Too Ambitious of a School List?

[longdaysahead]

Hello,

I was wondering if you could take a look at my profile and tell me what you think

B.S Chemistry         AA Mathematics          AA Persian-Farsi             AA Intelligence operations

308 gre (150V 158Q)

3.91/4.0 CGPA

2 years research experience in physical chemistry at UCSD

        -Putting together a paper right now.

3 month internship at a National Laboratory in the US.

        - Submitted paper for publication

1 Poster-board presentation

1 Seminar

3 strong LOR from coauthors and teachers I've worked for.

Been a tutor for 5 years in all sciences.

6 years military service linguist/military intelligence

 

I'm looking for a PhD program in theoretical chemistry:

 

1)UCLA

2)USC

3)UC Davis

4)Stanford

5)UCI

6)University of Washington

7) University of Oregon

8) University of Arizona

9) Northwestern

10) Berkeley

 

Do I even have a chance at any of these schools or should I aim for lower schools? Thank you very much for your help!!

 

 

[kaswing]

We don't know, but the physical sciences forum may