90% Caffeine
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90% Caffeine reacted to ProspectiveGrad21 in Biomedical Science PhD Applicants (Fall 2021)
I got accepted to NYU Vilcek!!!! It was the only school that gave me an interview and literally all other schools rejected me but I don't care anymore because I am getting my PhD!!!!
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90% Caffeine got a reaction from biggielarges in Sending GRE scores when not required
I would like to know about this too!! I don't want to pay for that $26 per school fee, but if it helps in anyway to have my GRE score I'll send it.
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90% Caffeine reacted to eevee in Is there a difference between a resume tailored for lab technician jobs and resume submitted to graduate schools?
Your hunch is right: on the resume you submit to grad schools you really don't need any mention of lab skills at all. You should focus on succinctly and coherently summarizing your research and any broader 'soft' skills (i.e. grant or manuscript writing) that you did as part of your research, since that'll be more applicable. Basically, grad schools don't care if you can do a western blot or whatever, because they know you can and will learn the lab skills you'll need for your research. They care that you've learned how to think deeply about the research you're doing, to ask intelligent questions, and to manage your own project.
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90% Caffeine reacted to biggielarges in Sending GRE scores when not required
Hey y'all,
So now lots of programs are dropping the GRE requirement, but are there implications to leaving your scores off your application? Does anyone know if programs will look down on you or assume your scores are bad if you don't send?
I have scores that are alright, but I am very curious about this.
GRE Scores:
Q: 157 (65th)
V: 165 (96th)
W: 4.5 (82nd)
Thanks!!
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90% Caffeine reacted to ExponentialDecay in Can someone explain to me why domestic US students are much cheaper than international students for public schools?
Domestic students are eligible for in-state tuition.
Departments waive the tuition for you (i.e. you don't have to pay it), but that doesn't mean that money doesn't exchange hands inside the university. Teaching you, maintaining your lab, your office space, etc. actually costs the university money - and they have to pay it to the graduate school or whoever.
Public universities are being subsidized by government (mostly state) money, and the justification for that support is that public universities exist to educate the residents of that state. That's why they have in-state tuition and out of state tuition, and why tuition at most publics is lower than at equivalent privates. As a non-US citizen, you're technically not eligible for that support.