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Students: On the Blog: Applying to a PhD program in the US as an international student

Contributed by kjm34 on Nov 01, 2019 - 04:53 PM

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“I started doing research as an undergraduate student at the University of Sao Paulo in my native Brazil. By the time I was starting my master’s degree at the same university, I was very much set on a research career, but at that point I had never seriously entertained the possibility of leaving Brazil for a PhD. The thought had crossed my mind, but I thought it wasn’t for me: the process of finding a suitable advisor and lab, applying for a graduate program and moving overseas just seemed daunting.”


Continue reading for Rafael’s step-by-step primer for international students applying to PhD programs in the US. 

 
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