Females and physics

[schrodingersmistress]

I know that female applicants in physics are more carefully considered for physics phd programs since there are so few of them. I was wondering if anyone knew what they are looking for in females. I am fairly well rounded: I've been published, decent GPA, excellent research experience, a good job working with physics in neurosciences, good gre scores, and really good rec letters. My physics GRE score is not good though but I have heard from alot of professors that female gre scores are not considered as heavily because females tend to do poorly on the physics gre. I was just wondering if anyone had any specific information for women getting into the phd progams for physics. Some numbers and statistics would be nice too or even some links

[csquared]

I have a 3.4, good recs, some research exp, 730Q 590V 590PGRE 4.5W and have been contacted by 2 depts who say they are "very interested" in me, but I'm also an under represented minority. So it's def do-able. I heard from a source on the WUSTL committee that they usually don't accept people with PGRE<600 so I didn't bother applying there. Obv a shitty PGRE won't get you into the top schools, but you still have viable options.

[sparkle456]

Good luck to both of you! I am hoping you get into a good program, sounds like you have great stats! I'll be curious. And I'm from the Sociology bunch

[kryfrogs]

I have a similar background to yours (except I'm not published yet but will be finishing up a paper soon) and I did terrible on my physics GREs. As a result I applied to some less well-known schools (Emory and Brandeis) that have good biophysics departments but are not huge, comprehensive departments. I've been accepted at both of those as well as WUSTL, which is a top tier school - though not Berkeley by any stretch. It seems to have mattered at U of Illinois, though there could have been other factors that ruled against me. I haven't been rejected yet but I'm not expecting to get in.