如何联系国外教授.docx

美國教授如何判別學生是否有潛力作者: Sanjoy Das, Assistant Professor,　Kansas State University Ph.D. 1994, Louisiana State University. Evolutionary algorithms, neural networks, artificial intelligence, discrete optimization. International applicants seeking assistantship/admission: please do not send me emails blindly without reading this.Every day I receive emails from international candidates for information, for advice, and especially requesting financial assistance. Unfortunately, I delete most of them without even reading them carefully. I get so many irrelevant emails that cannot reply to each. Extremely rarely has one caught my attention. Please do not send me emails without reading this first. I am only interested in corresponding to candidates who are exceptional, and have a strong interest and experience in my immediate area of specialization, and I highly prefer ones with a Masters degree. Here are two sample letters: A sample letter that will never get the candidate an assistantship with me: Unwanted email Respected sir, I am very interested in going to the US for higher studies. I am seeking admission and financial assistance in your esteemed University. I am very interested in artificial intelligence and computer architecture. I have programming experience in C++, C and ｊａｖａ. I am also familiar with several software packages in the Windows environment (MS Word, Excel Spreadsheet etc.). I also have networking certification from NOVELL. My GRE score is 2050, and I got 99 percentile in the TOEFL exam. I request you to spare a few moments from your precious time to go through my attached resume. Sir - if you are kind enough to offer me assistantship, I promise to work very hard for you. I have a very good academic record since primary school. Alternately, can you tell me what are my chances of getting assistantship from your department? Can you kindly inform me about the last dates for Summer term 2002 before which I can apply? Thank you for your valuable time, Yours obedien