大四ee在美交流申请真心求定位

关于套磁：由于在美帝所以可以去面套。（MS的话是不是套磁没啥意义？）（由于我现在申请相当于转了个方向，所以不知道怎么套磁，希望各位指点）
我的选校名单：
冲刺：Gatech; UT-Austin; UM;
主申：TAMU，UCLA，UCSD，UCSB，USC，UWM, UMASS , Rochester ，Washington University in St. Louis
保底: ，UCI，UCD，U-Houston


GPA太弱了，，，排名也是渣，而且是大二成绩最好，大三应该一些原因下滑明显。优势吧本来以为会有一篇paper，，，交流经历应该算一个优势吧，有一份国外的成绩单（12月截止的学校估计用不上了可是），还能有两封国外老师的推。学校偏好么喜欢加州（天气好），德州（便宜）。我自己的申请定位是不是太乐观了。。。？求版主指点啊> <另外问一句三份推荐信的话一定得有一份是本科学校老师的吗？能不能一份实习boss两份交流学校的老师？

楼主申master的话，套磁意义真的不大；倒是楼主背景这么厉害，而且人在美国，完全可以套磁申PhD啊

liusicong999 发表于 2013-11-5 12:49
. 1point 3acres 楼主申master的话，套磁意义真的不大；倒是楼主背景这么厉害，而且人在美国，完全可以套磁申PhD啊

我gpa太差了啊，，，而且科研经历虽然挺多，但没有paper。。

If your master is thesis-based, which means you have to do a lot of research, I think it is worth getting contact with professors. Because generally masters have no funding, but thesis-based masters required research devotion under the supervision of a certain professor.
Otherwise I will say it's unnecessary ......

eraechoin 发表于 2013-11-5 12:54
If your master is thesis-based, which means you have to do a lot of research, I think it is worth ge ...

这种也是委员会录取后再找导师吧，而且导师肯定更愿意招博士生吧

eraechoin 发表于 2013-11-5 12:54
If your master is thesis-based, which means you have to do a lot of research, I think it is worth ge ...

谢谢指点，那请问我这背景如果申phd的话该如何定位呢，，类似于ucdavis和uci这样的phd有没有机会呢？

liusicong999 发表于 2013-11-5 12:57
这种也是委员会录取后再找导师吧，而且导师肯定更愿意招博士生吧

Not really.
It depends on the specific program.
I agree with you that generally you don't have to make any connections for master.
But for few programs, you are required to list several advisers you want to work with later in your THESIS-BASED program. In that case, only if one adviser says YES, you will be either rejected or degraded into another degree.
There is a program like that on my list...