How to navigate the Graduate School application/process?

Mom2aphysicsgeek
Wed, 05 Jun 2019 01:44:29 +0000

He might need to investigate whether he needs the physics GRE in addition to the general GRE.

Has he been participating in UG research on his home campus? Via an REU? Does he have profs who function as mentors? Those are the people he needs to be having these conversations with. They are the ones who will write his LOR and help point him toward grad programs. (If he hasn’t been participating in research with excellent relationships with mentoring professors, he will be at a serious disadvantage when applying. UG research is vital.)

In terms of cost, it is expensive to apply. He needs to plan on a way to pay for those costs. Travel expenses will probably be reimbursed. Grad school itself, though, is typically fully funded with tuition costs, a living stipend, and health insurance.