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Here's the instructions for the department at the University of Florida " Guidelines For Prospective MSc And PhD Applicants To WEC Contacting faculty & obtaining their agreement to serve as advisor is THE key! The path to admission into WEC as a masters or PhD student begins with finding a WEC faculty member who has funding,a project of mutual interest, and agrees to serve as your thesis advisor. A comprehensive list of WEC graduate faculty, with links to their homepages, can be found on http://www.wec.ufl.edu/people/faculty_new.php. The prospective student will need to: Find appropriate faculty members by reviewing faculty web pages. Read their recent research and any advice they may have for prospective students. Contact each faculty member who you find to be appropriate. Include a CV and a well-written email letter of inquiry that clearly relates your interests and professional goals to the faculty member's program. Include your GPA and your most recent GRE scores and percentiles. Await a response. You may or may not get one. If you don't, then try a couple more times over a couple of weeks, and then move on. " Colorado State University (long shot there), Michigan State University, University of Florida, University of Minnesota, Iowa State University. My major was Natural Resources

I'm currently looking into schools to get my masters in wildlife biology, but my anxiety has had me stuck and now I'm falling behind. I haven't actually contacted any professors yet First, what exactly are my odds of getting into a program? Most are requesting GPA after the first 60 semester hours so 3.36 and I have an average GRE score, so I'm considering retaking. I got my B.S. in December of 2014 and unfortunately have not had any luck with a related jobs :/ I've been working food service to save up some money the last few years. Second, When applying to a lab, all professors want a page written about my research interests. While this is a fair enough request, just how specific should I be? I find that I could very easily write several pages on an abundance of topics I find interesting. Would the professors like that I am so open to different topics that I would surely fit the needs of their grant? Or would they see me as unfocused and prefer a single topic that's practically a research project waiting to happen?