Hi, I am Indian female applying for physics/astronomy grad schools in US. This is my second year of applying. I applied very ambitiously last year and had not gotten in anywhere. This year I am trying to make a mix of some masters programs and some PhD programs at top-tier, mid-tier and safety schools.
Undergrad: IIT (top 5), BS Physics (2019-23)
Overall GPA: 8.14/10, my freshman year was pretty bad, covered up in the rest. My concerns are a D in Statistical Mechanics and C in ED-1, with most other courses in physics and maths B/A (we don't have B+/B-, it's scaled to 0,2,4..10)
Research exp: 2 years of research with faculties in my institute - high energy astrophysics - observational, 1 Summer intern at insti - solar data analysis, 1 summer intern at caltech - high energy astrophysics - observational, currently - post-bacc at KU astroparticle physics - instrumentation
Paper: 1st author about to submit, in the final stages
Last year - all rejects except waitlist for Caltech Astro (no interview) followed by rejection
I gave PGRE twice this year - 700 on first time (53,62,60 in class mech, ED and QM), 820 on second time (93,62,63). These both have been reported to Harvard, Columbia, U Chicago and MIT Physics.
Q1 - do I need to explain reporting of two different scores at these 4 institutes?
Q2 - should I report my 820 score to other places I am applying? Will it help, not matter or negatively affect?
Report PGRE scores or not
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Re: Report PGRE scores or not
As an international student, I'd advise you not to submit these scores, especially to the top schools. It'll hurt your profile more than it'll do good.