Research interests: developing causal inference methods for evaluating educational policies and instructional programs in multilevel and longitudinal settings Admission: Measurement and Quantitative Methods (PhD), College of Education, Michigan State University (MSU), with 4 years assistantship (include tuition, stipend, and health care) Rejection: coming soon... Pending: another 11 schools... Education: B.Eng, Civil Engineering, University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) GPA: 3.43/4.0 M.Ed., Education, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) GPA: 4.0/4.0 Test Score: Toefl: R/29 L/25 S/22 W/24 = 100 (Nov. 22, 2009) GRE: V/550 Q/760 AWA/3.0 (Oct. 29, 2009) V/350 Q/710 AWA/3.5 (Sept. 3, 2009) (AWA两次都没达4.0,我一度以为完蛋了,因申请教育/社会科学领域) Work Experiences: 09/2006~present Research Assistant in NTNU 08/2003~08/2006 Department Head in a nationwide education professional organization in Malaysia 01/2000~04/2003 Vice Principal and Math Teacher in a high school in Malaysia Publications: 1 book chapters (3rd author) 4 peer-reviewed journal papers (1st author x3, 3rd author x1) 4 peer-reviewed monographs (1st author x3, 2nd author x1) 8 conference papers (1st author x8; 5 in Taiwan & 3 in the US) Honors/Awards: Ministry of Ed. Scholarship for Foreign Students, Taiwan (2007) Outstanding Graduate Students Award, NTNU (2007) Texchem Scholarship, Malaysia (1997-1999) Dean’s List, UTM (4 times: 1996(x2), 1997, 1999) Recommendation: 1 from NTNU professor (my master academic advisor) 1 from NTNU Honorary Chair Professor (my statistics teacher, also the former program director of National Center of Education Statistics, US Dept of Education) 1 from High School Principal, Malaysia (my former supervisor) MSU是12/1截止, 12月中旬助教通知我application complete及1月中会公布结果, 我估算1/4是美国大学寒假後开学, 我当天就发一封mail给我SOP里提到的第一位教授 看对方没回应,我在台北1/7凌晨再发一封mail给我SOP里提到的第二位教授 当然,第二封信内容也提到第一位教授的名字, 结果,在台北1/7晚上时间收到第二位教授回信: We were very impressed with your application materials, especially your background as a math teacher (教育学院果然重视实务经验,尤其是MSU)and your recent work on teacher qualifications (degree level) and student achievement. This is to informally let you know that you have been admitted, and that we can commit a ?time assistantship (乱码?,我猜是"full") for four years to you. This is a large level of commitment! (这句话我相信,因为MSU教育学系是不保证 给录取的新生资助的,所以能够给我四年funding,应该算是a large level的承诺了) The commitment includes tuition, a stipend, and health care. The official letter will indicate more of the details. Given your fit with Prof.B (第一位教授) and me, your assistantship will likely involve a new project for which Prof.B and I have just been funded by the US Department of Education (IES) (我终於知道我为何可以拿到四年的funding了), to evaluate the effects of recent curriculum requirements on students in Michigan. The project will engage serious issues of causal inference (这个研究 放想是我SOP的主要内容), and perhaps some social network analysis. So, we were very excited to see your application and believe that the project is a terrific fit (我觉得我SOP及研究经历与MSU教授目前研究计画的吻合度扮演了 很关键的角色,因为我的test scores并不亮丽). Let us know if you have further questions. In the meantime I will find a student liaison for you. (这个学生真的马上就email我,好积极哦) 其实,MSU虽整体排名不高,但教育学院是前20,且我申请的这个program也算是排前5名的, 更重要的是,两位我会跟的教授又分别是A咖及很有前景的B咖,说真的,如果我没有申请 其他学校的话,我现在就应该可以决定去MSU了 不过,看来还是得等其他学校的结果後,才做出最後决定, 到时候再最後写比较仔细的分享文,特别是对於工作多年後, 又回到研究所念书,又不小心决定出国念书的朋友,我觉得我的经验有正反面参考的地方 今晚会先在此分享,一来是想分享自己的喜悦 (连续一个半月熬夜为每所学校个别写SOP的日子终於有回报了) 二来是想鼓励test score分数中有部分不理想的朋友(我是AWA手残),大家继续加油~ 三来是一个我在PTT板上认识的贵人G大,知道我被录取的消息後,就不忘提醒我来po文 这个板真的很温馨,也很难得......感谢大家~ updated on 1/8: Prof. B (MSU教育学院讲座教授)来信,说了很多很吸引人的话,除了针对我的研究兴趣 告诉我在MSU可以获得发展的机会,还具体说她过去指导的学生在毕业前都在美国或家乡 取得大学教职或学术职位,她都promise和她合作的学生至少发表两篇refereed期刊论文 及其他着作(这些说法,我看她的CV就知道了,她都会列她学生的就职情形)...看了,真的 有点心动,因为我读过这位教授的很多着作,一直很欣赏她,但现在开始想到会可能跟她 合作,就有点很梦幻的感觉...但这时候又还不能明确决定...真的是充满悬念... ※ 编辑: soed 来自: 123.193.85.41 (01/08 03:59) ※ 编辑: soed 来自: 123.193.85.41 (01/09 00:26)