December 22, 2024, 05:18:45 PM
Forum Rules: Read This Before Posting


Topic: Search for graduate schools  (Read 5920 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Cheemistree8889

  • Regular Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 34
  • Mole Snacks: +1/-0
  • Gender: Male
Search for graduate schools
« on: January 28, 2008, 03:37:58 PM »
Hi.  I'm a chemistry major in my third year and I was wondering how one goes about looking for graduate programs.  How do you know what programs (without visiting the schools) you may be able to get into and/or would like to go to.  It seems like a difficult task to find a professor who has research that is interesting to you just by searching on the web.  I think I want to go into organic or bioorganic.

Offline Yggdrasil

  • Retired Staff
  • Sr. Member
  • *
  • Posts: 3215
  • Mole Snacks: +485/-21
  • Gender: Male
  • Physical Biochemist
Re: Search for graduate schools
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2008, 03:58:23 PM »
Are you doing research at your school?  If so, you can ask your faculty advisor or grad students/postdocs in your lab about specific programs and professors, especially if your research interests are along the lines of your current research.

If you aren't doing research, then you should start soon.  Also, you can ask professors from whom you've taken classes.  Most will be happy to speak with you about your research interests and where best to pursue those interests.

Sponsored Links