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Dishsoap
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Here's a long shot...
I go to a very small school with only ~8 graduates per year. Of those 8, 4 or 5 will apply to graduate school, and every year only 1 or so will be accepted.
I'm preparing to approach the chair of the department to propose a one-hour seminar every year (or semester) to tell everyone interested in graduate school about the following:
Once I learned about these things and began to apply, I was fully supported by the department, but for some reason there is no communication that these opportunities even exist, hence the seminar.
Also, I'm wondering if there is any data out there for how doing summer internship opportunities corresponds to graduate school acceptances.
Thanks so much for your advice! :)
I go to a very small school with only ~8 graduates per year. Of those 8, 4 or 5 will apply to graduate school, and every year only 1 or so will be accepted.
I'm preparing to approach the chair of the department to propose a one-hour seminar every year (or semester) to tell everyone interested in graduate school about the following:
- The importance of doing research in the department during the semester (we only have 3-4 professors who work with students, so probably a list of who does what)
- Summer research opportunities (REUs, DOE-funded national lab internships)
- the physics GRE (including the book Conquering the Physics GRE and the free CWRU flashcards)
- fellowships (NSF, DOE, Hertz) and scholarships (Goldwater)
Once I learned about these things and began to apply, I was fully supported by the department, but for some reason there is no communication that these opportunities even exist, hence the seminar.
Also, I'm wondering if there is any data out there for how doing summer internship opportunities corresponds to graduate school acceptances.
Thanks so much for your advice! :)