美國金融專業(yè)教授如何看中國申請者

下面是一位教授對于申請經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)碩士及金融學(xué)碩士的申請建議，解答了同學(xué)們的很多關(guān)于金融學(xué)專業(yè)申請的很多疑問，比如個(gè)人陳述重要嗎，或者推薦信有多大的作用，希望以下的信息可能幫助同學(xué)們的2014年美國金融學(xué)申請。

FAQs about Applications for Graduate Schools in Economics (and Finance) The following describes what I regard as the most important considerations in applications of admission to graduate programs overseas. Application materials Statement of purpose This is the least important. To me, a bri description of what gets you interested in economics (or finance), which area of economics you find most interesting, and what preparation you have made for the study will suffice. Unconvincing statements may serve you badly. So don t brag about pursuing an economics PhD so as to save your country (or all mankind in the world for that matter).

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This is highly important-but only if they are written by someone whom the schools concerned know and whose judgment they trust. To be usul, the letter has to be filled with enthusiasm and with evidence that the reree knows you well. Lukewarm letters are enough to kill you!!! So DON T request rerence letters from professors, however famous, whom you are not sure are high on you. Sometimes the reree can even use his/her personal connection to give you an extra push-thru e-mails or phone calls. As her/his reputation is at stake, the reree will seldom exercise this option unless s/he is truly impressed by the student. Writing sample(s)

Be realistic and try to diversify You have to understand that you are competing with the best students from all over the world. In practice, you will be grouped together with students from Mainland China and Taiwan, and only a quota of 1-3 will be allotted to this group by each school every year. Obviously, most students from the mainland are technically stronger and are thus more welcome than those from Hong Kong. (These days, the technically strongest are from Eastern Europe.) You should apply to 10-15 schools and diversify your portfolio by applying to different tiers of schools. If you really want to raise your chance of entering the top ten, you may want to first obtain a master s degree (say, from LSE) or get admission from a lesser school and apply for a transfer later. Research interests? Even bore you start your graduate study, you may already have some idea about what you would like to specialize in and may want to choose the schools (and even future thesis advisers) on such basis. In many cases, however, your research interests would change as you learn more about different fields. So don t try to confine yourself too early on. You should also realize that academics today are highly mobile. The professors you want to study under may have lt for some place else by the time you start your doctoral thesis. So your optimal strategy should be to get where you can into the best schools with the largest proportion of talents in the profession (like Chicago, Harvard, MIT, and Princeton). 在教授的解釋中，金融學(xué)專業(yè)申請中語言成績和專業(yè)成績都是非常重要的，而且如果申請者有不錯(cuò)的實(shí)習(xí)實(shí)踐經(jīng)歷，并且在文書中得到充分的體現(xiàn)，將大大增加成功籌碼。