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TheGoobermensch
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Alright so here's the deal: I graduated recently (spring '23) from Ohio State University with a BS in physics. I graduated with honors and magna cum laude (3.8 ish gpa). I took the general GRE and got 162 verbal, 165 quant, and 4.5 writing. I spent some time in a master program to pursue teaching physics at a high school level, but that really wasn't my speed. I have decided that I want to pursue my phd in physics after all. Here's where I need some help here; I have basically no real research experience from my undergraduate education. This worries me for two reasons: One, grad school is a LOT of research, so how will any institution I apply for have any confidence in me? Two, this limits my ability to get letters of recommendation, as I no longer have a research advisor as a shoe in for a great rec letter.
I feel confident that I can get two solid rec letters out of professors I had recently, but a third will be a little difficult, and will likely end up being something pretty generic from a prof who doesn't really remember me that well. What caliber of schools should I be looking into? Am I overrating the research thing, or am I screwed? Really any advice at all would be greatly appreciated, I am feeling a little bit on the outside looking in.
I feel confident that I can get two solid rec letters out of professors I had recently, but a third will be a little difficult, and will likely end up being something pretty generic from a prof who doesn't really remember me that well. What caliber of schools should I be looking into? Am I overrating the research thing, or am I screwed? Really any advice at all would be greatly appreciated, I am feeling a little bit on the outside looking in.