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Neuro_Guy

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  1. And about changing your proposed institution (i.e. I'm not going where I indicated, but will still be working on similar enough topic) the GRFP site says you can change it but how much of a big deal is that? Simple e-mail/form to let them know your actual school or will they re-evaluate me to some degree? It's US, accredited and all that. Thanks.
  2. Thanks everyone for the advice and the congrats. I was worried for a min that I missed an opportunity to improve my chances so I'm relieved that this isn't an issue (aside from now being legally able to accept it if the planets align ) To jeffleung1992, fortunately no; I can't even recall if the program knows I applied for the GRFP.
  3. So I recently found out I got into grad school (applied for GRFP during a gap year) but I imagine it's too late to let the NSF know and have that (positively) affect my chances. Anyone have any thoughts? Good luck, only ~2 weeks of stressing left.
  4. Thanks for the info. I'll just play it safe and panic regardless...
  5. I'm glad that you had a nice interview (but for the record I'm not straight bio and didn't apply to caltech) but to be honest I'm actually worried about a situation like this. If the interviews don't give you the opportunity to talk a lot and 'prove' yourself to the interviewer, then how can one distinguish themselves from the competition? I'm under the impression that competitive programs have pre-ranked (formally or informally) their candidates and based on when I got my interview I suspect I'm not so high up. I want the chance to talk about my work, maybe even get grilled a little (not too much, maybe like sauteed?) to prove I have what it takes. So if the interviews don't give you a chance to impress, then I - and anyone in the same shoes as me - am SOL.
  6. Do you remember if Johns Hopkins' reputation for inviting a surplus of people was specific for your field (biochem/phys) or across the board for the biomedical sciences?
  7. Just adding myself to the list of people wanting to know about NYU (and I'm neural science as well).
  8. I advise against this for two reasons. First, because it may come off as trying to influence the admissions process, which to be honest it sort of is. And second, because a particularly grumpy prof might say "well if eal09 couldn't be bothered to e-mail me before the deadline how seriously does s/he take this? What am I, their last choice prof??" [Note: I'm not saying I agree with grumpy prof's reasoning, just saying be advised grumpy profs are out there]
  9. I actually talked to WUSTL today and they're sending out more invites (so I was told) - the invites sent out so far are for "sure things" i.e. students who are definitely getting admits (so congrats). But there will be more invites sent as the adcom hashes out more people. This is just what I was told, take it with a grain of salt.
  10. So if publishing as an undergrad is so rare, would that mean that it's viewed by adcoms as being very significant / helpful (for your app) or is it so rare that adcoms view it as a 'fluke' that doesn't really reflect on your abilities (because e.g. you joined a project at a good time, your PI was especially prolific in publishing, etc)?
  11. Hi everyone So the title basically sums up my question. How common is it for an undergraduate to have a peer-reviewed publication (let's say having something submitted in review counts as well)? What about a first-author publication? And to what extent can these things help you get into grad school? I've heard conflicting things about how common it is so I wanted to ask the hivemind. PS. for what it's worth I'm neuroscience, applying now. good luck to everyone
  12. Wait, i'm confused - where else can you report classes / credit hours besides on your transcript? and even then it's not like you have a choice about what credit hours to report, i mean if it's on your transcript then it gets reported, right?
  13. I believe you do, and they'll certainly note it as a DQ vs rejection after review Also, for line spacing how does the "before" and "after" spacing options (under "line spacing options" in word) come into play? Can they be set to 0 as long as spacing is single-spaced?
  14. So quick question about the 1'' margins - how are they checking this? Do they use an automated program or something? Because I set my 1'' margins using MS word but under really high magnification it looks like a few of the serifs on letters cross the 1'' boundary (admittedly by 0.0019 ''). Even writing this I know how ridiculously neurotic it sounds but still, if they use some computer to automatically check the boundaries might any excess, no matter how small, come back as a violation? Can't wait to be done...
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