People applying to top 3 schools (harvard, princeton, MIT)
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People applying to top 3 schools (harvard, princeton, MIT)
hehehe
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You should be intimidated. I got a 4.0 from Harvard with 990 GRE Physics, 800 Q/800 subject (6.0 analytic) along with 3 excellent recommendations (one from a Nobel Prize winner) and extensive research experience at the most prestigious universities in the nation, and I got rejected from MIT. They found out that my A in E&M was actually because of a curve the professor gave on the 2rd test (would have had an A- otherwise).
I wasn't kidding at all when I said you were screwed. A- takes you pretty much right to the bottom of the pack.
I wasn't kidding at all when I said you were screwed. A- takes you pretty much right to the bottom of the pack.
In fact, it'll will hurt your chances. I know a couple of Nobel Prize winners applying for Harvard and MIT. You got some insane competition.
If I was you, I would work my ass off to get a Nobel Prize and at least 10-11 papers to be published in Nature and Science magazines before applying for MIT's grad school.
Don't bother with Harvard until you win at least 3 Nobel Prizes. Two of them have to be in physics though.
If I was you, I would work my ass off to get a Nobel Prize and at least 10-11 papers to be published in Nature and Science magazines before applying for MIT's grad school.
Don't bother with Harvard until you win at least 3 Nobel Prizes. Two of them have to be in physics though.
My grandfather was rejected from Princeton for having only a 3.94 GPA. Even when he was recommended by Einstein and Planck personally to the grad committee.
He was again recommended by the 2 same people with Schrodinger behind him. Rejected again.
So yeah, nobel prizes and several published articles in Science and Nature before applying. Make sure you get recommendations from at least 3 Nobel Winners.
He was again recommended by the 2 same people with Schrodinger behind him. Rejected again.
So yeah, nobel prizes and several published articles in Science and Nature before applying. Make sure you get recommendations from at least 3 Nobel Winners.
I've heard that MIT has now begun preemptively rejecting everyone. Nobody else will be allowed into MIT again. Part of the problem stems from the the fact that the admissions committed at MIT rejected themselves from admitting anyone into the school because they found out they admitted non-perfect students in the past. It must be true, I heard it from a good source.
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Basis for comparison:
I'm applying to those schools too!
GPA: 2.6 from a top 158 mail-in diploma college
GREs: 340 Phys.(2nd percentile) 420 Verbal, 410 Quantitative Analytical Writing, 0.5
Research experience with my imaginary friends that yielded two papers entitled "Flashy Things That Go Zoom" and "Molly Mittens and Her Quantum Kittens"
Superpowers: can blink many times in rapid succession
I'm applying to those schools too!
GPA: 2.6 from a top 158 mail-in diploma college
GREs: 340 Phys.(2nd percentile) 420 Verbal, 410 Quantitative Analytical Writing, 0.5
Research experience with my imaginary friends that yielded two papers entitled "Flashy Things That Go Zoom" and "Molly Mittens and Her Quantum Kittens"
Superpowers: can blink many times in rapid succession
I am crying right now... so funny.
One thing is for sure, we all know we are having more sex than the original poster (even the virgins out there)... Makes you feel better about yourself, doesn't it?
One thing is for sure, we all know we are having more sex than the original poster (even the virgins out there)... Makes you feel better about yourself, doesn't it?
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Is her name Righty or Lefty?
But in all seriousness, it bugs people that you posted this topic, not because you have better scores than us, but because you are using this question as a facade to brag. What possible advice do you think you would get? Do you really think anyone or school gives a damn about your A-... the answer is NO.
So next time, just post a topic "Hey, let my application stats *** you in the ass" and be done with it.
But in all seriousness, it bugs people that you posted this topic, not because you have better scores than us, but because you are using this question as a facade to brag. What possible advice do you think you would get? Do you really think anyone or school gives a damn about your A-... the answer is NO.
So next time, just post a topic "Hey, let my application stats *** you in the ass" and be done with it.
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To schmit.paul
i love your post. And I hear you, I am eager to completing my applications so that I can drown in cosmopolitans, to end the suffering of course.
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What is wrong with Cosmos? Have you tried them? I am not a fan of beer but if I do see a good one, I'll try it. Anyway, how common do you think it is for physics grad students to drink? I was in colorado for the summer and the students there did not look the drinking type, so I stayed sober this past summer since I felt kind of bad for wanting alcohol . I am asking because according to the past posts, I am not alone.
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I think a fair share of the physics prof's at my school have well-established drinking habits, and scarred livers are standard issue for all of the student body (I am actually one of the tamer souls), so I think the idea that physics drives most people to drinking isn't too far-off of a generalization...
i was just at harvard about an hour ago turning in a damn form i forgot from my application. the phones there are ringing off the hook it seems, and they only have 2 people as far as i could tell answering the phones.
just thought anyone applying to harvard would want to know this.
also, for some strange reason, there were about 234234 harvard marching band members getting on the subway to go somewhere in downtown boston. it was almost surreal.
just thought anyone applying to harvard would want to know this.
also, for some strange reason, there were about 234234 harvard marching band members getting on the subway to go somewhere in downtown boston. it was almost surreal.
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it wasnt the signature form ...i turned that in yesterday.
it was the form talking about your courses + books for the courses that the physics and astronomy depts. require. pretty annoying.
and that really sucks about the server crashing. i got my cornell app in at 2:30 today, so i guess i missed the website going down.
it was the form talking about your courses + books for the courses that the physics and astronomy depts. require. pretty annoying.
and that really sucks about the server crashing. i got my cornell app in at 2:30 today, so i guess i missed the website going down.
also, cosmos are actually good. but i'm a guy, so i have to have my man-drinks e.g. beer and publicly disdain anything that tastes good
also my kinda fruity friend who majored in int'l political economy and african studies at georgetown and at one time sported a handlebar mustache loves the cosmos. thats another contributing factor to my faux disdain.
also my kinda fruity friend who majored in int'l political economy and african studies at georgetown and at one time sported a handlebar mustache loves the cosmos. thats another contributing factor to my faux disdain.
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yep, it's true, I think I attached mine with the rest of my online applications in the supplementary documents section, if there was such a section (I submitted the app a month and a half ago so i don't quite remember)...i think i actually just added it to the end of my academic resume. At least they were nice enough to let me send in a revised statement of purpose when I accidentally attached my stanford statement to the harvard app...