You Can Prepare for a US PhD on Your Own
Every method, from studying for the TOEFL to getting your student visa, laid out in full.
By Seunghoon Choi · Published by Bellunix · June 2026 · Written in Korean
eBook (ePUB) · KRW 16,000
Other than knowing I needed a TOEFL score, I knew almost nothing. This book collects every experience and mistake from the 18 months it took me to receive an offer letter from scratch. At the end of that process, I was admitted to the materials engineering PhD program at the University of Florida (UF) with full funding, and I received my F-1 visa.
This book is a record of that process, set down in order without dressing it up. It is not a success story. It is closer to a map that the next person can follow step by step.
What This Book Covers
- An 11-step checklist and an 18-month timeline up to admission
- Searching for schools and programs, a strategy for contacting professors, and the actual contact emails I sent
- Zoom interviews, recommendation letters, applications, and waitlist strategy
- Everything after admission, from receiving the I-20 to F-1 visa documents and the consular interview
- Workflow templates for using an AI agent like a personal assistant
Who This Book Is For
People who have decided on studying abroad, or are in the middle of preparing, but feel lost about what comes after admission. People who want to go the whole way on their own, without expensive consulting. People who have science and engineering graduate school and a US PhD in mind.
I kept the feelings and the missteps in, just as they were. Turning that lost feeling into a checklist and a system: that is the goal of this book.