Questions about studying and going abroad for computer majors.

Requirements for studying computer science in the United States:

① Thesis

The most important thing for American universities to recruit people is their research ability. Although it is too absolute to measure a person's research ability by papers, it is mainly the case at present. Because you can say whatever you want about the project, foreign professors basically don't know about domestic projects. Due to the characteristics of the direction of CS software engineering, almost all the important papers in this discipline are basically (at least first) published at international conferences, mainly top conferences in various fields. Of course, we can't expect our domestic CS software engineering applicants to publish papers at these top conferences, but at least having articles at some more formal conferences (if the review committee knows about these conferences) will definitely greatly increase your chances of admission! As for periodicals, unless there are articles in

JCST, Journal of Software and chinese journal of computers, you can emphasize the difficulty. As for other Chinese periodicals, it is better than nothing.

② Important honors/awards/experiences

The most popular honors/awards of foreign professors are mathematical model competitions and mathematics competitions, which are of course national, and world-class is better, (if local, some are better than none). Other important experiences, such as MSR, are not bad. In addition, some important scholarships and research internship experience of big companies may also play some roles.

③ Birth

is the school from which you came. It's very realistic, and birth is absolutely important! In fact, whether in China or the United States, it is very important to be born (graduated from a school).

Students who graduated from traditional famous schools/ivy league schools are indeed better cared for in choosing schools

/ jobs than those from other schools. Of course, you can't just look at a person's birth, but generally speaking, birth is absolutely important. As far as the application is concerned, the general elite schools only look at the top1 schools in China, and look at other countries (such as India, which only recognizes IIT, and the others are thrown into the trash can). If it is not from the top 1 background and has no other outstanding strengths, then there is only one end.

④GPA

Although most of the top ten schools claim to be in 4. Get 3 out of . A GPA above is enough to apply, but according to the actual experience over the years, the GPA of successfully applying for TOP1 computer major is generally 3. Above 6, the average GPA of freshmen in individual schools can reach 3. 8。

⑤ recommendation letter /PS(SoP)

In fact, foreign professors still read the recommendation letter, and it is very important if there is strong support. To some extent, in fact, everyone should pay more attention to letters of recommendation than ps! Of course, due to well-known reasons in China, reliability will be discounted to some extent, but it is still more important if your recommenders or teachers are very responsible or your content is well organized.

⑥TOEFL/GRE

TOEFL/GRE only needs to pass some thresholds, which are easy for most students in China, but it may be difficult for TOEFL to reach. Many schools have restrictions on how many points a TOEFL course can't be lower than

, and some schools have quite high requirements for TOEFL scores of students! The bottom line of TOEFL score for international students applying for American universities is 6 < P > (old TOEFL), and the practical experience is that the top ten computer majors often reach 63-65.

Because of the wide application of computer science, most American applicants often choose a master's degree, while academic doctoral applications generally compete among international students, so excellent TOEFL scores are essential. And GRE, in addition to taking the GRE

General Test, suggests that applicants take the GRE computer subject test as much as possible to show their professional strength and win the favor of the school.