专访| 拒绝填鸭，与世界知名生物实验室的哈佛教授一起科研，我成功拿到了梦校UCB录取！
“If you feel like you’re the smartest person in the room, then you’re standing in the wrong room” 。
年级Grade：12
标化成绩Sat：1540
CIS导师/CIS Professor：Samuel Kunes
课题The name of CIS program：神经科学 Neuroscience
录取学校Admission school：加州大学伯克利分校 UC Berkeley
院系Department ：分子 + 细胞生物学Molecular + Cell Biology
加州大学伯克利分校
University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley
加州大学伯克利分校（University of California, Berkeley，简称UCB），成立于1868年，是加州大学系统中的创始校区，也是10个分校的领头羊、老大哥，多年来在各种学校排名中几乎都是10个校区中排名最高的那一个，在2021年U.S.NEWS世界大学排名和QS美国大学排名中均位于第4位。
UCB在2021QS世界大学学科排名-生物科学排名
UCB是你的梦校吗？收到offer时心情怎么样？
这其实是一个很有趣的问题，因为在申请季之前UCB确实是我的“dream school”。UCB，哈佛以及UCLA是我的梦校top 3，但在申请季被哈佛deferred了之后，我的目标发生了一些改变，一些其他美国院校比如哥伦比亚大学和杜克大学也列入了我的名单。但在所有申请结果都出来后，我意识到UCB是最适合我的，因为它靠近硅谷，地处世界高科技中心。
当我收到offer时，我特别激动，因为它代表着第三方认可了我在过去4年中所付出的努力，并给了我一个坚持和实现梦想的机会。
This is actually a very interesting question because Berkeley was actually my dream school prior to the application season. My top 3 schools were Berkeley, Harvard and UCLA but during the application season, and after getting deferred by Harvard, my perception of US colleges changed a bit and some other schools like Columbia and Duke made their way to the top of my list. But after all my applications came out, I realized that Berkeley is the perfect fit for me because of its proximity to Silicon Valley and its location in the high tech center of the world. When I got the offer, I was absolutely enthralled because a third party had acknowledged the effort I put in for the last 4 years and given me a chance to pursue my passions further.02你是怎么和CIS结缘的呢？吸引了你参加CIS项目的点是什么？
是我的大学升学顾问介绍给我的。我对这个项目非常感兴趣，因为它是用一种非线性的方式去学习生物学，这意味着你不会像在学校那样被填鸭式地灌输内容。你可以自己做研究，而我希望在上大学之前有这样的经历。
The CIS program was introduced to me by my college counselor. I was interested in the program because it was a non-linear way to learn Biology, meaning that you weren’t spoon-fed content like standard school classes. You did research by yourself and I wanted that experience prior to college.
03报名之前对Kunes教授有所了解吗？为什么会选择他的课题呢？
在上这门课之前，我并不认识Kunes教授。我之所以选择他的课程，是因为我一直觉得人类的大脑特别有趣。它是人体最神秘的部分，与之相关的研究错综复杂，我很想和世界知名实验室的教授一起探寻其中的奥秘。
I did not know Dr. Kunes before the course. I chose his course because I’ve always found the human brain to be especially interesting. It is the most mysterious body part because of the intricacies associated with its study and I wanted to pursue that as well with a professor at a world-renowned lab.哈佛大学分子与细胞生物学终身教授
教授简介
哈佛大学神经生物学学位课程委员会和生化科学导师委员会知名成员
Pew 生物医学科学基金学者项目获得者
Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell 基金会专项资金获得者
获得美国和国际专利：调节记忆的成分和方法（ 专利号：60/726,318）
在哈佛拥有以自己名字命名的实验室（Kunes Laboratory)
参加项目之前你的预期是怎样的？提前做过什么准备吗？
在参加该项目之前，我期待着阅读大量的期刊，事实证明我预料的没错。在参加CIS项目之前，为了获得一些生物学方面的第一手经验，我有真正地到两家生物科技公司实习过。
I was expecting to read a lot of journals before entering the program and I was absolutely right. Prior to CIS, I actually interned at 2 separate Biotechnology companies just to get some first-hand experience on more complex biology terms.
05现在回顾整个项目过程，你最大的收获是什么呢？
我从CIS科研项目中学到的最大技能那必须是整合信息的能力。同时，我们日常做的大量阅读大大提高了我理解未知生物学术语和概念的能力，同时也让我能够获取信息并将其应用到其他地方。
The biggest skill I gained from CIS has to be the ability to synthesize information. The large amount of reading we were supposed to do greatly increased my ability to figure out unknown biology terms and concepts while also allowing me to take information and apply it elsewhere.
06你觉得在你的这次申请中，CIS项目的经历及收获起到了什么作用？
一个已经涉足专业生物学领域的学生——我认为CIS科研项目帮忙展示出了我的这个形象。它证明了我不只是一个只会背诵转述信息的无脑机器人，而是一个能够提出并证明新假设的具有批判性思维的科学家（而这刚好是这些顶级高校所看重的）。
I think CIS helped present me as a student that has dipped his toe into the professional biology scene. It shows that I’m not just a mindless robot who’s only capable of regurgitating information, but a critical thinking scientist that can propose and prove new hypothesis.
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教授会经常给你们提意见或建议吗？
是的，Kunes 教授几乎每天都会口头给我们一些意见反馈，一般是关于改进思路和研究方向上的一些建议。
Yes, Dr. Kunes gave us oral feedback almost every day. General tips on improvements and research directions were among some of the things he talked to us about.
Samuel Kunes教授对生物学习的建议
08项目期间有遇到困难和挑战吗？是怎样去克服或解决的呢？
在撰写最终研究论文的过程中，我们遇到了许多挑战。主要是因为我们所有人都是第一次写这么专业的学术论文，所以为了克服这些问题，我们必须相互沟通交流，同时善“用”Kunes教授和互联网。
We met many challenges during the writing of our final research paper. Most of the issues were related to the fact that this was the first time any of us were writing a professional paper so to overcome these problems, we had to communicate with each other while at the same time utilizing the knowledge of Dr Kunes and the internet.
09关于申请，你有什么经验或者心得体会可以分享给大家吗？
“如果你觉得自己是房间里最聪明的人，那么你就走错房间了”，我认为这句话很好地反映了学生们应该如何处理他们的申请。在保证安全的前提下，尽量将目标定得高一点，然后平和地接受最终结果。因为无论在哪儿学习，真正有能力的人总会成功。
“If you feel like you’re the smartest person in the room, then you’re standing in the wrong room” I think this quote is a great reflection of what students should do with their application. Aim as high as you can with a few safety’s and accept where you land. Because truly competent individuals will always succeed no matter where their education starts.
10请给未来参加这个项目的同学一些建议吧
做好大量阅读（期刊/论文）的准备吧！！！
Be ready to read!!!
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