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Is the order of preferences for applications related to the probability of acceptance?

Professor Hsieh: Every year, we offer summer internship opportunities, not limited to the CAE group, but also opportunities for collaboration with other professors. Students can sign up to participate, and each topic will have a project manager and a community to select students and make final decisions. If you have decided to participate in the CAE group, we encourage students to do a bachelor's thesis. An outstanding bachelor's thesis will definitely give you extra points, demonstrating research ability and willingness to further study.

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Professor Wu: Now let's switch perspectives and think from the teachers' point of view. If there are two students, one puts the CAE group as the first preference and the structural group as the second preference; the other student does the opposite. Do you think this will create differences when teachers review student applications? Sometimes, of course, we hope students try different things, but in the end, we need to make rankings and distribute based on rankings. Personally, for summer internships, I will certainly give priority to students willing to try, but that doesn't mean other students will be excluded. When all the applying students are similar in level, the choice of preferences may have an impact. However, if there are very outstanding students, even if their preference is not the first, they still have the possibility of being accepted.