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bluechic92
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Hey everyone,
I'm sorry for posting this sort of thread. However , I'm really freaking out and in need of some advice.
I just got my physics gre score today and it's a 700 ( 52%).
I thought I did much better on this exam, but it looks like I have made careless mistakes.
Last year I applied to grad school with 3.53 gpa, 650 pgre and was rejected from everywhere! I made sure I covered all ranges.My gpa is the same. My research is in hep-th , but I am considering hep-ex and CME.
I have looked at profiles on the physics gre website, and 90% of them have great profile. On grad cafe, I noticed rejections for people with my stats. It seems like high gpa + lowish pgre is okay, and low gpa + high pgre is okay.
Im just mediocre :/
I have been looking at schools like Boston u, upitt, u mass Amherst.
Do you think these are reasonable? I'm not sure how far to reach, though I'm not going to bother with top 10. I don't have an interest in most of those schools anyways, except MIT because of research, but yeah no.I'm also just considering going for a masters in engineering, or applied physics phd? How often have people been successful from going from physics to engineering? I alway see the other way around. I suppose it would have been easier if I had experimental background.
I hope I don't get rejected this time. All I know is that I love research and that's what inspired me to apply for grad school. My lowish gpa is because I didn't do so well on time pressured exams. My physics grades are mostly A- and B+ with a couple of As and Bs.
I'm even thinking about asking for a fourth letter from a grad class I got B+ in, but the prof knows me really well! I participate a lot in class dissuasion and do well on psets. I didn't do so well on the timed exams, but this prof even told me that he doesn't believe exams are good indicators of potential. He said if there weren't exams, I would have been one of the top students in class. Do you think I should get ask for this Rec letter?
I'm sorry it's soo long
I'm sorry for posting this sort of thread. However , I'm really freaking out and in need of some advice.
I just got my physics gre score today and it's a 700 ( 52%).
I thought I did much better on this exam, but it looks like I have made careless mistakes.
Last year I applied to grad school with 3.53 gpa, 650 pgre and was rejected from everywhere! I made sure I covered all ranges.My gpa is the same. My research is in hep-th , but I am considering hep-ex and CME.
I have looked at profiles on the physics gre website, and 90% of them have great profile. On grad cafe, I noticed rejections for people with my stats. It seems like high gpa + lowish pgre is okay, and low gpa + high pgre is okay.
Im just mediocre :/
I have been looking at schools like Boston u, upitt, u mass Amherst.
Do you think these are reasonable? I'm not sure how far to reach, though I'm not going to bother with top 10. I don't have an interest in most of those schools anyways, except MIT because of research, but yeah no.I'm also just considering going for a masters in engineering, or applied physics phd? How often have people been successful from going from physics to engineering? I alway see the other way around. I suppose it would have been easier if I had experimental background.
I hope I don't get rejected this time. All I know is that I love research and that's what inspired me to apply for grad school. My lowish gpa is because I didn't do so well on time pressured exams. My physics grades are mostly A- and B+ with a couple of As and Bs.
I'm even thinking about asking for a fourth letter from a grad class I got B+ in, but the prof knows me really well! I participate a lot in class dissuasion and do well on psets. I didn't do so well on the timed exams, but this prof even told me that he doesn't believe exams are good indicators of potential. He said if there weren't exams, I would have been one of the top students in class. Do you think I should get ask for this Rec letter?
I'm sorry it's soo long
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