Guys, I applied to programs at Stanford, UCSD, WUSTL, Rice, and UMD with a concentration on plant biology. I am extremely disheartened that I didn't receive interview invitations from neither UCSD and WUSTL - I am more than 80% sure they have sent out interview invitations at this point. I know my grades are not great - it is just 3.5, and I struggle for it because my school is midwest private school ranking top 20 national wide with a lot of smart people doing premeds. And the plant research I've been working on for the past three years in the same lab just got scooped by someone else this summer so my chance for publicatio is zero. I am actually preparing for not receiving any PhD offers at all. If I don't receive any offers, I have two plans: 1. quitting the field completely and teach English in my home country instead. 2. See if any biotech companies or research institutions can adopt me so that I can have a second chance.
I don't really know where my life is going.