One Thing Overcomes Another
Shen Qi was a worldly man. In Nangang City, the capital, and even in England, he had made a name for himself in the world of showing off at a young age, traveling all over the country, breaking out of Asia, and going global.
There aren't many people who can subdue Shen Qi; Ou Ye's father is one of them.
There's always someone who can overcome something else; Old Ou King of Show Offs.
When Old Ou gets angry, he's completely unreasonable. There's no way to reason with him or appeal to his emotions. If you try to explain too much, Old Ou might resort to violence.
After Ou Ye was taken away by Old Ou, Shen Qi resumed physical exercise, mainly focusing on weight training and running.
Weight training strengthens resilience, while running training improves proficiency in mobile and guerrilla warfare.
In fact, Shen Qi felt that it wasn't a bad thing for Ou Ye to go home and recuperate for a while, since her parents would take better care of her than he would.
Completing the SOS research paper is something Shen Qi needs to do. Ou Ye deserves credit for this project, and we wish her a speedy recovery so she can return to Yenching University.
In mid-November, Shen Qi's TOEFL score came out: 118.
This is a very high score, with only 2 points deducted.
TOEFL score of 118 is sufficient to apply to any university in the United States, including Princeton.
If you want to get a high-value scholarship, your GRE score should be as high as possible.
Without stopping, Shen Qi immediately took the GRE exam.
The GRE is divided into three parts.
Verbal - Chinese Language, full marks 170.
Quantitative Mathematics, the maximum score is also 170.
Analytical Writing (out of 6 marks)
The scores for V and Q were available on the same day as the computer-based exam. Shen Qi checked his scores immediately after the exam and found he had scored 170 in both V and Q.
The final W score and total score will be based on the data available on the ETS website two weeks later.
Shen Qi believed that his W score couldn't be too bad, at least four or five points, and with perfect scores of V170 and Q170 as a safety net, he should be able to pass the GRE smoothly.
Having passed both the TOEFL and GRE, Shen Qi focused his energy on writing the summary section of his SOS research paper.
Shen Qi opened Ou Ye's computer in the SOS Project Office and modified Ou Ye's original document.
By the end of November, Shen Qi's final GRE scores came out: V170+Q170+W5.5.
Shen Qi had almost reached the top in TOEFL and GRE scores. His goal was firm: to pursue a master's and doctoral degree at Princeton University, the highest institution of basic mathematics.
Shen Qi began drafting his application materials. A Mathematics Department, he had achieved first place in the IMO (International Mathematical Olympiad) and already held a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. He boasted excellent academic performance with a GPA above 3.5 and extensive research experience, having published six mathematics papers during his time at Yenching University, including one SCI paper, four papers in national core journals, and one paper in a general journal...
In short, your application essay should showcase your best qualities. Be truthful, avoid exaggeration, and try to provide accurate data.
Data is crucial, and integrity is paramount. If top international universities discover that an applicant has falsified their data, the consequences will be severe.
Three or more letters of recommendation are required. These can come from the applicant's professors, thesis advisors, department heads, or deans. The more authoritative the recommenders are in academia, the better.
The dean of the School of Mathematical Sciences is an academician. Shen Qi is not familiar with the dean, but he is quite familiar with the professors who teach him, his thesis advisor, and the Mathematics Department.
Shen Qi first approached Sun Erxiong: "Professor Sun, could you help me write a letter of recommendation?"
"No problem." Sun Erxiong readily agreed. "I've read the SOS project paper. You and Ou Ye have worked hard. I'm currently making final revisions. We'll submit the paper this year, and then the project will be finished. Shen Qi, you're not leaving so soon, are you?"
Shen Qi said, "It's already December. Americans don't work around Christmas, so I won't be able to attend the January graduate school admissions season. I hope I can enroll at Princeton next fall."
Sun Erxiong: "That's good. I'll give you the recommendation letter I wrote after the Spring Festival. By then, the results of the SOS project will be out and published, which will help your application for the combined Master's and PhD program in the Princeton Mathematics Department. This is a very important research experience for you. At the very least, you'll have one more SCI paper."
"During my undergraduate studies at Yenching University, I hope to publish 10 papers, to make it perfect and leave a memento." This is Shen Qi's wish. He has published six papers so far, and he is still four short of reaching the round number.
Shen Qi sought out Professor Lu Guozhen for his second recommendation. "Professor Lu, could you write me a letter of recommendation?"
"Of course," Professor Lu agreed, promising, "Come back to me in a week to get your recommendation letter."
"Thank you, Professor Lu!"
"By the way, Shen Qi, where did you submit your paper on the Strong Singular Integral Operator? Why haven't we heard anything? You haven't asked me for publication fees yet, which means it was rejected?" Professor Lu asked.
The paper, "A Class of Bounded Analytic Strong Singular Integral Operator Along Homogeneous Curves," was a graduate student project of Professor Lu. Completed by Shen Qi, it was submitted to the English edition of the * Journal of Mathematics * (Series B), published by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, six months ago. However, it remains unpublished.
"Two months ago, the editor of the * Journal of Mathematics * told me that the paper had entered the peer review stage. I've been too busy these past two months and haven't paid much attention to it. I'll ask the editor about the progress later."
Shen Qi returned to the SOS Project Office. Although the project was nearing its end, Shen Qi had already grown accustomed to working, writing papers, and thinking there.
As expected, the editor of the * Journal of Mathematics * sent an email three minutes ago with feedback from the reviewers.
"When p or q = ∞, simply replace the above L^p or L^q norm with a cost supremacy."
"Extending the classical definition to the case of 0 < p, q ≤ ∞, the window function g defined therein is restricted to being chosen from the following space φ^α(R^n)..."
"... In conclusion, I suggest the author make minor revisions."
Great, the 7th paper is done!
This is an English version of SCI paper.
The reviewers' comments were very insightful, and Shen Qi didn't want to go through another three-round battle, which would prolong the paper's publication cycle.
It's just a minor repair, let's fix it.
Shen Qi spent two days revising his paper, "A Class of Bounded Analysis of Strong Singular Integral Operator Along Homogeneous Curves," and uploaded it to the submission system of the * Journal of Mathematics *. If all goes well, this will add another SCI-indexed mathematics paper to his research portfolio.
Rediscovering his passion for writing papers, Shen Qi flipped through his notebook, which contained his mathematical inspirations. He still needed to publish two more papers to achieve his goal of completing his undergraduate studies perfectly.
The SOS research paper will definitely be published; it's just a matter of time.
The two new research topics identified by Shen Qi are related to Diophantine equation and Schrödinger operators, respectively.
The first one belongs to number theory, and the second one belongs to Mathematical Physics; both were inspirations that Shen Qi gleaned during his running training.
The inspiration for the paper on Diophantine equation came from a suggestion given by Shen Qi six months prior.
Over the past six months, Ou Ye has intermittently completed half of the writing work, and the LaTeX document is on Ou Ye's computer in the SOS Office.
"I'll finish the remaining half of the work." Shen Qi operated Ou Ye's computer. He would start and finish this paper in the field of number theory, just like the SOS Project.