Step 1: Choose a tutor that matches your research direction.
Every tutor has his own professional direction, and of course, many things should be measured when choosing a direction, such as personal preference and graduation development.
If you want to study PhD in the future, try to choose a tutor who publishes more articles, which is more academic; If it is more helpful for future employment, try to choose a tutor with more projects, and you will receive more work-related content and exercise your ability.
Graduation destination
Generally speaking, the school will not specifically announce the graduation destination of the tutor students, but we can find out in the following ways.
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There is a very simple way to post on the post bar or add QQ group and WeChat group to ask questions, pay attention to the politeness of language expression, and there is no disrespect. Maybe I'll meet my classmates who went to graduate school together in the future.
2. Online inquiry
For example, if this teacher really has bad behavior, then he has brought so many students who have graduated. If you talk to them directly when you are studying, they may be unwilling or afraid to talk because of emotional reasons, and they will not have so many worries after graduation. Everyone can try to use the internet, and now information exchange is so convenient ~
Step 2: Keep your mind and find the contact information of the teacher.
Contacting the tutor in advance will help students and teachers get to know each other. Students can recommend themselves to the teacher and try to leave a good first impression on each other; You can learn more about the teacher's research field and get some suggestions for your career development.
I hope everyone can adjust their mentality when sending an email and waiting for an email reply: when receiving an email, don't expect too much, and the smaller the expectation, the smaller the disappointment.
Contact information of the tutor: The tutor's office, laboratory, telephone number, email address and other information can generally be obtained through the following channels:
Related college websites, campus networks, science networks, major portals, etc.
University admissions office
Check the papers published by the tutor. If they are communication authors, they usually attach contact information.
Provided by the students of the tutor's college.
Provided by the teacher of the college where the student is located.
Step 3: Make initial contact and consider your email more carefully.
Precautions for contacting the tutor for the first time: The first email sent to the tutor is like the first time he sees you. Everyone should pay attention to the title and content of the email.
The first email doesn't need to be too long, but it should highlight the theme and contain the most important information.
This paper briefly introduces the basic situation of the individual (school, department, grade, ranking, etc.). ), and can attach a transcript; Talk about the understanding of majors and the reasons for choosing colleges and tutors. Be true, don't talk big, and be profound.
You can introduce your personal scientific research experience appropriately, and express your interest in the research direction of the tutor and the development in this direction. Ask the tutor for advice. Finally, you can attach your resume at the end of the article and attach it to the email in PDF format.
The email title should be concise to avoid being directly deleted as spam. Don't send emails in groups, otherwise you won't show your attention and respect for your tutor; In addition, due to the need to contact different tutors, the contents of the email will be confused and sent by mistake, leaving a very bad impression on the tutors.
Do not make the following "settings" for the mail.
Ask for a receipt. Some students are worried that the tutor didn't receive the email they thought was "particularly important", so they specially added a setting for the other party to send a receipt in the email. As everyone knows, such a setting can easily make the tutor feel disrespectful.
Automatic reply. Some students are used to setting up an automatic email reply to let the other party confirm whether the email was sent successfully. However, in the process of contacting the tutor, there is no automatic reply to the actual content, which may bring unhappiness to the already busy tutor.
What to discuss with the teacher?
Keep in touch with your tutor after sending your first email. The core theme at this time is to prove that you are a prospective researcher with ideas, not a student who only studies and only gets grades.
What can follow-up messages surround?
Introduce your academic experience and future plans, and highlight your personal advantages (arouse the interest of your tutor). Finding your own bright spot is the key, so that you can stand out; Very familiar with the academic research experience mentioned in the email; It is necessary to give the tutor a feeling of being practical but full of love for academic research.
Ask the tutor about the enrollment plan for next year. The enrollment plan of previous years and the research direction of the tutor should be clearly understood in advance, and don't ask the tutor.
Report to the tutor what preparations are being made at present, but there are still some problems in the profession that are still unclear. I hope my tutor will give me guidance. At this point, you can ask a lot of things, and it is recommended to consider it in combination with your own situation and professional characteristics. More general questions such as: which professional book is more suitable for further study, which aspects need to be improved, and so on.
Discuss the tutor's thesis you have read. When discussing with tutors, we should be "aware of what they know, but not aware of what they don't know", be modest and reflect the spirit of learning; It is normal not to know many details such as technology and experimental methods, so don't spend too much energy to figure out how a certain technology is realized and ignore the overall situation; Combined with my past academic experience, I prove that I am the best candidate for the direction of my tutor.
Discuss the hot issues of scientific research in your field of concern. In this respect, it is often impossible to make a sudden attack, and the test is the degree of knowledge and accumulation, which requires long-term attention to academic research. You may find that you are not suitable for this tutor's direction in the process of communication and switch to others. This is a responsible behavior for your future graduate career.