grad school admissions & "minimum GPA"
The question is: will this school likely reject my application, based on too-low GPA. The problem is that I haven't found a good way to determine this. Most schools put their "minimum GPA" on a website, but it seems this is misleading.
For example, take...
berkeman and Moonbear, excellent advice - really appreciate it. I guess a very strong part of what you're saying is go for the prof/group that matches your interests, and make sure that they're well-funded and competent. What are some ways of evaluating a lab's funding/competency? I guess some...
Also, regarding basic minimum GPA's. Looking around http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2005/ARWU2005TOP500list.htm to orient myself, I found that UofT's a fairly good university, 24th in the world.
Now, it requires A- or B+ average for entrance. That's by UofT's ranking system, meaning around 80%. So...
Thanks, that's solid advice.
As a specific question, when an employer looks at an advanced degree (say, a Master's), is lesser known school's degree still a good degree? I'm not going into academia as a career; but I will proabably need an advanced degree for a research career in nano. So I'd...
Hmmm, interesting. Is there a thread around here explaining these different grade systems?
As far as I can tell, most countries accept this:
4.0 90-100 A+
4.0 85-89 A
3.7 80-84 A-
3.3 77-79 B+
3.0 73-76 B
2.7 70-72 B-
2.3 67-69 C+
2.0 63-66 C
1.7 60-62 C-
1.3 57-59 D+
1.0 53-56...
Oh no, I find it absolutely fascinating. I did some research with a prof over the summer, and very much enjoyed that. I also dedicate pretty much all of my time to school work/study.
Motivation and work ethic is not the problem. The problem is that I'm just not that intelligent. (What I'm...
So I'm finishing up my 3rd year in a Nanoengineering undergrad, and I'm doing rather badly - only a B average... that's 75%.
Naturally, I had a dream long ago of Stanford Master/PhD and what not, but since that's something in the 90%s, any top tier grad school is out of my reach. Now I'm...
About me: I want to work in nanotechnology. For this, I'm currently an undergraduate at the University of Toronto in Engineering Science, Nanoengineering Option. I've finished 2 years so far, and I have 2 left as an undergraduate.
The way things are currently going with nanotechnology, any...