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I plan to go to Northern Arizona University to study physical therapy. Here are the requirements:

Completion of a baccalaureate degree of your choice. There is no preference given to any particular baccalaureate degree.

GRE scores

Completion of the required prerequisite science courses by the end of the spring semester (or quarter) prior to commencing the program, with no more than two 2 prerequisite courses being taken the last spring. These courses include:

one year of laboratory and lecture-based anatomy and physiology courses
one year of laboratory and lecture-based general chemistry
one year of laboratory and lecture-based college level physics
one semester of general psychology
one semester of statistics
one semester of abnormal OR developmental psychology

can I take the classes above at a community college?

I’m not a huge fan of math but I don’t struggle with it.

What is statistics like as a math class?

What does it mean when it says there is no preference given to any particular baccalaureate degree?
can I have complete a degree in something that is not relevant to physical therapy?
What if I take psychology and statistics
during my high school years..would they count that?

The Question:

I am looking to progress towards a Graduate Degree in Economics / Development Economics and (slowly if need be) work my way into a Tier 1 / Top 50 program. [Example: Getting into JHU's M.A. in Applied Econ program, and (a lot)later entering into Berkeley's ARE program for a PhD...]

For an application to a Master’s program, Would it look better to:

A) Take pre-requisites like Econometrics, Linear Algebra, Calculus I & II at the USDA Graduate School (my most economical option)?

B) Apply to another satellite branch of the University of Maryland(Baltimore) and work towards completing a Bachelors in Econ? Or, simply take pre-requisite courses here?

C) Re-enroll as a student at my old University, (University of Maryland) which has a top- ranked Econ program, and work towards a Bachelor’s despite my disadvantaged GPA? Or, simply take pre-requisite courses here?

Here’s some background:

Undergrad: 2002-2007

I graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Maryland with a cumulative GPA of 2.47. (3.0 at a previous institution. 2.1 at UMD, for a combined 2.47)

Post-Undergrad: 2009-2010

I have taken Intro to Macroeconomics / Microeconomics at a community college: Received A’s in both.

I have taken Intermediate Microeconomics / Macroeconomics and Pre-calculus at the University of Maryland University College (satellite branch): Received A’s in all.

Work Experience: 2005-Present

I have 5 years work experience, with 2 years relevant work experience due to my AmeriCorps Service Year and from my Internship at a leading Economic / Community Development firm.

*Qualifiers:

*I know that many of you are going to point towards recommendations, personal statements, and GRE scores. Don’t worry, I have that covered. I simply want to quantitatively prove that I am now FIT for graduate school, as I was not before due to personal issues and immaturity. Unless any of you have concerns

**Please don’t hit me with the age old counter-question, "Why do you want to go to grad school? It’s hard work, etc…" If you want me to explain, I’ll go into detail with a Private Message.

Have any of you ever applied to a graduate program on a short notice/pressed for time and got accepted? I for example want to apply to grad school for Fall 2012 and the deadlines are either late this year or early next year. I feel like the time it takes to get my portfolio, resumes, letters of rec, personal statements, GRE scores(which i haven’t even taken yet) etc… materials together that it may show that I rushed through it all when it comes to them accepting me or not.

I want to know have any of you ever rushed and applied to grad school and got accepted? Of course my material will be its top quality it can, but I still feel a bit discouraged. I should’ve planned way in advance for all this.?? THNX!

I am an undergraduate mathematics student at a large and prestigious public university, whose research interests are most highly represented by the faculties of Harvard, Berkeley, Princeton, Columbia, and Chicago. That is, I am interested in algebraic geometry, category/topos theory, logic/universal algebra, and algebraic combinatorics (these intersect somewhere–I swear).

Unfortunately, the best scholars in these respective fields are professors at certain institutions whose admissions standards are, well, strenuous. I am just beginning my undergraduate career, though I am at present certain of my scholarly ambitions in mathematics. My record has been solid (save for a first mathematics course in which I received a C+; the rest have been high A’s, and have been in advanced/graduate level coursework).

So, along with REUs, solid letters of recommendation, cogent research statements, good grades, high GRE scores, etc., etc., what can I do to stand out in my application to Harvard, et al?

My GPA is 3.42 (w/ the transcripts i sent out). It will be 3.51-3.56 when I graduate.

I am a dual degree student (185 hours completed at time of graduation) with bachelors degrees in Biology and Psychology. Minors in Chemistry and Physics.

My GRE scores are
Verbal – 490
Quant – 640
Analytical (I don’t know yet)

I have LOR’s from 3 doctors. Two i conducted research with (both biology), both studying the HCV. And a 3rd from a materials tech. researcher who i took an advanced biomedical physics course. He has published a bunch of articles and earned a PhD from Brown.

I have done research (3 semesters) studying HCV replication. (I actually did research in there… I did the same procedures as the postdocs and the grad students, I just didn’t do much analysis and writing).
I have also done research in a cog psych lab, studying language processing (wasn’t that great, all I did was attend lab meetings, read papers and run participants through particular experiments).

I am a auxiliary volunteer at a community hospital, volunteering in the Emergency Room.

I also tutored students in biology, physics, and chemistry every week for the last 8 semesters.
I am also an inducted member into the biological honors society…

Here is my list of schools I am applying to. Please let me know what you think my chances are….
Florida State University – Neuroscience
University of Florida – ID program in Biomedical sciences (Neuroscience)
University of Central Florida – Biomedical Science
University of Cincinnati – Cancer Biology
Alabama – Public Health
Michigan State University – Neuroscience
Baylor University – Neuroscience
West Virgina University – Neuroscience

can anyone please tell me in somewhat detail what the GRE exam is all about…i mean like what all does one have to do to sit for it and whats the format for the examination …and whats on offer through GRE scores..

any tips for preparation..??

thanks in advance

I am from the Philippines and I wanted to take masteral course in Electronics Engineering through the MEM program for international students. Anyone who knows the percentage of students who are able to get in? My grades average from about 75% only but I’m a graduate of the most prestigious school here in the Philippines (University of the Philippines). I’m also confident with my TOEFL and GRE scores. What do you think are my chances of getting in?

Do grad schools prefer a BS over a BA due to the emphasis on science in a BS degree or are they looked at as the same? I am currently going for a BS in psych but am looking at transferring to another university that only offers a BA. I want to make sure that I am not hurting my chances of being accepted to a graduate school. Of course this is assuming that all things are equal when getting the 2 degrees….ie GPA, scholastic record, letters of recommendation, and GRE scores…Thanks for your help.

I am a biology major. with minors in chemistry. I am a auxiliary member at the my home town hospital where i volunteer in the ER. I also did some research in HCV with one of the tenure here at my university. I have a 3.5 GPA and 2 semesters left before i graduate. I can go to medical school with my MCAT score of a 39. I can go to graduate school at cal tech because of my GRE scores and EC’s. But TBH, Right now I think I want to switch it up and go to law school.

The thing is I have taken nothing that would prepare me for law school. Does Law school look highly on broad undergrad course studies? I am willing to stay another year after i could graduate to do some volunteering at something that might make it easier for me to get into law school, and to study for the lawschool exam and to take a few (40 hours) worth of classes to try and get into law school.

What i would like is some input on what i should do in this situation. Facts, stats, ideas anything please

Unfortunately, I ruined my GPA my first two years and I go to a extremely difficulty school so I have a GPA of over 2.5 and 2.9 for the last 60 hours. I have solid GRE scores and solid recommendation letters so how difficult will it be to get accepted into a MS program only. Of course, I know most schools say you need a 3.0 but then a lot of them always say students can be admitted provisionally. I am really getting stressed out about this because I know I am more then capable of surviving in graduate school. My plan was to apply to 12 schools, 8 of them will be non ranked schools with low admissions standards (Only 2.75 GPA required) and four decently ranked large universities that should have enough spots available for a provisional student. Is this a good idea? and I am relying on the fact that I think most people don’t apply to the MS so that should increase my chances. Also, I keep reading online that many people get accepted into decent programs with a low GPA and maybe its because of other factors that I am not aware of. Any suggestions?

I am a biology major. with minors in chemistry. I am a auxiliary member at the my home town hospital where i volunteer in the ER. I also did some research in HCV with one of the tenure here at my university. I have a 3.5 GPA and 2 semesters left before i graduate. I can go to medical school with my MCAT score of a 39. I can go to graduate school at cal tech because of my GRE scores and EC’s. But TBH, Right now I think I want to switch it up and go to law school.

The thing is I have taken nothing that would prepare me for law school. Does Law school look highly on broad undergrad course studies? I am willing to stay another year after i could graduate to do some volunteering at something that might make it easier for me to get into law school, and to study for the lawschool exam and to take a few (40 hours) worth of classes to try and get into law school.

What i would like is some input on what i should do in this situation. Facts, stats, ideas anything please

Since a young age I have fell in love with the career of a physician assistant. I am starting my undergrad in the fall and plan on taking the required pre-med courses/pre-p.a. course preqs because they differ depending on the school. I have been researching the career and aquiring as much knowledge as I can regarding the career, the demands of the career and the level of work required.

Is there any way I could set myself apart from other applicants in the future regarding g.p.a, gre scores, health care experience?

I aspire to be a surgical physician assistant specialized cardiothoraic surgery.

Any other good advice?
I really do not want to become a nurse or techie before I go to p.a. school.
I have question myself "do i really wanna be a doctor?"..I want a career where I can practice medicine but not have all the responsiblities of a doctor.

and got rejected from a Masters program in experimental psychology because I had horrible undergrad GPA and GRE scores. I’m crying and thinking about killing myself. I graduated from college in 2009. I have three years of experience volunteering at a research lab.

I’m in my second year of undergrad, and I’ve taken my school’s maximum course load every quarter(including summer). My grades started out alright(around a 3.6), but I ran into some problems last fall(house got broken into, car broke down, identity was stolen, engagement was broken off) and I found out that I didn’t like the major I was in. So my GPA took a nose dive over the fall and winter quarters while I was in my depression, and it is now around a 2.5(I failed about every course I took). I got some therapy, and I am doing much better this quarter. Plus I figured out the major I intend to pursue. My question is, do graduate schools look at the course load you have each quarter? I plan on taking an extra year to finish out the degree, and by the time I graduate, I’ll have around 380 quarter hours(I only need about 230 for my 2 majors), and a cumulative GPA of (hopefully) around 3.3. Will they take my improving grades into account? How about undergraduate work experience? Will high GRE scores offset my sub-par GPA?

Hello all,
I am interested in getting a Ph.D in political science, and I have been reading a lot of threads online about how graduate schools are interested in more than just GPA, GRE scores, etc. I am currently a freshman at the University of Scranton – it seems odd that I would be looking into Ph.D. programs at this very early stage, but the intensely competitive nature of vying for a Ph.D slot depicted from these forums and threads have piqued my interest a little early.
My first question concerns MA programs. My school does not currently offer an MA program in political science, and I am applying to grad school for an MA/PhD program. Forums and threads seem to indicate that applicants with an MA already have an edge in the process. Is this rumor found to be more accurate than not?
In addition, I currently have a 4.0 GPA. I realize, of course, I’m a freshman, and that GPA is bound to decrease (although it’s certainly not my intention). I have been invited to join an Honors Program. However, my school lacks many publishing opportunities. This program offers me the ability to write a thesis, but there is no public outlet to publish this at my school. This being considered, will grad schools take my school’s lack of publishing opportunities against me in the admissions process?
Finally, should I adopt a mentality to preserve my GPA at all costs – including taking more challenging and diverse courses? Which is more important – a rigorous academic curriculum or a pristine GPA?
If anyone out there can offer any insights, I would greatly appreciate the help.

Many, many thanks!

I just want some advice. Should I apply or should I wait?

I am a fourth-year student in a five-year BA/MA in psychology (minor in English) at a school that is not particularly rigorous. I have a 3.93 GPA with a 4.00 in my major and I got a 1240 (M: 670, V: 570 A:4.5) on the GREs. I know that my GRE scores are not very good and that a high GPA from my school may not necessarily help me.

I had to drop my masters level experimental psychology class yesterday because I was falling behind on my work for my masters thesis. I was taking 3 graduate psychology courses, an upper-level undergraduate psychology course, an upper level English course, working on my thesis and helping others in my lab with data analysis for their papers. It became too much work and I needed to drop something– so now I have a "W" (we don’t do WF/WP grades… the "W" is a non-punitive grade given to anyone who drops a class after the first 3 weeks) on my transcript for experimental psychology. I have taken other experimental classes and done well, and have worked on an honors thesis and completed an REU program. In other words, I do have enough of a background in experimental stuff that having dropped the class would mean that I haven’t seen experimental yet. However, I did drop a class that I need to take and I realize that dropping experimental would certainly raise a red flag for adcoms.

I have some research experience. As a freshman I helped a doctoral student with coding some tapes she had gotten from the police. Although our relationship soured (she stopped talking to me and I don’t know why) I learned a lot about coding that semester. I worked in an EEG lab for sometime as a sophomore, unfortunately I wasn’t getting the guidance I needed because the professor was very busy. I do now how to work with EEGs. I was in a year long REU program and ended up meeting my thesis adviser that way. I have 3 first author poster presentations with her at conferences this year. I should be submitting my IRB for my masters at the end of this semester and I will be writing up my honors thesis in the next two months. I also worked with a professor in another lab for sometime last year but it was one of those situations in which I was just doing mindless paperwork. I am still in touch with him and would like to work with him, but the next time I will make sure to go in with a project. My honors and masters theses deal with depression, effort and motivation.

I do not have any publications.

I have some clinical experience. I led psychotherapeutic groups at a community support systems center for those with psychiatric illnesses. It was a sink or swim situation– I had clinical contact with patients but had no supervision (remember, I don’t have a degree in anything yet!). I have experience with writing treatment plans, progress notes, and otherwise keeping up patients’ charts when I probably shouldn’t.

I am very interested in studying affective disorders and their various implications on cognition. I am also interested in the affective disorders/ sleep disorders relationship. I want to apply to research heavy programs. Actually, I have even considered non-clincial programs, but I like the flexibility I will have with a clinical degree.

Should I apply now? Do you think I have a shot during this application cycle?

Should I wait? If I do, I would retake the GREs. I may have more presentations and maybe a publication. I could also make it a point to get better clinical experience (with a masters… I am a class or two short of a CASAC license). I can strengthen my research skills… I want to learn to learn to score sleep stages well, work with PSGs, etc. But, these are things I would do in grad school anyway.

What should I do?
Also, I have bipolar disorder, and I was in the hospital for sometime during the intersession in my junior year after a suicide attempt. The semesters surrounding that event, I feel, were wasted. Even though I got my work done, I do not know if I learned anything.

It is now that I am starting to find balance. I don’t want to go insane if I jump into graduate school. I feel like I have some emotional maturing to do in order to be able to live a healthy, happy, stable life. But I also don’t want to delay a doctoral program I will already have spent 5 years as an undergrad once I get out.

I am wanting to go back to school for counseling and can’t decide on which route to go. I have a BA in Psychology and an AA in Law Enforcement. I am currently teaching 8th grade. I really want to teach Counseling or Psychology on the collegiate level as well as go into private practice (contract work for the the State of TX / Dept. of Child Protective Services). I don’t know which route is the best way to go. If it will help, both programs are offered at UNT and take about the same amount of time to complete. The MS in Counseling works better with my work schedule because most of the classes are offered at night while the Psych course work is a little scattered. Eventually I would like to go on to the PH.D and the Psych program has the dual Master’s/PH.D program as well as the program that lets you substitute some of the MS work for the PH.D work. Another big issue is my grades. I am more likely to be accepted into the MS Counseling program based on my grades and GRE Scores…(only because I goofed off during undergrad and took the GRE on the same day that I had a major emergency in my family and rushed…I know they are excuses but it’s the truth) I am willing to take courses to bring my GPA to what is needed for the Psych program. Basically what I am trying to ask is, from what you know, which would be more beneficial for me in the long run? More wise?

I have a few doubts regarding admissions to the U.S. universities through G.R.E. for foreign students-

1) Does one necessarily have to give TOEFL alongside GRE, if he/she belongs to a nation where English is not a first language?

2) What are the scholarships provided according to the GRE scores(any rough idea)? Do they differ for different universities?

3) Which are the top 5 U.S. colleges having M.S. course in Electronics Technology and/or Communication Technology?

4) Are there some qualifying criteria(marks/grades/GPA of previous course) to be satisfied to be able to appear for the test?

Please answer my above queries.
I shall be really grateful to all those who answer.

THANKYOU ALL IN ADVANCE!

I have a few doubts regarding admissions to the U.S. universities through G.R.E. for foreign students-

1) Does one necessarily have to give TOEFL alongside GRE, if he/she belongs to a nation where English is not a first language?

2) What are the scholarships provided according to the GRE scores(any rough idea)? Do they differ for different universities?

3) Which are the top 5 U.S. colleges having M.S. course in Electronics Technology and/or Communication Technology?

4) Are there some qualifying criteria(marks/grades/GPA of previous course) to be satisfied to be able to appear for the test?

Please answer my above queries.
I shall be really grateful to all those who answer.

THANKYOU ALL IN ADVANCE!

I just graduated from a small(but respectable) university. I was a history major and want to continue onto graduate school. I would really like to go to an ivy league or a top grad school, what are my chances with these grades? If I can’t get into ivy league what kind of schools do you think I can get into?

Overall College GPA-3.54
College GPA for history courses only- 4.0

GRE Scores-

verbal reasoning-461
quantitative reasoning-530
analytical writing-4.0

I applied to a PhD program in Social Science. However, I didn’t receive the best GRE scores. The department I applied to has asked that I enroll as a non-degree grad student and successfully complete one course per semester for one academic year to demonstrate my abilities despite my GRE score. I have a Master’s degree, an excellent GPA, strong letters of recommendation and statement of purpose. It appears the GRE is the only thing making my admission contingent. Does anyone have any experience with being admitted to a grad program in this way?

I’m planning on applying to grad schools, but the application deadline for some are October 1st. However, I want to take my GRE General exam (haven’t scheduled it yet) at the end of August. I want to know how long it takes for GRE scores to get sent to the applied university, so maybe I can even take it on September 1st, and they’ll send the results before October 1st. Just wanted to get some info. on how long it takes, thanks.

Social psychology – I have good Psychology GRE scores (95th percentile in social psych, 78th percentile in experimental psych), average scores on the general GRE (low math, very high verbal), an OK 3.45 undergrad GPA, and a handful of completely non-psych degrees – 2 associates, 1 bachelors and an MBA (I didn’t major in psych, but I have a broad education). And I have no academic lab or research experience. I’ve read dozens of psych textbooks, read most of the psych ‘classics’, and have taken about 5 undergrad psych courses. Do I have a chance to get into a social (industrial/personality/developmental) psych PhD program?

I love psychology, but stupidly went after all these degrees that would "help me get a job". I hate business and unintelligent micromanagers, I’m much more suited to a life of research and writing and experimenting. So I’m just curious about what people here with experience in this sort of thing think.
Anyway, I’m not staking any decisions on the answers here.

I have two colleges to choose from, which I would be entering as a freshman. One is a large respected university. The other is a small private school, not particularly well known.

I’ve heard that its your course selection, GPA, and GRE scores that really matter, and while a good name for undergrad helps, its not essential. Anyone have any information on that? I think I would have a better college experience at the private school, but I don’t want to hurt myself.

(while my courses would be similar, my GPA would be higher at the lesser known college. my GRE scores could be higher at the larger university because it would force me to work harder, but I doubt it would be impacted that much. I’m good at studying on my own.)
The schools are UCSD and Azusa Pacific University

courses and the related universities that can be pursued for my m.s program in u.s and u.k?and also the required minimum gre scores?is it possible to shift over to some other related branch of engineering while doing post-graduation?if so please give those options keeping in mind that i can relate to them after graduation in electronics and communication?