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Tagged with two-body-problem graduate-admissions
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How to mention that we are applying as a couple? [duplicate]
My wife and I are applying to US universities for master's and PhD programmes. We both have a electrical engg. degree and are applying to the same department. However we would like to get into the ...
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Applying same graduation school with my girlfriend, is it ethical?
Me and my girlfriend are currently studying in the same university and same department. We both applied couple of master's degree programs abroad.
One of the programs is in both our interest and she ...
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Mention two-body-problem in PhD applications? If so, where?
My significant other and I finish our master degrees at the same time and thus we are applying for PhD programmes at the same time. One major factor of accepting a potential offer would be if we could ...
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What would be different between two years of graduate admissions?
A bit of background to contextualize:
So I'm in a bit of a two-body problem with both me and my wife interested in applying for programs in the near future. Mine would be five-year-plus program and ...
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How to politely inform potential PhD supervisor that I must wait before responding to an offer? (Two-body problem)
I am a physics student in the UK.
A university (university A) has made me a PhD offer. The email from admissions was very clear that there is a 30-day time limit on this offer. As it happens I am ...
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Should an applicant to an university mention that her spouse is currently a student in the same University, as part of her SOP?
While writing one's Statement of Purpose for applying to a grad program, should one mention that her spouse is also a grad student in the same university? What are the pro's and con's of that approach ...
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