GeoDUDE!
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One would ask why you aren't applying to work with A,B and C.
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I am wondering if you are getting too specific with your SOP.
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They tend to look through people who cannot make it through the graduate school admissions requirements. People who have minimum GRE scores and GPA are considered "acceptable" and thus should not be rejected until all spots are filled and confirmed.
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I would call them.
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UC Davis is reviewing applications now if anyone is wondering... this from my POI there. (Also I have a phone interview with POI soon).
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I'm just saying, pinkster has gotten offers. at this point she's being picky
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I did not
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You need to retake the GRE with a serious emphasis on bumping up your verbal score. You're almost below the base-line combined criteria (290) for many schools and your writing is also below many minimums - 3.5
Baselines for most physics depts are 310, even if they don't mention it on their website.
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What kind of response are you looking for? Your question is super vague. I am not really familiar with Postbac admissions, but my feeling is they are significantly easier to get into that graduate school because you often have to pay your way through them. I'd question though why you want to continue school if you are having such a bad time. My friend is in a postbac at columbia and she dislikes it a lot and says that you pretty much have to 4.0 it or get close to it for it to help you since the classes you take are mid level undergraduate.
just an FYI, a 3.0 in graduate school = 2.0 in graduate school.
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If there isn't a reading club at your school, I highly suggest starting one. There isn't one at my school, I tried very hard to start one, and thus I'm looking for another place to do my PhD. I think it speaks highly to the type of student that is in your department and the type of professor that is in your department.
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What's the purpose of a paper reading club? Just curious.
I was co-editor of a little undergrad journal. Me and the other editor just read a shit load of awful papers then chose the least awfulest to publish.
To read papers and discuss them.
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I haven't read most of what was said in this thread, so excuse me of i am repeating tips. I joined a paper reading club when i was a sophmore in ugrad, and basically we read over a paper a week and discussed it with a faculty member. That helped a lot. Another thing to do is read the abstract, then the results, than the discussion section. Don't read the body of the paper unless it's very interesting or there is a shocking result.
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It depends on the topic. IMO, writing the physical paragraph can easily be the the least time consuming part; often the thought behind the paragraph is what is time consuming. If it is something i think about often, I can write a page in less than an hour, of something I would consider quality.
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You know how some people go to nascar......
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That sucks. I was sure your book would get you in. Did you happen to show them your twitter? You always seemed like you were very confident.
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My experience may be different, but I took and tutored in calculus-based physics and tutored in algebra-based physics and found little difference. Calculus-based physics derived equations with calculus and that's it - almost all the problems were done with algebra. I did find the calculus-based physics more "math-heavy," but again it was just basic algebra.
The types of problems that are addressed are often different in a calculus based course. At my school we had Intro Physics and "Enhanced Physics". Enhanced Physics went to an extra lecture which presented 2 calculus based problems a week, a long with an extra problem set. Especially in Physics 2, which deals with Electric and Magnetic Fields.
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Lol Ratlab... Umm I will probably still join eharmony, still have the 50s lifestyle and also have a social work degree. I have to do something until I find the husband. Haha the fact that you're actually mad is funny sorry it just is.
GEO I watched Sex and the City when Charlotte became Jewish for her husband... I don't know think I want to do that. Lol
Wow I even get shot down on the internet. Man.
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Pinkster, we should go out. I'm in a graduate program looking for a wife but I haven't found anyone. You will have to convert to Judaism, as my kids must be Jewish.
I love this thread.
- jellyfish1, Cookie and Pol
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The most important thing you can do is sound knowledgeable in what you want to do and be very likeable/not awkward. Look clean cut, but not too formal. Basically, look like a nice person and sound like you know what you are doing. Try to be funny. It's a lot like a first date but instead of trying to get lucky you are trying to get into graduate school.
Good luck... I just did about 10 of these at a conference last week.... they are stressful at first but really comes easy.
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Your going to need to have your work experience do the talking since your GPA is also low. After that is there isn't much you can do. If you are expecting to get funding, you might have some trouble since the GPA + GRE is used for funding purposes. If you have money, or a company paying for your education, it is much easier to get in graduate school
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Now that the first joy of, "I've been accepted somewhere!" is starting to wear off, we - or at least I - am beginning to search universtities' "finance and tuition pages."
Of course, I looked when I was applying, but it didn't mean as much then, and it was definitely less exciting than the department pages.
So, the question arises: how is everyone planning to finance their degree? Most programs I've seen run at least $20,000 a year - not including living expenses. Despite many universities claiming, "Our students often have part time jobs or TAships," we're all cogniscent adults aware of the fact a part-time job may not even covering just living expenses and that TAships/graduate assistantships are coveted by all, held by few. And closer inspection into the line, "We have many generous scholarships," usually means one or two with incredibly specific requirements for consideration.
Thoughts on this question? How will you finance your degree? To what role do you expect finances will play a role in your decision of where to atend? Do you expect to take on debt?
And, perhaps most importantly: do you think the post-graduation job market makes it worth what we'll be paying? Is public health school really just a money-maker for universities? Are we just there to fund the PhD students?
I would never pay for any graduate schooling, Period.
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that was exactly what I was hinting at, there is a fine line between sounding knowledgable and being too narrow.