payel1986 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Hi , first of all..I want to thank you all for your wonderful suggestions at this site. I am very new to this and any help would be highly appreciated. I am from India applying for US grad school in chemistry for Fall 2015. I have finished my MS by 2008 and currently engaged as the Senior Research Executive in the R & D lab of an esteemed MNC. I have four publications in ACS, RSC and Elsevier-all are renowned peer-reviewed journals. In one of them, I am the corresponding author. My doubt is about the impact these publications can have on my admission decision. I have heard that people from academics hardly believe in scientific research that has been conducted under industry tag. Is this true that provided the same publications I have produced in some academic institution, that could have better impact on the admission committee? Also, I want to know if patents in a candidate's credit can at all have some impact on decision-making. Because all schools ask for publications and conference presentations, but none of them look for the patents. I have nine patents filed from my company,so I am doubtful whether or not to enlist them in the application forms. Please suggest!Thanks a lot! payel1986 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vene Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Industrial experience is just fine, and coming in with four publications is great. I think the suspicion you're thinking of is that companies tend to have more of a profit motive and so papers from there have to be read with a potential conflict of interest in mind. I can say I've certainly not received any negative treatment because my research experience came from industry. payel1986 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payel1986 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Thank you Vene...I have gained some confidence now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payel1986 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Can you highlight something on the impacts filed patents can have on Adcom?Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vene Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I think patents are also quite positive. I don't know that they're seen as at the same level as publications in journals, but they're still good. payel1986 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payel1986 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Thanks, Vene. Let's see how it works. Today only I took the GRE. score: V 150, Q 162. TOEFL pending. I am thinking of applying to USC, Duke, UMass Amherst, UT austin, UI Urbana. Do you have any idea how does chemistry Adcom see the verbal score? can my GPA of 4/4, 4 publications and 6 yrs of work ex as a research executive in R & D of an MNC cover up those shortcomings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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