It’s that time of the year again: graduate school application season. Today we revisit a 2015 article that shows, once more, that GRE scores requirements on graduate admissions hurt diversity and equity of opportunity in astronomy, and we are overdue on fighting against the inertia.
Are you planning on going to grad school? Check out what the chair of the graduate admissions committee at Caltech has to say about getting into a program like his.
Astrobites has a birthday this month. Bear with us as we take a look back at our first four years.
I find that thinking about major undertakings and not knowing where to start can be extremely stressful. How am I supposed to know to be on top of something if I don’t even know I’m supposed to do it? In my experience, and maybe in yours as well, applying to grad school can be like that. This timeline is supposed to be a general outline for applying to astronomy graduate schools in the US generally from the perspective of a US-based student.
A “lab?” In astronomy? Learn how John Johnson is bringing chemistry to his new group at Caltech.