HELP ! School List for CM so far, is it okay?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:33 am
Hey Everyone,
Would appreciate any advice or suggestions.
I know that I do not have many "safeties", but that is because I am applying to a bunch of master's programs (not physics and because of research interest)
Physics GPA: 3.5ish ( No grade lower than a B... lots of advanced courses!) Maybe I should have toned it down.
PGRE: 700 (52%)
Type: Domestic
Research Experience: 2 Hep-th projects, no publications. Happy advisors though!
Rec Letters: I believe I will have 2 strong rec letters from research advisors and 1 from a prof ( two classes received As and prof knows me very well).
Bonus Not On APP : I have met many experts in the field of my research(hep-th) and all of them have been very encouraging. They believe I would make a great researcher as well as be very successful in graduate school.
On App: Not so great gpa/pgre score. Good SOP so far. I'm working on making it strong and reflecting my research abilities.
I am undecided between theory and experiment, but I prefer "hard condensed matter".
Rutgers??
Brown
Ohio State
Boston
UPenn??
[Three Master's programs]
Would appreciate any advice or suggestions.
I know that I do not have many "safeties", but that is because I am applying to a bunch of master's programs (not physics and because of research interest)
Physics GPA: 3.5ish ( No grade lower than a B... lots of advanced courses!) Maybe I should have toned it down.
PGRE: 700 (52%)
Type: Domestic
Research Experience: 2 Hep-th projects, no publications. Happy advisors though!
Rec Letters: I believe I will have 2 strong rec letters from research advisors and 1 from a prof ( two classes received As and prof knows me very well).
Bonus Not On APP : I have met many experts in the field of my research(hep-th) and all of them have been very encouraging. They believe I would make a great researcher as well as be very successful in graduate school.
On App: Not so great gpa/pgre score. Good SOP so far. I'm working on making it strong and reflecting my research abilities.
I am undecided between theory and experiment, but I prefer "hard condensed matter".
Rutgers??
Brown
Ohio State
Boston
UPenn??
[Three Master's programs]