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Has anyone heard back from grad schools yet? And does anyone know how UW-Madison stacks up with other schools in particle physics?
Corneo said:My professor who got his Ph.D from Stanford and taught at MIT for a few years told me the in and outs of getting into grad school at places like MIT, Stanford, etc. He pretty much told me that successful applicants have a ~4.0 GPA. This was for engineering though. Not sure about physics.
Corneo said:My professor who got his Ph.D from Stanford and taught at MIT for a few years told me the in and outs of getting into grad school at places like MIT, Stanford, etc. He pretty much told me that successful applicants have a ~4.0 GPA. This was for engineering though. Not sure about physics.
leright said:What about a student with a 3.4 GPA, one summer of research, a good senior project, and a dual degree in electrical engineering and applied physics? Would they have a fighting chance at getting into the semiconductor physics program (or maybe photonics) at a big name university? At this point, I won't be able to get any stellar letters of recommendations, and I have no idea what my GRE scores will be.
franznietzsche said:I'm curious what the effect of having published papers as an undergrad would be.
Igor_S said:From what I hear, to get into "big name" university you need to have perfect (or almost perfect) recommendations, GRE scores, GPA and a significant research. Considering how much people applies to these schools, it's not really a surprise.
Well it would probably increase the chance of being accepted. It would also show that a person has very probably done some research and what exactly. In other words, it would be something to show up ( I guess).
Igor_S said:Well it would probably increase the chance of being accepted. It would also show that a person has very probably done some research and what exactly. In other words, it would be something to show up ( I guess).
franznietzsche said:Obviously it would be a positive, what I meant is what kind of weight would it be given. I know its fairly common to REUs as an undergrad (and pretty much a requirement if one wants to get into a upper end grad school) but those don't usually result in a peer reviewed publication for the students involved, which to my knowledge is a fairly rare achievement.
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