1. 简短自我介绍，大学介绍，导师介绍 Good morning, Professor. xxx. It is really my honor to have this chance for the interview. May I introduce myself first?
My name is xxx, 26. I'm currently a Ph. D candidate in xxx university and supervisored by Pro. xxx, who is the director of the xxx Institute. My major is xxx. In the past four years, most of my work involves the xxx, xxx science and xxx. During my studies, I have spent considerable amount of time reading related literature and paid close attention to the state-of-the-art research progresses. To my mind, these experiences equipped me with a solid theoretical foundation in this field. Meanwhile, the experiences of participating in several national research
projects
largely
strengthened
my
experimental operating skills.
Besides, I am a lively and easygoing girl. In my leisure time, I like to play pingpong and work out, or invite some of my friends to go to the karaoke houses for singing.
The reason why I am applying for the visiting opportunity is that I want to enhance my understanding of the neural mechanisms of conduct disorder and antisocial behaviors. Since your team have done many extraordinary work in this field, I really want to get some guidance and learn more under your supervision.
2. 为什么要读博：Explain that why you intend to apply to the School’s doctoral program? why you are pursuing a PhD? Focus on your research idea, demonstrate how your experiments or theoretical work will be able to answer your research question and how the project might contribute to the field.
I have been fascinated by the xxx since I was young. At that moment I was often curious about: why we, human beings have thoughts? Do animals think and what make our thoughts different? And of course, this questions were too difficult for a child because of a lack of knowledge and life experiences. That is why I chose xxx as my major when I went into xxxUniversity. During past years in the university, I was driven by a true passion for these questions and made great efforts to seek answers. After taking a
number of specialized courses, I had got a basic understanding of xxx and xxx. Meanwhile, I became interested in the study of the xxx and xxx (i.e., 具体研究方向). To my mind, xxx and xxx enables us to have access to investigate the xxx （把自己的研究方向往上面套）.
3. 毕业以后的打算或未来五年的计划/你感兴趣的projects or topics/planned dissertation/explain what you plan to do/describe the plans for your own research work; describe your hypotheses, how they will be tested, experimenta/how you intend to answer your research questions/paradigms, techniques, how the data will be analyzed, etc. you should assure your audience that you know what’s missing and that (and how) you intend to acquire the required knowledge during your time at the School. A clearly structured and easy-to-follow presentation will help to do so./You may want to give a realistic time frame in which you plan to complete your project, too./ Your proposal needs to show why the intended research is important and to justify the effort of doing the research./ Give information about your estimated timetable (if possible in table form)
My research aims to understand the ... - 描述研究方向以及已有研究局限性或值得继续深入研究的内容. Why should this be the case? xxx, ... is still unclear.
The disorder I have spent most time investigating is ..., largely through the study of young people at very high risk of developing the disorder. I am now interested in understanding what predicts their functional outcome, and how abnormalities of ... can
be
corrected
through
pharmaceutical
interventions.
My main areas of interest concern ... and ..... More specifically, I am keen on the ... in adolescents with psychiatric disorders. Besides, I also want to know the role that genetic and environmental factors play in these changes.
4. 你现在实验室的介绍 With the intention of pursuing advanced knowledge, I enrolled in the ... Institute of the ... University as a postgraduate student. As a research institute that lays great emphasis on ... work, academics here mainly focus on the ... and ..., such
as ..., etc. ... University is among the first group admitted into both Project 211, a project of building national key universities and colleges for the 21stcentury, and Project 985, a joint constructive project
of
building
world-class
universities
co-sponsored by the Chinese central government and local governments.
My supervisor, Prof. ... is the director （简单介绍你的导师的学术方向以及成果）
5. 硕士课题介绍（简介、工作时间安排、导师作用） Engaged in a project entitled “...”, which was supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). The goal of this project was to find .... In this study, ....
I served as one of the major researchers. Responsible for ..., collecting ... data and ... data .
6. 为什么选择我们学校/研究所? why the graduate school you are applying to is the right one for you?( location, research opportunities or faculty at the university you are applying to.
Well, I know that my current knowledge is far from sufficient, so I hope to further my understanding and boost my research ability by studying at the University of .... It is a well-known university and I learnt that researchers there have done excellent work on ..., so I am completely assured that the PhD program with highly qualified and experienced faculty will definitely help me achieve my goal in this field. More specifically, I am particularly interested in your research project which allows me to examine ..... It is likely to uncover the ..., and an earlier detection of ... as well as...would be possible. So my study at the University of ..., if admitted, will be devoted to this direction. Additionally, I am confident that my educational background, research experiences combined with unbounded enthusiasm would enable and motivate me to contribute productively to this project.
7. 关于potential supervisor的信息了解多少？relevant literature, controversies, research questions, and research techniques As I had read your papers, I learned that you have done excellent work on .... I know that extensive
research experience of various mental disorders would definitely further my understanding of the ....And currently, I am focusing on ...., which would help to elucidate.....
8. 有没有申请其他学校 I have applied two universities. Another one is University of Wisconsin-Madison.
9. 你认为你的优势和劣势在哪里? what qualities you bring to the program? 10. 你的品质/素质 In my perspective, one's desire for career advancement may well provide enough personal drive for an individual to push through. So do I. I'm looking to pursue a career in academia, motivated by personal idealism. I have perseverance and are in it with my whole heart instead of just professional advantage. To my mind, now is the right time for me to get to a higher stage pursuing my goal.
11. 参加过的社会活动、担任过的职务、或能说明你
leadship的事情 12. 学过的与project相关的课程 13. 为什么选择出国，而不是在国内读博士
As we know, America, as one of the most innovative countries in the world, has first-rate teaching faculty and research facilities. Its ideological openness and tolerance make a sharp contrast to Chinese culture, which tends to value tradition rather than innovation. I believe that with above mentioned research foundation, good programming and mathematical skills, excellent research conditions at GW University, I will be able to make ‘shortcuts’ in attaining my academic and career goals and have the capability and potential to successfully carry out my PhD project.
14. 你掌握了哪些与project相关的技能？（比如一些实验技术或者设备的使用） 15. 你对我们这个城市/学校有哪些了解 16. 你想问他的问题refer to the research topic,
select a topic, that is also acceptable to my advisor. application procedure in your university
when can I know the interview result
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