I appreciate all the thoughts provided here (Vanadium, gwnorth, Choppy). The specificity of what departments seek is not lost on me, and the trade-off of "Do we want Applicant X or Applicant Y?" is undoubtedly the reality considering the finite slots in a competitive field.
I guess it is time...
Letters of recommendation from prior research advisors in undergrad may be a bit of a tough pull with respect to quality/recency, since those were from 2018 and 2019, so of course that's something for me to sort out. Also, I never took the PGRE, but would like to as an indicative quantitative...
Hi all. Do you ever find yourself gripped by a sleepless, restless feeling, that there is a dream or ambition you had that was achievable, and if left unresolved will leave a feeling of regret for the rest of your life? For context, I graduated with a B.S. in Physics from Stanford in 2019, and...