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Hi, I'm an international student attending a US university, and applying to grad school this fall. I was reading the posts here and realized that many competitive applicants have research experiences from different institutions, honors/awards etc. But personally, I have been only involved in the researches in my school (since off-campus researches, NSF REU programs etc. are mostly limited for international students). I was accepted as a summer fellow in a top institution (not my school) this summer, but visa problems got complicated and they confirmed me a position next summer, but that'd be after grad school application anyway... I'm trying to make a list of schools that I'm going to apply, but I wasn't sure how only having worked at a single institution would affect my chances for different tiers of school. Anyone have any ideas?

I'm an international student attending to a US university, I'm applying to grad school this fall and am trying to look for graduate student fellowships that I can apply to. I'm studying science, but most fellowships my friends are applying to (NSF, EPA etc.) are ineligible for international students. Anyone know what fellowship opportunities are out there for internationals pursuing PhD?

Hi all, I was reading different threads in gradcafe, and in one thread that discussed about adjunct professors I got the impression that they are not as 'influential' as professors. I'm an undergraduate and is going to directly apply for a PhD, but would LORs by adjunct professors be weaker than those by professors? My undergraduate thesis advisors are both adjuncts, but they know me the best both in and out of class and I was thinking of asking for LORs from both of them.