What are the main considerations when applying for PHD schools in the United States? How to choose a school according to your own characteristics. . . Confused ~ ask for help

the emphasis of each school is different. Let me say a few more important things:

1. Undergraduate schools

Many universities in the United States like to recruit students from certain China universities. Because Americans can't know all the schools in China. So they can only trust those schools that they are familiar with. So first of all, we should look at which universities in the United States are famous for our undergraduate schools. You can see where those who have gone abroad before have gone.

2. Achievement, scientific research

achievement and ranking are hard power. Admission must be seen. In addition, the direction of science and engineering attaches great importance to your undergraduate scientific research. If you have scientific research experience and even publish articles, you will have great advantages;

3. ps

American school admissions sometimes don't pay special attention to your existing knowledge and achievements. More importantly, they want to see your interest in a specific direction, and see if you can explain clearly why you are interested in this direction, whether you have research ideas and what your long-term career plan is. These are all expressed through ps. (Generally, you can choose several teachers and directions in a targeted way through rhetoric, and then express your interest and understanding of these specific directions);

4. Letter of recommendation

Letter of recommendation is very, very important. It can be said that a really good recommendation letter can definitely guarantee that you will go to a good school. However, Americans are generally not familiar with China's references, and now they all know that the letters of recommendation were written by the students themselves, and the teacher just needs to sign them. Therefore, for China students, unless the referee is Daniel (academician, CEO of large enterprises, government executives and the like), the basic use will not be particularly great;

5. GRE

Some schools attach great importance to GRE scores. They will screen out people with poor GRE in the first round. But some schools, which are also famous schools, don't care about GRE, just look at your actual ability. Of course, generally speaking, GRE is better with high scores.

When choosing a school according to your own characteristics, you should first consider your own interests and career planning. Some majors can only take the road of scientific research after reading phD. Are you particularly interested in this major? You should think clearly first.

if you decide to go abroad, you should choose a suitable school range according to your grades, schools, GRE and so on, such as top 2 or 2-5. Then apply in a targeted manner.