The interview has two main purposes: one is to test the qualifications of students to participate in scientific research projects, and the other is to better plan the students' scientific research tasks. Since scientific research requires students to have certain self-learning capabilities and a foundation for research-related fields, interviews are needed to check whether students meet the requirements. The content of the interview revolves around the student and the project itself: Student part: Self-introduction, students' academic background, why they want to conduct scientific research and the goal of participating in the project. Project part: background introduction of the project and introduction of student responsibilities, some assessment questions and divergences about the project Students can receive interview results within 2-3 days of the interview. The results are generally divided into three categories: excellent qualifications, short-term and long-term scientific research can participate; excellent qualifications, but the background of a certain aspect is insufficient to supplement, you can participate in long-term scientific research projects; Qualification is not enough, you need to participate in training projects first. General English interview. Students who require a Chinese interview may need to demonstrate their English ability during the interview. How to prepare: Review the courses and knowledge you have learned, and you can fully describe your research or work experience. Read through the research outline, understand some news and knowledge related to the topic, think about the research significance of the topic from your own perspective, and so on.

Any student is welcome to register. If students feel that the supplement of knowledge is not in place, or worry about the slow progress of scientific research, they can sign up for training projects first. The interview will examine the research potential and learning ability of the students, even if they have not undergone relevant professional training, it will not affect the students to become future researchers in this field. In fact, we welcome students to change majors by participating in our programs. For students who have insufficient foundation and are unwilling to participate in training programs, the results of the interview will decide whether the students can directly participate in long-term research and supplement the required knowledge on the way.

After the general students sign the contract, the project will start immediately with the week. However, for some students who wish to postpone the start, they can make the following preparations: Computer skills: Many topics are inseparable from the data analysis part, and massive data often requires some programming to deal with. Scientific research projects are not programming courses and I do not want to spend too much time teaching how to program. If students can perform some simple programming exercises in advance to be proficient, it will be of great use to the project. There are lot of programming learning courses online, and there are platforms like github,hacker rank, and leetcode that provide programming training. c. Self-study of textbooks: Due to the difference between Chinese and American education, some students may need to supplement some American university courses.But these textbooks are actually self-study and do not require much English foundation. Students can first rent or purchase these materials to learn. You can also accumulate some questions to ask the tutor to answer at the beginning of the project.

The significance of scientific research for further studies has been mentioned in the promotional materials. In fact, if you do not have a thesis in hand for applying for PhD students, the top-ranked schools can hardly consider it, even if you have a high GPA. Specifically, the results that students can get (in the best case) can include recommendation letters, essays, certain rhetorical experience, and internal recommendation opportunities. The importance of recommendation letters and internal recommendation opportunities is self-evident. In fact, blindly pursuing a job title to select a recommender may be counterproductive. In fact, the quality of the recommendation letter comes first. The rough recommendation letter effect of a very famous recommender does not necessarily have a good recommendation letter from a non-famous recommender. We also need to consider academic influence and not just look at schools and job titles. Higher academic influence often proves the academic potential of the recommender. Many students feel that a paper must be published before it is useful. It is true that the papers can be published to the highest-grade international academic journals, which are of course very useful for further studies. However, the shortest time for this publication also takes 1 to 2 years and will definitely undergo multiple revisions in the middle. It is not the first choice for students who have not yet studied a Ph.D. The way to prove and expand your academic influence after participating in short-term scientific research projects like ours is to publish papers to academic conferences. Influential international conferences will not only be recognized by admissions officers, but also build their own academic networks and reputation. In addition, students should not ignore the significance of research itself. Scientific research is the process of overcoming difficulties. In this process, the knowledge and skills accumulated by students, as well as the thinking and ability to solve problems are a kind of gain. At present, both China and the United States attach great importance to research talents. Even if students do not engage in teaching work in the future, the gains of the project will allow students to maintain long-term industry competitiveness and stand out from their work.