Chapter 259 What Kind of Student Do You Need?

It is said that the GPA of domestic universities is low. In fact, after reading a few resumes, Lu Zhou found out with a headache that the water of Ubigon Lake had already flooded the campuses in the United States.

The most exaggerated time, he went through ten resumes in a row, none of them had a GPA lower than 3.7 (4.0 point scale), and the course grades were all above A without exception!

If you put it in a domestic university with a 4.0 point system, you can get a GPA of 3.5, then you will be a proper student.

Even considering that scumbags may not dare to apply for Princeton, these resumes are too beautiful.

It's like inflation, if high scores become a common phenomenon, then high scores will no longer have reference value...

Since paper grades cannot be used as a reference, Lu Zhou can only look at other resumes.

Students with dissertation experience are preferred, those with scientific research experience are preferred, and then they read recommendation letters and students' self-evaluation... Social practice ability and sports awards are second. Perhaps other professors are interested in these, but Lu Zhou have their own criteria for judging.

In the end, after some deliberation, he left ten resumes, all of which were talents with good qualities in all aspects.

In particular, what satisfied him the most was Vera Puyui from UC Berkeley.

The weight of an IMO gold medal is a talent worth cultivating in any university. Moreover, the one-time encounter at Berkeley also made him have a good impression of this studious and inquisitive girl.

What surprised Lu Zhou was that he didn't expect her to have graduated from a bachelor's degree at such a young age. Even considering the situation of graduating early, it is not an easy task to complete undergraduate studies at this age.

Could it be another Terence Tao type genius?

What's more interesting is that among her three recommendation letters, there happened to be Professor Terence Tao who taught at the University of California.

In short, Lu Zhou kept this resume.

Because it is the first batch of recruits, this batch of Lu Zhou intends to recruit three masters. In the future, he will consider whether to recruit one or not depending on the situation. Everyone in the lab progressed differently, which was also a troublesome thing for him.

One of the places has already been given to Vera, who has an IMO gold medal and has published a paper by herself, so the remaining two places must be selected among the nine resumes.

In order to prevent Xiaotong from making trouble, Lu Zhou arranged all the interviews in the morning.

For those who have just finished the college entrance examination, there is no such thing as morning.

get up early?

nonexistent.

The first round of interviews is mainly for resumes from the Huaguo area, and he will bring a Huaguo international student anyway. In fact, if possible, he would like to give this spot to the junior students, but unfortunately this year is too unlucky and missed the time for the government-sponsored study abroad. I can wait until next spring when I enroll.

Opened Skype, and Lu Zhou started the first interview.

The first interviewer connected to the video request on time according to the scheduled time.

Appearing on the opposite side of the video is a young lady with slanted bangs, wearing round-frame glasses, with a delicate appearance and a very intellectual temperament...but these are not the point.

Lu Zhou glanced at the resume, cleared his throat and asked.

"Is it Liang Shuyu?"

Liang Shuyu smiled slightly, not frightened by the weight of the Crawford Award or Lu Shen's aura, nodded and said: "Yes!"

Lu Zhou: "What are your plans after graduation?"

Using the voice of the announcer, Liang Shuyu continued: "I plan to continue my doctorate studies, absorb scientific research nutrients on a higher platform, realize the value of life, and dedicate my youth to scientific research..."

Lu Zhou glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the computer, and was surprised to find that it was exactly three minutes, no more, no less

She gave her a strange look, and he continued to ask: "Then...why did you choose number theory?"

There was no surprise, what he got was still a standard answer.

"I have read "The Theory of Heaped Prime Numbers" by Mr. Hua Luogeng and "Introduction to Number Theory" by Joseph H. Silverman, and I have made two reading notes. I have been interested in number theory since college. When I saw in the news that you solved the Goldbach conjecture and won the Crawford Award for our country, I was very excited. From that moment on, I decided to follow you to explore the mysteries of prime numbers.”

This flattery was right to the point, Lu Zhou felt a little embarrassed, he could not help coughing lightly and said, "Then let's briefly talk about the group structure..."

If you admire me so much, this should be easy.

However, something embarrassing happened.

Faced with this question, the young lady was stunned.

Although she reacted quickly and hemmed and hawed some things, she didn't answer a single point.

It was evident that, although she had made adequate preparations and acted interested in him, she did not really understand his doctrine.

In fact, this is nothing, if she knows it, Lu Zhou has nothing to teach.

However, Lu Zhou's primary quality in choosing students is not only knowledge, but also honesty.

Old Mr. Qiu's lessons are there. He doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of the old man in this respect. In the end, the master and the student will turn against each other, and some villains will make irresponsible remarks.

Sighing softly in his heart, Lu Zhou smiled gently and comforted him: "It doesn't matter if you don't, many things are indeed very profound, and it may be a bit difficult for you. That's all for the interview, the result will be in a week I will notify you within."

Liang Shuyu's eyes lit up, thinking that there was something going on, he smiled and said, "Then thank you, teacher."

The video is over.

He casually drew a cross in the upper right corner of his resume, and Lu Zhou put it aside.

There is no drama.

This interviewer always gave him the feeling of Chairman Lin.

Although he can't hate President Lin, but he is still grateful for putting such a person in his laboratory.

As for her motivation for applying for her master's degree, Lu Zhou can also guess that most of them want to go to Princeton for gilding, and then thousands of people plan to return to China. With the influence of her mentor, she can go all the way from now on.

To be honest, he didn't want to comment on the talent introduction plan, but Lu Zhou still wanted to complain: If you plan to take the political route, you should honestly rely on civil servants. Come to me to make wool, and I'm not a painter.

There are very few Chinese professors in Princeton, so a spot is very precious!

After a few minutes of rest, the second interview soon began.

The interviewer was from Kaida University and he was a boy.

It's a pity that I didn't receive a resume from Jin University this time. I think most of the resumes went to Feiphysics.

Lu Zhou cleared his throat and asked formulaically, "Is that Qin Yue?"

Hearing the interviewer's question, Qin Yue nodded quickly and said nervously, "Yes!"

Seeing his nervous look, Lu Zhou knew why he was brushed off.

Honesty is the first element in an interview, but it is not enough to be honest, you also need to express yourself and show yourself.

Otherwise, I would not dare to give a report on stage, and no matter how hard I train, it will be a waste of effort.

However, Lu Zhou intends to give him a chance, because his paper grades are really good.

And what's more rare is that this guy actually published a first-author thesis during his undergraduate studies. Although it is a thesis in the second district, for an undergraduate student, it is already very good to have the ability to write a thesis.

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said in English, "Let me introduce myself first."

Qin Yue sat up straight like a conditioned reflex, and said nervously: "I, my name is Qin Yue, 23 years old, from Kaida..."

Although I stumbled at the beginning, it got better later on, and there should be no major problems in language. Lu Zhou then asked a few more professional questions, confirming his choice of number theory and his motivation.

Generally speaking, he is a student with good talents, without complicated schemes, and there are no major problems in character. If you want to talk about flaws, it may be a little lack of expressive ability, but if you are willing to work hard to correct it, it is not impossible.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Lu Zhou said.

"That's all for the interview. Within a week, I will send the interview results to your mailbox."

Hearing that the interview was over, Qin Yue heaved a sigh of relief, nodded and said thank you.

But looking at his bitter smile, Lu Zhou felt that this brother might not have too much hope for his own interview results.

After hanging up the video, the tip of the pen stopped at the upper right corner of the resume, and Lu Zhou thought about it for a moment.

To stay or not to stay?

In the end, instead of crossing it, he simply commented on the resume and put it aside.

There are still so many resumes that he hasn't read, he plans to interview them all before making the final choice...