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akhilcacharya on Oct 24, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: If you care about diversity, don't just hire from ...

How did you get from unknown undergrad to top PhD? I was considering grad school, but I'm concerned my profile isn't good enough.

timr on Oct 24, 2017 [–]

General advice: get good grades, do well on the GRE, and do research as an undergrad.

akhilcacharya on Oct 25, 2017 | [–]

I have decent grades (3.9 rounded down) and have a coauthored paper (not sure what tier the conference was...). Somehow I doubt that's enough.

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