Applying to grad school after 2yrs undergrad?

meguca
Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:48:31 +0000

Okay - thank you very much.

I haven’t done much research into this before - how much money does it cost to apply to 5-7 grad schools? I remember applying for undergrad had a bunch of fees and costs at every step of the process.

Also, if I am rejected from all of them and I apply later, does my previous rejection have some sort of bearing upon my later application?

Finally - can’t I demonstrate my “soft skills” through my personal statement (& whatever essays are required) as well as (hopefully) through my LORs? My writing is pretty good (in my opinion, at least, whatever that counts for).

Would you recommend that I contact professors before hand since my situation is so out of the ordinary?

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What about applying to my undergrad university for graduate school? The PI in my lab is a major rising star in his field, has lots of money, and is doing very good research - but I don’t know if that’s good enough to counteract the fact that a lot of people seem to dislike people who don’t go to a different school for their PhD.