๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—จ.๐—ฆ. ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—— ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€

1.๐—™๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Most U.S. universities offer a tuition waiver and a stipend for PhD candidates. Your passion might just pay your way.

2.๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ: A BSc or HND is your ticket in; no Master’s required. Think you need an extra degree? Think again.

3.๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ (Masters): Dive into a 5-year PhD with a BSc? You’ll snag a Master’s degree two years in.

4.๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฃ๐—”: PhD admission It’s not just about numbers on your Transcript. Your SOP, research experience, and ability to woo the admissions committee are what counts.

5.๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ not a Barrier: Already clocking 40s or 50s, passion for knowledge knows no age. US universities do not consider it in given out admissions.

6.๐—™๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฆ๐—ฐ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต: Your undergraduate research project? That’s valuable experience. Flaunt it on your CV and SOP.

7.๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Application fees? Most universities will offer a waiverโ€”if you just ask.

8.๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜: Eager to apply? No need to wait for that cold email response from a Professor.

9.๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐˜†๐—ฒ, ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—˜: Many universities are sidelining the GRE. One less hurdle between you and your dream.

10.๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—™๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜: Studied in English? You might be exempt from English tests if you can show proof of English Proficiency.

11.๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€-๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€: With a BS in one field, you can dive into a PhD in another. Engineering to Science? Absolutely!

12.๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ: Computational skills are the new ace up your sleeve in grad school applications.

13. ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: To ace a PhD interview, dive deep into a professor’s work, and charm them with genuine interest.

14.ย ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—น-๐—ถ๐—ป-๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ: No separate applications for Assistantships. It’s wrapped in with your admission offer.

15.ย Paper Publication: You don’t need a paper publication to get a PhD admission in the US. Don’t go rushing up a review paper because you want to fill paper publication requirement. Admissions committee see through such haze.

16.๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Let courage, not fear, guide your U.S. graduate application journey.

Now, armed with this knowledge, you’re primed to conquer the application process of any U.S. university of your dreams

ยฉMoses Udoisoh Ph.D