Grad school application match program
Hello! It's exciting that you are applying to graduate school! There are lots of people who have gone through the process of applying to graduate school who are open to help current applicants. Sometimes getting connected with those people is difficult, so we're here to help!

We aim to pair current grad school applicants with someone who has already gone through the process, taking into consideration your needs and experiences. This includes helping applicants connect with people who share similar identities, specifically ones where you might have questions about the grad school experiences.

We will do our best to match you with someone who we think can help you, although this will depend on who volunteers. Once we match you, we will send you an email, Cc'ing your application "mentor." We ask that you reach to them by email and we'll give you some ideas of what you can say in that first email!

Please be patient with us as this is our first attempt at doing this match program. Please pass along any feedback or questions to Olivia at owilkins@caltech.edu.

Cheers,
Olivia Wilkins and Maria Camarca
Current PhD Students and Program Organizers
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Name *
Email *
Primary field(s)
e.g. Chemistry (astrochemistry)
Country where you are looking to attend graduate school
Type of graduate program you were seek to enroll in
Country where you attend(ed) undergraduate
Identities for match consideration
Matches will be made to best accommodate the situations of each applicant. For instance, if someone wants to specifically be paired with a first-generation college student, they can request that. Please note that you do NOT have to select an identity that matches your own if you aren't comfortable sharing that information. If there is another identity not listed that you'd like to share, please select "Other."
High priority
Medium priority
Low priority
N/A or Not a priority
First-generation college student
Non-traditional student (e.g. took a gap year)
Woman
Genderqueer or gender-nonconforming
Trans
Disabled person
Person of color
Under-represented minority (URM)
International Student
If you checked person of color or URM above, you may share your race/ethnicity here (e.g. Black, Indigenous)
Additional identities
If there are identities that you would like considered (high or medium priority) when making a match that weren't listed above, we're sorry that we missed them. Please list them here in case we have a volunteer who shares those identities.
What are you hoping to get out of this program? *
Not all of these things are relevant to all applications, so if you don't think you need one of these components to your applications, you probably don't. (We're just trying to be thorough.)
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Are you interested in getting advice on any fellowship applications?  If yes, which one(s)?
When is your first application due? *
If you don't know, give your best guess! We'll do our best to pair you with someone in time for your first application deadline, but this will help us make sure we don't pair you with someone after you no longer need them.
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When is your last application due? *
If you don't know, give your best guess! We'll do our best to pair you with someone, but if we can't, we don't want to pair you with someone after you no longer need them.
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Your email will be used for the purpose of connecting you with a mentor. *
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