I'm an international and I guess that I will be rejected from all institutions that I applied.
So I would like to know why I didn't even have the interview offer and which factors on my application were so critical for the PhD admission.
And I emailed to them and I've not heard anything from them until now.
Major : Neuroscience
TOEFL: 94 (sp :19)
GRE: V. 143, Q. 153, W. 3.0
GPA: Undergraduate (3.7/4.0)
Master (3.8/4.0)
Publication: 10 publication (1st authorship: 2)
Research experience: From 2006 to 2015 ( I worked in the US during 19 months as a research assistant.....but I came back to my country by personal reasons...)
Recommendation letter: one from the Asian professor who worked with me in the US, two from post doc in the US
UT southwestern medical school (DBS, Rejected), UT health and science center at Houston (GSBS, Rejected), U of Kentucky (IBS, Rejected)
Case western(BSTP, unknown), U of Miami (PIBS, unknown), UC Irvine (Neuroscience, unknown)
I know that my GRE scores are so poor. But at that time, I didn't have enough time to study because of my work. I had only a month to study for GRE.
And my recommendation letters may be very weak to substantiate my academical potential. But.....I got a problem in the US so I couldn't get the letter from the previous PI. (This is not my problem.)
And my mentor in my country could not write the letter in English so I needed to get a letter from the Asian professor who worked with me in the US.
(My Korean mentor asked me to write the letter in English instead of him, so I just wanted to be honest.....)
And before applying, I contacted to many professors in the institutions that I applied and I got several good responses from them....
I really love my job, especially stroke in the neuroscience field. Because my special skill is to induce the stroke model in the animal.
So I will apply to the graduate school again for the next year. But I have to know which part was a problem to get the admission so that I can finally move forward to the next step with my future.
I can take one more GRE and Toefl test but I cannot sure that I will have better reference letters for the next challenge.
My question is why no one answers my email that I asked about my weakness for the admission.
I believe that I deserve to know my weakness because I paid the application fee and I spent my time almost during 6 months for this application.
Do I look like rude if I ask my weakness for the admission? Or it is sort of private things?
I mean...that I just thought that my GRE scores could be covered with my research experience and I didn't think that my referee may be the factor to be considered as my weakness.
So I just want to figure out my PROBLEMS exactly. (It is true that I'm depressed and I'm angry for my results. But I'm trying to fix my problems regardless of my emotion.)
I'm not mad at all for results. It can happen and I can try one more. But I'm really upset for these non-response.
I hope that someone can let me know which is my problem and also tell me that my request may be a matter.
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Hello,
I'm an international and I guess that I will be rejected from all institutions that I applied.
So I would like to know why I didn't even have the interview offer and which factors on my application were so critical for the PhD admission.
And I emailed to them and I've not heard anything from them until now.
Major : Neuroscience
TOEFL: 94 (sp :19)
GRE: V. 143, Q. 153, W. 3.0
GPA: Undergraduate (3.7/4.0)
Master (3.8/4.0)
Publication: 10 publication (1st authorship: 2)
Research experience: From 2006 to 2015 ( I worked in the US during 19 months as a research assistant.....but I came back to my country by personal reasons...)
Recommendation letter: one from the Asian professor who worked with me in the US, two from post doc in the US
Applied: Weill Cornell (Neuroscience, Rejected), UCSF (Biomedical science, Rejected), UCSD(Neuroscience, Rejected), Duke (Neurobiology, Rejected),
UT southwestern medical school (DBS, Rejected), UT health and science center at Houston (GSBS, Rejected), U of Kentucky (IBS, Rejected)
Case western(BSTP, unknown), U of Miami (PIBS, unknown), UC Irvine (Neuroscience, unknown)
I know that my GRE scores are so poor. But at that time, I didn't have enough time to study because of my work. I had only a month to study for GRE.
And my recommendation letters may be very weak to substantiate my academical potential. But.....I got a problem in the US so I couldn't get the letter from the previous PI. (This is not my problem.)
And my mentor in my country could not write the letter in English so I needed to get a letter from the Asian professor who worked with me in the US.
(My Korean mentor asked me to write the letter in English instead of him, so I just wanted to be honest.....)
And before applying, I contacted to many professors in the institutions that I applied and I got several good responses from them....
I really love my job, especially stroke in the neuroscience field. Because my special skill is to induce the stroke model in the animal.
So I will apply to the graduate school again for the next year. But I have to know which part was a problem to get the admission so that I can finally move forward to the next step with my future.
I can take one more GRE and Toefl test but I cannot sure that I will have better reference letters for the next challenge.
My question is why no one answers my email that I asked about my weakness for the admission.
I believe that I deserve to know my weakness because I paid the application fee and I spent my time almost during 6 months for this application.
Do I look like rude if I ask my weakness for the admission? Or it is sort of private things?
I mean...that I just thought that my GRE scores could be covered with my research experience and I didn't think that my referee may be the factor to be considered as my weakness.
So I just want to figure out my PROBLEMS exactly. (It is true that I'm depressed and I'm angry for my results. But I'm trying to fix my problems regardless of my emotion.)
I'm not mad at all for results. It can happen and I can try one more. But I'm really upset for these non-response.
I hope that someone can let me know which is my problem and also tell me that my request may be a matter.
Thank you for your time and reading my question.
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