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On strategies, procedures, and problems related to getting admitted to, or selecting students to be admitted to, a graduate degree program. Please click on “info” before asking a question.

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Motivation Interview: Your Cons and Pros. What to answer if I can't find any my cons?

The actual idea of this interview question is (usually) to see that the candidate is able: to identify weak spots of a project and to propose approaches to fix them. Some committees will ask for wea …
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Why would a post-graduate interviewer care about my knowledge regarding their school?

The answer by Ralf Kleberhoff is completely correct in my opinion. I would just like to add one aspect. As was mentioned also in the comments, it is custom to do some research about the school/univers …
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Pursuing a PhD on major of mathematical biology with an irrelevant bachelors degree

I am sorry to say but I do not think you have a realistic chance to get admitted to a competitive PhD program in mathematical biology without any previous record of knowledge in biology and mathematic …
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