Question about summer school and grad school apps
03-15-2012 at 01:23 PM
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Question about summer school and grad school apps
Hey guys,
Lately I've been stressing out quite a bit over grad school. I'd really like to go to a good school in the U.S. However, I realize they are very competitive, and look at all 4 years on your transcript -- and, fantastic, I have a C+ from first year physics. Does anyone know if bringing your marks up with summer school is "frowned upon" when it comes to grad school?
I'm assuming it comes down to the specific school, but just wanted to be sure -- I can't find any information on that anywhere!
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03-15-2012 at 09:15 PM
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Probably best to email the school, since as you said, it can be very school specific.
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04-21-2012 at 09:03 AM
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It's competitive, but you'll find that your 3rd and 4th years matter a lot more. I have a fail in 2nd year and a C+ average in first year. If you have a 4.0 for the next two years, you'll be plenty fine.
There are lots of things people say
-Summer grades are frowned upon
-Taking another year is frowned upon
-Taking less courses if frowned upon
-You won't get in with a fail
None of these things are true. Everything else equal, these things are bad. But if at the end of the day you have a 4.0 in difficult courses for a couple years, nobody will care when you took the courses, what you wrote in your SOP, etc. You have the right idea though, particularly if you want to be a professor, the U.S. is a good bet.
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04-21-2012 at 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by WalkerBlue
It's competitive, but you'll find that your 3rd and 4th years matter a lot more. I have a fail in 2nd year and a C+ average in first year. If you have a 4.0 for the next two years, you'll be plenty fine.
There are lots of things people say
-Summer grades are frowned upon
-Taking another year is frowned upon
-Taking less courses if frowned upon
-You won't get in with a fail
None of these things are true. Everything else equal, these things are bad. But if at the end of the day you have a 4.0 in difficult courses for a couple years, nobody will care when you took the courses, what you wrote in your SOP, etc. You have the right idea though, particularly if you want to be a professor, the U.S. is a good bet.
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Do you have any tips for those applying to grad schools for Economics? |
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05-05-2012 at 07:05 AM
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Gre
If you are planning on doing grad school in the states, you need to take the GRE (like the SATs, but for grad school instead of undergrad)
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