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  1. So I am a little bit concerned that I am being overly ambitious about my choice in schools. Ideally I would like to attend Caltech, MIT or Northwestern. However, I have heard from some people that being from a school outside of the top 25 universities (i.e. non ivy league level schools) can be a disadvantage. Is this true? Should I change my expectations? Also if I bomb the subject GRE (below 50%) am I screwed? Thanks for your help. American from a state university in the top 40 chemistry programs. BS in Chemistry Graduated in the Spring of 2015 Applying to Chemistry PhD programs I am interested in nanotechnology and chemical biology GRE: Will be taking in the summer Subject GRE: Will be taking in April GPA - 3.8 Research - 2 years of undergraduate research in organic chemistry where I published 3 second author papers in JACS. One of the papers was spotlighted in JACS. I am currently doing a 2 year fellowship at the NIH doing translational molecular biology research (I don't like it as much as my undergraduate research but it is still interesting). I have one small publication (4th author in a small journal) so far and will hopefully have at least 1 more publication from the NIH before I apply. Presentations - 1 poster at a regional conference where I won first place in my division and 1 poster at my undergraduate institution. 1 published presentation at a national conference (third author). Awards- NIH fellowship, ACS award for outstanding undergraduate research. Graduated with honors (completed honors thesis) LOR- I should have 1 outstanding letter, 1 Very very good letter, and 1 Good letter Dream Schools MIT Harvard Northwestern Berkley Cal Tech Schools I would love to attend UCLA UT Austin Wisconsin Illinois Schools That I would also like UC Irvine UNC UC Boulder Yale Hopkins U Chicago
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