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Undergrad Institution: Well known state (provincial?) school in Canada, strong geoscience program Major(s): Geology Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.95 Overall GPA: 3.95 Position in Class: Near top (I think #2 or #3) Type of Student: Male, Dual citizen of Canada/US GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 168 V: 161 W: still waiting Research Experience: Senior thesis project involving field work and geochron lab work (I did everything from sample crushing, up to data analysis, never would have thought I could care about a grain of zircon so much), hoping to present at an upcoming conference, maybe do a paper Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Departmental scholarships, Dean's List for the last four years, a couple national geoscience organization scholarships Pertinent Activities or Jobs: summer internship at an oil and gas company last year, another one lined up for this summer, was on my undergraduate student society executive for two years Applying to Where: University of Colorado - Boulder - Tectonics, Geo/thermochronology, Sedimentary Geology University of Arizona - Tectonics, Geo/thermochronology, Sedimentary Geology Stanford University - Tectonics, Geo/thermochronology, Sedimentary Geology I guess my biggest concern is that I'm only applying to three schools and I just don't know how I'm going to stack up. The programs at these three places seem pretty competitive.