<p>Golly, congrats on that. I hope I get good news like that coming my way. Why does bio, biochem, chem start so early??</p>
<p>Honestly? I couldn't say why biomedical sciences starts so much earlier. I suspect it has to do with summer rotations. They can have all the interviews done and people committed by April 15 and many will start rotations early in the summer.</p>
<p>Berkeley- Rhetoric
GPA- not-applicable (international applicant, didn't need to calculate it)- though I have first class honours in ancient history and was, at time of application, 5/8 of my way through a master's degree (distinction average)
GRE- 750 verbal, 600 quantitative, 6 writing
I've been doing some research assisting lately (research generally isn't open to humanities undergraduates around here), and I hope the topic of my honours thesis (which I included part of as a writing sample) will get people to take some notice.</p>
<p>(Yes, I know that most people apply to more than one university, but this is what I want, and I'm young, I have time)</p>
<p>man, just reading through all your guys' stuff sure makes me feel insecure...</p>
<p>UCLA--Middle Eastern and N African Studies
-minors in Hebrew and Arabic
GPA (added together from all the unis): 3.6<br>
Major GPA: 3.55
GRE (crappy): 580V, 650Q, 4.5W</p>
<p>-lived in Jerusalem for a year in Hebrew U's Middle Eastern Studies Honors Program
-I speak around 6 languages more or less all that i've learned in school (english, hebrew, french, arabic, persian, and swedish)
-worked for an israeli think tank under an ambassador to africa researching Iran's Activities in Africa...research credit will be published in a book in a year or so
-tutored English to palestinian children in the west bank, and to Darfur refugees in Jerusalem
-GPA is steadily increasing (got 4.0 last few quarters)</p>
<p>I'm applying to various MA programs in various disciplines, so applying has been a real hassle. </p>
<p>-UChicago (Middle Eastern Studies)</p>
<p>-University of Mich-Ann Arbor (Modern M.E. and N African Studies)</p>
<p>-Georgetown (Security Studies)</p>
<p>-GWU (Security Policy Studies)</p>
<p>-John Hopkins SAIS (Strategic Studies)</p>
<p>-Columbia University (liberal studies MA in Islamic Studies...doesn't require GRE!)</p>
<p>-King's College of London (taught MA in Terrorism, Security, and Society)</p>
<p>-Boston University (International Relations and Religion)</p>
<p>-IDC Herzliya (in Israel; MA in Government with a focus in Counterterrorism)</p>
<p>Ni-SDC: very nice GRE score. I see you mentioned MSE at UT Austin--probably as a safety school in your case.</p>
<p>I'm actually a new PhD student in MSE at UT Austin. With your credentials I'm sure you'd be a shoo-in. However, I was quite surprised to see the acceptance rate for our MSE program varies between 5 and 8% each year (790Q/590V/3.5+ GPA is about average, according to university statistics). </p>
<p>My advisor and his research is why I chose UT over other good materials programs that were within reach for me like GT and PSU. I knew it was the best fit for me less than an hour into the tour/interview. As much time as you'll be expected to spend in the lab, make sure you choose the PI and group that fits your interests (and personality!) best. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Not to make you all paranoid but do think twice before posting your stats on here if you have any concerns about anonymity. PhD programs in particular are relatively small (not like you are applying to undergrad with 10,000 others), more than a handful of faculty come in this forum. For example, I would read every file of PhD applicants to our business school.</p>
<p>Applying to (MFA):
Iowa, Michigan (where I'm a current undergrad), BU, American, Brown.</p>
<p>Applying to (MA in Publishing): Emerson</p>
<p>UGPA: about a 3.21
GRE: 600 on both verbal and math</p>
<p>I've heard it mostly depends on the portfolio ...</p>
<p>Has anyone heard back from any programs yet?</p>
<p>Applied to: UCLA, UCSD, USC, UCB (just realized I bet all my luck on 3 tough schools.... so screwed !?)</p>
<p>Ugrad: UC Berkeley, GPA 3.3
GRE: 560V, 790Q, 3.5AW</p>
<p>1 summer research exp in Comp. Vision. 2 yrs of industry experience.</p>
<p>Any inputs?</p>
<p>I'm applying to London School of Economics for an MSc in Media and Communications. Should hear in about 8 weeks. </p>
<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.56 from Columbia undergrad (cum laude honors)
5+ years industry experience (advertising)
No GREs required, so I didn't take them. </p>
<p>Anyone else applying to this program? I know I pass the GPA minimums, but I have no idea how I stack up compared to other people. I'm not applying to other programs until Fall of 2010 if I don't get in, simply because there aren't that many other programs that I want compared to this one.</p>
<p>You are in at LSE, trust me. Its Masters programs are known for easy admissions especially for self-funding American students. Plus, your GPA is good and Columbia is well-known.</p>
<p>Is this the only place you applied to?</p>
<p>For now, yes. It's the ideal program for what I want to do. Unlike a lot of people on this board, getting into a master's program or PhD program is not required for me to follow on my desired career path (although it will open doors that I will have to otherwise work very hard to pass through). </p>
<p>It's good to know that my GPA is considered to be ok-- i mean, the application said that you should have a minimum 3.5 if you want to get in, and given that I'm barely over that cutoff, I was concerned. In 2007, this particular program admitted 68 out of 500+ (an admit rate of 13%). I just don't know how many of those 500 people were qualified applicants or were applying on a wing and a prayer, you know?</p>
<p>LSE
MSc Theories and History of International Relations
MSc History of International Relations</p>
<p>Oxford- Christ College
MPhil International Relations</p>
<p>Cambridge- Trinity College
MPhil International Relations</p>
<p>Harvard
Master in Public Policy</p>
<p>Stats:
GPA: Predicted First Honor (US around 3.8-4.0) from University of Warwick
GRE: 720V, 790Q</p>
<p>I'm not sure if it's the same at (Christ's) Oxford, but chances are you won't end up at Trinity even if you're admitted to the program. EVERYONE puts Trinity as their #1 and they tend to take more PhD's than MPhils.</p>
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sarbruis, I applied to the biomedical engineering program, there's an option called computational biology within the program. you can check it out here: The Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute at Johns Hopkins
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<p>Whitaker must be a prominent name in BME. GT's BME building is called Whitaker, (not) coincidentally.</p>
<p>i know trinity is quite hard for MPhil students but Christ intakes are quite high this year so fingers cross</p>
<p>Your GPA/GRE's are insane.</p>
<p>My stats:</p>
<p>BS at Umass Boston (cheapest school in Boston with kickass professors, yes, they WILL kick your ass) May 2009
Major: Biology
Minor: Chemistry
GPA: 3.367
GRE: 660 Q (64%) 570 V (77%) 4.5 A (58%) (and that's taking my best scores from the 2 times I took it)
No subject GRE's</p>
<p>Research:
Undergraduate Honors Research Project on Yeast
American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellow ($4000 stipend + $1000 travel grant to present results at ASM general meeting in May)
$500 supply grant from UMB Honors Program</p>
<p>Other things:</p>
<p>Tutored Organic Chemistry
Have kick-ass recommendations from PI/other profs, including my organic chem prof</p>
<p>Schools applied to:</p>
<p>Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia Microbiology/Immunology Dept (PhD)
Colorado State University Microbiology/Immunology Dept (PhD)
University of Illinois Urbana Microbiology/Immunology Dept (PhD)</p>
<p>So far Virginia Commonwealth invited me for an interview (expenses paid).</p>
<p>I guess stats don't mean everything? These microbiology programs are AWESOME and fairly competitive. :-)</p>
<p>I didn't have time to apply to more than 3 schools (my experiments went screwy and was spending a significant amount of time trying to fix them and get my abstract to ASM by the due date), so if I take a year off, I take a year off if they don't work out. I had WAY too much stuff on my plate. Also I took GRE's finals week AND during the week my abstract was due so I was stacking the cards against myself, NOT an idea situation considering I'm an unreliable test taker at best.</p>
<p>today i got my offer for LSE and Cambridge (Trinity) any thoughts LSE gave me 5,000 quid scholarship</p>
<p>I'd go wherever I got the most money...</p>
<p>Geez... I now feel somewhat bad about my GPA/Stats after reading everyone's</p>
<p>Stats:
-Coming from the University of Virginia [Ivy tough without the name]
- GPA: 3.78 overall [3.9 major GPA for Foreign Affairs, 3.69 major GPA for English Lit]
- No GRE scores as my programs do not require them
- Graduating June 09
- Research experience in the EU on policy matters, research/internship on Capitol Hill on trade policy </p>
<p>Applying to M.Sc programs:
- London School of Economics [Politics of the European Union, second choice - Political Economy of the European Union].
- Oxford [Politics of the European Union]
- Trinity College Dublin [ Comp. Politics of Europe]
- St. Andrews [Women and Gender in English Lit]</p>
<p>If I don't get my top choices [ie: LSE and Oxford] I will wait a year and apply in the U.S. to places like Gtown, Harvard, Columbia, etc... in IR.</p>
<p>Why did you apply to TCD and St. Andrews if you won't even go there if accepted?</p>