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Trao doi 1)
Xin noi them voi cac bac dang dinh nop don hoc PhD, nhat la cac bac o ngoai My va it co kinh nghiem ve he thong giao duc va truong hoc o My:
Toi thay rat nhieu bac qua' fanatic ve rank. Cu phai top 1-10 thi moi nop don va cu nghi la My chi co 5-10 truong la noi tieng thoi. Noi that voi cac bac la o My co hang chuc truong dai hoc noi tieng. Co nhung truong cac bac nao chua o My nhieu thi khong biet nhieu vi du nhu Caltech (California Institute of Technology), CMU (Canergie Mellon University) hoac University of Maryland, College Park, v.v. vo cung noi tieng. Neu chung ta nop ma vao duoc top 50 cua My thi cung la mot su tuyet voi lam roi. Hang nam, cac khoa noi tieng cua My co den hang tram sinh vien nop don lam PhD. Vi du nhu cac khoa kinh te noi tieng mot nam co de 7-800 sinh vien nop don lam tien si, trong khi do khoa chi nhan 15-20 sinh vien thoi.
Toi hoan toan ung ho nhiet tinh viec chung ta dda^m don vao cac top schools, cang cao cang tot. Tuy nhien cung nen thuc te. Cac bac nen dam don vao vai truong top 1-5, con lai nen rai don tu top 100 den top 50 cung khong sao ca.
Con bac nao ma credentials that xuat sac, hoc o nuoc ngoai, va co academic history tuyet voi (vi du nhu bac Quoc Anh dang hoc o Harvard chang han
)
thi hang chi nop vao cac top 1-10. Con khong thi nen rai don.
Nam nay cho toi co mot cau hoc rat gioi o Australia, nop don vao toan top schools (1-10). Cuoi cung truot gan het, may con truong to^i nhan.
Mot ca^.u nua thi GRE tren 2200, TOEFL tren 620, Master degree with top score, excellent background in mathematics: truot tat ca cac truong noi tieng (top 1-20). May sao cau ay duoc nhan vao mot truong khac cung kha noi tieng, khong co hoc bong cua truong, nhung duoc to chuc ben ngoai tai tro.
Hai nam truoc cung co' mot co^ o HCMC nop don hoc tien si kinh te o My.
GRE
tren 2100, TOEFL 630, top average grade in Master degree, da tung la lecturer o VN. Co ay cu khang khang chi nop top 20 schools. Cuoi cung cha duoc truong nao nhan, va qua' that vo.ng, co^ ay dang ha't ba`i: "lo+`i ru buo^`n - La' Die^u Bo^ng " cu?a Tra^`n Tie^'n. o+? VN.
Noi dieu do khong co nghia la chi nen nop vao lower rank schools. Cang lower rank thi cang it financial support va chinh vi the kha nang nhan va hoc thap. Hoi toi nop hoc PhD cho chinh toi. Toi bi. University of Hawaii-Manoa
tu+` cho^'i tha(?ng thu+`ng vi` khong co financial support (rank cua
truong
nay thi way way below 200 in Economics) trong khi do toi cung duoc mot so truong kha' to^'t nha^.n va`o.
2) Trao doi 2:
Theo kinh nghiem cua cong ty toi trong viec tu van va giup do hoan thanh ho so cho cac bac o VN muon di hoc o My, toi thay mot diem noi len rat
ro: cac bac o nha rat xem nhe chuyen lam ho so va chuan bi ho so. Dieu nay vo cung quan trong. "The success of an application depends on not just how good you are but it is also how you position yourself"
Noi chung dieu nay la do chung ta chua co kinh nghiem (ma kho noi, phai qua roi thi moi co kinh nghiem). Ho so viet kha cau tha. Dich bang diem sai, trinh bay au va khong hap dan. CV viet khong co suc thuyet phuc.
Thu gioi thieu thi cau tha va tieng Anh rat kem. Statement of Purposes thi yeu va noi khong vao diem can noi.
Xin cac bac nho rang, diem GRE/GMAT, TOEFL chi la mot phan trong giai doan xet ho so. Dieu quan trong la cac bac phai chi ra cho ho thay la cac bac co the dong gop duoc gi cho khoa, cac bac dac biet o cho nao.
Noi chung, cac bac o VN lam ho so nen chuan bi ky va lam cho that professional vao de maximize chances
3) Trao doi 3:
Rat buon la phan lon cac chuong trinh dao tao cua VN lien ket voi nguoc ngoai co chat luong kem. Cac doi tac lien ket phan lon khong phai la truong tot. Tieu chuan chon lua bi ha thap qua nhieu. Toi khong hieu la mot sinh vien vao hoc voi TOEFL duoi 550 thi se hoc the nao duoc. Ay the ma rat nhieu chuong trinh, chi can khoang 500 diem la hoc duoc. Nhieu nguoi tot nghiep roi ma noi + viet tieng Anh rat kem. Hau qua la chat luong dao tao se kem.
Nhung nguoi hoc cac chuong trinh nay ban than rat gioi, nhung khong co dieu kien tiep xuc voi cac program tot hon. Do la mot thiet thoi rat lon.
Theo y kien chu quan cua toi, cac truong dai hoc kem cua My co chat luong thuc su toi te. Neu phai lua chon, toi tha hoc truong dai hoc binh thuong o Australi, UK, Singapore, con hon la hoc mot truong dai hoc "cu?
chuo^'i" o My. Cac bac nen xem xet rat ky truong Dai Hoc o My truoc khi nop don nhe. O My co hang ngan truong DH voi chat luong cuc ky khac nhau va cung chang co co quan nao bat buoc cac truong DH phai giu mot muc chat luong toi thieu ca.
Ngoai le mot chut, hien nay, co mot xu huong rat nguy hiem o Vietnam
la: cac bac nop don di lam Tien Si hoc bong Chinh Phu VN vao cac truong My phan lon nop vao cac truong rat binh thuong. Co may ly do chinh: 1) Ly do co ban: Hoc bong cua chinh phu rat it, khoang 7-8000 USD/nam cho living expense, cac bac phai vao nhung truong xa xoi heo lanh, thi chi phi moi thap the duoc. 2) Dieu kien nop don vao cac truong nay de. Chung ta khong phai phan dau nhieu. TOEFL, GRE voi GMAT chi can phien phien thoi la vao het.
Tai hai la chung ta duoc dao tao o nhung truong nay roi ve dao tao lai sinh vien, lam nghien cuu o VN. Chung ta khong duoc dip tiep xuc voi cac chuong trinh co chat luong cao nen luc nao chung ta cung lam viec kieu phien phien, lang nhang. The la lai them vai the he sinh vien duoc dao tao nua voi o Vietnam nua. Nen hoc thuat roi cung chang di dau vao den dau.
4) Ve GRE va GMAT cho Economics and Business Administration.
1. To get financial aid in Business Admin you have to take the GMAT (something you can use the GRE). But for PhD in Econ, you really have to take the GRE
2. The verbal part in GRE is very very hard. People who got 640 in TOEFL can easily score less than 400/800 in the Verbal part of the GRE test.
3. In general, the GMAT is easier to prepare than the GRE. (this is from my own experience. I myself took both of them). But it doesn't mean it is easier.
4. For a good economics school, one year there can be as much as 800-1500 applicants (typical of the top 25 Econ programs), out of these numbers, they pick 15-20.
For a good Business program, each year there are about 250-400 applicants. The admitted number is 2-5.
5. A safe score for GRE should be at least 450 Verbal + 750 Quantitative. A safe score for GMAT should be at least 650.