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Should I mention my external funding in my SoP?
perfectionming replied to perfectionming's topic in Applications
Thanks, this is indeed a plausible way. I will see where this line can fit in. I am thinking about writing something like, "I secured a NSF fellowship for my PhD study with my determined goal. " -
Should I mention my external funding in my SoP?
perfectionming replied to perfectionming's topic in Applications
Yeah, I also feel it is a bit bragging. -
Should I mention my external funding in my SoP?
perfectionming replied to perfectionming's topic in Applications
Thanks a lot for replying! Yes, they do have a finance section, where I can say that. But as you said, it is a plus, so I wish to also mention it in SoP. But I can't find a way of naturally mentioning it. haha -
Hi all, I just successfully secured an external fellowship that funds my full Ph.D.. I personally feel that it is really an advantages, since some of the professors indeed implied to me once that if I had external funding, my chances would be much higher. Therefore, I wish to make the admission committee aware of this, but meanwhile, I can't find a natural way of bring this thing up in my statement of purpose (SoP). So here comes the questions: 1. Should I mention my fellowship in my SoP? 2. If so, what would be a natural way of doing so? Thanks a lot in advance for the help! Rakesh
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OK, but I am reluctant to make my CV to be public. So hmmmm. Seems that I have to upload it to my website so that I can provide the URL.
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I really hope that I could upload my CV for MIT EECS PhD application, but I find nowhere to do so. Did I miss the slot where I could do so? If there is really no slot to upload, can I post it online and put the URL into the URL box alongside with my personal website?
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This question is not stupid at all. It has been bothering me as well. But I guess more likely they mean CV. A one-page resume won't list much really... Does CV actually have a page number cap? I presume 2 pages are the optimal? I am saying 2 pages, because imagine they print it out. If your CV is 3-page, that fits into two picese of paper. That causes trouble binding them indeed. Also I feel 2 pages are generally enough for an undergrad to showcase. Anything more than that may already include many trivial/minor points.
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Does an EE Bachelor stand a chance for an MD degree?
perfectionming replied to perfectionming's topic in Medical
Thanks a lot for replying! This is exactly what I am worrying about. As an EE student, the Physics I&II and Calculus I&II are definitely of no problem. The thing is I have never learned Chem, Bio, and Orgo in school. However, I think I can self-learn for the MCAT. I am wondering if they still consider me if my MCAT is good, but the official transcript shows no courses of Chem, Bio, and Orgo. -
I am an senior EE undergraduate who is currently doing my undergraduate thesis on computational neuroscience. I find myself really interested in medical study and wish to become a physician in the future. After some basic research, I understand that I will have to take MCAT in order to be considered. Although it would be tough for an EE student, yet I have one year (after graduation) to study for it, meanwhile working as a research engineer on computational neuroscience. Does this sound even possible? That is, am I able to obtain a satisfactory MCAT result with my one-year part-time efforts? Besides MCAT, what else is a top medical school (e.g., HMS) looking for among its applicants? Thanks a lot in advance for the advice! P.S.: In fact, I stand a good chance for the admission to a top EE PhD program. So what I am aiming for is actually a MD-PhD program. Will it be even more competitive as compared with a single MD program?
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Title says it all. I am an EECS student aiming to get into top PhD programs (Harvard, Stanford, etc.). This is my second time doing GRE. Should I take it a third time? Is this good enough for those top PhD programs? (AW score is not out yet, but I feel it should be higher than 4.0, which was my AW score at my first attempt) P.S.: I understand that they do not set hard "minimum score". I am hoping that someone could answer this question with empirical examples (either story of yourself or stories that you've heard of). Thanks a lot! Erik
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Pathetic GRE scores, no time for retake
perfectionming replied to Vanilla Tea's topic in GRE/GMAT/etc
Yea, it is, I have to say. The reason is that neither V or Q is satisfactory. I mean, you have to at least make one satisfactory, depending on whether you are a Science-type or Liberal-Arts-type student. -
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I am a undergraduate student in a Singapore university. I will take my GRE in China, because of personal convenience. I thought since the test is international, where I take it wouldn't matter at all. However, one of my advisers told me not to do this, saying that a lot of Chinese students are able to score extremely high after some sort of "special training". So my GRE scores obtained in China will deteriorate. Nevertheless, I have already registered the GRE in China and paid. Does this really matter? Should I take it in Singapore instead? For those who have received your GRE transcripts, do they indicate the location of the test at all?