Few questions from an Irish undergrad
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:31 pm
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After my study abroad year in Edinburgh, my grades were converted by my home institution as >72%A, 69-72%A-, etc. Wish I'd have known ahead of time, I spent 2 months pouring over Griffiths to get a 91% on my E&M paper.lenivix wrote:I was also wondering exactly how I should be converting my current grades into GPA...
A few of my friends from the UK had some difficulty with the PGRE when they went over. Grad school in the US is much more coursework-intensive than in the UK, so it's more important here to show a general competency across the discipline. I'd revise your first and second year notes for the better part of 3 months before sitting it. It's hard to get into a pure physics program without the PGRE, though some specific programs don't require it, since getting a degree in optics doesn't require as much knowledge of, say, special relativity.lenivix wrote: Most state the PGRE as "highly recommended", not required, but I presume that having a good PGRE helps your application
Hehe, cheers!sphy wrote:Other thing is that--
I love your Irish Music man..
It's awesome..dulcet.
Yes October will be plenty early enough, in fact most schools will also accept November scores as well. Just make sure you choose to apply to a range of universities as you will compile your list prior to knowing your GRE scores (i.e. apply to safety schools)lenivix wrote:Hehe, cheers!sphy wrote:Other thing is that--
I love your Irish Music man..
It's awesome..dulcet.
I'm back again with another question or two.. I did some snooping about which confirmed that I'll have to travel to England to do the PGRE - I think I've decided I will do this in October, plenty of time to study and plan, and everything else. I'm just wondering though, is this leaving enough time to get results in by program deadlines in December? Do most undergrad students take the test around October/November of their final year? I've noticed that April is the only other time of the year you can take it, and besides the fact that I have my own exams in April, this is way too early for me to make a decent attempt at it..
I think I had another question but I can't remember it at the moment, so I'll leave it here! Thanks guys.