Advice for Grad School

Slorg
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:01:02 +0000

My opinion:

Grad schools are looking for good researchers, aka lab rats. To impress a grad school, you need four things:


Letters of Recommendation
This is where a professor tells the grad school of how much lab rat potential you have.
Research Experience
This is how you impress the grad school by showing you have experience being a lab rat.
GPA
This indicates both your lab rat knowledge and work ethic.
GRE
This shows how smart you are compared to other potential lab rats.


To answer your question, I have no idea whether it’s essential. Certainly it helps.