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  1. If God gives me one more chance and let me get into a top school, I am ready to burn myself over the next five years.
  2. What is your division? I applied to Finance PhD and didn't get an email
  3. About few years ago, I was nervous about the prospect of getting admission. I was not sure if the research project that I was doing was going to help me getting accepted to top programs. So I sent emails to professors at one particular school X I was interested in (not my school). I asked them what they were looking for from successful applicants, whether my research project is going to be helpful. Unfortunately, I was messed up with the formatting when sending emails to some professors, so I had to send emails to them again. Surprisingly, I got responses from about 10 professors within less than a day, which were all pretty positive and supportive. However, in retrospect, I am concerned if my emailing was not in accord with the norms in academia. In particular, I heard someone saying that prospective applicants should not contact the faculty as they might appear native, not understanding the process. Do you think the faculty at school X will remember the emails I sent years ago ? Do you think professors who did not reply to my email will have negative impression about me? School X is one of my top choice. Thanks.
  4. I have read somewhere on the internet saying that getting NSF fellowship is helpful for admission to PhD programs. I have two questions. (1) I am interested in Finance PhD program. Am I eligible for the fellowship? (I will contract the NSF guys shortly but I am being impatient here) (2) I see on the website that the awardees will be notified of their awards in April. But isn't the admission process already over by that time? I don't understand how then the NSF fellowship can be helpful in the admission process. Thanks
  5. I got 170 on the GRE quant section. But the percentile rank ends up being only 98 percent. Should I retake the test? Sorry in advance if I do not understand the workings of the GRE. I just want to make everything crystal clear. I remember reading somewhere that top schools have no qualm about rejecting applications below 99 percentile on the quant section.
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