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So you want to apply for something…
Start Searching• Summer Research:
• REU website: https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp
• Through Cal Poly SLO: http://starteacherresearcher.org/application.html
• UCI SURF: http://www.grad.uci.edu/about-us/diversity/grad-prep-programs/non-uci-students/surf.html
• UCSD STARS: http://grad.ucsd.edu/degrees/summer-researches/stars/index.html
• UCR MSRIP: http://graduate.ucr.edu/msrip.html
• UCR MacREU: http://macreu.ucr.edu
• National Lab: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/
Start Searching
• Astronomy specific: http://www.astrobetter.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Summer+Internships
• Contact a professor at a specific university you want to work at
• Google it! “summer research XXXXX” or something such.
• Summer Research:
• NASA: https://intern.nasa.gov
• CalTech: http://sfp.caltech.edu/programs
• CSU or CSUSB specific:
• CREST: http://materials.csusb.edu
• CAMPARE: http://www.cpp.edu/~sci/physics-astronomy/research/campare.shtml
Start Searching• Graduate School:
• AIP lists of Programs:
• physics: https://www.aip.org/statistics/reports/roster-physics-2015
• astronomy: https://www.aip.org/statistics/reports/roster-astronomy-2015
• look for p = PhD. or m = masters only
• AIP Grad School Shopper: https://www.gradschoolshopper.com/gradschool/
• book in study room
• Talk to faculty members, research mentors, friends, classmates, alumni, etc.
Start Searching
• Jobs:
• Professional Organization websites: https://aas.org/jobs/job-search
• CSUSB Career Center: http://career.csusb.edu
• Talk to faculty members, research mentors, friends, classmates, alumni, etc.
Get Organized!
• Make a spreadsheet for yourself of all the programs/jobs you want to apply for and their application requirements.
• Pay special attention to deadlines, application fees (and possible fee waivers), tests needed, transcripts (official or unofficial), letters of recommendation, etc.
• Give your letter writers as much time as possible to write letters on your behalf. Send them a spreadsheet with all the info they need to write letters for you. (Provide a template shortly…)
!Last updated
4/28/16
GREAT! SO HOW DO I APPLY? It!takes!time!and!effort!to!search!for,!select!and!apply!to!programs!you!are!interested!in!–!and!it’s!time!and!effort!that!has!to!fit!in!around!all!your!other!schoolwork!!Here’s!a!suggested!timeline!that!will!help!you!plan!for!success.(!
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CONGRATULATIONS!!Have!a!great!summer,!and!enjoy!your!undergraduate!research!experience!!
Visit!The!Resource!Toolbox!for!!more!handouts:!
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I. SUMMER / EARLY FALL ! Get!organized!! Begin!drafting!cover!letter!
&!personal!statement!! Update!and!revise!your!
resume!! Use!your!campus!career!and!
writing!centers!!! Discuss!the!potential!of!!
summer!research!experience!with!family(
II. FALL ! Search!for!programs.!Use!
www.pathwaystoscience.org!!! Note!application!deadlines,!requirements!and!
contacts!! Seek!input!from!peers!and!mentors!! Make!use!of!extra!time!during!Thanksgiving!break!!! Identify!&!talk!with!potential!recommenders!! Research!process!for!requesting!transcripts!! Stay!organized!!
III. EARLY TO MID WINTER ! Make!your!final!selection!of!
programs!to!apply!to!! Request!letters!of!
recommendation!2!months!in!advance!
! Polish!Q!and!reQpolish!Q!your!essays!&!cover!letter!
! Request!transcripts!!
IV. MID TO LATE WINTER ! Make!use!of!your!winter!break!
to!work!on!your!apps.!! Follow!up!with!your!
recommenders!! Make!sure!your!contact!info!
will!be!active!in!spring!! APPLY!!Complete!and!submit!
applications.!! Call!to!confirm!your!
application!was!received!in!full.!
V. SPRING ! Keep!a!look!out!.!.!.!check!your!email!!! Consider!offers:!stipend?!housing?!travel?!! Select!and!respond! VI. EARLY SUMMER ! Receive!and!read!materials!for!your!program!! Sign!and!return!forms!as!appropriate!! Join!the!programZs!listserv!or!social!media!tools!! Touch!base!with!your!recommenders!Q!let!them!
know!your!successful!outcome,!and!say!thank!you!!
http://pathwaystoscience.org/index.aspx
• Jan/Feb: Sign up for Physics GRE test
• April: Take Physics GRE
• June/July: Sign up for Physics GRE test
• Sept.: Take Physics GRE
• Fall: Sign up and take General GRE test
• Grad Check: by end of November
Selling Yourself• Personal Statements:
• Don’t be afraid to talk about your background and where you come from. You are special and have worked hard to get here, let them know that!
• Don’t be arrogant. :-(
• Why are you excited or interested in doing this research/opportunity?
• PROOFREAD - there should be no typos or grammatical errors
• Utilize the Career Center: http://career.csusb.edu
• Ask a faculty member (and others!) to read it over and give comments.
• Ideally this will be done in an iterative fashion, but we might not always have time for that.
Selling Yourself• CV versus Resume
• Curriculum Vitae:
• Used for academic applications
• no page limits typically
• Resume:
• Used for industry jobs or internships
• limited to 1-2 pages
• They contain some of the same material, but are formatted a little differently.
• Utilize the Career Center for this too!
You Got Accepted!
• Congratulations!!!!!!!
• Let us know where and when you got accepted.
• We can help you make the best decision for you.
Scholarship Programs
• High School Teacher: Noyce Program: http://noyce-scholarships.csusb.edu
• Astronomy: Cal-Bridge:http://www.cpp.edu/~sci/physics-astronomy/research/cal-bridge.shtml
• LSAMP
• Others through SPS national