案例描述:
小沈同学是北京某大学的学生,学生会的成员,在校成绩优秀,语言考试成绩良好。由于个人精力和时间有限,该同学找到了我们。进入我公司服务后,在对学生背景及资料进行整合后,我们帮助其申请了美国前100位的几所学校。结果该同学拿到了包括宾大在内的几个AD,最后她选择了宾大,但是高额的学费让她不得不奢望学校能给部分奖学金,学生请求我们在奖学金上为他做些努力。而宾大是我了解到的最抠门的名校,向来很少有给学生超过一万的资助,所以帮她写套磁信的时候并没有报太大希望。
在AD到来之后,小沈又收到了名为Jung W. Kang (Senior assoc. director of admissions and financial aid)的一封信,主要介绍了如何算TESOL专业所需费用的,我们在网站上查询了一下信息才晓得,这个教授负责奖学金方面的问题,于是我就给他发了一封信——
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am pleased to learn of my admission for the fall 2009 semester to the TESOL program. In order to reduce the financial responsibility of my parents, I earnestly hope to obtain some kind of financial support in the form of teaching or research assistantship. Would you kindly consider this request and advice me as to the possibilities? Look forward to hearing good news from you! Thanks very much!
很快得到了回复——
Dear Jielu,
You were awarded $3500 graduate assistantship and $6500 scholarship. The letter was mailed out few days ago but your coordinator will send you a scanned letter via email. I hope this will be helpful as you prepare financially to matriculate at Penn. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Congratulations!
顾问老师点评:
很显然,这封套奖信是起了作用的,因为最后给奖的这封信是在套奖信上面直接回复的,邮件的主题可以看得出来。3500的主教奖学金和6500的奖学金虽然不是很多,但这也是我见过的宾大给教育学硕士申请者最大的资助了。
值得一提的小沈的背景条件不算是特别出彩的,大学名气不大,无实习;GRE1270,IBT101;
而许多专业背景和硬件条件更为强悍的同学却拿不到奖学金。曾经我有一个学生,北交大英语专业,GPA3.8,GRE1410,IBT106就申请未果。所以这样的对比让我觉得拿到录取后套奖还是很有必要的。
认识到这一点后,我让其他拿到AD的学生也去找相关的负责人发套奖信了,即使没有也没关系,只要没有浪费机会。