Posted on 2023-02-11 14:40 | VIP Chapters

The news that Huaguo has joined as a member of the country did surprise Xu Chuan.

After all, in the previous life, until the rebirth came back, this was still something that the country had been working on.

As for why the trajectory of this life has changed so much, he can't figure it out.

However, this can be said to be good news for the country and for him.

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After sending off Senior Brother Lin, Xu Chuan also started working.

He accepted the position of full professor of mathematics at Princeton University and enjoyed the benefits that Princeton brought him, so it was his duty to teach students and conduct scientific research.

But the position of tenured fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton did not require him to do anything.

For the world's top research institute, it doesn't matter if the researchers inside walk in the "research institute tree forest" every day.

Most of the scholars who have been able to enter this institute and become tenured researchers have already made great contributions in their respective fields.

Of course, for scholars who can enter this institute, very few people will waste their time in this way.

When he came to the study, he turned on the computer and logged in to the mailbox.

Bringing students and attending classes are two things that professors at Princeton University must do, and of course, many full professors will leave the matter of attending classes to their doctoral students or assistant professors.

After all, in a research university, the professor's responsibility is to conduct his own academic research.

This also gave rise to a well-known system in the education system of the United States: "academic leave".

This refers to the fact that university professors are usually eligible to apply for a half-year or one-year academic leave after a certain period of time in the school.

During the sabbatical, professors have no teaching tasks and can devote themselves to academic research.

And for the application for half a year's leave, the school will usually pay half a year's salary in full; For one year of academic leave, half a year's salary is paid.

This treatment can be said to be top-notch.

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When he opened the mailbox, the pile of unprocessed letters inside made Xu Chuan's head a little big.

After Princeton University sent him the full professor's application materials, he posted his information on the university's admissions website.

Then, the number of letters in his mailbox increased every day.

Princeton's school season is divided into two seasons, one in the spring and one in the fall.

The spring school starts from January to March every year, and the specific time is uncertain, and the fall school is basically concentrated in August and September.

However, due to the fact that this school recruits students from all over the world, its application time is basically at least half a year in advance.

For example, if the school starts in the fall, applications are generally open from September of the first year to January of the following year.

The seven or eight months between the end of January and the beginning of August are the time for Princeton to select students, conduct interviews, distribute applications, and prepare materials, visas, and other things for students from all over the world.

It's late December, and the application deadline for the fall semester is almost over.

At this point in time, to be honest, good students have generally been picked out by now.

After all, the application has been started in September, and now it is the end of December.

Of course, for him, it doesn't matter if he doesn't pick the right student, he doesn't care if he takes the right student or not.

He is a full professor, and if he takes students, he basically takes PhD, that is, Ph.D. students.

And for him, the fall semester is too late.

Waiting for the start of school next fall, he is estimated to have returned to China, and he will also bring a P student.

However, considering that it is not easy for Princeton to have a Chinese professor, Xu Chuan still chose to accept two or three students.

Because there is one more Chinese professor, it is basically tacitly accepted that Princeton will accept one more Chinese student.

So on Preston's official website this time, he specifically asked the school staff to write that he needed to report it before the students were able to report it in February next year.

Although he may only be able to take this group of students for a few months, he doesn't have to worry too much about getting into the traps of the students.

After all, during the doctoral study, the supervisor was poached by other schools or left the company, which is a very bad thing for doctoral students.

But that's for other people, and for the students he brings, there is really no such problem.

First of all, there will definitely be a way out for these students before he leaves.

For these students, if they are willing to follow him to China at that time, he will definitely be happy.

If you don't want to, August and September are Princeton's fall enrollment season, and staying at Princeton for a different mentor is not an impossible way to go.

This did not affect the students' studies at Princeton.

Changing supervisors during the PhD study is indeed a very bad thing, but it also depends on the situation.

If you've been studying for two or three years and then you're suddenly told that your mentor has run away, that's really a trick.

But his kind of early enrollment and then just in time for Princeton's opening season to change tutors can be said to have no effect.

Or even in other words, it's an opportunity for these students.

After all, not everyone can study with a Ph.D. with a Ph.D. elder, or from a math professor who has demonstrated the Seven Millennium Problems.

The former may be simpler, after all, the number of Fields Medal winners has been in the double digits over the years.

Latter? Throughout the mathematics community, there are only a handful of such top professors.

For these students, these six or seven months of study can be seen as an additional scientific research experience.

For other ordinary professors, if the student under his name has studied with a top mathematics professor like this and worked part-time, I am afraid he will be happy.

On the one hand, this kind of scientific experience is really beautiful.

On the other hand, you may be able to use this relationship to deal with each other.

Therefore, Xu Chuan does not have any psychological pressure on himself to leave Princeton next year, and he is not worried about what big problems his running away will bring to the students he recruits.

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It took a whole day for Xu Chuan to dispose of the mail in his mailbox.

Although he was nearing the end of Princeton's admissions process, the quality of the student files sent by Princeton's admissions team and the applications sent to his mailbox was ridiculously high.

When foreign students apply to universities in the United States, take China as an example, and generally look at GPA, TOEFL or IELTS test language scores, recommendation letters, and portfolios (published papers, scientific research projects participated, etc.).

Among them, GPA is the foundation, if it is less than 3.5, unless you have a strong portfolio as a foundation, you will basically be brushed down by top universities such as Princeton, Harvard, and Yale.

The list sent to his email by the Princeton team all had a GPA of 3.8 or above, and several of them had a 4.0.

And those applications that he sent to his mailbox, the average GPA is slightly lower, but it is basically above 3.6, and 4.0 is not nothing.

If you convert it, it is equivalent to a total score of 750 points in the college entrance examination, a GPA of 3.6 is 675 points, and a GPA of 3.8 is 712.5 points, and 4.0 is directly full.

In this way, they are basically proper scholars.

Xu Chuan flipped through the application form in the mailbox, and then pulled out a form, directly excluding applicants with a GPA score of less than 3.8 and no outstanding portfolio.

In his previous life, he had been a professor at Princeton for so many years, and he had already had his own method of selecting students, and he was very handy.

Screening these applicants is like a company's HR recruiting staff.

The undergraduate line (GPA) is the dividing line.

If you don't reach the undergraduate level, the application will basically be thrown into the trash.

It is undeniable that there may be a very small number of people who do not reach the undergraduate level but have excellent work experience, but these people are only a very small number after all.

Panning for gold on the beach is much less efficient than panning for gold in a gold mine, and it takes much more effort than harvesting.

So setting a standard line is the most convenient for HR.

The same is true for screening students, if the grade points are not up to standard, direct elimination is the best choice.

After screening, we can look at the applicants' portfolios to select the students who roughly want to be interviewed.

If there are too many of them, you can decide by looking at who the letters of recommendation are.

It took a day for Xu Chuan to sift through 12 applications from his mailbox and prepare for an online interview with these resumes in the next two days.

Anyway, it is also very convenient to do online interviews on mobile phones and computers.

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The interview subjects on the first day are all from China, and Xu Chuan left six of the twelve resumes for China.

But no one knows anyway, it doesn't matter if it's a dark box operation or something.

The first student to interview is called Gu Bing, judging from the resume, he is a doctoral student at Minhang University of Technology, currently 25 years old, and he seems to be a straight doctorate, but his GPA is not very high, 3.8 points.

Of course, this is not high compared to other interviewers in the same batch, and for the average student, a GPA of 3.8 is simply an unattainable mountain.

In the college entrance examination, the GPA of 3.8 is almost a grade above the provincial science champion, which is actually very good.

It's just that generally speaking, those who dare to apply to colleges and universities like Princeton are at this level, so it seems more ordinary.

In his previous life, when he was transferred to Princeton, his GPA was 4.0, and he still had scientific research experience in discovering new particles, even in a place like Princeton, he was among the top ones.

Of course, he didn't apply in his previous life, and he was designated as a student by Witten at that time.

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Compared with other resumes, Gu Bing's GPA is not high, but the reason why Xu Chuan likes this resume is not in GPA, but in his work set.

This PhD student has some scientific research experience, participated in scientific research in physics and chemistry laboratories, and has published two papers, although both are SCI Zone 3, but it is quite rare.

Among the many domestic resumes, he is more optimistic about this one, because this resume meets his requirements for students.

He will probably return to China in the second half of next year, when the two disciplines of physics and materials will be his key breakthrough areas.

And having participated in scientific research in physics and chemistry laboratories can help him get started.

So Xu Chuan arranged this Gu Bing for the first interview.

On the computer, the meeting interview room opens.

The figure of Gu Bing, who was waiting for the interview, caught Xu Chuan's eyes, which made him involuntarily stunned for a moment.

Without him, the image of this student named Gu Bing is far from the photo on the application resume.

In the photo, he has jet-black hair, but during the interview, he looks like a math powerhouse. At the age of twenty-five, his hair has already moved back like the Pacific Ocean.

After being stunned for a moment, Xu Chuan reacted, coughed lightly, and said, "May I ask if you are Gu Bing?" ”

Over there, hearing the inquiry, Gu Bing almost stood up nervously, and hurriedly said, "Yes.... I'm Gu Bing. ”

Seeing the nervous interviewer in the video, Xu Chuan smiled and comforted: "Don't be nervous, just do a simple interview." ”

"Okay, okay."

Although he was comforted, this Gu Bing classmate was still nervous.

But this is normal, after all, this interview will determine his future.

He wanted to apply not only to Princeton, but also to Xu Chuan, a top math professor who had demonstrated the Seven Millennium Problems.

Regardless of age, this is like an ordinary Shengdou Xiaomin suddenly meeting the boss of his province one day, the level gap is too big, and everyone will be nervous.

"Let's introduce myself in English."

Xu Chuan didn't give much time for the interviewer to adjust his mentality, after all, this is also part of the assessment.

For a top mathematics professor like him, there is no shortage of opportunities for students to give presentations on stage.

If the psychological quality is not strong enough, then how can you control the overall situation?

But as long as it's not that kind of top-level social fear, normal people can be trained, and he was slowly cultivated step by step in Witten's hands.

Hearing this, Gu Bing was suddenly named by the teacher as if he was deserting in class, his body jumped up and straightened, and it took a few seconds before he spoke: "Hello professor, my name is Gu Bing......."

Gu Bing was introducing himself over there, and Xu Chuan was listening.

Although there are sometimes some mistakes due to nervousness, at least the interviewer's English is still passable.

"I read your application, you are studying algebraic topology and analytic geometry, please tell us about your understanding of smooth Riemannian manifolds."

Waiting for the other party to introduce himself, Xu Chuan began to ask questions. It took about ten minutes for him to have a basic understanding of the interviewee in front of him.

The basic skills are quite solid, and the talent seems to him to be decent, but it is quite surprising that he has begun to have some ideas of his own in the field of mathematics, and he is not ashamed of the hair that gradually moves back.

As for the character, I can't see it for the time being.

In terms of recommendation letters, there is one from Academician Zhang Weiping of Sun and Moon University.

Considering this factor, the character should not be too bad, so after hanging up the interview, he drew a circle on his resume.

This means to keep watching, which shows that the interviewee did not make a decision if he was not satisfied with him, but he did not have to be denied and decent.

As for whether he can be selected, it depends on whether any of the interviewers from Huaguo can surpass him.

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