北风呼啸，气温骤降，青岛俨然已进入准冬天，昨天甚至还飘起了漫天的雪花。 过去的一个月是充满了矛盾和未知的一个月，突然宣布的出海计划打乱了我的出国部署。而没有GRE成绩的我，出国似乎成了一件可望而不可及的事。当然，有许多学校不需要GRE成绩也可以申请，不过都是像密西西比大学之类的二三流院校。今天早上收到了UGA（乔治亚大学）教授的来信说，希望我不要放弃继续申请，我都不知道该怎么回复他几个月来对我的鼓励和期待。（我把信附在后面）

昨天，是我第一次正式进入MIT（海洋遥感实验室），感觉里面的一切都是那么紧张而有序。每次进出实验室都还要打指纹，的确有点科幻片的味道。虽然听师兄师姐们说在这个实验室会很辛苦，但毕竟是个教育部重点实验室，如果能在此干出点业绩，学到些真才实学也是很不错的。

天气，渐凉，我的心却不知该飘向何方。

Dear Zhu,

I am pretty sure you need the GRE score to have a complete application
at UGA. I also know, however, that you can apply even if you don't have
the complete documentation ready. You could follow the application steps
and send all the material (TOEFL, transcripts, recommendation letters,
etc) and send the GRE score later on. We had a case in the past when a
student could only take the TOEFL exam in early June, and he was still
accepted. So, if you send all the material in the application except for
the GRE score, and take the exam in early June, that would still leave
about a month to obtain a visa, which should be enough.

My suggestion is for you not to give up, apply, and plan to take the GRE
in early June.

Regards and good luck,

Renato