tgvarney

I will be sure to email those schools. I will be applying for the Fall 2012 entry so I have a bit of time before I start applying. Thank you again for helping put my mind at ease a bit. Now that I'm a member of the forums I'll be sure to get over to the Earth Science forums to hang out more.

Thank you for your reply. I will make sure to head over and spend some time on the earth science forum. I am interested in geobiology because my interests are in astrobiology, specifically the connection of the evolution of life in relation to the evolution of Earth. I did research in astronomy because it was a faculty I really clicked with and my college doesn't have a lot of research that relates to my specific interests. I have been looking at the different programs and I know that they don't tend to say that you need geology classes, but so many of the graduate students have geology degrees so I have been a little worried the last couple of days. Again, thank you for the reply. I will start thinking about how to draft my statements to cover my research and why I did that particular research.

Hello all. I have been reading this forum for a little while now, but I am currently worried about applying to grad school and I could use someone's objective opinion on my chances of getting into grad school. My interest is in geobiology, but I am worried about the fact that I haven't taken any classes in undergraduate geology and that my research has not been in geology. Here's what I am looking at: *I have a BA in Mathematics and will have a BS in Biology. I don't have a GPA because my school is based on evaluations instead of grades. *I have done research in astronomy that might end up getting published later this year or early next year. *I scored fairly high on my practice GRE (680 Verbal, 780 Quantitative). *I believe that at least 2 of my letters of recommendation will be strong, including the one from my research adviser. *I founded and ran my schools astronomy club during my senior year. As I say my only real concerns are that I don't have any geology undergraduate classes and that the research I have done is in an unrelated field. So does anyone have an opinion on my chances. Thank you for any help.