报考研究生申请信及随后有关信函
到国外学习，一般要先向有关学校或科研单位写信询问，并索取报名表格及有关资料。收到对方的回信和资料后，先应仔细阅读，弄清表格的内容和应注意的事项，填好后再寄回去。有时还可以附上有关学习经费来源的证明书，供对方了解这方面的情况,以便做出接受与否的决定。
此外,申请人还应请保证人或单位寄去与其有关的学历证件(如学历证书、毕业证书、学业成绩单)、个人简历、著作等，还可以请三位教授或学者分别写推荐信寄去。下面这份申请书后附有几封相关的信件。它们组成一套办理留学手续的来往函件，笔者特把它们汇集在一起,便于读者查阅参考。
I. 申请书
Department of Electrical Engineering
Hunan Polytechnic University
Changsha City，Hunan Province
People’s Republic of China
April 2， 2001
Admissions Officer
Graduate School of Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
United States of America
Dear Sir,
I left Wuhan University as a graduate in electrical engineering in Aug. 1997. Now I am an assistant and experimenter, working in the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Hunan Polytechnic University. To pursue further studies I wish to enter the Graduate School of Engineering of Massachusetts Institute of Technology to read for the deGREe of Master of Science. Your institute has a long history and a fine tradition of scholarship. It is well staffed and equipped, enjoying world-wide fame. To find a place in such an ideal school of higher learning is indeed a matter of the greatest honor. It is my long-cherished hope that I will be fortunate enough to be admitted into it.
I should be grateful to know the conditions under which the applicants are accepted. Would you please send me an application form and some related materials?
I am looking forward to your early reply.
Yours respectfully,
Li Fengsheng
中华人民共和国湖南省长沙市
湖南工业大学电机工程系
2001年4月2日
美利坚合众国马萨诸塞州02139坎布里奇
马萨诸塞理工学院工程研究生院
招生处主任
尊敬的先生:
我于1997年8月毕业于武汉大学电机工程系，目前在湖南工业大学电机工程系担任助教兼实验员。为了进修深造，我希望能够进入马萨诸塞理工学院工程研究生院攻读理学硕士学位。贵院有着悠久的历史和良好的学风，师资力量雄厚，教学设备精良，享有崇高的国际声誉。能在这样一所理想的高等学府深造，实为一件无尚光荣的事情。我很久以来一直向往着，希望能有幸进入贵院学习。
我很想知道贵院招收研究生的情况。烦请给我寄份报名单和一些相关材料。
盼能早日收到您的复信。
您尊敬的
李锋生
II. 对上述信件的答复
Admissions Office
Graduate School of Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
United States of America
April 14， 2001
Mr. Li Fengsheng
Department of Electrical Engineering
Hunan Polytechnic University
Changsha City，Hunan Province
People's Republic of China
Dear Mr. Li，
We were very happy to receive your letter of inquiry about our Graduate School of Engineering. As requested， an application form and some relevant materials for admission are enclosed. Your interest in Massachusetts Institute of Technology is highly appreciated. We hope to get your formal application as soon as possible.
You will note that the second item in the application form asks that you list the names and addresses of at least three persons who know of your academic records and your qualifications for graduate study. We are enclosing special forms for the convenience of those you cite as references， and look forward to receiving their evaluations.
Please complete the application form in accordance with the given instructions， and provide all the supporting documents requested. Materials should be airmailed to us at your earliest convenience.
If you have any additional questions， please let us know. We would do our best to answer them or give you whatever help we can.
Yours sincerely，
Andrew Boswell
Admissions Officer
美利坚合众国马萨诸塞州02139坎布里奇
马萨诸塞理工学院工程研究生院招生处
2001年4月14日
中华人民共和国湖南省长沙市
湖南工业大学电机工程系
李锋生先生
亲爱的李先生:
我们非常高兴地收到您询问有关报考敝校工程研究生情况的信。兹特寄上您要求的报名表和有关招生的资料。承蒙报考敝校, 不胜感谢。我们希望尽快收到您的正式报名表。
请您注意，报名表中第二项要求您填写至少三个人的姓名和地址, 这三个人应了解您的学术成绩和您从事研究生学习的资格。这里还一并寄上几份特别表单,请您转给您提出的几位介绍人填写, 我们盼望收到他们的评语。
请按规定填写报名表, 并希望提供有关证件。各种材料宜尽早用航空邮件寄到我处。
如有其他问题， 请来信询问。我们将尽力解答或提供解决办法。
您诚挚的
招生处主任
安德鲁·博斯韦尔
