applying to grad school is an incredibly exciting but extremely daunting endeavor. unfortunately, the process is not transparent.
if you would like access to my application materials, contact me! ill share my entire application package despite my cringe when I reread it.
there are multiple stages to the process:
- how to find schools to apply to | I applied to 17 programs
- how to create application package
- considerations for grad school interviews | I interviewed at 7 programs
- how to choose the right graduate program | i was accepted to 6 programs
I do not recommend my approach, both for financial reasons (applications are expensive) and energy capacity reasons (application process is exhausting).
I am now a happy phd student in the neuroscience program at the university of washington :)
applications sent:
- caltech
- columbia
- cornell
- duke
- harvard
- johns hopkins
- janelia (joint program with johns hopkins)
- northwestern
- nyu
- princeton
- rockefeller
- stanford
- uc berkeley
- ucla
- uscd
- uw neuro
- uw pyschology
- yale
interviews:
- cornell
- duke
- johns hopkins
- janelia (separately from JHU)
- princeton
- uw neuro
- uw psychology
acceptances:
- duke
- johns hopkins
- janelia (separate acceptance from JHU)
- princeton
- uw neuro
- uw psychology