<p>I think I win the title of the most applications with 15. I was gonna apply to 18, but one of my unis would only give me 15 transcripts.</p>
<p>I'm applying to MAs and PhDs in Asian, South Asian, and Religious Studies.</p>
<p>UG GPA 3.46 at Canadian uni
MA at extremely ****ty, non-accredited traditional ecclesiastical uni, 4.0 GPA
GRE 670v, 680q, 5.5w
One year each of pertinent languages (not enough, I know)
One lame-ass publication
Very few awards and crap</p>
<p>Here's the list:</p>
<p>Harvard PhD
Harvard MTS
UCLA PhD
Chicago PhD
Chicago AM
UVA PhD
Cornell PhD
Northwestern PhD
U Washington MA
Berkeley MA
Michigan MA
Texas MA
Penn MA
Indiana MA
Iowa MA</p>
<p>Let's keep this thread bumped. A lot of the other grad forums have gone belly-up. ********* is a wasteland now.</p>
<p>Maybe we could get this stickied? I'm eager to hear about all your admissions decisions.</p>
<p>The forum lull is coming from the too many stuffed pigs from those xmas parties and late night beers binges over the weekend. We're in that holiday gap now as everyone's making preparations for that last new year party heh.</p>
<p>How many applications is normal for applying to graduate school? </p>
<p>Ideally, I'd like to get into a top Biophysics/Medical Engineering/Medical Physics program (PhD), but I'm a bit worried because I have a unique circumstance which i think may drastically hurt (possibly help?) my chances of getting in. </p>
<p>(Actually, I've been trying to get advice from as many people as possible, so if any of you have the time, PM me, and it's be great to talk it over with you and get your opinion. -Thanks)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.92 Biology and Physics double major at a top Engineering School.
GRE: 720v, 800q
Four years of research across a multitude of fields, one abstract presentation. Recs should be pretty strong.</p>
<p>English MA-Phd program to 9 schools - Columbia, northwestern, Michigan state university, Ann arbor, NYU, SUNY buffalo, Purdue, U pittsburgh, U chicago. </p>
<p>Indian student, gre 650v 770m
proposal to work on Black british (immigrant) writers</p>
<p>Don't want to create a new thread just for this question (and it's probably unanswerable), but for top programs in the health sciences and life sciences approximately what proportion of students do you think are applying "for the hell of it" but are not competitive at all in more than one area of their application package?</p>
<p>I will graduate in May 09 with a bachelor's in accounting.</p>
<p>GPA 3.87
GMAT 700</p>
<p>I plan to spend 2009 working through Calculus 2 and Linear Algebra, then apply for accounting PhD at UTAustin, Stanford, Berkeley, CU Boulder and UNLincoln. It basically will come down to the best financial aid package, and my experiences during campus visits.</p>
<p>Any other Accounting phd wannabes out there?</p>
<p>Might as throw my number soup in the mix. Applying to Master's Programs in Journalism and Communications:</p>
<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.45
GRE: Verbal: 600 Qaunt: 700 AW: 3.5 (Not too happy with the verbal and completely stumped about the AW score!)
Graduating June 09
6 years of work experience including 2 as a freelance reporter for a Boston based community weekly.
Strong recs (I think) </p>
<p>Applying to: </p>
<p>USC Annenberg
Northwestern- Medill
Indiana U
NYU- Carter
UNC Chapel Hill
Georgetown- CCT (not journalism)</p>
<p>First of all - Genghis, how on earth did you manage 15 apps? I was struggling to get four done and paid for, and keep straight who I was contacting about what... wow. </p>
<p>Second, I'm feeling distinctly outnumbered around here... we need more social scientists!</p>
<p>I'll finish my MA in anthropology in May, & I'm applying for PhD in anthropology (BA was not in anthropology):</p>
<p>UG GPA: 2.7 (post-bac 4.0)
G GPA: 3.5
GRE 740V / 660Q / 5.5AW</p>
<p>Years of experience studying the language of the geographical area I'm concentrating on, plus I've lived and worked there, and I'm TAing for a prof of that language now. I've worked as a teacher, both professionally and volunteer, in a couple different fields. I've got my MA thesis 2/3 done, and I'm doing an internship this semester, so I have enough research experience to know that I like researching, and I'm not a complete failure at it - know enough to know how much I don't know, in other words. With all that said, however, I have no idea if I stand a snowball's chance of getting into a PhD program or not....</p>
<p>I'm applying to Michigan State, Boston U, U of Pittsburgh, and Arizona State.</p>
<p>I reckon its easier to apply to science based programs as they are more number focused and dont require dozens of writing samples and multiple SOP's (Medill is asking me to submit three writing samples and two SOP's) </p>
<p>Although I am applying to 6 schools, I will probably postpone Grad school for another year if I dont get into one of my two top choices. I guess I am a sadist who enjoys being subjected to hours upon hours of mind numbing skull drudgery. ;)</p>
<p>I'm a first-year PhD student in math (same institution at which I did my undergrad; Top 20 flagship state school), but I'm applying to Princeton (got rejected last time; figured one more try wouldn't hurt)</p>
<p>GRE: 800Q, 720V, 4.5AW
Math Subject: 83rd percentile (on my second try; first time was 73rd)
UGPA: 3.75 (graduated summa cum laude)
GGPA: 4.0</p>
<p>One (non-prestigious) REU w/publication
Lots of graduate courses (8 year-long sequences, plus three one-semester topics courses)</p>
<p>I know my numbers probably don't cut it (I really thought my second subject GRE would be better); really the only reason I'm bothering is that I should have some recommendations that carry weight. My two best recommendations (from my undergrad senior thesis advisor, and my current PhD advisor) are coming from people well-known at Princeton, who've recently been there on sabbatical or to give seminars, and who got their PhDs there.</p>
<p>I think it might depend on the school. I checked this out, and Princeton doesn't really seem to care; moreover, their graduate admissions director told me people have been accepted on their second try before. Part of the deal is that Princeton (at least their math department) has no "classes"; everything is seminars, and so there are no credit-based requirements. Thus there's no such thing as a "transfer" application. Their Grad School's admissions page mentions this explicitly, saying that (paraphrased) "Master's degrees or graduate work completed elsewhere may help you take the general examination faster, but there is no advanced standing; everyone enters our program as first-year students."</p>
<p>"First of all - Genghis, how on earth did you manage 15 apps?"</p>
<p>Yeah, it sucked. It was pretty much a full-time job. But I figured I'd rather waste a bit of time now on extra apps than get left in the lurch with no acceptances and nothing to do for a year. I'm no spring chicken either- every year counts!</p>
<p>By the way, I'm gonna bump this thread every time I log in until it gets stickied-- we need a permanent thread to boast our acceptances and lament our rejections!</p>
<p>Hey Genghis, I can relate to the spring chicken thing, I realize that I haven't been out of school that long but it can sure feel like an eternity and nothing is more depressing than calculating the age you will be when you are done with grad school. On a separate note, i don't think that that is how threads become stickied, and besides, we already have a thread to mention acceptances/rejections and it is stickied.</p>
<p>About 1 month away from getting some admissions results coming in!! I have seen some people getting Chem and Bio PhD admissions, but I think math usually comes out at the earliest, February. I cannot stand the wait. This is my 2nd time applying, but I already graduated, so I got nothing to do for the next 2 or 3 months. It is agonizing.</p>