3 月8号上午8:05,我按惯例check email, 清理了一封垃圾邮件后,打开一封来自Stanford的邮件,“这么快”,我心里嘀咕,心跳加速,“Rejection?” 我不禁问自己,突然一串令人兴奋的字符映入我的眼帘--“The admission committee has met and decided to offer you the admission to our Ph.D. Program”。我的心跳顿时慢了许多,多日的疲劳顿时消失在九霄云外了。
又是几个星期,1月13号,收到一封来自Stanford的来信,信中提到“I am writing tolet you know that after reviewing more than 400 applications, many of themoutstanding, we have selected you to be one of a small number of candidateswho we would like to invite for an interview on campus on March 1-5” 早些时候在Stanford的网页上看到Stanford Biosicences Program的招生是有On-Campusinterview的,但是对于国际学生的说法是,“for those who are extremelyexcellent, we will conduct phone interviews”. 没有想到Stanford会邀请我去米国面试,我当时有点想把这个本土的面试改成电话面试,因为如果要去米国得办好多手续。但是我想这样我会很不利的,毕竟去了可以和更多的教授谈谈,而且是Stanford负担所有的费用,包括机票,所以我下定决心一定要尽快办理手续,准备出国。