A “magnet” is a term used in the US for students applying to study abroad who communicate via Email with a professor at their dream school to increase their chances of admission and scholarship.
Below and here Xiaobian together to understand the United States graduate study abroad set magnetic writing guide.
The early stage of magnetic field refers to before the application begins, usually from July to September. In this stage, students can choose the professors they are interested in according to the major and small direction of application, and ask the professors whether they will enroll students next year. In this stage, some schools that cannot apply can be excluded through magnetic field.
At the same time, professors can get some professional advice in the next step, which is also very important for improving their competitiveness.
The middle stage of the application refers to the application stage of the application. Generally after December, if the professor is interested in the applicant in the early stage of the application, he will reply to encourage you to apply, etc. After submitting the application, you can inform the professor of the current situation by email, and judge whether the offer is promising by the professor’s email reply.
The latter phase refers to when you get the offer, usually after February. During this period, it is convenient for you to choose and reject the offer. For example, if you get the offer of the safety school in February, the result of the dream school will come out in April, and then you can judge whether the offer is promising by contacting the professor.
This allows you to control the flow of applications instead of having to wait every day.
Second, set of magnetic process to first confirm the major you want to apply for, mainly to confirm the professional subdivision direction.
Communicate with domestic tutors whether there is a recommended school.
Make a school selection report and list all the tutors of the major you want to apply for. It is suggested that each school choose three prospective tutors to carry out the recruitment.
It is best not to send more than one tutor to the same school, as this will appear to be disingenuous.
It is necessary to wait at least three days after the letter is sent. If there is no reply from the tutor or the tutor refuses to send the letter to the second tutor, the reply from the tutor should be communicated in time.
1. Do not write too long a magnetic letter.
The word limit is 200 words, a long letter for the relatively busy professor will not read carefully, so the first set of magnetic letter must be concise description of your experience and research background, after the contact is stable can write a little longer, but also not too long.
2. Don’t generalize.
The direction you are interested in should be accurately explained. In the same field, the research direction of the supervisor is not exactly the same, each supervisor’s research focus is different, so you must clearly explain the direction of your interest, rather than saying that you want to study a certain field.
3. Don’t use adjectives to describe your abilities and qualities.
You can reflect on your past experience, describe your research experience and results, the supervisor will make their own judgment, use facts to introduce yourself.
4. Don’t bring accessories.
For the attachment of strangers, the tutor will mistake it for a virus. You can not bring your resume in the first set of emails, the tutor may not have time to read. If there is something in your email that he is very interested in, he will reply to ask for your detailed information, at this time, you can send your resume to him.
5. Set the frequency of magnetic signal.
Set of magnetic frequency is best kept in touch with in 1-2 weeks at a time, if time is too tight no content can write, if time span is too big, is likely to let teacher forget who you are, to keep a long and continuous contact, let professor see you are really interested in his research, so as to impress his for you and give you a scholarship.
