perfectionist

I know for a fact that people searched for me online and looked at things on my website beyond what I submitted as part of my application. I agree that it wouldn't be the first thing I'd spend my time on, but I would also not be that pessimistic about the advantages of having a website.

Hi. can anybody  can help me find the free pdf file for the book "McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math" recommneded in magoosh? It is not available here in my city as a hardcopy? please please send  the download link  through a message to me. thanks

The official score does not include #Questions answered correctly/incorrectly.

Ditto. It's been fine for my purposes (word processing, web browsing). I have a Timbuktu bag with a laptop compartment...so it's easy to carry around.

I have a 13" MacBook Pro. For the most part, I like it! The size is great. I carry it in a soft case that fits in my backpack.

The articles is still reviewed before publication:
http://www.plosone.org/static/reviewerGuidelines;jsessionid=52CEE2CCDEDA2E71292F7C38C04144F5
 
Lots of people publish to PlosOne, and that's it. The article is published. I'm not sure why you would submit an already published article to be published again? My lab has two articles in PlosOne, and they've been cited 5 times more often in the 4 months they've been there than my other article in a more well-known journal that has been available for more than a year.
 
I've got probably 20 articles in my citations list for my thesis from there. I like PlosOne because it IS open access... it isn't going to be behind a pay wall, and I'm going to be able to access the papers. My professor is actually standing behind me jabbering about how he prefers PlosOne. More and more people from within my field are publishing there, and some of them are previously well published in really highly ranked journals.
 
I guess I should also mention that these are all medical research based articles for my field... and we can be a kindof picky bunch as far as how delicately we treat our research and how proud we are of it. We think our stuff is the best just like everyone else.
 
Now, if I had something incredibly ground-breaking? I'd go for Nature or a high ranked journal. If I have something that extends my current research, say, I've identified a new protein partner or something similar, I'm happy with PlosOne... and I feel like more people gain access.

PLOS ONE is definitely credible. My PI reviews for it, and I see a lot of good work in there. 

Not in the hard sciences and still agree that PLoS One is totally credible and legit. It's harder to get into than quite a few other journals, it's peer-reviewed, etc.

Anybody else notice how lots of professors and staff in academia like to sign their emails with "Best".
 
It drives me batshit crazy!! I don't know why, maybe because it seems like such a snide and insincere way to sign an email.
 
Maybe we can start somekind of movement to eliminate the practice of signing emails with Best.

Your answer leads me to wonder how much lead time you're giving them, and if you're asking for all your schools at once, or going one at a time for each different school as you apply. 
 
Ideally, and especially if you're applying to a number of schools, you'd want to go to them 3-4 months before the letters need to be in, and have a list of all the schools you want them to write for, along with when the letters need to be in. 

I think you made the right choice. I'll try my hardest to come join you soon.

I usually look at the page of each professor and see the most recent paper he has. If his last paper was more than 2 years ago then don't go there. That professor definitely stops his research mainly because he has a tenure (lazy and no pressure, maybe) or he was promoted to be in a higher position like Director or Programmer.
 
 
Applied: 4/4 (Economics)
Fund: Texas A&M, WSU
Go: WSU

I was shocked to receive a rejection after just one month of application, and an admit after two weeks of application! 

Hmm... Probably that I was accepted, considering my GRE scores. Also, that I never heard back from the school whose application deadline was January 1st.

The fact that one school said they wouldnt have decisions until June and didnt make that known prior to April 

You may not be able to gauge that 100% to your satisfaction until you visit the school. "Happiness" is a hard-to-measure factor, and totally subject to change, depending on whatever dynamics the incoming cohort possesses that you can't plan or anticipate.
 
I'm very happy at my institution, as well as several of my peers. It's the most collegial environment I've ever worked in. But yesterday (based on an interaction I had for one of my service commitments) I realized that certain people here genuinely aren't, for whatever reason. I think it's more a case that whereever you go, there are bound to be those people that never seem happy, and assume the worst of everyone and everything. So I try to be respectful and kind, but limit my interactions with them.

I took the GRE test in 2012 and received a grade of I believe a 53 verbal and 54 math. I am to a grad school that requires a minimum of 950. My GPA is 3.969. How does my grade from 2012 compare to the new way of scoring of 950?

Do you mean 153 and 154, I believe the scale on the new GRE goes up to 200.

i'm also in the club of sub 3.0 with a masters phd offers. i had a 2.97 in undergrad. i went back and did a masters with a near-perfect gpa. this cycle, i did extremely well getting offers from 3 top-10 departments.

getting into a masters program doesn't seem terribly difficult, if you are willing to pay. many masters programs are cash cows for their university. however, they also have the resources to make someone an attractive candidate. i found that i was able to get everything i needed, as long as i was willing to work for it. i put a lot of work into getting myself into the right classes and building relationships with faculty. the masters not only provided me with a chance to show i could do top level work, but also gave me some really excellent references and a lot of ideas that were the basis of my statement of purpose

2.9 GPA here, applying for PhD'S and MS's in Biostatistics/Biomath. I returned to school to complete more advanced math/statistics courses and ante up my GPA but I still got rejected to 7/9 schools so far. My gpa is that bad because I had SEVERE domestic issues within the first two years of undergraduate school ( went to the wrong school, majored in the wrong major initially, no familial support, advisors at school were HORRIBLE), included a brief description of my issues in my SOP but didn't drag it on.
All in all, I tend to excel beyond my expectations when I'm alone or have my own space. Things I never had and still don't even at this moment of my life. I was hoping for a life-changer starting September 2012 but it seems bleak. Now I'm applying for Spring 2013 in applied math/biomath/applied math programs to reverse the two years of chaos that as I say, ruined my life.
Congrats and glory to those who rectified themselves through hardships, I can't seem the see the light.

Got my first acceptance today!!!!!!!!! Proud to report, with a lil hard work, you can get over having a 2.7 uGPA!!!!!! I went back to uni and took a semester of ug and grad courses, got an 4.0 GPA there so that was factored into my 2.7 gpa. Did lots of graduate lv research, and improved as a student. I will say if things don't go your way the 1st time around, GO BACK to school and take some non-degree grad courses. Worked for me I feel.

Thanks for this thread. My initial undergrad GPA is sub 3.0, but I took additional upper-level undergrad courses to bring it up, I have a near perfect MA GPA, and a strong application otherwse. I hope I'm as lucky as all of you.
I notice that most sub-3.0ers have a Masters... I think this may be key. At least one of the schools I applied to only requires at 3.0+ in the highest or most recent degree.

I had a way below 3.0 GPA as an undergrad. One 3.9 MS GPA, awesome GRE scores, and 2 publications later I've gotten 3 acceptances so far to PhD programs, all with funding! It can happen!

I laughed. . .

Rankings are crap.  I would focus on research fit, like the others mentioned.  As long as your GPA is over a 3.0 I would still try for schools you feel are a good fit for you.  Some places will have GPA/GRE filters (I think this is the case for University of Washington), but others won't and will look at the whole application.  It doesn't matter as much what you look like numerically if you've done good, quality research and have strong LORs.
 
In my opinion, it matters who you work with as opposed to the name of school you go to.  One could argue that places like Harvard and UCSF have the best labs, but it depends on the type of lab you would like to work in, and you'd be surprised who you'd find at less popular programs.