<p>I am a senior geology major at University of Florida looking to apply to grad school. I have taken a substantial amount of undergrad geology courses (every my department offers actually) but I was originally on a paleontology track so I have more of a biology background than physics or math. I have recently become interested in planetary science and have been working on two research projects related to Martian geology. I would like to find a grad school that is involved with planetary geology research, but I am worried about my lack of physics and math background. Otherwise I have a 3.45 GPA, will have excellent LORs from my research advisors, and was involved with an REU program this past summer. I haven't taken GRE yet but I do well on standardized tests. Do I have a shot at getting into a decent program and does anyone have any recommendations for programs? Thanks!</p>
<p>Brown and MIT have long shared an excellent program in planetary geology. </p>
<p>Your professors will best know which programs to recommend and your likelihood of admission, however. Talk to someone in your department with similar interests.</p>
<p>[The</a> GeoDirectory](<a href=“http://www.agiweb.org/workforce/dgd/index.php]The”>Directory of Geoscience Departments 2023, 58th edition)
Searchable and extremely detailed. Click on department and professor names for more information.</p>
<p>[Tufts</a> Geology Links to Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://ase.tufts.edu/geology/gradschools.asp]Tufts”>http://ase.tufts.edu/geology/gradschools.asp)
Searchable by state and degree level.</p>
<p>[Geoscience</a> Departments WWW Directory - US & Canada](<a href=“http://orgs.usd.edu/esci/geodepts.html]Geoscience”>http://orgs.usd.edu/esci/geodepts.html)
Links to departments.</p>
<p>MIT might be pretty demanding re: expected hard science background, but here at brown at least I know there are plenty of students in the geo dept who come from somewhat different backgrounds than what they study (including those in planetary)</p>
<p>Check out Caltech, Princeton, and UCBerkeley as well. University of Hawaii, Arizona, and Colorado are pretty good too.</p>