Application Plan

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It is 2020.10.20, ten days before the first roll interview of HK PHD program. I am literatelly worried and in a huge panic. My TOEFL is 98 and GMAT is 690, both very awkward number. Comfortablely，my paper was published on Journal of Business Ethics(FT50) recently.

To better prepare for the application, there are a few things to do in the next couple of days:

  1. Prepare soft documents (PS, CV, proposal et al.) for online apllication (HK & Peking U)
  2. Practice speaking (contiue TOEFL? NO)
  3. Prepare cold mail
  4. Consult phd condidate for program requirements (Holand)
  5. Ask for recommadation letter (IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH)
  6. Meta analysis coding

First of all, revise the CV, write a PS in Chinese then translated into English (in two days); then finish the first version research proposal in three days (at most), then take one or two days to revise the research proposal.
Second, use the nigh time to finish the meta-coding work
Third, go to the shcool to ask for recommadation letter. On Friday
Forth, see if foreign students can help with English Speaking.
Today’s task (2020.10.20):

  1. revise the CV;
  2. consult phd students in Holand;
  3. talk with foreign students in our class to see if they can help find someone to practice speaking.
  4. begin coding
  5. fill in blanks in Peking U website
  6. cold mail

2020.10.21-2020.10.22 in two days

  1. Personal statement (Chinese version and English version)

2020.10.23

  1. participate in lectures
  2. ask for recommadation letter

2020.10.24-2020.10.26,27,28

  1. research proposal
  2. research proposal revision

2020.10.28,29

  1. online application