StrongTackleBacarySagna

Chill you fool. Everything about your profile is perfect, and your quantitative score isn't going to hurt you because of that. If you still have time run your SOP through some reputable people to see if it's spot on

I wrote some shit about being privileged and having diverse friends or something. I can't help but feel no one gives a shit about that essay as long as it's not badly written

You mean the diversity statement? I heard that it's not that important and it just needs to be decent, assuming you're one of Ronald Reagan's great descendants that doesn't qualify for diversity bonuses

Psshh try being an extrovert that hates everyone. You can't win

Girl/Boy, you don't need a bitch who doesn't have no balls on him to get into schools. You're a proud five star Yu Gi Oh card that don't need no man

Continue talking, but with a more aggressive tone, louder volume, and look her in the eyes when you continue talking. Take cues from great men like Mitt Romney if you're having problems 0:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anZlKAVPCnA

Lmfao apparently Brigham Young has a neuroscience program. Do they even evolution

Most professors respond positively because they like to see enthusiastic applicants, but you still have to get into the program. That being said, it sounds like the fit is good, which is the most important part, so you should have at least a decent shot

Whenever I go there I see a fair bit of people biking around. You could probably manage.

You don't have to reach out to every single one. A lot of people don't before applying

If you're talking about Manhattan, ETS, etc. they're exactly the same

The program I'm applying to at Columbia asked for an official one I think

Well did you like my doggies at least

Can't you just find somewhere cheap in Oakland or somewhere and commute? I know for a fact there are good deals in the area if you look. Though I don't know what other city-specific costs there are Btw I agree with your username ;3

You're right. I missed the "disagree." I think the best way to answer these questions is first identify the pairs of words that have very similar meaning, then choose one word from each pair and plug it into the sentence. You can solve most of these questions in 30 seconds with this method. For this particular problem, you'd probably just count the positives and negatives that separate the subject (government people) from the predicate (proejct x)

I think it's champions/venerates. The government employee's union is trying to represent the opinion of the majority, who oppose an anti-X plan. Meaning the endorse Project X (HELL YEAH PARTY ALL NIGHT). Venerates and champions mean the same thing while "partial to" isn't semantically equivalent. So I think that's the answer. Someone correct me if I missed something.

This. The best thing to do is ask a scientist you trust about suggestions that are particular to your specific interests. Other than that, you pretty much have to go look at every program individually and see where the interesting projects are

Hoboken Community College (HCC)

Let's say a school sees that you have a 4.0 GPA on your transcript, but your school uses a 4.3 scale (where an A+ is a 4.3), do you think they scale it down to about a 3.7? Or do they still treat it as a 4.0 relative to other GPAs on a 4.0 scale? In other words, do they actually care about pluses and minuses, or do they only care that you got straight A's (even though you technically could have done better)?

Two weeks is pretty much as late as I can take it. Deadlines start December 1. The reason I didn't do that well on quantitative is because I blew through the first section, then on the second section I got cocky and took my time with a question that I didn't know how to solve. I ended up running out of time and not answering four or five questions. I'm trying to decrease the likeliness of that happening again

I'm taking the GRE again in two weeks and I'm intrigued by Magoosh's one week free trial. How much of a boost could this thing give me? I took the GRE once without any kind of preparation and I got a 157Q/160V, and I just want to get the quantitative up a little bit. Do you think a week of studying with this thing would be enough to push me past 160 if I'm starting from "nothing"? Or is there a better way?

My PI thinks my research experience is "great," but looking at some of the profiles here it seems completely average. I only have two years lab experience (doing three independent projects), one semester of lab class doing independent projects, and an honors thesis. This is all in my home institution and no publications that they would care about. It seems like everyone else has at least three years in a lab, but then they also have a few summers discovering the cure for cancer in three different labs all over the country/world, which got them a couple of publications. I think I'm good for mid-tier schools, but are these insane GradCafe research histories the norm at more elite programs? This is for neuroscience if it makes a difference.

Regarding the transcript you submit with the application, how unofficial is "unofficial"? Can I just open the unofficial transcript in my student account page, copy the table into word, make it a pdf and send it in? Is that OK as long as it's comprehensible, or do I need to scan a paper one?

Oh okay good to know GvH Machiatto (Six circles)

If I take the GRE November 4, will my scores get to schools by December 1? Or should I not risk it?