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    Admissions PhD application to top school - 3.5GPA with circumstances?

    Yep that's correct! Yes I am considering this option. The problem is just that I eventually want to get my PhD from the states, but a Masters from Canada doesn't seem to relief much of the first 2 years of US school's PhD track, which effectively might just prolong my education by 2 years. So...
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    Admissions PhD application to top school - 3.5GPA with circumstances?

    I just wonder if my research is good enough to offset such a bad GPA? I've seen so many people with crazy research profiles that mine seems quite average in comparison... Also, is this still true for the top schools as well? From talking to couple of professors, it seems they'll just trust the...
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    Admissions PhD application to top school - 3.5GPA with circumstances?

    Hi all! I'm currently a 4th year student in Combined Physics and CPCS in a top 3 university in Canada and trying to apply for grad school in top schools in US. I did very well in my undergrad, got a fellowship to work at a National Lab from which I got 2 publications in PRC (but is n-th author...
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