DIY申请成功的经验总结

1月13日黑色星期五，我拿到了第一个OFFER，格罗宁根大学。现在仍在等待其他学校的消息，希望在春节之前能够拿到我最想去的鹿特丹管理学院的OFFER，为我的本命年划上圆满的句号。

下面的文字是对这次DIY申请的一个全面总结。希望对正在准备的战友们有所帮助。

首先要介绍一下我的申请背景。我2003年毕业于四川大学工商管理学院人力资源管理系。毕业后一直在深圳从事人力资源管理方面的工作。我申请的专业是人力资源管理，一来我希望在专业领域进一步提升自己，二来专业对口对申请是有很大帮助的。

我在大学三年级的时候开始准备申请美国。那时我的两个表哥都在美国，受到他们的影响，也觉得自己应该去美国深造，但是我本科念的是商科，而美国的商科几乎是没有奖学金提供的，不得已选择了文科里面奖学金最多的社会学。经过两个月复习，我先后考了GRE和TOEFL，拿到了2200和630的成绩。最后得到了五所大学的ADMISSION，一所大学的半奖，但是签证没有通过。签证官认为我移民倾向比较严重，因为我是年轻的女孩子，学的是跟本科不同的专业，而且没有全奖支持，过去多半是天天想着打工嫁人，当然毫不犹豫地拒了我。这次挫折让我明白了一个重要的道理，一定要在目标明确的时候再做决定，否则所有努力都可能成为泡影。

申请美国失利并没有打消我出国深造的念头。我开始重新评估自己，认真思考未来的发展道路。我决定先参加工作，积累经验，同时进一步认识自己，明确目标。我就这样来到了深圳。这两年多的工作经历虽然没有使我的专业水准有巨大的提升，但是也教会了我许多为人处事的技巧，让我更加了解到自己的确适合从事人力资源管理这个职业。于是我明确了要继续在本专业深造的目标。

明确了专业方向后我开始搜索学校的信息，这时是2005年的3月。一开始我就决定要DIY，不仅是因为我大学时代DIY申请美国积累了不少经验，而且自己申请比较放心，中介是靠不住的。

我在网上搜集了大量的留学信息，发现荷兰是性价比较高的选择。因为签证被拒有了心理阴影，美国是不想再申请了；我不愿意移民，所以澳洲也不是很好的选择；欧洲是我一直向往的地方，去欧洲留学可以顺道周游列国，这是去其他地方留学难以经历的文化体验。欧洲一般来说首选英国，英国商科专业分得很细，许多学校都有人力资源管理专业，但是学费高昂，生活费也是巨大的开销。而且英国的一年硕士课程安排得很松散，我很担心花大钱而学不到什么东西。荷兰的商科教学质量不错，都是英文授课，而且费用相对英国要便宜，一年期的硕士课程安排得很紧凑，对我来说是比英国更好的选择。基本敲定了留学国家后，我开始搜索学校的信息。

我从荷兰的十四所公立大学里选出了五所，并分别给学校发EMAIL获取详细申请资料。由于所有学校都是9月以后才开始接受申请，我就有充足的时间准备申请材料。

在查找资料联系学校的同时我开始准备考雅思。因为英文底子不错，也有TOEFL的基础，所以报名参加五月中旬的考试，给了自己两个月的准备时间。荷兰的大学硕士课程一般都要求6.5分以上的雅思成绩，所以我定了保6.5争7的目标。白天上班，晚上复习，周末和五一假期都牺牲掉了。5月14日参加了考试，两周后拿到了7分的成绩单。

这时我又把学校范围缩小为三个，分别是鹿特丹管理学院，阿姆斯特丹大学，格罗宁根大学。这三所学校均有人力资源管理专业，鹿大学费最贵要10000多欧，但是商科很出名；阿大综合排名高过鹿大，学费9000多欧，优势是整体知名度和地理位置；格大历史悠久，受荷兰皇室青睐，综合排名也是世界百强（虽然排名这个东西不可尽信，但是至少能反映学校的整体知名度）它的人力资源管理专业相对独立，因为其他学校HRM都是MSC IN BA里面的一个专业方向，但是格大却有单独的MSC IN HRM。这可以说明格大对HRM研究是比较重视的，但是格大的地理位置不如前两所。

确定了申请学校后我开始全面准备申请材料。首先联系了仍在川大读研的同学帮我开成绩单。我的大学四年平均成绩为85分。一共开了十份成绩单备用。7月让广州英国领事馆帮我寄了雅思成绩，8月找大学的系主任帮我写了推荐信，去深圳公证处办理了出生及学历学位公证。并决定再申请一所比利时的安特卫普大学。这所大学是比利时的公立大学，学费4500欧，生活费也比荷兰便宜一些，只是名气不如荷兰的学校，而且没有HRM专业，申请的是国际商务管理。这所大学也就成了我的BACKUP。这期间一直在写PS的草稿，改了N遍，得到一个英国朋友的帮助，将我的PS精简到500字左右。9月办了NESO认证。10月申请了一个邮局信箱用于接收学校正式信件，家里人去银行开了三份22万人民币的存款证明给我寄了过来。去中行电汇了鹿大的100欧申请费（本来阿大也要100欧申请费，但是我主动问他们汇款信息的时候，他们又说不用寄申请费）。10月底所有文字材料定稿并且打印整理齐全，用FEDEX快递了出去。至此所有材料准备工作告一段落。

材料寄走后我就不停发信向学校确认是否收到。一个月后明确每所学校都收到了材料并且开始了评审过程。12月初我参加了安特卫普大学的在线考试，又再申请了一所瑞典的歌德堡大学。其实这所学校做BACKUP实在不怎么合适，因为瑞典要5月才有录取消息，那时候该来的OFFER早就来了，应该等不及瑞典的录取就要做决定了；而如果不幸荷比大学都没有录取我，那么瑞典希望也不大，毕竟免学费吸引了很多有实力的竞争者，我的胜算不多。但是不管怎么说多申请一所心里又多了一份希望。

12月11日毫无准备地接到阿大的拒信，理由是我的学历没有通过审查。我申请的是MSC，需要至少三年的理科教育，而我四年本科拿的是管理学学士学位，被认为只相当于两年的理科教育。这样的理由让我很难接受。我立刻回信要求重审，并说明中国的管理学本科生拿的都是管理学学士学位，而不是BA或者BS，但是这并不表示我们没有接受足够的理科教育，我们的课程也有数学和统计这样的理科学科。学校回信表示已经把我的学历材料送去荷兰高教委重审。虽然直到现在仍然没有阿大进一步的消息，我仍是觉得据理力争是正确的做法。不过那段时间心里的确不怎么好受，我开始担心其他学校会以同样的理由拒绝我。安特卫普方面也没有通知我电话面试，这又使我担心在线考试没考好，进不了面试关。在这提心吊胆的日子里，我的一群战友给了我很大的鼓励，有他们的支持安慰，我的心态慢慢平和了。12月21日晚11：40接到了安特卫普大学的面试电话。因为准备充分，我发挥得不错，短短十五分钟的面试重又燃起了希望的火焰。自我感觉这所学校的OFFER应该没有问题。结果没料到是格大先给了我无条件OFFER。这样一来我应该是不会选择比利时了，毕竟格大的专业和名气都好过安特卫普。世事难料的确不错。本来觉得阿大希望最大，因为联系最频繁，又免了我的申请费，没想到第一个拒我的就是他。安特卫普折腾了我半天又是笔试又是面试，但是先给我OFFER的却是联系最少的格大。能不能拿到鹿大的OFFER也是说不清。因为鹿大要求GMAT，我没有时间考，就申请用GRE代替GMAT，学校虽然答应了我的要求，自己仍是觉得有点危险，虽然申请得早有一定优势，但也没有太大把握。好在已经拿到一个OFFER，心里一块石头终于落地，也算是对自己近一年的申请给予了肯定。

总结成功拿到OFFER的经验，最重要的有如下几点：专业对口，早申请，仔细准备申请材料。如果学商科最好有一定工作经验，一来申请比较容易，不用念预科；二来如果没有工作经历去念商科，体会可能有限，而且毕业以后找工作的难度也较大。当然最重要的一点我一开始已经讲了，那就是要目标明确，知道自己要什么，什么最适合自己。留学绝对不能盲目，否则会走很多弯路，浪费宝贵的青春。

以下是申请的相关文字材料以及费用统计，供大家参考。

雅思考试报名费用，1450元

参考资料费用，162 元（购买了剑桥雅思系列2、3，如何准备雅思考试，留学荷兰手册，留学荷兰年鉴）

成绩单 10份，200元

寄送雅思正式成绩5份 70元（因为是在考试之后三个月内寄送，所以不用付每所60的寄送费用。70元费用主要包括邮票信封快递费用，因为时间尚早，我要求大使馆用平信寄送成绩单，每封信贴了10元的邮票。）

拍护照照片20张，75元（用于办理出生、学历学位公证，以及附在申请包裹中）

推荐信来回快递费用，50元（推荐信是我发EMAIL给系主任，他看过定稿后，我用学校的信纸信封打印出来寄回学校，系主任签好字，再寄回给我。)

公证费用，940元（包括出生公证两份，学历学位公证七份，高中毕业公证两份，总共花费700元，外加240元翻译费。）

NESO认证材料快递费，20元（注意：NESO认证目前还是免费的，只需要按要求寄成绩单学历学位的复印件给NESO BEIJING就可以了）

邮箱租赁费用，60元（如果地址复杂或者不方便寄送最好租用学校或者邮局的信箱。我当年申请美国用的是我们系的公用信箱，免费，也没有丢过材料。但是目前仍在工作，不希望信件寄到公司泄露我的秘密，只好租赁邮政信箱半年）

银行存款证明及快递费用，80元（中行存款证明一份20元，有些学校在申请时就要求提供存款证明，存款期限一般三个月就可以了，资金冻结时间太长会影响到被录取后给学校汇押金或者学费。）

鹿大申请费，1179元（鹿大申请费为100欧，我到中行电汇，100欧折合人民币979元，银行另收200元手续费。如果开汇票会便宜些，但是不如电汇安全快捷，两天就可以转帐完毕。）

FEDEX快递费用，1196元（FEDEX快递费用比DHL贵3元，但是可以寄送POBOX地址，DHL则不行。时间都差不多三日送达，安全快捷。寄送荷比每份238元，寄送瑞典每份244元。）

合计申请费用为5482元。一笔不小的数目，但是比起通过中介申请的费用还是划算，而且中介帮你申请并不能让你省多少心，很多事情还是得你自己亲自去跑，他们所做的就是搜集信息，修改文字材料，寄送材料而已，甚至会阻止你与学校直接联系。中介所做的一切，我们完全可以自己来，特别是申请硕士学位，DIY是最佳选择。虽然过程复杂，却是很锻炼人的经历。

好多啊,还是强个沙发先

我的文字申请材料针对每个学校都有相应的修改，以下提供的是格大的申请材料，希望对大家有所帮助。

一、Cover Letter(申请材料的首页为一封材料清单，其他材料按清单顺序排列，显得整齐有序)

October 29, 2005
Admissions Office
Faculty of Economics & Faculty of Management and Organization
University of Groningen, P.O. Box 800/Landleven 5
Zernikecomplex, WSN building
9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands

Dear Sir or Madam:
It is my pleasure to enclose the completed application form and the required materials as list below:
1. The 2006-2007 Application Form MSc in HRM—completed
2. Certified copy of my secondary education diploma, including grades
3. Certified copy of my university diploma
4. Certified copy of my university transcript
5. Course Descriptions
6. Copy of my passport
7. Copy of my birth certificate
8. Copy of my IELTS test report form
9. Two letters of recommendation
Professor XX’s letter and Mrs XX’s letter are enclosed
10. Three passport-size Photos
11. Curriculum vitae
12. Certificate of Deposit from Bank of China (CNY228,000.00)
13. Motivation letter
14. Essay: Managing Successful Repatriation: a Career Management Perspective
Please consider my admission for your MSc in Human Resource Management for the 2006-2007 academic year. I appreciate your attendance.

Yours truly,
xxx
POBox57-022, High-tech Industrial Park Post office,
Nanshan District, Shenzhen,
Guangdong, 518057
P.R.China
Phone Number:
E-mail Address:

二、简历（给荷兰大学的简历尽量简洁，篇幅控制在一页纸。重要信息包括就可以了，写得太花俏不是他们喜欢的风格。）

CURRICULUM VITEA

Personal Information:
Surname: Liu
First name(s): Jin
Address: POBox57-022, High-tech Industrial Park Post office,
Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518057
P.R.China
Phone Number: +86-135-XXXX-XXXX
E-mail Address: XXX@yahoo.com.cn
Birth date: 1981 May 1st
Birthplace: Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Nationality: Chinese
Education:
1999-2003: Sichuan University
Major: Human Resource Management
Language of Instruction: Chinese
Degree: Bachelor
1996-1999: Shu De Middle School of Chengdu
Diploma: High School diploma

Work experience:
2003-now: XXXXX
Job description: Human Resource Assistant
Additional activities:
2000-2002: Head of the CI team of Student Union
2002-2003: Chairman of Comic & Animation Association
Awards:
Academic Excellence Scholarship in 2001-2002 academic year
Excellent Employee Award 2003-2004
Other skills:
Linguistic skills: Chinese: native speaker, English: Fluent
Computer skills: OFFICE, ACCESS, PHOTOSHOP, FLASH, FRONTPAGE, FOXPRO, VISUAL BASIC etc
Leisure activities:
Travelling, Photographing, Music, Movies, Cartoon character design

三、动机信（给欧洲的学校写动机信也要力求简洁，字数五六百就可以，不要超过两页纸。内容需要注意回答三个问题：1、为什么要选择你申请的专业?2、为什么要选择你申请的学校？3、你的未来职业规划。如果能谈一些对专业的独到认识和看法则更好。另外，一定要找native speaker帮忙润色。）

Motivation Letter

The idea of `Human Resource Management' (HRM) as an identified role or system within an organisation is new to China. Most Chinese enterprises have started to move away from `traditional' methods of personnel and labour administration, but they have yet to develop anything resembling the existing HRM systems of other, global enterprises.

Although the strategic importance of HRM to the enterprise is widely acknowledged, it is not reflected in the performance and responsibilities of the HR managers, who provide only a limited range of services, and are mostly concerned with issues of recruitment and salary. As a result, most companies here continue to focus exclusively upon products and deliverables; they ignore the `human element'.

If Chinese enterprises are to remain competitive as labour costs increase, and as the nature of their business evolves, they must start to build relationships with employees. HR managers will need to take on a more active role: participating in strategic planning and decision making, helping to balance the demands of production and delivery against the career needs of employees, looking at the impact of staff factors upon technical feasibility.

After two years' experience as an HRM specialist in a Chinese organisation, I have a good understanding of the problems that need to be addressed. In order that I might be better equipped to introduce new techniques, and encourage change, I would like to undertake a suitable programme of advanced study, such as RUG's MSc HRM.

I believe that my existing educational background and professional experience are good match for the requirements of the programme. I also believe that the objectives and outcomes of programme are good match for my own requirements, in terms of personal development and professional advancement in HRM. To be more specific, I feel that the MSc HRM will help develop further my understanding of the context in which HR specialists operates, together with the skills required to relate organisational aims and objectives to appropriate HR strategy, policies, and practice.

The comparative, international perspective provided by the programme is of particular interest to me. I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to learn more about the experiences and practices of other business cultures, and I hope that I would be able make some contribution myself, on the basis of my own experience within business in China.

I also value the fact that RUG’s education does not stop at the business-related subjects, but rather pays much attention to social topics, which enable students to function within multidisciplinary management teams. I would like to choose application-oriented profile, since this option contains Applied HRM course, which offers possibilities to take a close look at a specific organisation with the aim of evaluating its HRM in order to get deeper understanding of Advanced HRM courses. Also, I am planning to choose Personnel Economics, Management Consultancy and International HRM as my electives, which I believe will stand me in good stead in my future career.

Upon completion of my studies, I would hope to secure a HR-related position with a global organisation with interests in China. My current career goal is to develop a business providing consultancy or partnership to organisations operating in the future Chinese business environment.

四、推荐信（中国学生的推荐信一般都是自己拟稿，然后找教授修改，定稿后找教授签字。推荐信不用太长，一页足以，教授签字可以用中文也可以用英文，记住信封信纸最好用带有学校标志的，信封封口处也要请教授签名。）
1、大学系主任的推荐信
6 September 2005
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am writing to recommend Ms. Liu Jin for acceptance into your graduate program.
I was Ms. Liu’s professor for courses in Organizational Behavior,Human Resource Evaluation,and Human Resource Development during her undergraduate years.I was also her tutor for her graduation thesis.Hence I pen my observations about her.A diligent student,she scored an average grade of over 90 on the 100-point scale in all the core courses I offered and she did a good job on her graduation thesis.
Besides her excellent academic performance,Ms. Liu contributed a lot to the various extra-curricular activities.She was head of the CI team of Student Union for about two years.She also joined many Associations and became an active member.As soon as she realized the Department of Human Resource Management was totally new to many people, she helped to design an informative website with some classmates to introduce the department to the outside world.
With a powerful aptitude for language,Ms. Liu is articulate in English.While trying hard to improve her own foreign language study,she organized an English Study Group,which consisted of students who had difficulties in English learning and gathered them every week to exchange study experiences.Since all the students in our department passed level 4 of the state-run College English Test,her efforts proved to be effective.
Knowing Ms. Liu’s excellent academic performance,strong organizational skills and friendly personality,I strongly recommend her for admission into your graduate program.  
Yours Sincerely

XXX
Professor & Head of Dept of HRM Sichuan University
POBox 079 Dept of HRM Sichuan University
Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, P.R.China
Telephone
Email
2、上司的推荐信
October 20, 2005
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am privileged to write in support of my dear assistant and friend, Liu Jin.
My first contact with Miss Liu was during the recruitment trip to Sichuan University in April 2003. She stood out from other talents and impressed me a lot with her great confidence, excellent communication skills and pleasant personality. Based on these merits, she survived the strict selection and was eventually picked out from 200 applicants.
Miss Liu has been working as my assistant for over two years, during which time she has demonstrated outstanding talents in the administrative sphere. She has not only assisted me in conducting almost every part of the personnel programme, but has also introduced many new managerial skills to the center. She enhanced management team productivity by organizing monthly meetings where accomplishments, problems and improvements were discussed. In addition, she helped me a lot in redesigning company policies, regulations and procedures for greater effectiveness. Further more, she conducted salary surveys and analyzed data used for compensation studies for the sake of establishing a competitive salary system. She even developed and conducted a successful new employee orientation programme and several in-house training programmes, which helped to improve work efficiency.  In order to boost staff morale and improve teamwork she organized many successful activities, for example staff outings, Karaoke contests and Chinese New Year Celebration Show.
Fortunately, too, Miss Liu’s administrative skill comes “packaged” in a friendly, witty, sincere and caring human being. Her personality is so delightful that she is with no doubt one of the most popular employees at our center. For her talented working ability, inspiring spirit and pleasing personality, she has been awarded the “Excellent Employee” every year she has been with us.
Frankly speaking, I am not surprised with her decision to study abroad for I knew she is an aspirant who will not stop on her path to success. Even though I am not happy to let her go and talked to her several times trying to persuade her to stay, her strong determination to challenge her intellectual height convinced me to write this letter. I am confident that, if selected for your programme, she will not disappoint, and probably will exceed your expectations.
Sincerely yours,
xxx
Director of HRM  XXX
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所有材料都用A4纸单面打印，除了我的course description和论文，因为篇幅过长用了双面打印。字体一般设为Times New Roman 14号，两封推荐信格式要有点区别，字体也可以适当改动。推荐信要装入信封封好口，封口要有推荐人的签名。成绩单也要装进信封封好口，封口处有学校教务处或者系里的盖章。每份材料最好都加上页眉，注明姓名，出生日期，护照号码，国籍等信息。超过一页的材料要加上页码。材料打印出来后按清单顺序整理好，篇幅长的资料可以简单装订，所有材料装进透明密封文件带，附上护照照片两三张。不要进行复杂的包装，不要夹个人生活照片或者小礼物，更不要夹现金。如果是使用汇票支付申请费，要在清单里特别注明附有汇票。
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好东西啊
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非常感谢"良民"!
你的成功经验给了我很多启发.我是工商管理专业本科毕业,也想申请荷兰的商科专业.以后可以多多赐教么!

不好意思刚才写错了.
非常感谢irene-may
你的成功经验给了我很多启发.我是工商管理专业本科毕业,也想申请荷兰的商科专业.以后可以多多赐教么!

我还说怎么发了两个帖~~原来有东西是不一样的啊~~楼主费心啦~~

不好意思，因为网络问题，帖子发重了，但是不晓得怎么删除，呵呵。
有问题要问的战友可以加我QQ 263736027

我是在Hogeschool Drenthe读了半年预科，雅思5.5不知能不能在荷兰哪个学校读到本科，希望大家给你意见