Recent content by TychoBrahe

Whoa. Congrats! That's a very impressive improvement.

Thanks renz for mentioning Ohio State. I did some research on the department and it seems like a really good program. I'm not sure I can get in, but their program looks nice and I will give it a shot and apply. Good luck in your grad school search and application process.

I would like to make it clear that I do not intend to attempt to get into a top 10 school. I won't be retaking tests or anything to try to get into schools that are so far beyond me. Note that my personal goal is just to get accepted to a decent program that is somewhat "appropriate" for my...

Really? I had marked many of these schools as beyond even a stretch. Berkeley, for example, is an amazing, top 5 school in physics. Though my GPA helps me, I would think that people who get accepted to schools like that have a both a high GPA, research, and a great physics GRE score. Berkeley...

I did not realize at all that Arizona had such a strong Astro program. That is very useful information to me. I am trying to research many schools and get an idea of where there are strong Astro programs where I could realistically get accepted. School rankings help a little, but I just don't...

Thanks arunma for your insight into the grad school application process. It is really nice to hear from someone who has gone through this process before with such a similar background. I appreciate your "random ramblings"!

When applying to physics or astrophysics PhD programs, how do you determine which schools are "stretches", "good fits", or "safety schools"? Personally, my goal is to get into a decent school with an astrophysics program. My GPA is 3.80. I have researched with a professor in NMR and...