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Welcome, Graduate Admissions Committees
By Trevor | January 4, 2008
The holidays are just about wrapped up, and I can only assume that over the next few weeks the site will be visited by some curious graduate admissions committee members. That is, if I ever get high enough on their spreadsheets to make the cut for further consideration.
I ended up applying to two universities for graduate school, and decided to mention on the applications (against the advice of some) that I was a blogger. I figured that it supported my claim that I was very interested in the field of epigenetics research, and I was willing to go “above and beyond” what was expected of me in terms of work as an undergraduate. I also hope that the committees will understand that my professional experience began well before I started my undergraduate coursework here at WSU.
The holidays were great for my wife, stepson and I. We were invited by my parent-in-laws for a Christmas vacation in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and so we left the sub-freezing temperatures of Eastern Washington to sample the 75 degree Fahrenheit variety of the holiday. Needless to say, the trip back wasn’t as exciting as the one there.
I am still getting back up to speed on everything, and making all of the usual preparations for the start of spring semester. I hope to do more regular updates on the site concerning what everyone here is interested in, epigenetics. Until then, hopefully everyone had a great holiday and is ready for a new wave of epigenetics research in 2008.
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January 13th, 2008 at 2:27 am
hi,
it is so pleasant to hear this. As you know, this blog feels like a large epi-family. i hope you find a solution for the newsletter, and i wish you a great holiday.