From astro@ms.uky.edu Tue Dec 14 15:27:55 1999 Received: from ms87 (ms87.ms.uky.edu [128.163.128.87]) by t2.mscf.uky.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA13342 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 15:27:55 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19991214153015.00c0aaf0@ms.uky.edu> X-Sender: astro@ms.uky.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 15:30:15 -0500 To: mai From: Arnold Stromberg Subject: apply Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by t2.mscf.uky.edu id PAA13342 Status: OR Mai, This one sounds pretty good. Let me know when you have someone you want to make an offer to. arny >X-Sender: allen@ms.uky.edu >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) >Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 09:36:17 -0500 >To: astro >From: "David M. Allen" >Subject: apply >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by t2.mscf.uky.edu id JAA21110 > >>From: tangruirui@163.net >>Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 23:06:47 +0800 (CST) >>To: allen@ms.uky.edu >>Subject: apply >> >>Dear Professor Allen: >> >>I am Tang Rui, an undergraduate of Mathematics in Zhongshan University. >Now I furthering my study as a post-graduate in Probability and Statistics >in Zhongshan University. From the information of your department on the >internet, I got to know you and your e-mail. I¡¯m very interested in your >researching field and I very much hope to complete my Ph. D. study under >your supervising. >> >>Here I briefly introduce my background. >> >>With my education at Zhongshan University, I was solidly grounded in the >fundamentals. Studying industriously, I had an overall GPA of 3.7 and a >GPA for core courses of 3.9, which placed me at the very top in my class of >60 students and won me top honors. I was awarded the Excellent Academic >Achievement Scholarship (First Class) by Zhongshan University on three >consecutive years and the Guanghua Scholarship (First Prize) (HK.) in 1996, >the Citibank Scholarship (First Prize) in 1997 and 1998. As a graduate >student in 1999, I was designated an Excellent Graduate Student of >Zhongshan University for my outstanding academic and extracurricular >performance in the last four years. The Mathematics Department of the >Zhongshan University also offered to accept me for graduate studies in >Probability and Statistics without the normally mandatory examinations, a >privilege that is granted to only what the university considers the >exceptionally gifted. >> >>My GRE score is 1960. I have taken the TOEFL exam last month and the >score will not be known until January,but I believe it must be more than >620. >> >>I believe my background is strong and I can post you all the copies of >related documents including the certificate, the bachelor degree >certificate, the award certificates, the test score of GRE and the grade >transcripts. I¡¯d like to have your assessment on my performance. >However, I need a full financial aid to support my study. If not, I can >not afford to pay for the expenditure even though I can be admitted. >> >>If you have any more questions on my background, you can contact directly >to me. My e-mail is: tangruirui@163.net. My permanent adress is: >> Tang Rui >> Room 403, NO.251, Changxing Road >> Sha He Town, Tian He District >> Guangzhou 51065 >> China >> >>I am looking forward to hearing from you. >> >>Sincerely yours, >>Tang Rui >> >> >> >> >> > > Arnold J. Stromberg Director of Graduate Studies Department of Statistics University of Kentucky 817 Patterson Office Tower Lexington, KY 40506-0027 ph: 606-257-6903 fax: 606-323-1973