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Applying to PhD programs after a few years out of academia
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[QUOTE="jrh1380649, post: 6822662, member: 701963"] So I graduated in 2019 from a smaller state university with 2 honors BAs in physics and applied math. 3.83 GPA, all A's in my 400 level classes, few years of computational research and some independent honors projects, and I was involved with tutoring, TA'ing, led the SPS chapter, etc. Didn't do an REU and wasn't able to publish a paper from my research. Applied to grad schools in 2019 but the first batch got rejected and I pulled all my remaining apps when I realized Covid was going to be a huge problem. Since then I've worked at a biotech startup, I did everything from running PCR's to developing analytic software, and currently I'm in a leading role for projects in next generation sequencing and I'm the in-house automations engineer, all of which is to say I've done a ton of programming in the past couple years, and a lot of it is analysis and computation heavy. I've kept up with my physics by tutoring the local undergrads, and my old profs tend to refer students from their 300 and 400 level classes to me, which I interpret as trust that I won't screw up their students. I miss doing physics full time. I want to apply to another state school (middle of the road reputation, not UCSB but not no-where either) with a sweet research group doing GW theory and cosmology. I know all of those programs and positions get insane competition, and I want to know 2 things: 1. Am I screwed from the jump? 2. How do I spin my time outside of school on my applications and emphasize that I have kept my math and physics sharp? Writing an SoP was the worst part of the first application process and where I place the blame for my early rejections, and I feel like it's only going to be harder now. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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