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D： They should be enterprising。 Go out to use the system； to meet people and to try out classes。 Use Yale as a base and as well as a resource to go to different places to be exposed to a different culture。 There are many Chinese students studying in the States and they should try to go outside of them； not only hang out with their own people。
C： What has your experience been with Chinese students？
D： My experience with Chinese students for the last fifteen years is that they were smart and good at mathematics and were well…prepared； but before that； students who came here twenty…five years ago were not very good。 I think maybe the selections were somehow wrong in that time but now it is getting better and better。
C： What criteria does Yale use to select foreign graduate students？ How； if at all； does the selection criterion vary for foreign students versus students？
D： I used to be in the mittee。 Generally speaking； we have the same criteria for American students and Chinese students。 We mix their applications together。 They are in the same pool； but the documentations from them are different。 We know how to read the applications from American students。 We know how to read the letters； the professors who did them and the grade systems in high schools。 For European students； we know accordingly。 From China； it’s DIFFICULT。 We have some professors who know how to read applications from China； but not many。 Language potential is also a bi