ec86
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Study the basic math concepts and do more practice questions and tests. There's no other way about it, really.
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Right, studying word patterns is definitely a good strategy. There's a lot of recurring themes that they use for antonyms and analogies.
The most difficult section in Verbal, I found, was reading comprehension. The sciency passages were A-OK, but the literary stuff was brutally boring (no offense) and thus hard to pay attention to the details. A lot of time was wasted re-reading those latter kinds of passages.
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I would only put things that I would be proud talking about or discussing (even just a few short sentences).
I don't think that professional membership would count. But I did attend a women's leadership series of workshops and I could, in an interview, tie that into academic professionalism, being a role model and a minority, etc. So add things that you would ONLY be proud of talking about.
I also had to review a bunch of CVs when part of a committee hiring for summer interns. It's VERY, VERY clear if you add just to fill up space. Even if you think that the CV-reader couldn't kow the difference-- he or she will. I promise.
Phedre, I agree with your comments. Substance is certainly more important than page length.
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It depends on which test prep software you are using. PowerPrep was basically bang on for me. However, it seemed like the commercially available prep tests are harder on the Q (I scored 100 points lower on these than I did on the actual thing).
I used the Princeton Review 400ish high frequency, high difficulty word list. Studied the vocab for an hour or two each day and did practice test/question sets each day for 2 months and brought up the V score by 200 points. I highly recommend that book (Word Power, I think it was called) if you are short on studying time. Otherwise, use the Barron 4000+ word list.
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hi mims, thanks for your response! I agree, simple attendance is not enough to list on a CV.
I changed the thread title to be more general so I can keep asking questions that I and others may have about, I guess, "professionalism" rather than opening up new threads.
My next question is about memberships in professional societies/organizations. I apologize in advance as this is another one of my "is it CV worthy?" questions (CV is all too important and I don't want to miss anything to include but I also don't want to give off this desparate-to-extend-CV-length vibe to future employers, grant committees, etc.). Anyway, are there any merits in joining these societies besides the obvious discounts for conference registration and/or journal sent to your address?
Again, I observed that some academics have a HUGE list of memberships to these professional groups. Some of these are obviously subscription based (e.g. you pay a fee and you're in) while some are by induction (?-not sure about details, but I'm guessing a panel reviews your membership application. So it's more or less a peer-reviewed process for admission). Of course the latter sounds more impressive and is prestigious to a certain extent. However, why bother listing all the other fee-based memberships? To fill up space on the CV? Doesn't it look bad if you only have fee-based memberships?
tl;dr: I would love to read your opinions about professional memberships be it fee-based or "peer-reviewed". For the former, are they worth the money and are they CVeable? Thanks.
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Even if this turns out to be a scam, what's the risk in applying?
You don't have to pay the $8.00 if you don't want to, and you don't even have to request letters of recommendation from people. I see no harm in applying.. if you've applied for ANY other funding this year, then your app. is pretty much ready to go (judging from the application posted online). They don't even need an official transcript!!! I hadn't heard of it until this thread, but now I'm applying! I could use $3000 for research supplies and scan time!
You do have a good point. The risk of applying is that you are giving out a lot of personal information to questionable hands. But then again, I might be excessively worrying about it. If anyone else planning to apply, do not include the $8 fee; you will find the same information that they provide available for free in the public domain (check out the blog site I posted above).
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Curious to know: does workshop participation have a place in CVs? My hunch points to no (because you are just attending), but I have seen professional CVs with them. It does make sense as a form of continuing education/professional development type of thing, but I'm not sure it's CV worthy. Any thoughts on this issue?
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Good idea, never thought about that one.
(does an activity give u a serious boost, cmon be serious)
I can understand why you are calling me pathetic. Thanks to your advice, and I will consider it before i do something unethical.
I would like to live the fairy tale you are living.
You best be trolling, tough guy.
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Before you worry about getting funded at "highest ranked" programs, do you think you have a good shot at gaining admission?
One step at a time, bro.
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Their cheap looking website certainly does not boost their credibility. What's with the:
"Scholarships
Preservation Funding
Research Funding
Project Funding"
menu that don't have links???
Funding my ass, lol. Any investigative journalists that lurk this forum want to dig up some dirt on this so called benevolent organization?
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After reading this thread I am never going to waive my right to see the recommendation again.
And I will make sure I will open an envelope and look at the letter if I have the opportunity. Evil: maybe, unethical: almost, but plain beautiful.
Technology gives us new ways to do things but there are always people who will constantly push the limit and in turn make the rules hard for everyone. You can choose to be an angel and try to make the world a better place or just take advantage of the opportunity.
/ :evil: PS: to pchem, I dont mean to say u are evil though, u had right brain at the right time. I think that was smart.
So what is your advice to future applicants? Don't play by the rules?
While you are opening up confidential LORs, why not also make up some extra-curricular activities to put on your CV? You know the selection committee will never confirm whether or not you performed them. You types are truly pathetic.
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Hi ridgey, thanks for your response!
I have access to all these databases, but I need to justify the databases I use for my searches in my thesis and it was difficult finding information about the overlap. However, recently I asked the local medical science librarian and apparently the difference between Embase and scopus and PubMed is that it has more European content, but otherwise there's a lot of overlap. I guess I will go with all three of these databases.
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Posting in thread to increase my post count.
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Out of curiousity: has anyone on here ever applied to or heard of the John Gyles Education Award? This award is plastered everywhere on university financial aid department websites, but after reading information from a blog, this seems like a money making scheme.
http://www.johngyleseducationcenter.com/
Blog post & comments: http://oursesame.blogspot.com/2007/06/j ... award.html
What do you guys think of this?
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Congrats frankdux!
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Hi all,
I found out today that I am ranked first on the OGS "reversion list" for doctoral students in Education. I wasn't able to glean much info from the fellowship office...so I'm hoping that someone has had some experience with this situation.
As I understand it, a certain percentage of students who are offered OGS in the first round turn it down (i.e., for SSHRC); thus the need for the "reversion" or waiting list. Being first on the reversion list sounds promising, but the woman in the office said something about "overawarding" OGS scholarships because there is a relatively high rate of refusal. So am I really first on the list, or do I have to hope that a greater number of students refuse the scholarship offer than the Ministry projected? The wording in the note is ambiguous, and I couldn't get a straight answer on the phone.
Bottom line, what are my chances? Has anyone been in a similar position?
Thanks in advance for your help, and good luck to everyone here.
You will get it. Congrats!
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That professor sounds like a big jackass.
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That's weird... never heard of this happening before.
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Here it is mid-April and I JUST heard back from U-SC. They said that they held on to me for a long time because they wanted to try to fund me. Maybe this is the case?
Hey, congrats on the acceptance AND the funding MDLee!!!
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Yeah, you will probably be ok for OGS because almost all of the people who do get other awards end up declining it.. EC86, have you heard back from SSHRC already or was it another agency that you had applied to? Congrats to both by the way
Hi canadiangirl78, I applied to the NSERC council. I lurk in the SSHRC thread because I'm bored.
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I just found out that I'm on the reversion list on OGS, does anyone know 1. When I would find out if I recieve an award, 2. What are the chances of recieving an award if put on the list, 3. How long is the list, or 4. If an award is given in December, would I get the full amount if I am graduating the upcoming summer (meaning I would only be in my program for 8 months rather than 12). Also, if you don't recieve OGS, how does that affect your chances for SSHRC???
Any information is appreciated!
Thanks,
Sundeep
Reversion list as in waiting list? A lot of OGS holders decline because they won an award from one of the three councils, so your chances are good for an OGS. I will be declining my OGS.
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OGS status just updated guys. Got it!!!
Good luck!
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Hello all medical researchers! Sorry for this noob question, but does anyone have an idea how much of the coverages of Pubmed, Scopus and EMBASE overlap? I am debating whether or not to include EMBASE.
Is the a resource to check the coverage overlap of various major databases?
Thanks!
General grad student questions and advice thread
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I included scholarships, awards, and graduation distinction (e.g. summa/magna/cum laude) from undergrad. If I had undergrad presentations/pubs, I would include those too.
Honor societies and extra-curricular activities (such as club, sport or student politics involvement) I would not bother with. However if you were involved with organizing student conferences, that should be included under "Professional Activities".