payel1986

Hi , first of all..I want to thank you all for your wonderful suggestions at this site. I am very new to this and any help would be highly appreciated. I am from India applying for US grad school in chemistry for Fall 2015. I have finished my MS by 2008 and currently engaged as the Senior Research Executive in the R & D lab of an esteemed MNC. I have four publications in ACS, RSC and Elsevier-all are renowned peer-reviewed journals. In one of them, I am the corresponding author. My doubt is about the impact these publications can have on my admission decision. I have heard that people from academics hardly believe in scientific research that has been conducted under industry tag. Is this true that provided the same publications I have produced in some academic institution, that could have better impact on the admission committee? Also, I want to know if patents in a candidate's credit can at all have some impact on decision-making. Because all schools ask for publications and conference presentations, but none of them look for the patents. I have nine patents filed from my company,so I am doubtful whether or not to enlist them in the application forms. Please suggest!Thanks a lot!

Thanks a lot for your wonderful suggestions. I could not even hope I will be getting the replies so soon..

Hi All, I am an applicant from India applying for US PhD programs in chemistry in Fall 2015. I am in a lot of doubts about highlighting a specific issue in my SOP. While I was doing my MS in 2006, I could not appear in the exam as I had medical emergency and had to take readmission. As a result it took three years for me to complete MS instead of two and I finished MS by 2008 instead of 2007. So my transcript shows cross marks in the first year exam of MS in 2006. Now my doubt is that should I mention about the fact in details in my SOP so that Adcom does not grant it as a backlog due to study negligence? Eventually I topped my class when I finished my MS in 2008. Thanks! Please suggest! This is really urgent as I dont have much time in hand before applying. Any suggestion would be appreciated.