Mrs. Grad
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Is anyone else comparing housing options in possible school locations on Craigslist to kill time?
My husband applied to nine schools, and I would have to say that CU Boulder has the best quality of life for the most reasonable cost.
Penn State however...
Play with me! Rank your locations by housing quality/costs!
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I've been working and I've been checking the results section every hour, if not more.
At least my supervisors haven't noticed.
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Has anyone heard from University of Colorado - Boulder MCDB? I find it strange that they had such an early deadline yet we haven't seen as much as an interview request yet. Please let me know if I'm mistaken.
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Don't panic just yet! Deep breaths! Some of my husband's picks haven't sent out as much as a peep to anyone. I wish they'd hurry it up! Is it just me or does it seem like the bio departments are all taking this week off?
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My husband had an interview with Penn State last week and has one with UC Davis in early March. So nervous!
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Your first two paragraphs were of the "When I was a child..." variety. The advise I have read has been not to do that. I think I might start with something that you would consider to be an experience from your mature self that made you decide you were hooked (as the writing hook, heh) and needed to continue toward your PhD.
I gave my husband similar criticism surrounding the first paragraph, but he was reassured by his peers that their essays (which used a similar theme) successfully earned them some acceptance letters.
However, I'm inclined to agree with your take on the opening paragraph.
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For research two summers is good especially because it was probably full time, but lots of people have good research. Did any research culminate in conference presentations or papers? That would increase his chances greatly. Otherwise he seems like he should be in the pack!
He's contributed to two papers, however the head researcher got scatterbrained and left him out of the acknowledgments for one of them. Bummer.
I'm rooting for him, but I'm concerned that the quantitative scores will push him out of the running.
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Biology. My apologies, I copied his stats from another post and forgot to include his field! I hope the additional information helps pinpoint his odds.
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Removed. Sorry, I misunderstood the critiquing system.
I would appreciate a critique, though, if anyone is interested!
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I'm freaking out on my husband's behalf! Imagine not even being able to write the essay that will decide where you'll be living for the next five years!
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I'm trying to gauge my husband's chances on getting into his top grad school programs. Here are his stats.
- GRE Scores (1270 Total) Verbal - 640, Quantitative - 630
- 3.81 GPA, graduated magna *** laude.
- Worked for two summers as research assistant in lab under various professors.
He's applying to programs at the following schools:
- University of Washington
- Tufts University
- UC Davis
- UC Berkeley
- Penn State
- University of Pennsylvania
- Yale
- UC San Diego
- Carnegie Mellon
- University of Connecticut
- University of Colorado, Boulder
Thoughts? Concerns? If you gained admission to any of these schools, would you mind sharing your stats to compare/contrast?
I'm sure he'd be posting this himself, but the poor guy is working seven days a week and juggling last minute applications.
Deepest thanks!
Elizabeth
Best/Worst Case Scenarios
in Waiting it Out
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Best:
My husband is accepted variety of programs and we can weigh the pros and cons of each location and program.
Worst:
He is rejected from all nine schools. We continue to scrape by in a location with a particularly bad economy and job market, and it's made worse by the fact that I have to have major surgery on my feet in the next year.