Joined: Oct 25, 2006
Posts: 9
Location: North Texas
Posted:
Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:17 am
Hi guys,
It seems kind of funny to be asking this here, but I know a lot of well-educated people hang out here... Someone is bound to give me some useful advice!
I will be graduating from college before long (1.5-2 years) and I am starting to think about graduate school. I don't know where to start! I'm a biology student (pre med actually), and I want to go to graduate school for entomology. Does anyone know roughly what your GPA should be to get into a good public college's science/ biology graduate programs, what standardized tests they might look for, any other skills or areas they might evaluate?
Pretty much any advice anyone has will be appreciated.
not_a_theist Resident
Joined: Jun 07, 2004
Posts: 353
Location: Texas is the home of the players and pimps
Posted:
Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:47 am
hey im applying to grad schools for chemistry right now. Here are some important points:
-A gpa above 3.0 is usually the minimum requirement. Some will accept with lower gpa's, but usually with some sort of probationary status or the applicant has good other qulaifications
-your going to have to take the GRE, which is a computer based standardized test. Questions similiar to the SAT but a bit harder I would say. Although this is usually the least important requirement IMO.
-The most important thing to have is research experience. Talk to some of your bio or chem professors and see if they would allow you to do research with them. Or you can apply to REU programs that pay you to do research over the summer. These are great and I did one this past summer at Rice. Heres a list for REU programs in Biology:
Bio REU's
-Letters of reccommendation are also important, usually youre going to need three. So start now making good contacts with your professors so that they can write you good LORs.
Thats about it for now, but remember the most important thing is research experience. Even if you dont get a paying position you should take any opportunity to be able to do some research in the undergraduate level.
slicea1a The Learned
Joined: Jun 06, 2005
Posts: 105
Location: Lincoln, NE
Posted:
Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:55 am
Another good thing to do is to do some research on the schools you are applying for. School is expensive, so contact a lawyer in the city where the school is located. If they have any complaints against them that's the best way to find out. Don't do it like I did, got neck deep in student loans before I found out my school had numerous complaints filed against them...
Of course, you should contact a lawyer before you spend any large amount of money like buying a house, etc.
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