GPA: 3.23 cumulative/3.44 Jr/Sr year from a top 25 liberal arts college
GRE: 640 V(91%) 760 Q(86%) 5.0 AW(77%)
GRE Subject: Retaking in Oct
Research: 1yr during undergrad including internship at a well known research hospital
going on 2yrs now post graduation(07) working as a research associate for small biotechs
1 publication, possibly 1 more before apps are submitted
LORs: CSO of my current company, CEO of last company I worked at, professor I worked for as an undergrad
Schools: Harvard, UCSF, UCSD, Cornell Weill, UMass Medical, BU, Dartmouth, Tufts, Duke, WUSTL, maybe more
I know my GPA is on the low side, but I am hoping my research experience, scores, and LORs can offset that fact. The programs I am looking at are either umbrella programs or cancer biology/immunology. My internship was in a cancer lab and the two companies I have worked for since graduation have focused on autoimmune disease, with a lot of assay development work and some downstream target biology. Don't know if it helps or not, but my internship and two companies are affiliated with one of the schools I am applying to. Do I stand a chance at these schools?