我想问问大家觉得PS能帮助我们形成实质性的突破么

RT啊，想去好学校，基本条件都达标，但是自觉没什么亮点，这个时候PS能变成突破口么。例如我现在3.8，旁边的哥们4.0，假设学校背景推荐信paper啥的都差不多。想不清楚该不该下狠心去弄PS，穷啊

qwertb1 发表于 2014-8-26 12:50
那只有妥妥的悲剧的份了

don't count on chances and gambling.

In a fair market of U.S.A, you will get what you deserve in a long run.
There is no magic trick in life.

. 1point 3acres Even if you end up with a worse school, it's not the end. Life is a terribly long marathon.

this is a complicate issue.
let's break it down in to two cases and I am going to assume you are applying for graduate level:
1. if your major is not engineering nor cs
the short answer is yes.
I won't dig into this case becasue chances are, I assume, you do not belong to this case. If I was wrong, please tell me.

2. If your major is engineering or cs.
the short answer is no.
One can argue nothing is definite. I agree with this, but to put it in a simplifed way: most engineering or cs department care only several things:  your GPA(academic work), the schools you come from, your recommendation letters, your publication/patent


PS is more important in undergraduate level and for other majors.

你好。我觉得PS会起到突破性的作用，但是往往是在录取最后的阶段。比如说，某个教授手上有两三个人选，最终选一个，在硬件条件差不太多的情况下，这时候他可能会很仔细地看你的PS；这个时候如果你的研究兴趣和研究想法跟教授非常match，就会有用。这个时候并不是其他人比你差，只是说你可能更合这个教授的胃口一点。当然，前提是你能到这一步；在“海选”阶段，基本不会认真看PS。以上是根据我自己的亲身经历说的。

对于Master（非研究型的）可能PS用处就非常小了。

我是说从劣势变成优势

zheng18552 发表于 2014-8-27 01:15
this is a complicate issue.
let's break it down in to two cases and I am going to assume you are a ...

thx。I belong to case 1. Math/Stat

qwertb1 发表于 2014-8-26 12:22
thx。I belong to case 1. Math/Stat

sorry. I made a mistake, science belongs to case 2.

zheng18552 发表于 2014-8-27 01:24
sorry. I made a mistake, science belongs to case 2.

那只有妥妥的悲剧的份了

赞同上面的看法，主要还是这些硬性条件起作用

我们学校招生办公室都不怎么看PS，每次录取季收上万份申请，办公室就那么几个老师，还有几个在学校勤工俭学的学生，每天还有其他事情，会议之类的，所以录取这个东西也有很多随机性。

rainbow767 发表于 2014-8-27 03:13
我们学校招生办公室都不怎么看PS，每次录取季收上万份申请，办公室就那么几个老师，还有几个在学校勤工俭学 ...

**木有逆袭的机会了