alkylholic
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alkylholic got a reaction from H Bond in What are the lessons you've learned during the application process?
Get them done as early as possible!
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alkylholic got a reaction from loginofpscl in What are the lessons you've learned during the application process?
Get them done as early as possible!
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alkylholic got a reaction from asaprocky in Chemistry Applications Fall 2014
Got an email from a prof. at MIT telling me I'm in! Still awaiting the official response.
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alkylholic reacted to prolixity in Visits - What to wear?
You're already admitted; dress normally. We (current grad students) are just going to get you guys wasted anyway.
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alkylholic got a reaction from asaprocky in Chemistry Applications Fall 2014
Got into UCSD today. 7 more to go!
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alkylholic got a reaction from orgmet. in Chemistry Applications Fall 2014
I got into Yale! I just need the interview.
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alkylholic got a reaction from olzha in any chance getting into Chem PhD program
I knew at a grad student at UC Irvine who had no research experience and mediocre GRE scores, so it's possible. It will however be more difficult.
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alkylholic reacted to Cookie in Chemistry Applications Fall 2014
Statistically unlikely... It's called superiority illusion
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/02/15/1221681110.abstract
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alkylholic reacted to Chemisto in Chemistry Applications Fall 2014
I think 840 is a very decent score...Congrats..
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alkylholic reacted to prolixity in Chemistry Applications Fall 2014
Yeah, fellow anteater. I ended up at Harvard. I'm saying that a lot of us shoot ourselves down before we even apply: "I only went to UC Irvine.. I'll never get in to Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, etc.".. and this isn't the case.
While my cohort IS mainly Berkeley, Stanford, Ivy's, and private institutions, there were quite a few from LACs I'd never heard of and a few random state schools. Just find the advisors you want to work for, ensure that there are others at the institution for whom you'd like to work if that doesn't work out, and apply. In your personal statement, explicitly state for whom you would like to work and why you would be a good match (suggest an experiment, etc.).
Good luck!