帮忙看下老师的回复

So you have to come as a teaching assistant, take my class in the first semester and impress me.  That is the way it works.  I have 15 PhD students and to become one of my students is a fairly tough competition.


Dear:
Thank you for your interest in our program. At this time we do not have any openings for new starts.  As a point of information, individual professors cannot determine admissions, only the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Committee determines admissions. This is done in March of each year for the following academic year (August starts).  So the time to apply is from about December to February.  Occasionally applications are considered in the Fall for January starts but this is not the usual case.  See the web site http://www.xxx.htm for detailed information. I wish you all the best in finding a suitable academic setting for continuing your studies.

第一封信的老师，要求你来了美国上他的课，表现优异，才肯收你，目前他有15个博士生，所以很拽 --- 一个老师带15个学生，也够多的。

第二个就是让你申请，公事公办，拿系里委员会决定来推托，而且明年3月才作决定，早着呢