Hearing the interviewer's question, Qin Yue nodded quickly and said nervously: "Yes!"
Lu Zhou casually drew a cross on the upper right corner of his resume and put it aside.
The one who satisfied him the most was Vera Puyoi from the University of California, Berkeley.
There was no surprise. What he got was still a standard answer.
The first round of interviews is mainly for resumes from the Chinese area. In any case, he will bring an international student from China. In fact, if possible, he would rather give this place to his junior students, but unfortunately, the time this year is too unlucky, and he missed the time for government-sponsored study abroad. There are only a few people from Jinda applying to the Princeton Mathematics Department. We can wait until next spring to enroll.
"I have read "The Theory of Stacked Prime Numbers" by Mr. Hua Luogeng and "Introduction to Number Theory" by Joseph H. Silverman, and have written two reading notes. I have been interested in number theory since college. When When I saw in the news that you solved Goldbach's conjecture and won the honor of the Crafford Prize for our country, I was very excited. From that moment on, I decided to follow you to explore the mystery of prime numbers."
There are very few Chinese professors at Princeton, so a spot is very precious!
Seeing his nervous look, Lu Zhou knew why he was dismissed.
Students with thesis experience will be given priority, and those with scientific research experience will be given priority. Next, we will look at letters of recommendation and students’ self-evaluation... Social practice ability and sports awards are secondary. Maybe other professors are interested in these, but Lu Zhou has own standards of judgment.
After opening Skype, Lu Zhou started his first interview.
After a few minutes of rest, the second interview soon began.
The first interviewer answered the video request on time according to the scheduled time.
Although he didn't dislike President Lin, he still couldn't bear to put such a person in his laboratory.
After hanging up the video, Lu Zhou stopped at the upper right corner of his resume and thought seriously for a moment.
In the end, he did not put a cross on it, but simply added a line of comments on his resume and put it aside.
It is said that the GPA of domestic universities is low. In fact, after reading several resumes, Lu Zhou discovered with a headache that the water of Lake Wobegon had already flooded American campuses.
Although she responded quickly and hesitated a few things, she didn't answer any of them on point.
When he heard that the interview was over, Qin Yue breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said thank you.
In fact, it doesn't matter. If she knew it well, Lu Zhou would have nothing to teach him.
One of the places has been given to Vera, who has an IMO gold medal and published a paper alone, so the remaining two places must be selected from nine resumes.
Because this is the first batch of enrollment, Lu Zhou plans to recruit three masters in this batch. In the future, he will consider whether to recruit one or not depending on the situation. Everyone in the laboratory has different progress, which is also a troublesome thing for him.
Lu Zhou cleared his throat and asked formulaically: "Is that Qin Yue?"
To be honest, he didn't want to comment on the loopholes in the talent introduction plan, but Lu Zhou still wanted to complain: If you plan to take the political route, just rely on civil servants, and come to me to do wool work. I'm not a painter.
What’s more interesting is that one of her three letters of recommendation happened to include Professor Terence Tao, who teaches at the University of California.
As for her motivation for enrolling as a master's student, Lu Zhou could also guess that she probably wanted to come to Princeton to be gilded, and then return to China under the Thousand Talents Plan, and rely on the influence of her mentor to rise to the top.
It was obvious that although she was well prepared and pretended to be interested in him, she did not really understand his teachings.
However, Lu Zhou planned to give him a chance because his performance on paper was really good.
Liang Shuyu smiled slightly and was not frightened by the weight of the Craford Award or Lu Shen's aura. He nodded and said, "Yes!"
In order to prevent Xiaotong from causing trouble, Lu Zhou arranged all interviews in the morning.
What's more rare is that this guy actually published a one-author paper as an undergraduate. Although it is a paper in the second area, for an undergraduate, it is already very good to have the ability to write papers.
This flattery was so on point that Lu Zhou felt a little embarrassed and couldn't help but cough lightly and said: "Then please briefly explain the group construction method..."
However, Lu Zhou's primary quality in selecting students is, in addition to knowledge, the corresponding honesty.
"Liang Shuyu, right?"
However, something embarrassing happened.
Lu Zhou: "What are your plans after graduation?"
Otherwise, you won’t even dare to go on stage to give a report, and no matter how hard you cultivate, your efforts will be in vain.
Qin Yue sat up straight as if on conditioned reflex, and said nervously: "I, my name is Qin Yue, I am 23 years old, from Kaida..."
If you look at universities in China and have a GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, you will be considered a top student.
But what surprised Lu Zhou was that he didn't expect that she had already graduated from a bachelor's degree at such a young age. Even if you consider graduating early, completing undergraduate studies at this age is not an easy task.
Get up early
Liang Shuyu's eyes lit up, thinking there was something going on, so he smiled and said, "Thank you very much, teacher."
It's a pity that I didn't receive a single resume from JJTU this time. I think the resumes were probably sent to Physics.
"The interview ends here. Within a week, I will send the interview results to your email."
Since paper grades cannot be used as a reference, Lu Zhou can only look at other resumes.
Mr. Qiu's lessons learned from the past are there. He doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of the old man in this regard. In the end, the master and the disciple will turn against each other, and he will also be criticized by some villains.
Giving her a strange look, he continued to ask: "So... why did you choose number theory?"
To stay or not to stay
For those who have just finished the college entrance examination, there is no such thing as morning.
There is no drama.
Honesty is the first element during the interview, but it is not enough to be honest. You also need to be able to express yourself and show your abilities.
Lu Zhou glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the computer and was surprised to find that it was exactly three minutes, no more, no less.
In the end, after some deliberation, he left ten resumes, all of which were talents with good qualities in all aspects.
In short, Lu Zhou kept this resume.
Sighing softly in his heart, Lu Zhou smiled gently and comforted: "It doesn't matter if you don't know. Many things are indeed very profound and may be a bit difficult for you. The interview will end here. The results will be announced in a week. I’ll let you know within the next few days.”
The video is over.
Although I was stumbling at first, it got much better later on and there shouldn’t be much of a problem with the language. Lu Zhou then asked a few more professional questions to confirm his choice of number theory direction and his own motivations.
Overall, he is a talented student with no complex scheming and no big problems with his character. As for flaws, it may be that it lacks a little bit of expressive ability, but if you are willing to work hard to correct it, it is not impossible.
Faced with this question, the young lady was stunned.
Is he another Terence Tao-type genius
There are still so many resumes that he hasn’t read yet. He plans to interview them all before making the final selection...
But looking at his bitter smile, Lu Zhou felt that this brother might not even have high hopes for the outcome of his interview.
Even considering that poor students may not dare to apply to Princeton, these resumes are just too pretty.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Lu Zhou spoke.
The weight of an IMO gold medal is a talent worth focusing on cultivating in any university. Moreover, a chance encounter at Berkeley also made him very fond of this studious and inquisitive little girl.
Using the announcer's voice, Liang Shuyu continued: "I plan to continue studying for a doctorate, absorb scientific research nutrients on a higher platform, realize the value of life, and dedicate my youth to scientific research..."
This interviewer always gave him the feeling of President Lin.
Lu Zhou glanced at his resume, cleared his throat and asked.
This interviewer is from Kaida University and is a boy.
Lu Zhou thought for a while and said in English: "Let me introduce myself first."
nonexistent.
If you admire me so much, this should be easy.
The most exaggerated time was when he flipped through ten resumes in a row, and none of them had a GPA lower than 3.7 (on a 4.0-point scale), and the course ratings were all above A without exception!
It's like inflation. If high scores become commonplace, then high scores no longer have reference value...
Appearing on the opposite side of the video is a young lady with side bangs and round-rimmed glasses. She looks pretty and has a very intellectual temperament... But these are not the main point.