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Thanks Amirhossein B. By chance, do you know how many (international) students do they accept in general? I applied to the chemistry program with the interest in their Molecular Biophysics program. but it seems like their program isn't big enough to accept many students.
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loads of coupons and advertisement. also a check from a school that I went visited awhile ago - for reimbursement.
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Just curious if anyone heard from Georgia Tech o_O
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i'll probably go there for grad school and this is what I know (from my visit and lurking int he forum): - Housing on and around the campus (that is 1 to 5 blocks from the main campus) are mostly occupied by undergraduates so noise from partying in these areas might be inevitable. the further from the campus, the quieter. Best location to live off-campus = east / north east. - Avoid Frenchtown, which is at the northeast side of the campus, 1-2 blocks north of W. Tennessee. This is the neighborhood that you don't wanna walk on the street by yourself at night. Buddy system is strongly recommended in the evening, especially if you don't have a car. - Like southern California, a car is almost-essential to get around the city, even though there are buses to take you to different places. - A few graduate students recommended me to first live at the graduate housing (month-by-month contract), and find an off-campus housing that you like. Some students dislike Alumni Village, some find it okay. While I'm trying to looking for a 1bd/1ba apartment, if anyone is going there for grad school and is an extremely responsible person (e.g. keep the common areas clean) who are also looking for a housemate, PM me! I'm trying to look for an apartment that is 1-2 blocks away from school that are within walking/biking distance.
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waitlisted by 2 schools, but not at the front of the list so i'm expecting two rejections later this month. oh well.
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TL;DR above responses. But I have been told by a couple professors that getting into academia in the U.S. with a foreign degree is only difficult because most of the graduate programs in UK and Canada does not require TA'ing. Lack of any teaching experience will hurt your application as an assistant professor (assuming you will not be a TA as a post-doc). Therefore, you shouldn't have much problems landing a job in academia if you have teaching experience anytime during your graduate studies and post-doc training - on top of your assumptions.
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I believe you'll switch your VISA from J-1 to F-1 when you begin your phd study. as long as you will be a full-time student/scientist at an institution for a minimum of 1 year, you are eligible to apply for OPT (Optional Practical Training). I don't think Poli Sci considered a science / STEM program and therefore I think you'll have 12 months to find a job/position and work under a valid OPT status. This condition is also a transitional phrase that allows you to apply / obtain H-1B work visa.
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Attend regional/national meetings and present your work through poster symposium will help, if you don't have any papers. Try to get an individual/independent project that you can work on, even though I'm not sure what exactly do you do as a lab tech. Definitely retake GRE for your quantitative score is a bit low. Secure strong references ideally from people who know you well enough to say about your potential @ grad school + do research in cell bio/bio/science.
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