<p>I'm just not doing it. I feel it's a waste of their time. This will mean a lot of blank fields, but I doubt that canvassing entire campuses with e-mails would help my case either. No one is going to fight for me on an admissions committee because I sent them an e-mail. I am very careful to mention several professors and how I am interested and would fit into their work: even if a few aren't taking students, one of them probably will be. In some cases I have seen their presentations or talked to their former postdocs/grad students, so that will help too.</p>
<p>Sounds like a good plan. Well let the waiting game begin...</p>
<p>Just finished all my apps. Now I'm waiting for transcripts and GRE scores to arrive. I swear, I think ETS is retarded when it comes to sending out scores in a timely manner...</p>
<p>I wish everyone the best of luck, and I hope to see many of you at interviews!</p>
<p>Ahhhh! I'm going to kill ETS! (And kick my own ass, since I'm sure this is somehow my fault.)</p>
<p>I just received my copy of the score report sent to my schools - and it was missing my most recent general test date! The scores from my first take aren't that bad, but my scores the second time were very good, and they are the ones that I reported on applications that only allowed you to report one set.</p>
<p>I called ETS and found that they had two files for me, with different scores in each file. They are going to combine the files and resend the score reports, but who knows if they will arrive before the deadlines.</p>
<p>I'm e-mailing my schools with December 7th deadlines now to alert them to the issue, just in case the reports are late. Should I wait before I e-mail the school with December 15th deadlines, to see if the corrected reports get there in time?</p>
<p>Why wait? Let em all know. It's just a heads-up, and they can ignore it if they want.</p>
<p>For what it's worth, I totally know how you feel. I ended up with two records back in high school because I confused the first three digits of my SSN with the first three digits of my phone number. Imagine having to explain that to an ETS rep! He even lectured me about how I'm old enough that I should remember these things. I wanted to say, "I may be retarded, but I'm not the one working phones for a living." Grrr.</p>
<p>does anyone know anything about cold spring harbor for grad school?</p>
<p>you graduate in 4 years, but its very very small and you need to know what you want to study, as there isn't a whole range of things to study. Its also very small.</p>
<p>Hi guys.....
I am really stunned after seein profile of u people with great stats n score.i m from india and tryin to get into sm gud uniersity.
my profile reads....GRE 770q,590v,3.5awa. waitin for toefl (epectin around 100). no subject tests, no publication.......
just 1 independent research project as a part of M.Sc dissertation on male infertility and Y chromosome analysis.
under grad score 75 on a scale of 100. hopin to get above 70+ % in M.Sc...</p>
<p>plz suggest me sm safe admits with full funding........</p>
<p>universities i hav sorted out is
miami, tulane,oklahoma state, Wayne state, Utah ,Connecticut,georgia state univ.</p>
<p>plz drop in ur suggestions.............</p>
<p>Is anybody else having trouble with keeping track of all your application materials? Some websites don't tell you if your GRE scores or transcripts have been received, and the ones that do say they haven't received the scores/transcripts even though I sent them a while ago...</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm having trouble keeping track of things too. Once I believe that everything has been received, I'll call and ask. But unfortunately one of my recommenders is busy and won't write letters in advance of the deadlines, so that call will be too late to fix anything on time.</p>
<p>About the GRE scores: ETS seems to have dropped the ball on that, because according to their website, the scores for October subject tests weren't sent until Nov. 16th. (Those scores were available by phone on the 3rd.) So it really is possible that your schools have not received or filed your scores at this point. I found out because my NSF application package status still has not been updated to reflect that they've received my subject test scores, which are due by the end of this week...</p>
<p>Hi guys, </p>
<p>I am an international student who transferred to UVa from a local college back home and am majoring in biology. I will be graduating this semester. I finished by BS biology requirements within a very short time frame, 2.5 years and so the intense science courses messed up my GPA. My GPA from my previous college and UVa is 3.4 and I have a 3.0 major GPA. Besides that, I have been in 2 research labs in the past 2 years. GRE - 760 Q 520V 4.0A</p>
<p>Where would you think I stand best chances for?</p>
<p>Grad schools aren't "one size fits all". What do you want to research, who do you want to work with?</p>
<p>I am interested in doing research in cancer biology, perhaps studying signal transduction pathways of cell proliferation or telomere functions.</p>
<p>You do know that deadlines for fall '08 are coming up from the 1st of December through the end for Domestic and I think for international students it is earlier, right? It looks as though you're looking for the next round.</p>
<p>Why don't you type those topics that you're interested in into google, with "graduate program", and you should get a smattering of hits with faculty research statements and start assembling a list. Your stats overall are decent but being that you are international you should maybe apply to 1-2 top schools and the rest mid level. Good luck</p>
<p>There are definitely some schools that are more likely to admit international students than others - for example, at schools like MIT, CalTech, UCSF, and University of Washington-Seattle, very few international students are admitted.</p>
<p>There are plenty of schools that due except lots of international students. Ohio State University, which has an Integrative Cancer Biology program, has over 50% international students. In general, schools in the Midwest tend to admit more international students than coastal schools.</p>
<p>Just got my writing score by phone and I received a 4.0. My quant was a 730 and my verbal was a 580. I am finishing my masters in computer engineering at the University of Kansas. I have been running molecular dynamics simulations modeling the nucleosome for the past 2 years. I have also spent a summer at Wake Forest Med center working in a biochem lab. I took the MCAT in August 2006 for the hell of it and scored a 31. I have won several poster competitions and presented my work at colloquials but am not going to have an actual publication in time for apps. My top school is UCSD for physical chemistry. I have also applied to the University of Washington (Bio Engineering), Washington University (Computational Biology), UCSC(Biochem), RICE(BioE), and Wake Forest(BioChem). I am worried that the weak writing score is going to hurt my app. I also took the BioChem subject GRE Nov. 3rd but scores aren't available till Dec 5th! Thanks for any advice.</p>
<p>What advice are you seeking? There isn't anything you can do at this point but wait.</p>
<p>Just writing my personal statements now and I imagine they will carry more weight with the weak writing score. Just tossing out my bio really, autocell did you apply to USCD? What specific field did you choose? I am going physical chem.</p>
<p>elpierco,</p>
<p>You have a strong resume don't worry about the AWA, make up for it with your SOP. I am applying to the UCSD BMS program and am also slogging through the personal statements, which is quite the bore.</p>
<p>what do you guys think about applications that make you write another essay besides the statement of purpose (e.g. stanford, berkeley)? What in the world are you supposed to say in this. Berkeley's question is "In an essay, discuss how your personal background informs your decision to pursue a graduate degree. Please include any educational, familial, cultural, economic, or social experiences, challenges, or opportunities relevant to your academic journey; how you might contribute to social or cultural diversity within your chosen field; and/or how you might serve educationally underrepresented segments of society with your degree". </p>
<p>Lame!</p>