For aspiring scientists and researchers, ergo grad students, choosing the right lab to join is one, if not the most, important decision you must make.

Graduate school is a transformative journey that shapes the future of aspiring scholars and professionals.

In 2019, I was a senior undergraduate student in a small town in Illinois when I received an email from someone at Rice University in Houston, TX inviting me to

In 2019, I was a senior undergraduate student in a small town in Illinois when I received an email from someone at Rice University in Houston, TX inviting me to

Life at Rice as a student can sometimes be filled with lectures, assignments, group projects, and late-night study sessions.

To grad or not to grad is the question many of us, when we were undergraduates, had to face.

Studying abroad is a dream for many students, especially in the United States, which is often their top choice.

在國外讀書是眾多學生所嚮往的事情，尤其美國是他們的不二之選。但是很多學生往往在準備的過程中會慢慢的退卻，因為不僅要準備英文考試、CV、Personal Statement、各校不同的文件要求，甚至是自身還有學業以及工作的壓力，導致同學在這過程中逐漸被現實擊敗。

留學國外是個可以長時間體驗不同於臺灣的外國文化與學習體驗的機會，而且當自己的職涯規劃偏向學術研究或是外國公司時，申請攻讀國外博士班或是碩士班會是不錯的選擇之一。以下為個人求學美國博士班，以及如何選擇於萊斯大學 (Rice University) 就讀的經驗。

求學動機：研究興趣、體驗外國生活