Non genius applicants

safetypin00
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:46:07 +0000

Publications depend way too much on the field you are in, it is not fair to compare it with other undergrads unless they are in your subfield. There’s a difference if you are running stats for a paper in psych that just surveyed people on drug use and mood, vs. doing a 3 year experiment with double transgenic mice, on which you are then doing stereotaxic surgery that don’t even breed well. My point is that it only makes sense to compare amongst people applying to the same PhD programs or coming from the same undergrad programs.