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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. "

Yeah, I also feel it is a bit bragging.

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

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.

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?

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.

Personally, no. The marking scheme is very different. GRE usually focuses more on contents, or logic I would say, whereas TOEFL focuses on your clarity while writing. Your score means that you can write clearly, but the contents are lack of depth.

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.

The AW score is out. I got 4.5. Any comments?

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?

Thank you all the guys for the great advice! It helps a lot! I should really spend my time in more meaningful stuff, like research.

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

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.

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?