Admissions Do I have a REAL chance to study a MSc in astrophysics in Europe, USA?

[Dorian Araya]

Good afternoon and peace to you, i am from Chile in a university that is NOT top 10 in my country and i currently in my last semester(ending in December) of bachelor degree in Astronomy and i want to study a MSc/Phd in physics or astrophysics in USA or Europe (preferably Germany) next year, the real problem is that i am poor in Chile (I have a scholarship to study for free in Chile) so i really need a really good funded scholarship, if not, is impossible to me. My CV is like this:
- 3.3-3.4 GPA

-I programmed 5 cosmological observational methods in Python to test cosmological models (Cosmic Chronometers, Strong Lensing System, BAO, SNIa and CMB) using samples of each one.

- For my thesis i proposed a new cosmological model similar to interactive dark energy models and this model will be tested using the data of the samples mentioned above which i will send to a journal in October or November.

- In November of this year probably i will present this new cosmological model in the most important congress of Astronomy in Chile.

- I presented in a international workshop of cosmology a cosmological model similar to Wcdm with the samples mentioned above, I sent this model to the journal dark universe physics (Q1) and it is now under review.

- I traveled to Mexico 1 month to do a investigation on the Randall Sundrum model( 5D universe) with observational data (the mentioned above), i will send this work to the journal JCAP (Q1) by the end of this month.

Thanks for reading and your time.

 

[Vanadium 50]

I have good news and bad news. I can only speak to the US. First the good:

i really need a really good funded scholarship

In the US virtually all graduate programs come with assistantships. What is your TOEFL?

Now the bad:

3-3.4 GPA

Low. The US wants to see above 3.5.

a university that is NOT top 10 in my country

That is a problem. There are 160 or so PhD-granting programs in the US. Every single one of these is far, far above the #11 university in Chile.

The admissions committee will look at this and conclude "went to a not very good school and did not very well there". That will be a problem. What is your PGRE score?

I sent this model to the journal dark universe physics (Q1)

This is problematic in so many ways...

• Q1 is meaningless, when most Q2-4 are predatory
• Sending to a journal is not the same as being published
• There is no journal "Dark Universe Physics". Either it is predatory or you meant "Physics of the Dark Universe". If the former, it won't help. If the latter, it will seriously hurt you: at the very best, getting the journal name is wrong is sloppy. Who wants a sloppy student? And other explanations are even worse.

 

[Dorian Araya]

My TOEFL is 105, the CV I wrote was to have a general idea about my situation, it is not the formal or definitive CV and yes, I was referring to physics of the dark universe, sorry for my mistake.
Thank you very much for the advice!

 

[Vanadium 50]

A score of 105 will make you eligible for a TA at most, but not all, universities.

And the PGRE?