問：首先恭喜你獲得美國哥倫比亞大學(xué)的錄取通知書。現(xiàn)在是不是有一種夢想成真的感覺？

答：嗯，是的，我現(xiàn)在真的非常高興，終于如愿以償了。你可能不知道，我這一路走來有多么不易。

問：嗯嗯，是的，你的經(jīng)歷很豐富，而且也都很優(yōu)秀，能給大家分享一下嗎？

答：謝謝，的確像你說的那樣，在本科期間，我自己確實(shí)很努力，要知道我的本科學(xué)校北京外國語大學(xué)距我的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)雙學(xué)位北京大學(xué)是有一段距離的，我本身是英語專業(yè)的，為了補(bǔ)充經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)相關(guān)背景，每周我都要騎著自行車奔波于這兩個學(xué)校，特別是暑假的時候，北京很熱，其他的同學(xué)要么回家了，要么出去玩了，只有我還得待在悶熱的宿舍學(xué)習(xí)。最崩潰的時候，往往是期末考試的時候，為了同時取得本科英語翻譯專業(yè)和經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)專業(yè)的良好成績，我需要通宵熬夜復(fù)習(xí)，一手英語翻譯，一手微觀經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)。就這樣一直堅(jiān)持到最后，功夫不負(fù)有心人，最后兩方面的成績都非常不錯。

直到留學(xué)申請這個環(huán)節(jié)，我才遇到了一些自己根本解決不了的問題，留學(xué)申請也并不像我想象中的那么簡單。在這里，我要非常感謝時代焦點(diǎn)的指導(dǎo)老師，特別是許老師，針對我未來的申請項(xiàng)目和目前的申請背景的差距給了我很多專業(yè)的建議。

問：真的非常佩服你，你真的是很不錯。那你能否簡單地給我們講一下時代焦點(diǎn)在后期的申請過程中給你的具體建議嗎？

答：嗯，可以的。焦點(diǎn)團(tuán)隊(duì)針對我復(fù)合型的專業(yè)背景，本科文學(xué)方向，雙學(xué)位經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)，為我量身打造了兩套院校申請和文書設(shè)計(jì)方案。

第一套方案針對我自己未來要學(xué)習(xí)的公共管理和公共政策方向，許老師建議我多研究一些中國非營利組織的管理理念，以及中國當(dāng)下福利政策執(zhí)行時遇到的困難；第二套方案是針對我本人經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)方向研究經(jīng)驗(yàn)的積累，著重挖掘我在經(jīng)濟(jì)領(lǐng)域的獨(dú)特視角與探尋發(fā)現(xiàn)，從而差異化我的申請文書的制作。

問：聽著確實(shí)不錯啊，事實(shí)也是這樣的，因?yàn)槟愕膰鴥?nèi)本科階段學(xué)的是英語翻譯，碩士學(xué)的是經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)，要去美國學(xué)習(xí)公共管理和公共政策，每個階段學(xué)習(xí)的專業(yè)都不一樣，都有不一樣的挑戰(zhàn)。

答：是的，的確是這樣的，在這一點(diǎn)上，我要非常感謝許老師對我的幫助，這一點(diǎn)在我成功申請到美國哥倫比亞大學(xué)和芝加哥大學(xué)碩士項(xiàng)目中起到了至關(guān)重要的作用。

問：嗯嗯，我們還有一點(diǎn)好奇，就是想問你一下當(dāng)你拿到北京大學(xué)的碩士學(xué)位之后，為什么還要選擇去美國繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)呢？

答：是這樣的。不管是在北外，還是在北大，我都在接受一些比較傳統(tǒng)的中國式的教育，但是我接觸過一些從國外留學(xué)回來的海歸老師或者國外的教授，他們的學(xué)術(shù)視野和眼界更為廣闊，在這一點(diǎn)上，我被他們深深地吸引了。所以，在大學(xué)本科的時候，我就萌生了畢業(yè)之后去美國留學(xué)繼續(xù)深造的念頭，要親身感受世界一流學(xué)府的思維和理念，讓自己與世界的距離變得更近。

問：再次祝賀你，也祝你學(xué)業(yè)有成之后，能在更廣闊的舞臺上施展你的才華！

答：謝謝你們！

時代焦點(diǎn)其他名校錄取的學(xué)員，比如錄取到Columbia, Cornell金融工程項(xiàng)目的Penny同學(xué)，錄取到MIT金融碩士項(xiàng)目的北京大學(xué)學(xué)生Lu Jing也都是這一類型的學(xué)員，詳情可點(diǎn)擊時代焦點(diǎn)官方網(wǎng)站：http://www.focusedu.cn/

以下是卜燕楠同學(xué)的文書：

In my freshman year, I worked as an interpreter for China Global Debt Capital Markets Congress and had the opportunity to work with Dr.XX, a senior offcial of People's Bank of China for over a decade.Impressed by the intricate impact of fscal and monetary policies upon economy, I asked him how I might work in this field.He kindly advised me to pursue a double major in Economics, and said that he would offer me an internship if I could get straight As.

For the following two years, I biked thousands miles at night and weekends to pursue my Double Major Program in Economics at Peking University.Switching between two universities and two majors was more diffcult than I had imagined：when my friends were busy socializing around campus, I had to handle my double workload.Nonetheless, with J.D.Salinger's rebellion and Noam Chomsky's linguistic philosophy on the one side and Arman Alchian and Gary Becker's economic empires on the other, I enjoyed my college life no less than they did.The liberal education I received at BFSU（XX）exposes me to a wealth of critical thoughts while the rigorous training I had at PKU plants the seeds of my academic pursuit.

Through the Economics Program, I have not only acquired knowledge of mathematics, economic theories and econometrics, but also seized various opportunities to sharpen my insight into economic issues.I deliberately sat in on advanced classes such as“Real Analysis”and“Financial Econometrics：Time Series Models”to refne my quantitative skills.I also actively attended graduate-level International Economics Seminars launched by Dr.XX, discussing with scholars their choice of variables in regression models.Also, I served as a research assistant for Dr.XX, studying China's economic problems from the perspective of race-to-the-bottom.Moreover, I carried out my own term-project for the course Financial Economics by establishing the GARCH model to analyze returns and volatility of China's stock market.

Luckily, with my hard work and good grades, I got to work with Dr.XX Ph.D.candidates this year at the PBC School of Finance（PBCSF），the think tank of China's central bank.My research focused on China's economic transition and monetary policies.With Renminbistill pegged to a basket of currencies, China is facing multi-fold challenges.On the one hand, its GDP is growing at a slower pace, putting pressure on the employment rate.On the other hand, high infation keeps China from further easing measures.The Renminbi appreciation might help relieve the inflation stress, but is likely to bring decline in export and lead to an infow of hot money.Together with many Ph.D.students, I conducted comparative studies of developed and developing countries’previous practices.Using data of infation, consumption, income and housing prices of other nations as a benchmark, I analyzed China's growth path in the past thirty years, and detected that China is now facing a critical dilemma：how to curb high infation while sustaining high growth.On top of that, as the intellectual home for China's economics talents, PBCSF enabled me to approach the heart of economic conundrums.

For instance, I often debated with students there about whether Keynes's theorem still rings a truth today, or about whether Krugman appropriately evaluated technology progress in his prediction of“no miracles in Asia”.

My future researches would focus on policies regarding China's fnancial reform so as to solve the dilemma I’ve mentioned above.After graduating from Harris, I plans to continue my study in a doctoral program and then work at a Chinese think tank, thereby witnessing the contribution of my professional knowledge towards the real world.With my existent research experiences, what I need, in order to achieve my goal, is exactly the MPP program that Chicago Harris offers.

Harris's unique class setting appeals to me for several reasons.To begin with, since analysis of economic policies not only involves math and economic principles but also political methods, courses like“Political Feasibility Analysis：Winning Strategies in Public Policy”and“Political Institutions and the Policy Process”will be instrumental in my future career.What's more, MPP at Harris will open up valuable opportunities for me to learn from top policy practitioners through either one-to-one mentor program or internships in the city of Chicago, and help me set up a worldwide network connecting creative thinkers and infuential leaders.For example, attending lectures by senior policy makers like Richard Daley would prevent me from talking vainly with models and theories and teach important lessons on the application of expertise.

I would like to concentrate on the Public Sector policy with an emphasis on Finance and Public Expenditures, etc.In addition to the rich offerings of Harris, I appreciate the fexibility to take classes from different schools to help me gain a holistic perspective to face the increasingly interdisciplinary challenges in today's public policy areas.