[2015 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results]

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.