geodweeb

This is a neat idea, nice to hear from other people in the same boat, especially you other paleoclimate folks. Good luck with everything Undergrad Institution: mid-sized university ranked in the top 50Major(s): GeologyGPA in Major: 4.0Overall GPA: 3.98Position in Class: school doesnt rank i dont think but would be high if we didType of Student: domestic, femaleGRE Scores (Q & V backwards from how they should be, i know :p)Q: 161V: 167W: 4.5 Research Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications (Mth author out of N?) or conference talks etc...) Two years relevant experience in paleoclimate lab at my university, with three conference posters. Also 3 yrs experience in a totally unrelated field with a few publications.Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?) several in-university scholarships, SGE & PBK memberPertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, SPS officer etc...) outreach activities. geology club exec member, several field coursesSpecial Bonus Points: (Such as connections, grad classes, famous recommenders, female or minority status etc...) strong recs, one from my advisor who works in my general field of interest, but not from anybody famousApplying to Where: (PhD programs, applying to PIs w/ research interests in paleoclimate, paleoceanography, geochemistry/biogeochemistry)CU Boulder-Geological Sciences UC Irvine -Earth System science *(invited to visit day) Stanford-Earth System Science Scripps Institute of Oceanography-Climate, Oceans & Atmospheres/Geosciences *(invited to open house) USC-Earth Science *(invited to visit) UCLA-PhD in Environment & Sustainability UC Santa Cruz-Ocean Sciences Brown University-Earth & Space Sciences *(visited, it was lovely) University of Arizona-Geosciences