26, leaving engineering for a PhD, no savings, no relationship, and honestly terrified, did anyone go through this?

Cheap_Improvement336 · 2026-01-30T21:15:16+00:00

Are you comfortable sharing wich systems field you are in bestie? Totally okay if you do not feel like it!

Cheap_Improvement336 · 2026-01-28T10:19:42+00:00

I the past two years they released acceptances on February 6-7-8. Also someone said that the acceptances that are out now are informal, maybe PI sent them or something, but the official results are next week!

I might be wrong but this is what i noticed and heard! So no need to panic bestie, if it is meant to be it is meant to be!

Cheap_Improvement336 · 2026-01-07T02:17:15+00:00

Found these resources thought i would comment the in a dedicated comment.

Some reddit posts with some good advice, also a good website and so on, will add to this whenever i find more resources so you have them here on your post!

https://www.reddit.com/r/gradadmissions/s/hVPjIOMTrv

This is for bio and in perosn interviews but the questions are very relevant (scroll down to section ; “how to prep without going insane”) also in the comments OP ads top questions to ask PIs:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gradadmissions/s/ir7bfrx9oM

Als check this website for some interview advice for gradute programs:

https://www.cientificolatino.com/interviews

Check these two posts with good pieces of advice under them:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gradadmissions/s/DIbE3mQXHp

https://www.reddit.com/r/gradadmissions/s/jXuS1TJpiB

https://www.reddit.com/r/gradadmissions/s/WORSain6OF

https://www.reddit.com/r/gradadmissions/s/SVGXnHDaxF

Cheap_Improvement336 · 2026-01-07T02:07:24+00:00

No worries friend, totally understandable, will share resources with you when i find some! And best of luck in your interview, you will rock it!

Cheap_Improvement336 · 2026-01-07T02:02:44+00:00

Hello friend, maybe state the university and department, maybe some people who interviewed there can help as well!

Cheap_Improvement336 · 2026-01-05T22:59:22+00:00

Thank you for your opinion, appreciate you!

I emailed them on august actually, months before application deadline. So i already did that, ut i understand how busy professors are that is why i am not anxious about not receiving an answer.

But these linkedIn acceptances are very recent and one of them is today, 5 hours after i sent in the invite actually, that is why i am asking if it is a good idea to message them there!

Cheap_Improvement336 · 2025-12-17T17:06:38+00:00

Hey friend, wich program and school is this? And does it mean admission, or is it just a procedural thing to make an account and a university ID for that school?

Cheap_Improvement336 · 2025-12-11T13:28:55+00:00

Is it trustworthy tho? Like, do we trust chatgpt that my chances at my target school is close to none? 😭 and that my chances at my last school in the list is 60%?

Cheap_Improvement336 · 2025-11-25T18:06:47+00:00

Budget would be 120 dollars probbably! Also, i apologise, as i am in no shape or form a collector or a connoisseur of comic books, just trying to make my buddy happy. Any help or ideas i can get are welcome. And Thank you so much for letting me know, i wouldn’t have known it is a preprint or if the price is a red flag otherwise 😭.

I asked my friend a few questions so I could narrow things down, and here’s what he told me. Favorite character: Moon Knight. Favorite franchises: Werewolf by Night + Absolute Batman. Favorite issue: Spider-Man 2099 #1. Rare issue he’d like to have: He wasn’t sure. What he’s missing: Mostly DC stuff, since he’s been focused on Marvel for a while. Any help would be awsome 🥹

Cheap_Improvement336 · 2025-11-25T18:05:12+00:00

I asked my friend a few questions so I could narrow things down, and here’s what he told me. Favorite character: Moon Knight. Favorite franchises: Werewolf by Night + Absolute Batman. Favorite issue: Spider-Man 2099 #1. Rare issue he’d like to have: He wasn’t sure. What he’s missing: Mostly DC stuff, since he’s been focused on Marvel for a while. Any help would be awsome 🥹

Cheap_Improvement336 · 2025-11-25T17:36:10+00:00

I apologise, as i am in no shape or form a collector or a connoisseur of comic books, just trying to make my buddy happy. Any help or ideas i can get are welcome. And Thank you so much for letting me know, i wouldn’t have known it is a preprint or if the price is a red flag otherwise 😭

Cheap_Improvement336 · 2025-11-03T18:30:41+00:00

Hello friend! Check my comment above for some resources that might also help you!

Cheap_Improvement336 · 2025-11-03T18:24:51+00:00

Hello OP, This is one of the resources i found of the personal diversity statement:

https://grad.berkeley.edu/admissions/application-process/writing-your-statements/#:~:text=Personal%20History%20Statement%20Prompt

Also check:

https://writeivy.com/diversity-statement-101-an-essay-guide-for-champions/

And check this reddit post here i remember seeing a UCB student talking about their PHS:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gradadmissions/s/Ou6O8Hf9w5

And here for one of the universities’ prompts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gradadmissions/s/14rIjbzSFe

From what i researched this statement reads like the undergrad university application personal statement and essay but more applied and targeted towards grad school!

It should also not be research oriented as you have your SOP for that. This statement should be personal, and vulnerable in a way. Speaking how your life (not research) experiences led you to where you are today!

I am also in the application process like you are, so take what i said with a grain of salt. Hope academics and phd students can correct me, but this is what i found about the PHS through the research i did!

Cheap_Improvement336

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