Hello! I'm interested in science writing programs and am planning on applying to MIT and NYU. I majored in neuroscience at Pomona in undergrad (GPA: 3.67, GRE: verb 169, quant 163), currently work as a grant writer at USC, but developed an interest in science writing through my work and want to move into science journalism. I launched a blog called Free Radicals about a year ago (freerads.org), which has over 1,000 likes on FB (I know small potatoes, but we only launched in January!)
This type of background seems to be sufficient for the science writing programs, but I'm thinking of expanding my applications to include journalism programs that have some sort of science writing track like UC Berkeley or UNC Chapel Hill. These programs seem to require more professional journalism experience to be competitive. Do you think it's worth applying or am I wasting my time?
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Hello! I'm interested in science writing programs and am planning on applying to MIT and NYU. I majored in neuroscience at Pomona in undergrad (GPA: 3.67, GRE: verb 169, quant 163), currently work as a grant writer at USC, but developed an interest in science writing through my work and want to move into science journalism. I launched a blog called Free Radicals about a year ago (freerads.org), which has over 1,000 likes on FB (I know small potatoes, but we only launched in January!)
This type of background seems to be sufficient for the science writing programs, but I'm thinking of expanding my applications to include journalism programs that have some sort of science writing track like UC Berkeley or UNC Chapel Hill. These programs seem to require more professional journalism experience to be competitive. Do you think it's worth applying or am I wasting my time?
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