美国签证问题及回答

What will you study in the United States?

I will study for my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering in the University of Texas at

Austin. And my specified field is Transportation Engineering.

2) What is your major? In what aspect of your major will you study?

My current major in Beijing Polytechnic University is Civil Engineering. I will continue to study Civil Engineering for my Ph.D. in the University of Texas at Austin.

My specified field of study is Transportation Engineering.

3) What will you do in USA?

I will study for my Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering in the University of Texas

at Austin. I plan to finish my study in about 4 years and then come back to china.

4) Are you going to study in USA?

Yes. I will study for my Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering in the University of Texas at Austin.

5) When/where did you get your BS/MS?

I got my Bachelor's degree in Transportation Engineering in 1997 at Harbin

University of Civil Engineering & Architecture and will get my Master’s degree in this coming July from Beijing Polytechnic University.

6) What/where are you studying now?

I am now studying for my Master's degree in Transportation Engineering in

Beijing Polytechnic University.

7) How long will you study in USA?

About 4～5 years. My future advisor said that if I wok hard I can get my Ph.D.

within a shorter time.

8) Have you any scholarship?

Yes. On the basis of the evaluation of my resume, personal statement, undergraduate transcripts, and GRE，TOEFL scores, I was accepted by the department as a priority student and honored full financial support including a tuition waiver and yearly stipend of 15,600 US dollars.

9) What do you want to study in USA?

I will study for my Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering in the University of Texas

at Austin.

10) What do you do with your work for BS/MS/PhD?

I will take courses, teaching, do research, and finish my thesis in the area of

Transportation to get my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering in 4 years.

11) What is your purpose for the visa?

I need a F-1 visa in order to study for my Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering in

the University of Texas at Austin. I plan to finish my study in about 4 years and then come back to china.

12) What is your academic background?

Since September 1993, I had been studying in the Transportation College of Harbin University of Civil Engineering and Architecture for my Bachelor's degree.

After I got my bachelor's degree in July 1997, I continued my postgraduate study in Beijing Polytechnic University, and I will be conferred the Master’s degree in this coming July.

13) How do you know this Univ.?

I started to know about the University of Texas at Austin from my current

advisor. When he leaned that I was planning to go abroad and further my study, he was glad and encouraged me to do so. On the other hand, I also learned a lot

about the University of Texas at Austin from the World Wide Web.

14) What is your plan? What will you do after graduation?

I will specialize in Transportation Engineering and finish my Ph.D. studies in

Civil Engineering in the University of Texas at Austin in about 4 years. Then I will come back to China and first get married with my girlfriend whom I have known for more than 9 years. At the same time I will try to find a position in a big state owned consulting company. My desired working place is Beijing.

15) Give me three reasons that you will come back to China?

First of all, I have to come back and get married with my girlfriend. We have known each other for 9 year since we were young. You see we were in the same class in junior high school. She is now working in a research institute in Beijing.

Her major is Materials Science and Engineering, specializing in ceramics.

Secondly, as you can see, I applied directly for a Ph.D. program. As far as

I know, and probably as you know, Ph.D. holders in the States are not so easy to

find good jobs as M.S holders even in the same discipline, especially in the Civil Engineering. However, it will be very easy for me to find a good job in any of the big cities in china with my Ph.D in Civil Engineering got in the United States.

Third, my career objective determines that it is a better choice for me to come back to China than staying in the states. My long-range objective is to become an enterpriser and own my business. And it would be very difficult for me to realize it if I choose to stay in the states, for the United States is a highly developed county, and almost everything is already there. You see, as a country develops, the space for people to develop shrinks relatively. It is not realistic for me to find my own space as a successful enterpriser between all these big, developed and high-tech companies in the United States. I mean I can start, but can hardly succeed. On the contrary, if I come back to china, I have much better chances. Since china is underdeveloped, it leaves much more space for people, especially for civil engineers to develop. As you can see, waste, low efficiency, high-cost, poor quality is almost everywhere, though things are changing everyday. With my Ph.D. degree got in the states and my social relationships, it is much easier for me to start my own enterprise, or buy one from the government when they decide to privatize some of the medium-sized and small state owned enterprises. Since China will join the WTO, I believe there will be more and more chances here.

16) Can you explain why 90% Chinese students didn't come back?

I think that is partly because they were afraid that they would not be treated

fairly after they come back. As a matter of fact, that used to be the reality. But things has been changing greatly during the recent years and much more students are are coming back after they have finished their study. I also think this has something to do with the majors. As for students majoring in science, they may like the better equipment, environment and salary in the states because they are afraid that if they are back, some of their research can not go on as a result of poor facility and shortage of funding. But as for my major, it will be very easy for me to find a good job in any of the big cities in china with my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering got in the United States. You see it is a practical major. My career objective also determines that it is a better choice for me to come back to China than staying in the states.

17) Why do you choose this Univ.?

First of all, the Civil Engineering Department in the University of Texas at Austin is among the top five Ph.D. programs in the United States. According to the US News, the Civil Engineering Department of UT-Austin ranked the fifth all around the US in 1999. Both my current advisor and several foreign friends suggested me this school. Another reason is that my future advisor is a very famous professor. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. I believe I will learn a lot under his instruction.

18) Why do you like your major?

Because I believe it is promising in china. As for my major, it will be very easy for me to find a good job in any of the big cities in china with my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering got in the United States. You see, it is a practical major. Since china is underdeveloped, it leaves much more space for people, especially for transportation engineers to develop. As you can see, Freeways are constructed everywhere in China these years. Billions of money is invested to the transportation area every year by the government and private investors. With my Ph.D. degree got in the states and my social relationship, it is much easier for me to start my own enterprise. When I come back, I plan to work for a state-owned consulting company. Do you know China International Engineering Consulting Company? It is the largest consulting company in China and Premier Zhu Rongji’s wife is the president of that company. 60% of its employees are Ph.D.

or M.S. holders who came back from foreign countries such as America, Japan and Europe. If I can get a position in that company, I believe I will be a millionaire in 3 or 4 years. When China join the WTO, there will be more chances in China.

So the earlier I come back, the better.

19) Why do you want to study in USA?

Because Transportation Engineering is a new and underdeveloped major currently in china. When my department chair leaned that I was planning to go abroad and further my study in Industial Engineering, he was glad and encouraged me to do so. We talked a little bit and agreed that promoting research and application in industrial engineering in china is now nessesary and will soon prove very fruitful, while the development of this decipline in china is far from satisfactory. You see, Industrial Engineering became a formal area of study in china only in 1993, only 6 years ago. Xian Jiaotong University is the first Unversity in this county that was approved by the national education committee to offer degree programs in industrial engineering.And I am going to be a graduate of the second class, I mean the big calss,you see enrolled in 1994.The problem is that you can hardly find any Ph.D program in industrial engineering in this country.

Apparently the best choice is to get my Ph.D. in the states, where industrial engineering originated. in the states, where industrial engineering originated.

20) Why do you want to pursue a doctor's degree?

As for my major, it will be very easy for me to find a good job in any of the big cities in china with my Ph.D in Industrial Engineering got in the United States.

You see, it is a practical major. Morover, I think a Ph.D. is necessary for me to realize my career objective. My long range objective is to become an enterpriser and own my business. I don't want to stop someday on my half way toward success to resume my study as a result of knowledge. With my Ph.D got in the

states and my social relationship, It is much easier for me to start my own

enterprise, or buy one from the government when they decide to privatize some of

the midium-sized and small state owned enterprises.

21) Why do you receive fiancial aid from this Univ.?

Yes. on the basis of the evaluation of my resume, personal statement,

undergraduate transcripts, and gre toefl scores, I was accepted by the

department as a priority student and honored full financial support including a

tuition waiver and yealy stipend of 16,000 us dollars, which is renewable for a total

of 4 years.

22) What is the difficult class do you have?

Probably algorithm. It is a course about advanced calculating and requires

high technique in both computer programming and mathematics.

25) What's the difference between your major now and the major in USA?

They are the same. Both of my undergraduate study and graduate study are in industrial engineering. Just that my graduate study will be more detailed and advanced. And that I will specialize in production management, which is a sub-area of industrial engineering.

(1) What will you study in the United States? /What do you want to study in the USA?

I will study for my Ph.D. degree in Public Policy and Management at the Heinz School at Carnegie Mellon University.

(2) Why do you go to Carnegie Mellon University?/Why do you choose this University?/Why do you go to this University?

Carnegie Mellon University is one of the best universities in the United States. The Heinz school ranks first in the area of Public Policy and Management. I'll study for my Ph.D degree there. (3) What is your purpose to the USA?/What will you do in the USA?/What are you going to do in the United States?/Are you going to study in the USA?Yes…. I will study for my Ph.D. degree at the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University.

(4) What is your major?

I'll study in the area of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University.

(5) In what aspect of your major will you study?

Supply Chains Management.

(6) Can you say something about it? What is it? What is it for?

Supply-chain management is a generic term that encompasses the coordination of order generation, taking, and fulfillment and distribution of products, services, or information. It is critical, not only to the success, but also to the survival of any firm. As a discipline, supply chains management draws on the fields of management science, statistics, operations research and economics.

(7) When and where did you get your Bachelor and Master degree?

I got my Bachelor degree at Peking University in 1998. And I just got my master degree at Tsinghua University.

(8) What are you studying now? Where are you studying now? What are you doing now?

I was studying at Tsinghua University. My major is Management Science and Engineering. I did some research in Supply Chains Management. I've just got my master degree.

(9) What did you do with your Master work?

I took fifteen courses, did some research on Supply Chains Management. I just finished my master thesis. And I have several academic publications.

(10) How long will you study in the USA?

The Doctoral Program is designed to be completed in six years. I hope I could get my Ph.D in five years.

Why it needs six years?

As you may know, Carnegie Mellon University is one of the best in the United States. The Heinz School ranks first in the area of Public Policy and Management. It has strict requirement to us students. I think that's why this doctoral program needs six years.

(11) Have you got any scholarship?

Yes. I've been honored a full tuition scholarship and a stipend. If I remain in good academic standing, the Heinz school will renew my award of full financial support.