[Grad2022] [Turnbull Zemi] Postponing zemi / ゼミの延期

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Hi, everyone

すみませんが、ちょっと調子が悪いと午後の教員会議の準備があるので、明日１３時に
延期したいと思います。Ｍ２、Ｕ４、受験生は発表練習を行います。都合が悪かったら
至急に連絡してください。Ｍ１は来週から始まる。明日の発表者以外は都合が悪かった
ら私に事前に伝えて欠席はＯＫです。詳しくは英語の説明を読んでください。

I'm sorry, but I am not feeling well today, and have to prepare for
faculty meetings in the afternoon.  I would like to postpone today's
zemi to tomorrow at 13:00.  M2, U4, and those preparing for the
entrance exam will practice their presentations.  *If these presenters
have other plans for tomorrow, get in touch as soon as possible.* If
you are not scheduled for presentation but have other plans, let me
know but attendance is optional.  M1 practice will start next week.

M2, U4 should have slides more or less ready for the presentations in
the next two weeks.

The entrance exam is divided into three parts:
1.  English (100 pts).  TOEFL, TOEIC, or equivalent should be
    submitted at application time.
2.  Written exam (100 pts).  At exam time you choose one of three
    fields, microeconomics, mathematics, or urban planning.  Questions
    are presented in Japanese and English, and you may answer in
    Japanese or English.  Mixing Japanese and English may leave a poor
    impression, but do so if necessary (for example if you don't know
    a word in your primary language but know it in the other).
3.  Interview (200 pts).  The interview is semi-structured, it is
    conducted in Japanese or English at your option, and starts with
    your self-introduction.
    - name and examination ID number
    - motivation, explaining why you chose to study
      - in Japan (for foreign students)
      - at the University of Tsukuba in the MPPS program
      - under your advisor (me!)
    - plans and preparation for research
      - theme
      - importance of the research to the field of PPS and to society
      - proposed methodology
      - expected results
    - career plans
    The self-introduction is allowed 5 minutes.  The question and
    answer period is about 9 minutes.  Besides questions about your
    self-introduction, you are likely to be asked how well you think
    you did on the written exam, and if you did poorly, you may be
    asked how to solve one of the problems again.

Steve