Linked Questions
2
votes
2
answers
446
views
First-authorship was taken by my Master's supervisor; how to strengthen my PhD application?
I have two papers in CS published during my Master's studies. The idea, the experiments and the writings were done all by myself, but my previous supervisor took the first-author place forcibly.
I ...
- 123
-1
votes
2
answers
604
views
I attended a top institute in India, but got very poor grades. Is there any path forward toward a PhD in Europe?
I messed up in my university even in courses related to my field of interest. The main problem was lack of discipline: I would alternate between high-intensity periods where I only stopped to sleep ...
- 17
3
votes
2
answers
603
views
I'm graduating engineering program in only six semesters but have gotten no serious work experience along the way. How much will grad schools care?
I am a pet and Nat gas engineering student. I am graduating in six semesters (three yr) and this fall will be my fifth semester. I did not apply for an internship my freshmen year because I was under ...
- 556
1
vote
1
answer
461
views
~2.85 GPA first semester at an Ivy for math. Options for to grad school?
I’m a math major at a ~T10 school (Ivy) about to start his freshman year second semester. I worked hard to be accepted and took several state university courses, both excelling in lower-level reqs and ...
2
votes
2
answers
741
views
Contacting a professor in the university you are applying
I am applying to American universities. And just like many others, I intend to apply to many of them.
Anyway, I read a lot on the internet about this application thing and I notice that I should ...
- 135
2
votes
1
answer
421
views
I have 4 semesters of terrible grades from 6 years ago due to epilepsy. Do I have any chance at still making it into grad school?
8 years ago, I had a brain injury that caused me to start having seizures on a daily basis. The problem is that they were not typical, it just looked like I would faint, and then I wouldn’t be able to ...
- 21
2
votes
1
answer
409
views
How does the American PhD system works for foreign students? [duplicate]
I'm a MSc Theoretical Physics student from Italy, and I'll most likely graduate around the end of next year: for the Italian academic system, this means that I'll be ready to try to get into a PhD ...
- 775
2
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Bad semester - Math PhD application [duplicate]
I wanted to bring up an issue I faced recently and figure out how much my graduate school application will be affected by this.
For some background, I am a sophomore math major at a good public school....
- 21
5
votes
1
answer
2k
views
How do US Ph.D. applicants without research experience convince admissions committees that they are interested in a particular field?
My question is mainly for mathematics Ph.D. application in the United States. However, the answers from any other field (or other countries) where undergraduate/master research doesn't play a critical ...
- 2,887
2
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Switching from Economics to Computer Science?
I just graduated undergrad with a Bachelor in Science in Economics with a Minor in Business. I hope one day to get a Masters in Computer Science as throughout undergrad I self taught myself ...
- 121
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
Is it possible to overcome poor undergrad performance with a masters at a much lower ranked institution?
I have browsed extensively on academia.se and generally understand from similar questions (e.g. Doing bad in undergraduate but good in a masters program and How does the admissions process work for Ph....
- 119
4
votes
2
answers
556
views
Hiding M1 grades or first year of master grades
I had obtained my bachelor degree with first class of honor then I pursued my master studies in France. During the first year of my master (M1), I had pretty bad performance. I failed a course but I ...
- 1,255
1
vote
1
answer
1k
views
Worried about Ws (withdrawals) on transcript and letters of reccomendation for a masters program
Disclaimer: W stands for withdrawal, it’s when a student withdrawals from a course regardless of grades after a certain deadline for course changes.
I graduated from a Big10 Engineering school with a ...
0
votes
3
answers
1k
views
To submit or not to submit GRE Scores for PhD programs in the United States [closed]
With the GREs being phased out of so many PhD applications in the sciences, I think this question is reasonably fresh.
I have taken the GRE and scored in the 70 percentiles for verbal and math. I ...
- 181
0
votes
1
answer
679
views
Explaining slightly low grades in SOP for top schools
I'm a computer science student with a 3.8/4.0 trying to get into schools like MIT, Berkeley, etc. (at that tier) for their MS programs in CS. My undergrad school is a top 20 school (in the 10-20 range)...
- 21