Zitro6

On top of being nervous, does anyone else look around at other prospectives and wonder who they are on thegradcafe.com?

My nightmare is going to visit the school I got accepted to. They take one look at me, and then decide to reject me because I'm not who they expected.

Yeah and we both applied to Tufts too. Good luck!

Turns out, no one liked it at all. But then i noticed I had the privacy set to "only me" LMFAO I did not repost, my good friends and family know and thats enough

The reason I didnt apply is because I thought I wouldn't get in. I ended up calling and asking and they encouraged me to apply anyways so I did. If I got in I would definitely go there. I was just afraid that I was reaching too high.

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You're probably fine. They have your transcripts and they will see your improvement themselves, which may look better since you didnt make any excuses. Once I submitted my app I realized I had spelling errors in my personal statement (earned instead of learned, and those type of things) I was too embarrassed to have anyone read it lol. I also didnt gush about the program either (whoops) but I got in somewhere so I think it will be ok

I have applied to 5 schools so far and have been accepted to Emory. I also want to apply to Johns Hopkins beause of the confidence boost! For chem, they require a math/science subject test. I've heard stories about people admitted to other schools even without a subject GRE. Should I try anyways? My application is not outstanding so I don't know if they will overlook the missing score. Here are some stats: minority female from a "good" private liberal arts school, american chemical society scholar 3.21 GPA 161Q 156V 4.5A GRE 3 semesters and 3 summers of research (one at another university, decently competitive program) Lots of teaching experience very strong letters of recommendation from research advisors ok statement of purpose