Graduate School for chemistry.

Graduate School
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<p>Hello everyone!</p>

<p>This month I will be applying for a lot of chemistry PhD program. But I am very concerned about my credentials.</p>

<p>While I have a pretty high GPA (3.95, Chem BS degree), and I guess alright GRE scores (161Q/164V, but 4 W), I have lacking research experience (only 1 summer REU and the following fall semester, no publications), and I'm afraid I'm almost certainly about to bomb the Chem GRE badly (I'm getting ~700 on the practice tests).</p>

<p>That said, do you guys think I should even bother applying to places like Columbia, Princeton, NYU? Or am I wasting money on application fees?</p>

<p>Thank you very much for your advice
-D</p>

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<p>Columbia, Princeton and NYU are schools where the acceptance rate is typically 10% or less, but do you have backup plans?</p>

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<p>I am also applying to some lesser ranked schools like SUNY Stony Brook, Rutgers, Boston U</p>

<p>I just don’t know where I should draw the line with applications, as each one costs $150 at least when taking into account sending GRE scores, etc… I don’t want to throw away money on pipe dreams.</p>

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<p>Tufts is a school where, if you are a domestic applicant, the GRE Chemistry test isn’t required. Additionally, like physics, it’s not the best or most popular graduate program.</p>

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<p>This isn’t the first time I’ve heard Tufts has a bad or unpopular graduate program in physics or chemistry. What about the program makes it so terrible?</p>

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<p>Subject pending, Tufts is for you if you think having professors that don’t treat you like a number is important.</p>