How the fuck do you write a statement of purpose? (for grad school) I'm not some magical butterfly that when I was 3 years old discovered calculus and derived all of quantum mechanics, how the fuck do I tell them I'm interested in Physics when nothing revolutionary in my life ever happened that showed me my path. One day I just decided to start studying it.
Second: How the fuck do you get letters of recommendation from professors? I have had only a small handful of Physics professors. 6 in total. One mentioned he would write me one when the time comes, but I need 2 more minimum. Most of these professors I've only had for one semester and I don't think would feel comfortable writing me one, at least one with meaning.
>How the fuck do you write a statement of purpose? (for grad school) I'm not some magical butterfly that when I was 3 years old discovered calculus and derived all of quantum mechanics, how the fuck do I tell them I'm interested in Physics when nothing revolutionary in my life ever happened that showed me my path. One day I just decided to start studying it.
Why do you like physics? No reason? Just cause? If so, why the fuck do you think you belong in grad school?
Jeremiah Murphy
>How the fuck do you get letters of recommendation from professors?
If you don't know the answer to this question, you better set your sights low. My recommenders were 1. A professor who supervised my undergrad REU research, 2. A professor who supervised my math competition group (I wasn't a superstar, but we met twice a week for several semesters and I had a great relationship with him), 3. a professor with whom I had taken 3 courses and gotten the highest grade in all of them.
If you don't have any extracurricular relationships with your professors, you're going to get hit hard in admissions.
Connor Harris
pro tip: the best way into the grad program you want is to familiarize yourself with some of the groups work and contact them with questions. This shows you are leagues ahead in terms of actual commitment to a program.
Ethan Carter
did you have any research done?
Jason Parker
if not, aim low or try an internship
Jordan Bennett
Did you get in anywhere decent?
Noah Foster
>How the fuck do you get letters of recommendation from professors? 1. supervisor of research internship the summer after sophomore year 2. supervisor of research internship the summer after junior year 3. supervisor of undergraduate senior thesis This is the ideal trifecta of recommendation letters. The "did well in my class" recommendation letters don't go far.
Easton Cook
>How the fuck do you get letters of recommendation from professors? Do research with one of them. Network harder.
Hunter Sullivan
My field is Machine Learning. I got into Penn State.
