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Hello! I've been here long but this's my first post ever!
I'm an international applicant applying for this cycle and getting more and more hopeless recently as everything is coming up. I dunno if there's anything else i could do to make my application more competitive.
some basic info:
Undergrad: Penn State University Park
Major: Kinesiology
Overall GPA: 3.74
Pre-req GPA: havent calculated yet should be around my cGPA
GRE Scores: This is the part that concerns me the most. I'm still working on it (vocab and aw are absolutely killing me!!!) My first try will be in July and i wasnt really study for it until recently... I'll def give it another try in late August if the first one turn out bad. Do you guys think that will be too late?
i'm planning to get above 157 167 aw4 (maybe sort of unreal but who knows)
Observation Hours: over 300 hrs outpatient, 40 hrs inpatient
Extracurriculars: research assistant with 2 major professors, trainer and gym assistant in the school before i transferred to psu
LOR: havent reached out to prof and pt yet but luckily 2 PTs and 1 major prof
Plan to apply: Upitts (my first choice since my bf just accepted his phd offer from cmu), BU, Duke, MGH, Northwestern, Emory, Arcadia
Sometimes i just feel im still in the dark since i couldnt get much info on my side (don't really have friends to talk bout these since i'm a transfer and an international at the same time). I talked to one of my prof and she told me everything looked good but i just dont think the way she thinks after i read through the forum. Everyone here seems more competitive and knows more about the field than me. This is so frustrating and i wish i could start things earlier everything seems pretty late now
Any advice would be appreciated!!!!
I'm an international applicant applying for this cycle and getting more and more hopeless recently as everything is coming up. I dunno if there's anything else i could do to make my application more competitive.
some basic info:
Undergrad: Penn State University Park
Major: Kinesiology
Overall GPA: 3.74
Pre-req GPA: havent calculated yet should be around my cGPA
GRE Scores: This is the part that concerns me the most. I'm still working on it (vocab and aw are absolutely killing me!!!) My first try will be in July and i wasnt really study for it until recently... I'll def give it another try in late August if the first one turn out bad. Do you guys think that will be too late?
i'm planning to get above 157 167 aw4 (maybe sort of unreal but who knows)
Observation Hours: over 300 hrs outpatient, 40 hrs inpatient
Extracurriculars: research assistant with 2 major professors, trainer and gym assistant in the school before i transferred to psu
LOR: havent reached out to prof and pt yet but luckily 2 PTs and 1 major prof
Plan to apply: Upitts (my first choice since my bf just accepted his phd offer from cmu), BU, Duke, MGH, Northwestern, Emory, Arcadia
Sometimes i just feel im still in the dark since i couldnt get much info on my side (don't really have friends to talk bout these since i'm a transfer and an international at the same time). I talked to one of my prof and she told me everything looked good but i just dont think the way she thinks after i read through the forum. Everyone here seems more competitive and knows more about the field than me. This is so frustrating and i wish i could start things earlier everything seems pretty late now
Any advice would be appreciated!!!!
