InquilineKea Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) Woah - very interesting profile - I suppose we'll meet each other at Chicago then. PS: What are your precise research interests? Any in the intersection of EPS and Astro? If you don't mind telling me, which professors at UCLA, Chicago, and Columbia did you contact? And which specific division at UCLA did you apply to? Edited February 3, 2012 by InquilineKea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hope4fall2012 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Nice profile!!! WashU - accepted Is this the University of Washington, Seattle? If you don't mind, which department? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AA105 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I'm interested in cosmochemistry and exoplanets. I was accepted by the Geochemistry division at UCLA - I didn't talk to anyone specifically at that school before applying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AA105 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 On 2/3/2012 at 11:28 AM, hope4fall2012 said: Nice profile!!! Is this the University of Washington, Seattle? If you don't mind, which department? Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) - EPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InquilineKea Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 Interesting - I see. What part of exoplanets are you interested in? I'm into exoplanetary atmospheres. My visit is slated to be on Feb 28th-29th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InquilineKea Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) For the others - regarding Columbia, I originally said this: "PS: The faculty vote for the first round of Columbia EESC decisions is coming on Friday January 27th (and the first round of acceptances will come out the following week)." But maybe I'm mistaken? I might have confused the word "next Friday" at the time I called, which could have been the Friday after January 27th. Apparently, AA105 just got in Columbia - congrats! Anyways, since his profile is clearly exceptional, he's probably going to be one of the first people accepted there. There does seem to be some inconsistent information though. My first contact (the professor) said that admissions in the climate division was done separately from that of the entire department. But then the department adviser said that admissions is done department-wise (with just one representative from the climate division). And then more inconsistent information from what NoNO said (who said that decisions are still a month away). Edited February 4, 2012 by InquilineKea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNO Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) It is probably done by division... the two people I spoke two are in the ocean physics division. They are great people... but not the most tactful as with most scientists. #just rechecked the email... she says its done by division. Anyway if you don't get early admission don't fret... columbia takes a lot of students as they have loads of money. If you do get in... I can't think of a better place to be. Edited February 4, 2012 by NoNO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InquilineKea Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) My impression is that since Columbia is by far the biggest and broadest of the strong departments, it also attracts a very large fraction of the strongest applicants (I'd probably also guess that it attracts more applicants than almost every other department, although I could be wrong on that). When I ask people what schools they've applied to, Columbia is included more often than any other school in the list. But on the other hand, since it's also big, it doesn't seem to be as personal as many of the other schools, so many accepted students also turn it down as well. Edited February 4, 2012 by InquilineKea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNO Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 My impression is that since Columbia is by far the biggest and broadest of the strong departments, it also attracts a very large fraction of the strongest applicants (I'd probably also guess that it attracts more applicants than almost every other department, although I could be wrong on that). When I ask people what schools they've applied to, Columbia is included more often than any other school in the list. But on the other hand, since it's also big, it doesn't seem to be as personal as many of the other schools, so many accepted students also turn it down as well. you are right... they get about 180 applicants. If columbia is your first choice, its worth holding out for it until as long as you can until get accepted/rejected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InquilineKea Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 Interesting - do you know how many students the department takes each year as a whole? My contact in the climate science division said that they get 35 applicants and take approximately 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNO Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 something like 30-40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNO Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 and plenty of people get in late.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parable151 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Kitkat, at Columbia do you have a POI in mind yet? I worked for Jerry McManus at WHOI when he was there and he is a really great guy. I'm not up on his most current research at Columbia but he was working with Icelandic cores 10 years ago. I just saw a post with your interests and thought they were similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitkat Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Kitkat, at Columbia do you have a POI in mind yet? I worked for Jerry McManus at WHOI when he was there and he is a really great guy. I'm not up on his most current research at Columbia but he was working with Icelandic cores 10 years ago. I just saw a post with your interests and thought they were similar. I contacted a few of the professors there who's research I was interested in, but he wasn't one of them, although his stuff is interesting. Just wasn't quite what I was looking for grad work. But if I end up there, I might still have contact with him. Nice to know that he is good to work with. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNO Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 So my most trusted LOR got called by one of the grad schools (I do not know which) Saying that i was seriously considered for a position but he was asking about my Low GPA (3.12, T_T). According to my LOR the person made it seem that it was the only dimple in my other wise great application, I wonder if this is a really bad thing or not. I think im going to go freeze myself in Liquid Nitrogen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hope4fall2012 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 So my most trusted LOR got called by one of the grad schools (I do not know which) Saying that i was seriously considered for a position but he was asking about my Low GPA (3.12, T_T). According to my LOR the person made it seem that it was the only dimple in my other wise great application, I wonder if this is a really bad thing or not. I think im going to go freeze myself in Liquid Nitrogen. This cannot be a bad thing at all..right?? Congratulations!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNO Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Heard from my POI in Scripps (UCSD) saying that I've been accepted to the PhD program in Climate Science and I should've heard from another professor about it already. Should I be worried that I haven't heard yet? I dont know, but you should email your POI. Congratz on getting accepted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kholaduniya Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Undergrad Institution: Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh Major(s): Geological Sciences GPA in Major: 3.40 Overall GPA: 3.34 Position in Class: 4 out of 24 Type of Student: International GRE Scores (revised/old version): 1340 /317 Q: 730/ 157 V: 610/160 W: 3.0 TOEFL Total: 85 in ibt Research Experience: Four interantaionl peer reviewed publications, 1 International Presentation during Undergrad Interest : Earthquake Seismology, Co-seismic Ground deformation, Geodesy, Physics of Earthquake, Rupture Dynamics. Applying to Where: UCSD(Scripps), UCSC (EPS), MInes (Geophysics), Yale, Indiana University Bloomington, Utah State, Rhode island (Graduate school of Oceanography), USC Accepted : N/A Rejected: N/A Wating : Waiting. Waiting is painful. I know my profile is not very good as u guys, i can hope at least to get admission to a moderate school. I'm extremely worried about that. Everyday seems to me like a month. Every day, every time i come to my PC i check them all, but find nothing. Still waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXF Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Undergrad Institution: Top 5 LAC Major(s): Astrophysics Minor(s): Nearly Wgst, Nearly Geo GPA in Major: 3.3 Overall GPA: 3.4/5 Position in Class: top 25%? Type of Student: Female GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 158, 79%tile V: 166, 97%tile W: 5.0, 87%tile P: Didn't take it, not required by any schools. Studied for it, guessing 40-50%tile TOEFL Total: (if applicable, otherwise delete this) Research Experience: part time cassini radio team research @ school 1 semester 1 summer REU @ Cornell Astro Dept studying Mars surface 1 summer REU @ JPL Geophys dept studying Venus interior 1 year independent thesis research on Venus lithospheric structure Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Will graduate w/honors in major Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Physics tutor (1.5 yrs), Astro tutor (2 yrs), Physics grader (2 yrs) Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: lol nope. Special Bonus Points - writing skills - unique background in non-science? Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Applying to Where: Boston University - Earth Science - Solid earth geophysics, tectonics - 1/17 Interviewed Harvard University - EPS - Planetary interiors, geodynamics Brown University - Geological sciences - Geodynamics, tectonics, also planetary Columbia University- EES - Geophys, Rifting University of Chicago- Geophysical Science - Solid earth geophys, tectonics - 2/7 Invited to interview on 2/22, paid flight + accommodations Northwestern University- EPS - Planetary sciences, solid earth geodynamics - 2/3 Invited to open house on 3/1-3/3 UCLA - Geophys + Space Physics - Tectonics, Geophysics UCSC- EPS - Planetary interior dynamics _____________________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Hola, any paleo people in here? I'm currently waiting on 2/3 applications in ichnology/vert paleo. I've applied to University of Kansas (accepted 2/6) University of Alberta Ohio University Haven't heard anything about funding for KU yet though which adds to the stress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hope4fall2012 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 (edited) I know my profile is not very good as u guys, i can hope at least to get admission to a moderate school. I'm extremely worried about that. Everyday seems to me like a month. Every day, every time i come to my PC i check them all, but find nothing. Still waiting Hang in there mate.. The waiting period is extensively difficult.. Hopefully we'll come out unscathed.. And you do have peer reviewed publications, which are valued a lot.. We have 3 universities in common.. San Diego, I'm guessing the results should be out soon.. Yale should've let you know by now I think, their recruitment weekend is this coming one and they usually have phone/skype interviews for international students..I read online that interviews will definitely be conducted for all graduate students shortlisted for admission at Yale.. And Santa Cruz, no clue at all.. I think there's someone else here who's applied (and got admitted) to Rhode Island, so you can maybe check with them.. And I just saw a post on the results survey that said something about Colorado School of Mines..You could check on that as well.. Edited February 8, 2012 by hope4fall2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kholaduniya Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Thanks hope4fall2012, I know my profile is not very good. Scripps will kick me out dats for sure. Now i have only choice for UCSC and Indiana Bloomington. Can any guys here tell that wht is the avg GRE and GPA of Indiana and UCSC. I'm sure this year is not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hope4fall2012 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 On 2/7/2012 at 11:03 PM, Kholaduniya said: Thanks hope4fall2012, I know my profile is not very good. Scripps will kick me out dats for sure. Now i have only choice for UCSC and Indiana Bloomington. Can any guys here tell that wht is the avg GRE and GPA of Indiana and UCSC. I'm sure this year is not for me. I know that the results survey is extremely 'under-populated' for earth sciences, but you could try the two colleges you mentioned in there.. You never know.. Also, the college websites might have some info in the Prospective Students section (WashU and Gatech are a couple that have such info). I don't know of any other sources where you can get average GPAs and GRE scores (Keep in mind that decisions are not made just based on these numbers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitkat Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Hola, any paleo people in here? I'm currently waiting on 2/3 applications in ichnology/vert paleo. I've applied to University of Kansas (accepted 2/6) University of Alberta Ohio University Haven't heard anything about funding for KU yet though which adds to the stress. I am also vert paleo, but going more for biostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy with it. I applied to more schools then you, and am still waiting to hear back from 5/6 of them. Congrats on getting into a program though. I hope that you hear about the funding soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I am also vert paleo, but going more for biostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy with it. I applied to more schools then you, and am still waiting to hear back from 5/6 of them. Congrats on getting into a program though. I hope that you hear about the funding soon! Thanks! I have a few office mates who applied to a few of the programs you applied to! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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