Proposed Term: 2011 Fall Proposed Program: MS, MEng, or PhD in Electrical Engineering (EE) with concentration in Optoelectronics, Semiconductor, or Physical Electronics Admission: [1] UCLA, MS in Electrical Engineering (2/23) without funding (all applicants applying to PhD are considered only for MS initially) [2] Masdar Institute, MS in Engineering Systems and Management (3/1) with tuition coverage, health insurance, travel imbursement, laptop, textbooks, and monthly stipend [3] U Michigan Ann Arbor, PhD in EE (3/4) with 5-year tuition and health insurance coverage, and annual stipend; first year support in the form of fellowship [4] Princeton U, MEng in EE (3/5) without funding [5] UC Berkeley, MEng in EECS (3/5) without funding [6] UC Berkeley, MS/PhD in EECS (3/16) with 4-year tuition and health insurance coverage, and stipend; first year support in the form of GSR (equivalent to RA) [7] Caltech, MS in EE (3/23) without funding [8] UCSB, MS/PhD in ECE (5/3) without funding [9] USC, PhD in EE (5/12) without funding Rejection: [1] Stanford U, MS/PhD in EE (3/1) rejected for both MS and PhD programs. [2] MIT, PhD in EECS (3/9) [3] UIUC, MS in ECE (3/15) (all applicants applying to PhD are considered only for MS initially) [4] Harvard U, PhD in EE, SEAS (3/29) [5] UCSD, PhD in ECE (4/27) Decision: UC Berkeley, MS/PhD in EECS Background: National Taiwan University (NTU) BS in Electrical Engineering (2007-2011) Overall/Major/Last 60 GPA: 3.94/4.0/3.97 Overall/Major Centesimal: 89.09/90.93 Overall Ranking: 18.2% Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University (HSNU) (2004-2007) Test Scores: GRE: V690(97%) Q800(94%) AW3.5(26%), Makati, Philippines, Oct 2010 TOEFL: R27 L27 W25 S23 Tot102 铭传大学, Oct 2010 Publication: ApJ Journal Letter 2nd Author (submitted, result unknown) x1 Honors: 2010 NTU Presidential Award 2010 The Mai Bangkok Business Challenge finalist team 2010 TiC Business Competition 3rd prize 2007 Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award 2007 Taiwan International Science Fair 2nd Prize 2007 AMC12 Mathematics Competition PR99 2006 National Primary and High School Science Fair 2nd Prize 2005 National High School Information Contest 2nd Prize Experience: 2010 Research Student, MNATS Lab, Dept of EE, NTU 2009-2010 Research Student, LeCosPA, NTU 2008-2010 High School Math and Physics Tutor Activities: 2011 Seminar on International Trade and Economy 2010 NTU Orientation Camp Conselor 2010 International Affairs Seminar 2010 Center for Talented Youth 2007-2009 NTU Rover Scout (Patrol Leader) Recommendation Letter: 1 from NTUPhys faculty member 3 from NTUEE faculty members 心得分享(转载请注明出处罗!)： 1) 申请的时间流程以及所需要完成的事情 http://goo.gl/glIVl 2) 谈念研究所的动机、自己的兴趣与方向 http://goo.gl/5txEb 3) 谈申请整体策略 http://goo.gl/99DXR 4) 时时刻刻要谨记在心的GPA http://goo.gl/ncxAg 5) 推荐信的准备(上) http://goo.gl/2nGjD 6) 推荐信的准备(下) http://goo.gl/c4uFm 7) SOP: 自我推荐、反败为胜的绝招(上) http://goo.gl/ApGgt 8) SOP: 自我推荐、反败为胜的绝招(下) http://goo.gl/XKQnr 9) 一个头两个大的留学考试 http://goo.gl/H0TIB 10) 让别人一眼就了解你的CV http://goo.gl/x3UMc 11) 选校、选学位、选教授 (上) http://goo.gl/pbKg6 12) 选校、选学位、选教授 (中) http://goo.gl/ZjZ6o 13) 选校、选学位、选教授 (下) http://goo.gl/07g01 14) 念书却花不到半毛钱的机会 http://goo.gl/qZbW1 15) 善用这悠闲却宝贵的倒数几个月 http://goo.gl/J0MFv 时光飞逝，转眼间就过了一年， 去年的这个时候我也跟众多版友一样， 紧张地守着email信箱等着申请结果。 除了希望拿到好学校的AD， 也希望能在结束之後将心得仔细完成後回馈给版友。 录取与拒绝信都告了一个段落了， 但心得一写就写了一年，而拖到现在， 终於能好好整理这一篇篇文章， 奉献给PTT留学版跟大家分享， 希望对往後的学弟学妹们多多少少能有一些帮助。 我想特别感谢几位启发我着手写这些文章的学长学姊们， 首先是学长Henry Liu， 因为他之前一系列的留学申请文章， 而让我也希望将我所学所知道的分享给大家； 也感谢Xination在blog里面所分享的资讯， 从那里我的SOP得到了很大的帮助。 也感谢版主ron0908的鼓励， 让这些文章终於有一天被贴在这里跟各位分享。 当然还有所有在这个版上分享录取文的各位， 因为你们的慷慨分享，让这个版的资源更加丰沛。 此外我还想谢谢所有帮助我一路走来申请到这里的每一个人， 包括我爸爸、妈妈、姊姊、小雀斑的支持， 大学时指导我专题的物理系教授Pisin， 帮忙我很多的电机系教授吴忠帜、田维诚、陈永耀老师， 指导我申请的学长学姊们， 包括JimmyHo学长、Dawsen学长、Charlie Yeh学长、rainswl学姊， NTUEE111所有支持我的麻计们， 大学社团罗浮群的夥伴们， 参加过这些营队、比赛、团队的队友们 (SITE2011、CTY5、IAS2010、Tech IN、三届台大新生书院、森多99204 Jimmy曼谷团、AOC实验室、三届敦安、附中07年毕典小组摄影组、CRC27)， 当时支持我却各有各的路要走的你， HSNU1114跟我一起耍白烂的同学们， 港中、白云的同学们， PTT留学版的版友们， 以及虽然不在以上却不断支持我的朋友们， 谢谢你们。 祝各位接下来要申请的所有朋友们都一切顺利罗 :) --

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