Okay, so I'm a little ( lot) clueless. I realized that perhaps, just perhaps, I really want to attend grad school not in Russia, but in the US. That scares the living daylights out of me. I have virtually no idea how to actually get accepted to a good program in the US (and how to to pay for it, though from what I've been able to find online most ( Read more... )

Hey everyone, I'm new here.. and new to grad school [I guess?].  My name is Laura, I'm 23, and if all goes according to plan, I should be graduating in May with a BS in Biology...

So the deal is this, I have no idea where to start.  My academic adviser has been completely unhelpful in the whole thing, which is astounding to me, seeing as how she is ( Read more... )

This is a question mostly to people in life sciences. Is it OK to state in your SOP that you want to work in industry after finishing the PhD, or do you lie (in my case) and say you want to stay in academia? My friend says that you ALWAYS state on your SOP that you want to do research in academia and teach, even if you don't mean it. However, that ( Read more... )