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I know that she completed her Phd at Choice 1. Does this make a difference? Edit: Also, I forgot to mention that I received a substantial fellowship offer from Choice 2 so location is not the only factor.

I am in the process of deciding where to attend graduate school for CMT. I have essentially narrowed it down to two schools. Choice 1) pluses: top 10 overall, top in CM, lots of theorists minuses: midwest hell (I'm from the midwest, I desperately want to escape) Choice 2)...

At my University there was an option to take non-honors courses for honors credit. Essentially it was the same class but I worked with the professor to do an additional set of advanced problems. Maybe you could set up something similar? Also, have you thought about doing a dual major? Maybe...

Ha! There is a reason for this. I'm anxiously awaiting admissions results myself :) On a side note, I didn't have any publications (or pre-prints) prior to applying. Best of luck to you!

I don't have any general stats but here is my personal experience (coming from school ranked ~80 in US News): 2009: 3.98 GPA, Sophomore, no research experience yet, applied to 3-5 schools MSU - Accept 3-27 (Attended) (couldn't locate other records) 2010: Research through previous REU and...

Hi, I am currently applying to graduate school. My list right now contains all of the top schools for condensed matter and a few "safer" schools but I am wondering if I should try to expand my list further. In undergrad, I attended a middle ranked university, and graduated dual Physics and...