报俩AD+求助

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elvis_zheng
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CS MS @ Columbia --- rejected by phd program, forwarded to MS program and accepted
昨晚收到的。这个尝试着套下奖吧,很清楚这里的机会很小,但毕竟是dream school。。

CS PhD @ UNC --- 这个是重点
前天收到的。周日晚上有个教授联系的我,说在看我的材料,并让我介绍下相关的科研。然后他看过后回了封说interesting,并让我check他们的相关工作。周一晚上就收到了AD,但可悲的是没奖╮(╯_╰)╭……

这两天一直在联系那个教授,得知他在申请funding,这个summer才能出结果。
问他拿到后能否给我,他说:It is really hard to give any guarantees at this time. It depends onthe level of funding. 意思应该是他有许多proposal,如果通过多的话就有enough funding来support...
I am sorry that I can't give any firm guarantees on the support.
关于tuition waiver: The tuition waivers come from the university. In the current budgetsituation it is hard to comment.

不过这个教授还是蛮nice的,问我有没有其他offer,刚开始还以为他在试探我,我回说有support的话一定会去。后来的邮件说的确目前手头紧,还问Have you also applied to universities in Hong Kong? Some of them have a lot of financial support. 确定了这个教授的确很kind...

想请教大家的是:
1、该怎么继续争取奖学金?
--继续联系这个教授,问他还有没有其他招?
--向department要tuition waiver or TA?
--联系其他教授……?
2、如果实在没有的话,可以考虑先凑够第一年的钱,去了之后再争取,去UNC的graphics应该是值的。而且UNC是去了之后才定导师:Once admitted, the matching of faculty and students will be determined after you arrive during our annual Research Fair at the beginning of the Fall semester. 问题是这样当年拿RA的机会大么?因为已经发的offer里有许多给的就是RA。

当然最好的情况是希望去之前就拿到奖。求助大家~
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