Undergrad Institution: Big state school
Major(s): geological sciences
Minor(s):
GPA in Major: 3.96
Overall GPA: 3.99
Position in Class: Near top
Type of Student: Irrelevant
GRE Scores (revised/old version):
Q: 164
V: 157
W: 4
P:
Research Experience: Couple of years with my prof, presented a couple times at conferences. Summer internship with NASA doing remote sensing work
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Basic academic scholarships, small research grant
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: NASA intern, student research assistant for my research advisor
Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:
Special Bonus Points: Should have pretty good recs, applied for fellowships, good connection with a couple of profs at prospective schools
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: plan on submitting my thesis to a journal, indicating it in my statement of purpose, transferred from a top 25 school after my freshman year where my GPA was 3.54
Applying to Where:
Stanford - GES - sedimentary geology
Columbia - EES - structure, earth history
UTexas Austin - DGS - structure
Princeton - Geosciences - earth history
Mines - Geology - economic geology
Harvard - EPS - earth history
UC Davis - Geology - .
UArizona - Geology - structure