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I would probably have tried for med school or biomedical engineering or something. I could still end up there, I find many fields interesting.

I am nice to other people, I don't see how what I said wasn't nice. It was true.

I've been going to my school for a month and still don't know the campus very well. I wouldn't count on getting to know it in 4-5 days. Maybe a cursory overview.

I don't think you actually need to be an expert to tutor most subjects. Especially as you go into younger students (high school, first year, etc.). As long as you have learned the subject before, you can probably learn it again. I used to tutor grade 10 math, which I obviously learned before, but forgot it all. I would have to relearn it on the fly, but my main role was to supervise the student through homework exercises, which was easy enough. Got paid $50 an hour, and the student ended up doing much better!

In my opinion you complete misinterpreted what Sigaba was saying. He wasn't saying it's the educator's responsibility to write a letter, he was saying it is irresponsible for an educator to discourage someone from applying to grad school. I wouldn't say professors can write a "great" letter based solely on a transcript. I would say they could write a mediocre letter that would be sufficient if you didn't have any other options.

Excellent tips, although I would hope most of those would be common sense. About transcripts, my schools asked you to self-report grades or upload a scanned copy, they only asked for official transcripts when you were offered admission.

A GPA cut off is really just a cut off. It's definitely not the most important part of your application. Your SOP, LORs and research experience could push someone with a 3.5 above someone with a 3.8. There's no "real cutoff"

Yes, I second fuzzylogician's opinion. That information is probably completely meaningless to them and it would definitely make you look obnoxious

You can't edit your post after a certain amount of time has passed

You probably missed the boat, and your hidden agenda will definitely show with you e-mailing this late.

Over a 3.5 is a typical cut off I've seen for GPA

I went to a similar interview-ish weekend and the dress code among students varied. I personally went with dark jeans, a button up shirt and a blazer. Not too formal but definitely put together. I'm a girl, by the way, but I'm sure any boy could wear a similar outfit. Other students at the same weekend went from jeans and a T-shirt to full suit. I felt comfortable in what I was wearing after meeting with several profs and grad students and seeing they were basically wearing the same thing.

I will echo the importance of LORs. Many candidates have similar stats in terms of GPA, GRE, awards, etc. so these can really set you apart. I know for many of my scholarship applications LORs are stated as being incredibly important. That being said, most of my profs write their letters the week before, and it doesn't affect the quality at all. It only takes an hour or two to write a good one.

Yup I did scan all of them, but scanned copies were "Absolutely not acceptable" to the university. I had originally e-mailed them scanned copies and they were adamant that I send the originals. The confusion came when for some stupid reason one of the admin staff printed off my scans and then they decided that I had mailed them photocopies. I kept phoning this one woman, who was supposed to be in charge of reimbursing me, but obviously wasn't, because my cheque came as I was dealing with her and she had no idea about it.

Some excellent tips there trebuchet. To answer your question about taxes on scholarships, all of my scholarships to date have always been tax free (also a Canadian here). TAships and RAships are taxable though. I must say I don't know much about taxes, my dad is an accountant and does mine for me. The more and more I think about how I want to buy a house and stuff like that I think what the heck am I doing in grad school. Definitely going to work after my Master's. I want money.

Yeah I checked today and noticed they had changed it to mid-January as well. I'll probably just wait until April to really care about checking.

I was looking at some academic's CVs today and it seems many of them do have separate sections for articles that are in press. Since this is my only publication I get no such sections, just adding a comment at the end to indicate its status.

Thanks! I e-mailed the PhD student who is first author on the publication for her advice, I was just a bit impatient so thought I would ask here as well.

I only went to one interview weekend, and everything was paid for (flights, hotel, cabs, meals). However, sending in all the appropriate receipts and getting reimbursed became quite a headache when they misplaced all of my receipts that I had sent.

Hey guys, Just found out my first publication was accepted! I'm currently applying for a scholarship that asks me to list publications. As this is my only one I would love to list it. How do I list a publication that has been accepted but not yet published? Is it classified as "in press"? Appreciate the help.

I spoke to multiple professors at all the schools I applied to. It was expected that you would, and some profs would even recommend their colleagues to me. I tried to be as honest as possible about what schools I was applying to and who I had spoken to. The only time it was a little awkward was when I was receiving offers from multiple profs and had to choose one and explain to the others why I wasn't accepting their offer. One of the profs (also the dean) then e-mailed my current supervisor to congratulate him, and he had no idea I had spoken to this particular prof (I hadn't sought her out, she had asked to interview me at an interview weekend).

Yet people saying they have worked other retail and food service positions and had a great experience don't factor into your judgement? I think the problem is you, not the place you work.

Oh America...Selling bodily fluids is such a weird concept to me.

Just checked, that's exactly what I see too. I never take those dates too seriously. Everything is usually slow

I personally think that putting a $1000 computer on credit is irresponsible. If you don't have the money, then save it up. Similar premise, but you are ensuring your ability to pay. As starmaker said, most people get into trouble because some sort of emergency happened, and they already have credit card debt that they thought they could pay, and then it accumulates. I have a credit card with a very low limit and use it for online bills and for the purpose of building up a credit rating. Otherwise I mainly use my debit card. I find cash can slip through your fingers and you can forget what you spent it on, while debit creates an online record of your spending.