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Can we talk about how they pretty much listed fire fighting (fire protection) as a major? What school offers this.
 On a serious note though, how are chemical engineering and computer science on the list? While those majors don't pay very well immediately, you can easily find a job in those fields and work your way up the company.

As a guy I've never experienced that while TA'ing. That being said our sections were optional. I did have more students come up to me during exams for help then my fellow TA's. They probably thought I would help them more with the exam than the other TA's. Honestly I don't think there's gender discrimination, the students may think you are the nicer TA and the students think they can get away with their lame excuses with you vs the other TA.

As a guy I've never experienced that while TA'ing. That being said our sections were optional. I did have more students come up to me during exams for help then my fellow TA's. They probably thought I would help them more with the exam than the other TA's. Honestly I don't think there's gender discrimination, the students may think you are the nicer TA and the students think they can get away with their lame excuses with you vs the other TA.

As a guy I've never experienced that while TA'ing. That being said our sections were optional. I did have more students come up to me during exams for help then my fellow TA's. They probably thought I would help them more with the exam than the other TA's. Honestly I don't think there's gender discrimination, the students may think you are the nicer TA and the students think they can get away with their lame excuses with you vs the other TA.

To quote the awesome Christina Yang “Don’t let what he wants eclipse what you need. .... but he’s not the sun. You are.”
 
If this is your dream school, you should go for it.  You mention that the other school isn't the greatest research fit, that should play a big role in your decision. You have no idea about funding/PI Personalities/Lab environment till you are at the other school. Some of the PI's you like might actually be douches, they could loose grants and not be able to support you. If those are the PI's whose research you are interested in what will you do? Would you really be happy having to settle for a lab/mentor you are kind of interested in just to live with your bf?

To quote the awesome Christina Yang “Don’t let what he wants eclipse what you need. .... but he’s not the sun. You are.”
 
If this is your dream school, you should go for it.  You mention that the other school isn't the greatest research fit, that should play a big role in your decision. You have no idea about funding/PI Personalities/Lab environment till you are at the other school. Some of the PI's you like might actually be douches, they could loose grants and not be able to support you. If those are the PI's whose research you are interested in what will you do? Would you really be happy having to settle for a lab/mentor you are kind of interested in just to live with your bf?

As a guy I've never experienced that while TA'ing. That being said our sections were optional. I did have more students come up to me during exams for help then my fellow TA's. They probably thought I would help them more with the exam than the other TA's. Honestly I don't think there's gender discrimination, the students may think you are the nicer TA and the students think they can get away with their lame excuses with you vs the other TA.

To quote the awesome Christina Yang “Don’t let what he wants eclipse what you need. .... but he’s not the sun. You are.”
 
If this is your dream school, you should go for it.  You mention that the other school isn't the greatest research fit, that should play a big role in your decision. You have no idea about funding/PI Personalities/Lab environment till you are at the other school. Some of the PI's you like might actually be douches, they could loose grants and not be able to support you. If those are the PI's whose research you are interested in what will you do? Would you really be happy having to settle for a lab/mentor you are kind of interested in just to live with your bf?

I don't know if there is anymore advice that we can give you. You know what you have to do. You say you want to be a tenure track faculty member and that you are not interested in industry. The biggest issue for you is your Undergrad GPA. You can't do anything about the GPA now so you have to do a masters or a Post-bacc. Since you've been out school for a while I don't think you will qualify for most post-baccs. That leaves a Masters. You have 2 options: a coursework based masters or a thesis based masters. The latter will help you more in grad school admissions. With your uGPA you are not getting funded for the masters unless you know the PI you want to work with. That means at least 50-60K in student loans. After you've completed your masters you are going to have to be selective to where you apply. You can't apply only to top tier schools this time. You're going to have to apply to some less competitive programs. I would also suggest applying to Umbrella programs as their admission standards seem to be less strict than straight neuro programs. All you need is one school to accept you that you are willing to go to. You have a long road ahead of you but other students have been accepted into grad programs with sub-3.0 GPA's (there's a thread on it). The other option that I suggested earlier in the thread is industry. Your uGPA won't matter as much. Med schools like Stanford/Davis/UCSF/USC/UCLA always have SRA positions open. There are more jobs in the bay area for biotech than on the east coast.

To quote the awesome Christina Yang “Don’t let what he wants eclipse what you need. .... but he’s not the sun. You are.”
 
If this is your dream school, you should go for it.  You mention that the other school isn't the greatest research fit, that should play a big role in your decision. You have no idea about funding/PI Personalities/Lab environment till you are at the other school. Some of the PI's you like might actually be douches, they could loose grants and not be able to support you. If those are the PI's whose research you are interested in what will you do? Would you really be happy having to settle for a lab/mentor you are kind of interested in just to live with your bf?

To quote the awesome Christina Yang “Don’t let what he wants eclipse what you need. .... but he’s not the sun. You are.”
 
If this is your dream school, you should go for it.  You mention that the other school isn't the greatest research fit, that should play a big role in your decision. You have no idea about funding/PI Personalities/Lab environment till you are at the other school. Some of the PI's you like might actually be douches, they could loose grants and not be able to support you. If those are the PI's whose research you are interested in what will you do? Would you really be happy having to settle for a lab/mentor you are kind of interested in just to live with your bf?

To quote the awesome Christina Yang “Don’t let what he wants eclipse what you need. .... but he’s not the sun. You are.”
 
If this is your dream school, you should go for it.  You mention that the other school isn't the greatest research fit, that should play a big role in your decision. You have no idea about funding/PI Personalities/Lab environment till you are at the other school. Some of the PI's you like might actually be douches, they could loose grants and not be able to support you. If those are the PI's whose research you are interested in what will you do? Would you really be happy having to settle for a lab/mentor you are kind of interested in just to live with your bf?

Then the ballpark of 25K a year isn't that bad. But your situation is different b/c you have a family (I'm assuming from your username). Honestly, just call the department when you have time. They should be pretty straight with you b/c you were accepted.

I'm procrastinating big time in lab, so I tried to find information for you.
Here is the link to the genetics Grad program at UGA and their stipend listed: http://www.genetics.uga.edu/graduate-students
 The genetics grad students get 25K. I don't know how far that goes in Georgia vs North Carolina. I would assume your biochem stipend would be very close to 25K.

I don't know if there is anymore advice that we can give you. You know what you have to do. You say you want to be a tenure track faculty member and that you are not interested in industry. The biggest issue for you is your Undergrad GPA. You can't do anything about the GPA now so you have to do a masters or a Post-bacc. Since you've been out school for a while I don't think you will qualify for most post-baccs. That leaves a Masters. You have 2 options: a coursework based masters or a thesis based masters. The latter will help you more in grad school admissions. With your uGPA you are not getting funded for the masters unless you know the PI you want to work with. That means at least 50-60K in student loans. After you've completed your masters you are going to have to be selective to where you apply. You can't apply only to top tier schools this time. You're going to have to apply to some less competitive programs. I would also suggest applying to Umbrella programs as their admission standards seem to be less strict than straight neuro programs. All you need is one school to accept you that you are willing to go to. You have a long road ahead of you but other students have been accepted into grad programs with sub-3.0 GPA's (there's a thread on it). The other option that I suggested earlier in the thread is industry. Your uGPA won't matter as much. Med schools like Stanford/Davis/UCSF/USC/UCLA always have SRA positions open. There are more jobs in the bay area for biotech than on the east coast.

I don't know if there is anymore advice that we can give you. You know what you have to do. You say you want to be a tenure track faculty member and that you are not interested in industry. The biggest issue for you is your Undergrad GPA. You can't do anything about the GPA now so you have to do a masters or a Post-bacc. Since you've been out school for a while I don't think you will qualify for most post-baccs. That leaves a Masters. You have 2 options: a coursework based masters or a thesis based masters. The latter will help you more in grad school admissions. With your uGPA you are not getting funded for the masters unless you know the PI you want to work with. That means at least 50-60K in student loans. After you've completed your masters you are going to have to be selective to where you apply. You can't apply only to top tier schools this time. You're going to have to apply to some less competitive programs. I would also suggest applying to Umbrella programs as their admission standards seem to be less strict than straight neuro programs. All you need is one school to accept you that you are willing to go to. You have a long road ahead of you but other students have been accepted into grad programs with sub-3.0 GPA's (there's a thread on it). The other option that I suggested earlier in the thread is industry. Your uGPA won't matter as much. Med schools like Stanford/Davis/UCSF/USC/UCLA always have SRA positions open. There are more jobs in the bay area for biotech than on the east coast.

I don't know if there is anymore advice that we can give you. You know what you have to do. You say you want to be a tenure track faculty member and that you are not interested in industry. The biggest issue for you is your Undergrad GPA. You can't do anything about the GPA now so you have to do a masters or a Post-bacc. Since you've been out school for a while I don't think you will qualify for most post-baccs. That leaves a Masters. You have 2 options: a coursework based masters or a thesis based masters. The latter will help you more in grad school admissions. With your uGPA you are not getting funded for the masters unless you know the PI you want to work with. That means at least 50-60K in student loans. After you've completed your masters you are going to have to be selective to where you apply. You can't apply only to top tier schools this time. You're going to have to apply to some less competitive programs. I would also suggest applying to Umbrella programs as their admission standards seem to be less strict than straight neuro programs. All you need is one school to accept you that you are willing to go to. You have a long road ahead of you but other students have been accepted into grad programs with sub-3.0 GPA's (there's a thread on it). The other option that I suggested earlier in the thread is industry. Your uGPA won't matter as much. Med schools like Stanford/Davis/UCSF/USC/UCLA always have SRA positions open. There are more jobs in the bay area for biotech than on the east coast.

I don't know if there is anymore advice that we can give you. You know what you have to do. You say you want to be a tenure track faculty member and that you are not interested in industry. The biggest issue for you is your Undergrad GPA. You can't do anything about the GPA now so you have to do a masters or a Post-bacc. Since you've been out school for a while I don't think you will qualify for most post-baccs. That leaves a Masters. You have 2 options: a coursework based masters or a thesis based masters. The latter will help you more in grad school admissions. With your uGPA you are not getting funded for the masters unless you know the PI you want to work with. That means at least 50-60K in student loans. After you've completed your masters you are going to have to be selective to where you apply. You can't apply only to top tier schools this time. You're going to have to apply to some less competitive programs. I would also suggest applying to Umbrella programs as their admission standards seem to be less strict than straight neuro programs. All you need is one school to accept you that you are willing to go to. You have a long road ahead of you but other students have been accepted into grad programs with sub-3.0 GPA's (there's a thread on it). The other option that I suggested earlier in the thread is industry. Your uGPA won't matter as much. Med schools like Stanford/Davis/UCSF/USC/UCLA always have SRA positions open. There are more jobs in the bay area for biotech than on the east coast.

We'll there is your problem. You can't wing the GRE with 1.5 weeks of studying. That being said, your stats are GREAT. IF the adcom chooses do so there is a GRE/GPA cutoff, its either one or the other. Your GPA is great and should get you past the initial screening IF the grad programs filter apps like that. Work hard on the SOP in the time remaining.

That has to be satisfying!

You're trolling but I'll bite. Your resume could say Harvard Undergrad MIT Master Stanford PHD. It won't make a difference to employers if you haven't done shit at any institution. Do you honestly believe you would get a Postdoc based on where you did your PHD? Its whose lab you're in and what you've published. Also having gone to UCLA for undergrad I find the notion you regretting UCLA for Berkley offensive. It could be worse though, at least its not USC, then I'd have to rub it in how badly we slayed you on saturday.

Depends on the program. The most competitive programs aren't "Crazy Checks' there is still a good chance you may be rejected after the interview. The undergrad in my lab last year said Arizona's ABBS program interviewed close to 100 applicants. They sent offers to 60 students hoping for a class size of 25-35 students. 40 people got rejected during the interview. I doubt they were all crazy.

As a guy I've never experienced that while TA'ing. That being said our sections were optional. I did have more students come up to me during exams for help then my fellow TA's. They probably thought I would help them more with the exam than the other TA's. Honestly I don't think there's gender discrimination, the students may think you are the nicer TA and the students think they can get away with their lame excuses with you vs the other TA.

I did my undergrad at UCLA so I know the horrors of FLYAWAY. It depends on the time of day. It can take as long as 20-90 minutes depending on how backed up the 405 is. Estimate it to take 45 minutes. If you are arriving in the afternoon than its probably closer to 45-60 minutes. If there's an accident on the 405... send a prayer to baby jesus, b/c you will be there a while.

I did my undergrad at UCLA so I know the horrors of FLYAWAY. It depends on the time of day. It can take as long as 20-90 minutes depending on how backed up the 405 is. Estimate it to take 45 minutes. If you are arriving in the afternoon than its probably closer to 45-60 minutes. If there's an accident on the 405... send a prayer to baby jesus, b/c you will be there a while.