InquilineKea Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 Now that it's the time of year again, let's get it started! ______________________________________________ Undergrad Institution: (School or type of school, such as big state, lib arts, ivy, technical, foreign (what country?)... Overall Reputation in EAPS?) Major(s): Minor(s): GPA in Major: Overall GPA: Position in Class: (No numbers needed, but are you top? near top? average? struggling?) Type of Student: (Domestic/International, male/female, minority?) GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: V: W: P: TOEFL Total: (if applicable, otherwise delete this) Research Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications (Mth author out of N?) or conference talks etc...) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?) Pertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, SPS officer etc...) Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Special Bonus Points: (Such as connections, grad classes, famous recommenders, female or minority status etc...) Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Applying to Where: School - Department - Research Interest School - Department - Research Interest School - Department - Research Interest
Nikii Posted December 7, 2012 Posted December 7, 2012 Hi there guys!!! Has anyone finalised their univs and sent out any applications? My univs are finalised and the application process is happening. I am applying for a PhD and I dont have an MS. This kinda confuses me whether I will actually get an admit to a Phd program. But still I am willing to give it a shot. Please let me know what you guys think! I have a Bachelors in Civil Engineering and I am from India. I have around 8 universities to which I am applying. Thanks
Mr Buttons Posted December 11, 2012 Posted December 11, 2012 Undergrad Institution: Big state school Major(s): geological sciences Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.96 Overall GPA: 3.99 Position in Class: Near top Type of Student: Irrelevant GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 164 V: 157 W: 4 P: Research Experience: Couple of years with my prof, presented a couple times at conferences. Summer internship with NASA doing remote sensing work Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Basic academic scholarships, small research grant Pertinent Activities or Jobs: NASA intern, student research assistant for my research advisor Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Special Bonus Points: Should have pretty good recs, applied for fellowships, good connection with a couple of profs at prospective schools Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: plan on submitting my thesis to a journal, indicating it in my statement of purpose, transferred from a top 25 school after my freshman year where my GPA was 3.54 Applying to Where: Stanford - GES - sedimentary geology Columbia - EES - structure, earth history UTexas Austin - DGS - structure Princeton - Geosciences - earth history Mines - Geology - economic geology Harvard - EPS - earth history UC Davis - Geology - . UArizona - Geology - structure
glinker Posted December 11, 2012 Posted December 11, 2012 Undergrad Institution: In far away India. Major(s): Physics Minor(s): none GPA in Major: Overall GPA: oops Position in Class: Marginally above average Type of Student: International/ Male GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 800/166 V: 730/168 W: 4.5 P: 870 TOEFL Total: (if applicable, otherwise delete this) 118 Research Experience: Thesis work is significant (or so I'm told). One publication, second author out of two. Possibly one more in the pipeline (being listed as such in the apps). Five or six interns at various research institutes, no special outcomes. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: A fellowship, some minor academic honors Pertinent Activities or Jobs: I keep mentioning that I have experience with crowd control, dunno why. Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Being Indian might actually hurt my chances, since there are so many of us already in US universities. Diversity factor probably will not count at all. Special Bonus Points: I'm in grad school now, tons of grad courses, better grades than undergrad. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: none Applying to Where: I'm looking to work on planetary atmospheres and climates. UWashington - Earth and Space Sciences Caltech - Geological and Planetary Sciences UCB - Astronomy MIT - Earth and Planetary Sciences Harvard - EPS UChicago - Geosciences Princeton - Astrophysics Given my profile, it seems my list is biased rather high. Oh well, it is what it is. InquilineKea 1
redandshiny Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 Undergrad Institution:Princeton Major(s): Earth Sciences Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.75 Overall GPA: 3.7 Length of Degree: 4 years Position in Class: high? dont know exactly Type of Student:female GRE Scores: Q: 790 V: 730 W: 5.5 Research Experience: lots of undergrad physical science lab and modeling research, 3 summers of geo/oceanography fieldwork and modeling research, 1 published abstract from a AGU conference Awards/Honors/Recognitions: a few scholarships, department honors and awards for independent work, school specific grants for research Pertinent Activities or Jobs: worked for the past year in energy/finance industry Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: none? pretty good academically/research wise, but am applying to a field semi-different from the one i majored in undergrad and have connections/experience in. if this were oceanography it could be a different story...oh well Applying to: interdisciplinary tech/earth science/policy programs Stanford - MS&E Berkeley - Energy Resources Group MIT - TMP MS/PHD UW - Policy and Tech PHD 2 down..2 to go as of now!
RafAkd Posted December 15, 2012 Posted December 15, 2012 Undergrad Institution: UCV (International - Venezuela) Major(s): Geophysical Engineer Minor(s): --- GPA in Major: 3.0 Overall GPA: 3.0 Position in Class: Top of the class Type of Student: International - Male GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 158/? V: 156/? W: waiting for results P: TOEFL Total: 112 Research Experience: Published the results of a 2d seismic reflection data interpretation which I did as my major's final thesis. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: I got the maximum score at my major final thesis Pertinent Activities or Jobs: I have been working over two years in the Venezuelan Oil exploration industry as a Seismic Interpreter and Reservoir Geophysicist. Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Special Bonus Points: Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Social aid supporter, former national competitive swimmer Applying to Where: Washington University in St. Louis - Earth and Planetary Sciences University of Houston - Department - Research Interest University of Minnesota - Geology and Geophysics - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy University of Wyoming - Geology and Geophysics - Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology - Seismic Inversion University of Nebraska (possibly) - Earth and Atmospherics Sciences - Petroleum Geology University of Tulsa (possibly) - Geosciences - Petroleum Geology
Queen of Kale Posted December 16, 2012 Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) I'm a freakishly private person, and I feel strange about putting myself "out there" like this, but this thread really helped me figure out my target schools last year so here goes nothing: Undergrad Institution: unranked Major(s): Earth Science Minor(s): none GPA in Major: 4.0 Overall GPA: 3.88 Position in Class: no idea Type of Student: short freckled female GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 162 (85%) V: 168 (98%) W: 5 (92%) Research Experience: REU internship, national lab internship, NASA internship Awards/Honors/Recognitions: general pats on the back from my school Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: applied to NSF GRFP (for the apps that ask), contacted professors at all schools (fairly early), and feel really really jazzy about the research I want to do (which I hope comes across in my SoP) Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I'm a licensed cosmetologist (yup, seriously) Applying to Where: Brown University University of Chicago University of Texas University of Minnesota Washington University in St. Louis University of Michigan Edited December 16, 2012 by Queen of Kale
Mr Buttons Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 Anyone else out there? Anyone who has applied to stanford?
jande48 Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 I applied to Stanford. ... but want to work in CO2 storage rather than sedimentary geology. Hopefully we both get in there, hehe. Here are the full details. Undergrad Institution: LSU (Petroleum Engineering) Boston College (MS - Geochemistry)Major(s): PETE & GEOMinor(s):GPA in Major: ?Overall GPA: LSU (3.2) BC (3.6)Position in Class: not sureType of Student: run of the mill domestic white maleGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 163V: 162W: 4.0P:TOEFL Total: Research Experience: Worked for Shell Oil as a petrophysicist for 2 yrs. MS thesis on the transport of geochemical tracers that may turn into a publication?Awards/Honors/Recognitions: nothing majorPertinent Activities or Jobs: full time with Shell Oil, undergraduate internships with BP & ExxonMobilAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:Special Bonus Points: volunteered in Bolivia for 1.5 years working with Engineers without Borders on potable water projects. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:Applying to Where: Stanford - CO2 storage UT Austin - Hydrogeology, but may try to work with petroleum stuff Wisconsin - Hydrogeology Duke - Hydrogeology Thanks for sharing. Good luck with your applications!
Queen of Kale Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 Anybody hear anything yet? The results thread is deeeeaaad for geop*|geol*|geos*|earth|planet*|space|ocean* and the wait is making me a little crazy. My only formal feedback thus far was an e-mail from Washington University encouraging me to apply for a fellowship and stating that decisions would come out in the next few weeks. How is it going for everyone else? All quiet on the grad school front?
Usmivka Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) There is unlikely to be anything except rejections for incomplete apps until after the early February NSF deadlines. Faculty are just too busy until proposals are in, and these are one of the two biggest deadlines of the year for grants. Take a look at prior years on the results and you'll see this timing is pretty consistent. Edited January 11, 2013 by Usmivka InquilineKea and Queen of Kale 2
mylonite Posted January 12, 2013 Posted January 12, 2013 Don't really know what the competition out there as a whole looks like, but I hope I have a chance to get into one of these schools! Undergrad Institution: Unranked, Large State SchoolMajor(s): GeologyMinor(s): MathematicsGPA in Major: 4.08 GPA in Minor: 4.0Overall GPA: 3.57Position in Class: Top student in departmentType of Student: GRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 167V: 160W: 4.5TOEFL Total: Research Experience: Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Six-time recipient of an university award (given to the top student in each STEM class every semester). Pertinent Activities or Jobs: substitued for TA's in Intro Geo classes Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:Special Bonus Points: Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:Applying to Where: Colorado School of Mines - Hydrogeology University of Wisconsin - Madison - Hydrogeology Georgia Institute of Technology - Environmental Engineering/Hydrogeology New Mexico Tech - Hydrogeology
Queen of Kale Posted January 12, 2013 Posted January 12, 2013 Yeah, I've definitely checked out previous years results (well, I'm downplaying the obsessiveness a bit) and I am expecting many results for several weeks as you suggested. On the hand, I know that there's always a bit of unofficial news that isn't reported on the results page (which I remember from when I was around last year) and I also just wanted to nudge the thread and make sure it stayed alive until people actually begin getting official results. I'd hate for new earth science people to visit the page once, see how quiet it is, and never come back. Plus, lo and behold, as soon as we both mentioned how quiet the results page was a new result was added last night But I appreciate the advice about NSF deadlines, it's something that's easy to put out of your mind if you're not in an NSF-funded lab.
InquilineKea Posted January 13, 2013 Author Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) Well, the first Penn State admissions committee meeting will be on January 15th (I know since the prof I'm interested in [who I have near-perfect research fit with] told me that he looked at my app and said he said that he's interested in taking me). It would be difficult to convince me to leave Brown, but at least I'll visit. I also know that historically, different schools have different timelines. Yale invites people for visits insanely early. Harvard does much of its stuff in January/early February. Caltech is entirely done by late January. Most of the state schools, MIT, and Columbia seem to read apps/make decisions later. == My site is also getting a lot of logs from Princeton AOS (which I decided to apply for at the last minute) Edited January 13, 2013 by InquilineKea
DEVGRU Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) Here I am ... :-) Good to see you fellas. Undergrad Institution: Peking University (Beijing, China) Major(s): Environmental ScienceMinor(s): noneGPA in Major: 3.63Overall GPA: 3.64Position in Class: Top 3Type of Student: InternationalGRE Scores (old version):Q: 800V: 710W: 5.0TOEFL Total: 115Research Experience: One undergrad research project (accomplished), which is unfortunately not pertinent to earth sciences. One data processing work while at Dept. of AOS, UCLA. Currently working on an interesting program on Holocene temperature reconstruction of China.Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Not worthy of mentioningPertinent Activities or Jobs: NopeAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Exchange to UCLA for one quarterSpecial Bonus Points: Recommenders, I guess ...Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Writing samples I guess? Additionally I got some of my pretty slides for course presentation submitted.Applying to Where: Stanford - EESS - Paleoclimatology (Interested in Prof. Dunbar, but he did not reply my email) UCSD - Scripps - Paleoclimatology (Perfect place for ocean-based research; want to work with Prof. Christopher) Caltech - GPS - Geochemistry Harvard - EPS - Paleoclimatology (Prof. Schrag is very respectable in the field) UC Berkeley - EPS - Geochemistry MIT - EAPS - Paleoclimatology Princeton - Geosciences - Paleoclimatology (the only interview I got so far) UCLA - Geography - Palynology (aim at Prof. MacDonald, who was my course instructor at UCLA) These are tier 1 and tier 2 schools I am applying to. Edited January 13, 2013 by DEVGRU
DEVGRU Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) Anybody hear anything yet? The results thread is deeeeaaad for geop*|geol*|geos*|earth|planet*|space|ocean* and the wait is making me a little crazy. My only formal feedback thus far was an e-mail from Washington University encouraging me to apply for a fellowship and stating that decisions would come out in the next few weeks. How is it going for everyone else? All quiet on the grad school front? Hi, seriously there is no need to worry. I don't think they screen material as fast as chemistry guys do. My upper classmates told me most of the departments may send notification in February or March. BTW I got an interview invitation from Princeton; all other schools remain silent. Anyway, it won't be a bad time to continue contacting faculty members and grad students for more "inside" information. Edited January 13, 2013 by DEVGRU
kupchak Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 ==.(my advisers told me to apply to other programs just in case things don't work out here, which I think is good advice). Your advisers encourage you to apply for other programs? Sounds incredible
mylonite Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 I applied to Stanford. ... but want to work in CO2 storage rather than sedimentary geology. Hopefully we both get in there, hehe. Here are the full details. Undergrad Institution: LSU (Petroleum Engineering) Boston College (MS - Geochemistry)Major(s): PETE & GEOMinor(s):GPA in Major: ?Overall GPA: LSU (3.2) BC (3.6)Position in Class: not sureType of Student: run of the mill domestic white maleGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 163V: 162W: 4.0P:TOEFL Total: Research Experience: Worked for Shell Oil as a petrophysicist for 2 yrs. MS thesis on the transport of geochemical tracers that may turn into a publication?Awards/Honors/Recognitions: nothing majorPertinent Activities or Jobs: full time with Shell Oil, undergraduate internships with BP & ExxonMobilAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:Special Bonus Points: volunteered in Bolivia for 1.5 years working with Engineers without Borders on potable water projects. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:Applying to Where: Stanford - CO2 storage UT Austin - Hydrogeology, but may try to work with petroleum stuff Wisconsin - Hydrogeology Duke - Hydrogeology Thanks for sharing. Good luck with your applications! Hey! It's not often you find a fellow hydrogeologist! Is it Wisconsin - Madison you're applying to? If so, who are you hoping to work with there? Any info on when we might find out whether or not we're accepted? Hoping to work with Jean Bahr and/or Michael Cardiff at UW - Madison. jande48 1
InquilineKea Posted January 15, 2013 Author Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) Your advisers encourage you to apply for other programs? Sounds incredible Mostly research funding/fit issues (my advisers don't have the funding for the research problems that I'm interested in), and the fact that I have both Asperger's Syndrome and ADD, which makes things a lot more unpredictable. The funding issues might be solved by NSF/NDSEG/DOE CSGF, but I'll have to wait until April to find out about those. Edited January 15, 2013 by InquilineKea
jande48 Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 Hey! It's not often you find a fellow hydrogeologist! Is it Wisconsin - Madison you're applying to? If so, who are you hoping to work with there? Any info on when we might find out whether or not we're accepted? Hoping to work with Jean Bahr and/or Michael Cardiff at UW - Madison. Hey Mylonite, Great to hear from you! ... Your background appears to really good to get into those schools. ... Is UW-Madison your first choice? ... I applied there as well. Also, I contacted Jean Bahr and talked with her at GSA this year. She seems really nice and has some cool projects in the works. I haven't anything (positive or negative) from any of the schools that I applied to. ... ... But I will keep you in the loop. Great meeting you! .. I hope that we get to work together in some capacity in the future. Cheers!
glinker Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 It seems admits are out at MIT, Caltech and UCSD. Someone got into all of them out on the results page.
Usmivka Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) It seems admits are out at MIT, Caltech and UCSD. Someone got into all of them out on the results page. Depends on which program within EAPS (for MIT that is). I know the one's I'm affiliated with and know people in (read "most") have not made decisions. It is certainly possible that a few students have been given offers early because the advisor already decided or some such, but a number of programs in EAPS haven't even met yet to look at application packets. Also, I see no results within the last year for any sort of earth science at UCSD/SIO. And not to throw cold water on this, but it seems a little fishy that the person who got into Caltech and MIT actually heard from both on the same day, and this early to boot (at least two weeks earlier than anything since people started posting). Trolling sadly does happen...but lets give everyone the benefit of the doubt. Anyway, don't stress, I'm still confident the majority of folks won't hear anything until the February NSF proposals are in. EDIT: Ah, found UCSD, it wasn't cross referenced properly. And hearing from all three on the same day...well it must have been a magical day for them! Edited January 17, 2013 by Usmivka chloeg 1
InquilineKea Posted January 17, 2013 Author Posted January 17, 2013 Well - I heard back from Penn State and basically got in there as one of the top applicants there. They had their first meeting on January 15th, and the visiting day will be on Friday, February 15th. I'm not trying to get too excited about it though since I have a history of being disowned by advisers, so I'm being cautious. Usmivka 1
Usmivka Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 Well - I heard back from Penn State and basically got in there as one of the top applicants there. They had their first meeting on January 15th, and the visiting day will be on Friday, February 15th. I'm not trying to get too excited about it though since I have a history of being disowned by advisers, so I'm being cautious. And congrats to you IK! InquilineKea 1
Mr Buttons Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 Got into UT-Austin with JSG fellowship.. extremely happy! Queen of Kale and Usmivka 2
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