voaku Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Hi all! Just a quick post asking for advice for the coming application season. Me: Current undergraduate junior. Female. At major research university. First gen college student. GPA: 3.4/ major 3.6 Work: 2 paid jobs, one is supervising at a customer service place, another is a work study in a geology lab Research: 1 semester of helping out w/geochem, just offered my own project to perhaps publish on in Fall Goals: PhD program, possibly in paleobio, at CU Boulder, Washington (Seattle), Montana, Wyoming GRE: Havent taken yet, but preform well on standardized tests (SAT score 2080). Have started studying though! Honors: Deans list 3x, several merit based scholarships, honor society What programs should I be looking into reasonably? Would love some advice! Will definitely cast my net wide no matter what, contacting profs early. Thanks in advance guys/gals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Beauty Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 @voafduLJ Continue to follow up on the availability of PhD funding at all schools you apply to. I can only speak to the availability of funding at Washington (Seattle). For Geoscience, Washington(Seattle) has an excellent program. I was fortunate to be invited to interview but soon found out that being funded each year (after the first) may depend on winning external scholarships. voaku 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
journosci Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 @voaku good on ya to start contacting profs early! research experience is super important, but, in my experience, so is breadth -- really, other than your stats, your application is about telling a compelling story. also look into columbia's earth science program if you're interested.. funding is guaranteed for 5 years and they have a ton of resources for graduate students. voaku 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voaku Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 @Black Beauty thanks for the info! I wouldn't have thought of that at all about Washington. And @journosci I'll look into their curriculum but I didn't think of them at all because of their big name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 What exactly are you looking to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voaku Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 @Marshall Pretty much any paleo work I can get my mitts on with funding. I'm interested in invert mostly, though who doesn't like megafauna? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
journosci Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 @voaku don't sell yourself short!! if there are people there who you're interested in, and who you have good conversations with.. that's your foot in the door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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