plantguy

Hi ! I'm a fellow student from Turkey as well. Didn't you hear anything from Harvard and Princeton or Brown? You have such stellar scores and it just puzzled me so much. Did they just ignore because you're an international student?

Hi, I'm a fellow Plant Biologist who had applied to grad schools recently. I also applied to UIUC, may I ask how did your GRE go? I also applied to UMD, UMass Amherst and Colorado State. I think you have a good shot getting interview invitations if you got a decent GRE score. and I don't think the professors really speak to a lot of students on Skype on a weekly basis. At least not to international students. Anyways, I'd be happy to hear if you have any updates.

Congrats everyone! It's mostly life sciences people here , are there any plant biologists here? does anybody know if UMass Amherst , UMaryland or UIUC has sent out invitations, or when they might send out invitations? I would be very happy to know? Also, does anybody recommends CSU FoCo and Rutgers, New Brunswick ? I would love to hear your opinions!

Undergrad Institution: Top 10 Institution in Turkey, Fairly recognized throughout Europe, few recognition in US MSc Degree: Top German University, Thesis research at a Max-Planck-InstituteMajor(s): Molecular Biology and Genetics (Undergrad), Plant Sciences (MSc)Minor(s):GPA in Major: 3.0 (undergrad), 3.75 (MSc)Overall GPA: -Position in Class: top 10%Type of Student: International, LGBT, male (Just a question: I did not mention that I am LGBT in my SOP, should I have mentioned?)GRE Scores (revised): took the exam literally without studying, and sucked at writing and verbal. Q: 161V: 153W: 3.0 (I sucked at this)B: I did not take the subject test.TOEFL Total: 107Research Experience: Research experience during Undergrad (3 semesters), 1 poster presentation during Undergrad, 2 years of continuous research during MSc, thesis at a respected international institution. One publication from my master's thesis in a good journal (Impact factor: 11.7, 4th out of 10ppl, I performed the experiments in the paper), possibly one more paper in the next year.Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Honor's roll for 4 semesters Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Paid positions during MSc as lab assistant.Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: N/ASpecial Bonus Points: LOR from professors who are possibly thought of in high regard in their respective fields. At least they are in Europe. Extensive research experience, compared to recently graduated undergrads. *?*Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Applying to Where: I would accept last minute school recommendations. I would want to apply one more school, but can't decide. Probably one with a mid-jan deadline. UMass Amherst - Plant Biology Rutgers - Plant Biology (3 out of 4 faculty members I had emailed replied and said they won't take new students in Fall '17, so I'm concerned about applying, I haven't send my application yet). Colorado State - Biology (Molecular Plant Biology specialization) University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Plant Biology University of Maryland, College Park - Plant Sciences ( I want this school very much, I liked the faculty, I would be happy if current students would reach out, or at least people who got admitted)

Thanks tanner! Unfortunately, I left Germany and it is hard for me to follow your proposed solution. But you did a good job. I have an english transcript already but some people told me to translate my german transcripts to english and thus get them notarized by the translator ? It sounded very unnecessary but.. do you think that would work?

Hi! Oh great. I thought I was the only one because shallow program coordinator insisted that I was the first student to ever request such a thing! so weird.. Some of my schools agreed, like Rutgers. But UMass and ColoState are insisting on a notarized copy, which is not possible because I'm told that every notary can only notarize in their native languages. I have an english transcript already but some people told me to translate my german transcripts to english and thus get them notarized by the translator ? It sounded very unnecessary but.. do you think that would work?

Hey everybody, I am very new to this website and I am currently applying some grad schools around US and you know some schools want the transcripts to be send directly from the universities. However, the university I graduated in Germany refuses to send the transcripts by mail to US universities and they say it is forbidden by law. I am abroad, so I can't go and take personally from them. They won't even send them to me by post. I only have one original copy of my transcripts and that's it. Only one school agreed to accept a scanned copy but still 2-3 schools want them by post and they don't understand. Neither my german coordinator nor the officers in US. Can anybody update me? Are there any german students that can help me?