangled, discussed, and implemented policies, so I have not contacted other external guides, thereforeI feel like I've missed the time to contact the outside director.
Before contacting the invitation letter, prepare the application materials
At this time, it was already January, because the winter vacation was early (the week after New Year's Day), I was afraid that the school archives office would be closed, so I was preparing to contact the external supervisor and ask my classmates to help retrieve the undergraduate transcript. I need both Chinese and English, but the GRS only provides Chinese.
The classmates sent the Chinese transcript in the morning, I translated the English transcript at noon, and hurriedly sent it to the classmates, and the classmates helped me stamp all the stamps I needed, and the excess was sent back to meThank you very much.
5. Another foreign director agreed to give an invitation letter, but after the interview, he rejected it and suggested applying next year
While preparing the materials in January, I contacted another Chinese foreign director who was not particularly consistent in the direction, but whose research in the field of algorithms was okay. He read my resume at the time, and asked for my **, saying that he thought it was okay, and he just wanted to do work in this direction, hoping to work together.
Then he said he asked the faculty in charge of international exchange in the department about the processSay send me an invitation next week and find another time for usskypeA little,It was around the fifth day of the first lunar month, and I was ecstatic to think that it was finally done, and I shared it with my family.
I was preparing for the interview every day at home, and even though I had agreed to the invitation, I still wanted to have a good performance, so I waited for the interview for about three or four days.
After the interview, I didn't feel very good, because during the English interview, there were two questions that the tutor said that I didn't understand too well, so I didn't answer very well, and I felt more guilty, so I sent an email to the tutor afterwards, saying that I would study this kind of question well, but the tutor did not reply.
A week later, when my mentor promised to send me an invitation, I still haven't heard back. I waited another 3 days, almost 10 days or so. Because the CSC had not yet notified the postponement application for the epidemic at that time, I saw that there were only less than ten days left before the regular online application, so I sent another consultation email to the tutor.
As a result, the teacher replied, "He thinks it's not suitable now, thinks I can study again, and suggests that I apply again next year." At that time, the mentality was the same as the previous mentor who had to let me go for 2 years, I thought it was very promising, but suddenly the mentor did not reply. It took 2 months in vain, and I felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
At that time, I was in a lower mood, so I was in the same groupSenior brother and sister exchange, their views are divided into two factions.
One faction thought that I might not perform well in the interview, so the teacher agreed to give me an invitation, but finally decided not to give it;
The other faction felt that the supervisor recognized my research direction at that time, and went to understand the process, and had promised to give an invitation letter, but finally replied after about 10 days of interviewing, suggesting that I apply next year, they thought that it was because "affected by the outbreak of the epidemic in China, so the external director rejected me, so he suggested me next year", because it is not uncommon for the interview to not be able to answer the question.
At that time, I felt really helpless and powerless, but I felt that it might be that I was not able to meet the requirements of the external director, and I believed that the epidemic would definitely pass, even if there were still ten days before the application, I would try again.
SixAdjust your mindset,cscThe application was postponed, and the opportunity came
I quickly adjusted my mentality, and after a few days, I received a notification that CSC was affected by the epidemic and postponed the application, and the specific time will be notified.
I won't stop without seeing the invitation this time, no matter how welcoming the other party is, and I'm continuing to practice speaking English at home and ready for the interview at any time.
Finally, I received a reply, a very young director,37 years old,Posted a lot of articles,Participated in a lot of projects,The school after the doctorate is also the school I yearn for very much,Although he doesn't work in the school now,But I feel that this external director should be able to,After all, young people are motivated to work,Or fight on the front line,Young has the benefits of being young.。
each otherThe reply was timelyBut because of the lessons I learned before, I don't be complacent. The director didn't say a lot of welcome words about you, just followed what I thought was a normal process, looked at my transcript, and asked me to send a brief introduction.
After thatAgree on an interview at a certain timeI prepared a lot in advance for this interview, and I took the initiative to come up, and I talked to the teacher about the fact that it is now February, because of the impact of the epidemic, the school has not yet opened, but I believe that our motherland will overcome the epidemic, and I am very excited.
The questions that the tutor asked me were all within the scope of my preparation, including meAn understanding of the research direction, as wellA description of one of the methods I mentionedand so on, the whole interview lasted closerminutesMy face was red after the whole scene.
Finally, the director asked me if I had any questions I wanted to ask him, and I suddenly felt like I was being a diamond in the desert, and finally someone asked me what I thought. So I asked them about the school's policies for CSC students, the winter and summer vacations, and the current research direction of the teachers.
The whole process was relatively pleasant, and finally the director said that he would discuss it with his team and give me a reply within a week, and I said okay calmly.
I don't think it's a long week, because I'm always ready to be rejected and learn from the first two timesNothing counts without an invitationSo at the same time, I'm also looking at the ** of other mentors.
ResultsNo, nodaysbar, I received a reply from the external director, saying that it had been discussed with the team, theyAgree and welcome me, and then ask me what materials I need now, which he can help with here, and can tell him.
My God, all the big guys laughed, you don't know how excited I was at the time, hurry up and tell the good news to my family and the brothers and sisters in the group. They advised me to ask the teacher for itInvitationsDon't mess with it again.
Thinking about it, I excitedly sent the invitation letter template to the director that night, and attached the three documents that need the director's resume and language certificate at the current stage, and 3 days later, I actually received the complete three documents (Invitation letter, resume of the foreign director, language certificate).
At this time, it was already mid-February, the application time was postponed, and the foreign materials were basically completed, so I was relieved at this time.
Hope I applyyears of external guidance time lapseMonths got back to me again
The day after I received the invitation to lie at home, a dramatic scene happened, and I received an email from the foreign director who wanted me to go for two yearsQ: Why didn't I reply to him?
I was completely blinded, I thought I didn't send it, but it turned out that the two emails I sent to him later were sent, but he himself didn't reply to me, and I was worried that the director would think I was lying, so I took screenshots of the last two emails to him. He still said, "I know, but I still think you should come and study for two years, it's best for you...”。
So I was confused, did the director see my email before? He replied that he knew, and explained that he had seen my email, and at that time I said that I was not satisfied with the last year, so I didn't reply to me for 2 months?
And now all of a sudden, give me a sentence: I still think you should come for two years. Is it so sudden? I asked a classmate who had been sent the year before last what this meant, and the classmate said that maybe he had promised him to study for 2 years at that time, but this year this person regretted not going for 2 years, and then maybe he came to ask you again.
I was speechless, I didn't understand or dare to ask, and I didn't want to guess, because I also got the invitation letter from my favorite teacher, so I calmly replied to the teacher's email, saying that I really don't plan to go for two years, and our school has a hard and fast rule that I am very grateful for the teacher's invitation, and indicate that I have the opportunity to choose to go to him for a doctorate, and add some words of thanks.
Then there was no follow-up, and the director didn't reply to me again, and I was left hanging there again.
The above is the bumpy road for me to contact the external director during the CSC application process.
A few suggestions for contacting the external director
1.Contacting the schools that your brothers and sisters have been to in combination with the direction of the group will save you a lot of time.
2.Implement school policies and don't waste time on hard conditions.
3.Prepare materials in advance, including transcripts in Chinese and English, various documents, etc.
4.If you don't get an invitation letter, don't give up.
5.Practice speaking well, always be ready for interviews, and speaking well is really useful!
Editor's Note:Since the original author cannot be contacted, I can only revise it and send it out and thank the original author!