Admission Statistics for Physics PhD programs?

[bjnartowt]

Hi all, I was wondering if there was a way to see 1) average Physics GRE score 2) average GPA 3) average # of publications 4) etc.? of admitted grad students for a given PhD program.

It seems to be of no use contacting the individual departments to see if my application is strong enough to have a reason to spend an application fee and time preparing an application. The generic responses I get are "Please apply" and "We consider all aspects of an application; not anyone attribute stands out". Sensibly enough: someone told me that the more applications a department rejects, the better they look. Sigh.

 

[Someone1987]

Yes, some of the information you want you can find on this site.

http://www.gradschoolshopper.com/

 

[twofish-quant]

This book has it all

http://www.aip.org/pubs/books/graduate.html

Your university library should have it in the reference section, and it is absolute essential guide to anyone that wants to apply to physics or astronomy graduate school.