问题描述：教授回复如下：I think you could make an excellent addition to the group, and I have plenty of potential projects, however at present I do not have any funds available to pay for new students.

If you have your own resources for graduate school, and are still interested in working in my group, let me know and we can talk further

A：

1）如果你愿意走CSC路线的话，就告诉他，否则换人套；

）留意下对方系里的招生政策，有些是可以自费rotation先干着，后面再定导师，一般是本科直申phD，有的是必须有确定导师有funding才给来，如Purdue等；

3）可以问问对方什么时候有钱，再做决定。