<p>The JSNN is a collaborative graduate school of UNCG and NC State. I’m curious as to how competitive admissions acceptance into the M.S. Nanoscience program is expected to be circa 2014 in comparison to other UNC-system graduate programs. Also, I am getting my B.S. in Chemistry/Biochemistry from UNCG, and I was wondering if attending one of the schools feeding the JSNN influences odds of acceptance into the program. Being on the UNCG campus also has the obvious advantage of lending itself to recommendations from on-campus instructors… Does anyone know what kinds of GPA requirements I can expect for acceptance? If I fall kinda short and end up with, say, a 3.0, can past participation in on-campus research projects help me in consideration for acceptance? Thanks!</p>
<p>Actually, JSNN is a collaborative grad school between UNCG and NC A&T, not NC State. I’m also a student at UNCG and study Physics and Chemistry. I have a few friends who are part of the first class at JSNN and from what I’ve heard, the admissions criteria will become more and more competitive as the school becomes further established. My current plan is to apply for Fall 2012 admission to the Nanoscience PhD program. Being a UNCG student definitely can help your chances in admission. I’m sure you can email any the professors and see if they are willing to take on undergraduates to help out in their lab. I emailed Dr. Hall whose research focuses on nanopores, biophysics, and NEMS, so now I’m helping out in his lab and will possibly take a research credit course in the fall and spring.</p>
<p>From the reading I’ve done on graduate school admissions, a 3.0 is basically the bare minimum gpa that they look for… along with other factors such as recommendations, research experience, letter of intent (if required), etc. I’d say the main things to do to really boost your competitiveness is to do undergraduate research and get good recommendations from your professors.</p>