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Figmo
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Hi everyone.
I am looking for some advice on how to go about writing grad school applications next year. My freshman year (Fall 2011) I developed a brain disorder that, while untreated, dramatically reduced my cognitive ability. I took two years off of school starting in 2013 came back in 2015. My GPA has improved steadily since my return but is still a 2.85. I am 100% sure that I want to go to graduate school for experimental AMO or condensed matter, but am not sure how to (if possible) compensate for my GPA. I am legally mentally disabled (I don't want to play that card but it shows the severity of the disorder).Some accomplishments:
Major: Electrical Engineering & Physics
Research Assistant:
Research Grant Winner: Developing a Sub-$200 Scanning Tunneling Microscope (in progress)
Deans List: Fall 2017
Scholarships:
Any advice on how to frame my situation would really be appreciated.
I am looking for some advice on how to go about writing grad school applications next year. My freshman year (Fall 2011) I developed a brain disorder that, while untreated, dramatically reduced my cognitive ability. I took two years off of school starting in 2013 came back in 2015. My GPA has improved steadily since my return but is still a 2.85. I am 100% sure that I want to go to graduate school for experimental AMO or condensed matter, but am not sure how to (if possible) compensate for my GPA. I am legally mentally disabled (I don't want to play that card but it shows the severity of the disorder).Some accomplishments:
Major: Electrical Engineering & Physics
Research Assistant:
Cal Poly: Neutral Atom Quantum Computing (two years)
Stanford: Neutrino Detection (one summer)
Stanford: Neutrino Detection (one summer)
Deans List: Fall 2017
Scholarships:
Frost Summer Research Scholarship
LSAMP Summer Research Scholarship
CAMPARE Summer Research Scholarship
LSAMP Summer Research Scholarship
CAMPARE Summer Research Scholarship
Any advice on how to frame my situation would really be appreciated.
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