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I would go to UNC-Charlotte. A lot of things could happen in the next 12 months.



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In the end, I was accepted at CUNY Graduate Center. There is also another woman of over 50 in my incoming class of 7. There are good people out there who will take you seriously. It is important to write and ask politely for 20 minutes of their time before you apply. But this is true for any application.

I would go to UNC-Charlotte. A lot of things could happen in the next 12 months.



When an opportunity presents itself, take it and enjoy the ride. Even if life doesn't go as planned sometimes, you can still be successful if you believe in yourself and give your very best in everything you do.

I would go to UNC-Charlotte. A lot of things could happen in the next 12 months.



When an opportunity presents itself, take it and enjoy the ride. Even if life doesn't go as planned sometimes, you can still be successful if you believe in yourself and give your very best in everything you do.

When I submitted my application for PhD programs, I only gave them my master degree GPA and not the undergrad one. It's really pointless to give undergrad GPA if you already have a master.

I have never received any emails from the schools I applied (7 schools) asking for my undergrad GPA , although I had to submit "all" transcripts to 2 schools, which I thought it was kinda funny because I took a class at a local community college back in 2005 and it was "introduction to sociology", and I can't believe they wanted a transcript for that one ? Like, how is that suppose to help me get into PhD in Chemistry?

This weekend is their Visitation Weekend. They need to just go ahead and accept me so I can reject them!

I think the question is, do you think you are competitive enough to get into a PhD program if you apply during your senior year? Since you've only been to UC Davis for one quarter, the admission office will most likely combine your UC Davis' GPA with CSU's GPA. It is normal for undergraduate students to apply for PhD schools during their senior year, however, it's highly competitive. You will need to have a strong, solid GRE score, personal statement, and 3 letter of recommendations. Last but not least, you should go ahead start putting your application together and apply if you think you're ready.

I think the question is, do you think you are competitive enough to get into a PhD program if you apply during your senior year? Since you've only been to UC Davis for one quarter, the admission office will most likely combine your UC Davis' GPA with CSU's GPA. It is normal for undergraduate students to apply for PhD schools during their senior year, however, it's highly competitive. You will need to have a strong, solid GRE score, personal statement, and 3 letter of recommendations. Last but not least, you should go ahead start putting your application together and apply if you think you're ready.

Yes, it has gotten a lot more competitive than ever. The cutoff GPA for most of grad programs is 3.00. My combined and subject U-GPAs from my BS and BA degrees were pretty similar to my current G-GPA (only 0.1 off) so I only gave them my G-GPA (~3.5).

If you want to prepare thoroughly for the GRE and have some cash to spare, you should get:

1. As many of Manhattan GRE's workbooks as possible and their online practice test package. Manhattan GRE's material is outstanding for the most part.

2. The official ETS guide (it comes with powerprep)

3. Any of a number of small vocab books from several different companies. Also consider Barron's guide to the old GRE, which has the biggest list by far.

4. Nova's material for the old test, in particular their math review. It is exhaustive and will help out a bunch, especially if you're a high scorer because there are lots of challenging problems.

And that's really all you should need. No company but MGRE/ETS has put out a respectable full guide to the revised test yet. Barron's new stuff is unimpressive but probably the best of the "other" material.

Correction: They have put out material for the new test. The books looked the exact same and I did not see the "For the New GRE" in the top corner. Anyway I would highly recommend their material to anyone who is taking the test--their Math was the best for the old test and I suspect it will be for the new. Verbal also quite good. Here's a link to their new math book on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/GRE-Math-Prep-Course-Novas/dp/1889057592/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325024091&sr=8-1

Yup. I have a much higher gpa than the people getting accepted at the schools I applied to. I see people getting in with gpas that BARELY make the 3.0 cutoff. I really hate that social work programs are so experience heavy, which sucks, because I think gpa is more important. I have around 850 hours of verified experience, but in order to do well in graduate level coursework, gpa is a better indicator of success. (This is why you often hear that MSW programs are full of dimwitted students because acceptances usually go to experience heavy applicants instead of top students)

I got waitlisted at CSULB, but haven't heard from the other two programs I applied to. This is very aggravating because I contacted admissions at my top program and they said my review is complete but I have yet to receive a letter!!! Ugh. Other people have already heard back from my top choice (SDSU).

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I think your GPA is reasonable . The admission committee have a different standard for each applicant depending on which institute he/she graduated from.

I didn't take the GRE subject test, I believe the admission committee focuses on applicants' SoP and LoRs more than the standardized exam score nowadays..

I know nothing about Nanyang Technological university, so it's difficult to compare. Do you know which professor you want to work with for your PhD? Charlotte is a big city, it's the biggest in North Carolina. To my knowledge, a school's ranking is only important if you want to teach at a high-end university, because I've met numerous of successful professional chemists and engineers with a PhD from 2nd-tier, 3rd-tier or even a non-ranked school.

I think with your international background you should be fine.

I didn't apply Temple University because I did not like the location of the school, the crime rate in that area is extremely high. Temple is located in the "bad" part of the Philadelphia, Safety is my number 1 concern when I applying to a school.

You can see it yourself here. http://css.ocis.temple.edu/crime_reporting/annual_statistics.pdf It's the statistics from 2008 ~ 2010.

You should be able to get in a non-ranked PhD school, or an online university.

Your GPA might be too low to get into a decent school right now, but you can take some post-graduate classes in leadership, education, or related field to boost up your GPA . Just need to make sure you have a killer personal statement, very strong letter of recommendations, and a solid GRE score then you should be good.

I don't really know the difference between profit models vs non-profit models. There are plenty of PhD programs are accredited but not ranked, because schools does not disclose enough of information to be ranked. A school's ranking is only important if you plan on teaching at a top-tier university, otherwise it doesn't really matter .

I don't look at U.S. News' ranking because their ranking is based on "survey", and not real data. http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/Resdoc/PGA_044475 is the website I use to check the schools' ranking in my field. They look at the average citations per publication, awards per allocated faculty member, percent with academic plans, and the percent of first year student with full financial support.

I don't really know the difference between profit models vs non-profit models. There are plenty of PhD programs are accredited but not ranked, because schools does not disclose enough of information to be ranked. A school's ranking is only important if you plan on teaching at a top-tier university, otherwise it doesn't really matter .

I don't look at U.S. News' ranking because their ranking is based on "survey", and not real data. http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/Resdoc/PGA_044475 is the website I use to check the schools' ranking in my field. They look at the average citations per publication, awards per allocated faculty member, percent with academic plans, and the percent of first year student with full financial support.

You should be able to get in a non-ranked PhD school, or an online university.

Your GPA might be too low to get into a decent school right now, but you can take some post-graduate classes in leadership, education, or related field to boost up your GPA . Just need to make sure you have a killer personal statement, very strong letter of recommendations, and a solid GRE score then you should be good.