人生第一拒 1st Rej MS CivilEng @ Princeton (5th decision)

没有一点意外，也没有什么情绪波动。申请的时候本来就不抱有多大希望，而且并不是本人dream school之一。

Princeton是属于工科规模本来就很小的名校。根据官网上的说法，经过本人推算，Princeton的CEE部门（土木与环境部门）下的每个方向的硕士项目在全球也只招不超过3人，在中国大陆估计只招不超过1人。因此，被录取的概率几乎接近0.

Princeton工科想要被录取，不仅成绩和科研要好，而且最关键的是match。因为规模很小，导师希望自己的学生从硕士阶段就紧紧跟着自己的方向走（甚至说不定硕士比博士还要难录取）。

然而，Princeton工科排名不高（18名），CEE的专排也不高（24名）。而且由于规模小，研究方向不多元。因此，即使录取了，我估计也不太想去。

以上就是我对Princeton的CEE部门申请情况的总结。希望对后面申请的学弟学妹有所帮助。希望大家Offer多多！


补充内容 (2016-3-8 11:14):
我前几天又看了一下，由于P的工科规模小，结构方向的项目和其他项目一样，好像就只有一个导师。所以导师就选择match的那个录取。而我前不久才发现SOP里面表面的研究内容确实与导师的不太贴合。

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