Application Question (Degree Areas)

[Roo2]

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I'm about to send in my application but I have one more issue that I'd like to clear up... When I add a school to send my application to, I am provided with a menu of degree area(s), in which I may check one or more options. Is my selection here binding? So far I've just put structural biology because that is what I'm trained in, but I am also interested in other areas such as molecular bio and biophysics. What exactly is determined by my selection in this menu?

 

[StoicJosher]

It is not binding. It just shows the university where your interests lie. It is also helpful when you pick faculty to meet with during your interviews.

 

[bd4727]

If it is used at all, it is used to help pick which faculty members will be interviewing you so that they can "recruit" you since you are presumably interested in their department.