BACKGROUND AND INTEREST FORM

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Please complete this form as part of your application for Admission to Graduate Study and mail to:

Graduate Coordinator
Department of Cellular Biology
724 Biological Sciences Building
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2607

I. Indicate your major research-training interest with a number indicating the rank of the chosen field or speciality (1 = highest)

_____ Cell Biology—including Biochemistry, Structural Biology
_____ Developmental Biology—including Developmental Genetics
_____ Cellular/Molecular Parasitology—including Protistology, Immunology
_____ Physiology—including Neurobiology, Endocrinology, Cellular Physiology

2. Discuss briefly your specific research-training interests. Include a description of the kind of work you would like to undertake and your educational goals at our University (attach additional material or use a separate page if you wish):

3. Using Peterson's Guide to Graduate Study as a reference, which of the faculty members of the Cellular Biology Department have research interests most like yours?
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4. How did you find out about our Department?
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5. Describe any undergraduate or graduate research that you have undertaken or completed, including a citation to any published work. If you are working on or have completed a graduate degree, give your thesis title, your major professor, and the institution where the work is being done or was completed. If you have participated in off-campus programs or have other unusual pertinent experiences, please describe them in this section:
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6. Indicate courses completed (with grades) that may not appear on your transcript:
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7. Indicate courses you plan to complete (including the semester or quarter and institution) before enrolling at the University of Georgia:
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8. Have you applied for financial aid? _______ Yes _______ No
If yes, list the agencies, sources, or places that you have applied:
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If no, please indicate your source of support:
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9. Are there other facts that will aid us in evaluating your application? If so, please state them here or on an attached sheet:
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10. Permanent address:
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Summer address:
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11. Veteran? _______ Yes _______ No
Locality of service:
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