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Pittsburgh CNUP and UAB Neuroscience are contacting people; keep your eyes peeled for something and good luck!

Emory gave me a ring! Seems as if I might see a few of you at the overlapping schools we've been invited to. Best of luck everyone!

Received a voice mail from an unknown number; opened it up and it turned out to be Northwestern! Congratulations to everyone who got a call!

Received an interview invitation from Vanderbilt IGP; very excited!

Well, I've enjoyed reading these threads so I may as well contribute. Undergrad Institution: Large State University Major(s): Psychology Minor(s): Biology & Chemistry GPA in Major: 4.0 Overall GPA: 3.63 Position in Class: Not given GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 165 (90th) V: 167 (97th) W: 5.5 (98th) Research Experience: 1.5 years in a genetics lab, senior honors work in a chromatin & molecular biology lab, a few semesters in unrelated work (ecology etc). Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Graduated with University Honors for successfully defending my senior honors thesis; it was unpublished though. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: The time in the genetics lab has been paid. Was hired fulltime by the lab as soon as I graduated so I suppose that’s a good sign. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I had no clue what I wanted to do for the longest time so the first two years of my transcript are all over the place. Last 4 semesters I had a 3.93 though and since we don’t have an undergraduate neuroscience degree I tried to build my own. One thing I’m worried about is that I only got to take one semester of physics before I needed to graduate for financial reasons and I never officially took calculus despite teaching myself some. I’m hoping my quantitative score will assuage fears surrounding my limited math coursework. LOR should be solid. Applying to Where: Neuroscience UPitt UPenn Vanderbilt UAB Northwestern Florida MIT (Biology) Emory All the programs have a great fit with my interests so I’ll be happy as long as a get a couple of interviews. Good luck everyone!

Well, I've enjoyed reading these threads so I may as well contribute. Undergrad Institution: Large State University Major(s): Psychology Minor(s): Biology & Chemistry GPA in Major: 4.0 Overall GPA: 3.63 Position in Class: Not given GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 165 (90th) V: 167 (97th) W: 5.5 (98th) Research Experience: 1.5 years in a genetics lab, senior honors work in a chromatin & molecular biology lab, a few semesters in unrelated work (ecology etc). Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Graduated with University Honors for successfully defending my senior honors thesis; it was unpublished though. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: The time in the genetics lab has been paid. Was hired fulltime by the lab as soon as I graduated so I suppose that’s a good sign. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I had no clue what I wanted to do for the longest time so the first two years of my transcript are all over the place. Last 4 semesters I had a 3.93 though and since we don’t have an undergraduate neuroscience degree I tried to build my own. One thing I’m worried about is that I only got to take one semester of physics before I needed to graduate for financial reasons and I never officially took calculus despite teaching myself some. I’m hoping my quantitative score will assuage fears surrounding my limited math coursework. LOR should be really solid. Applying to Where: Neuroscience UPitt UPenn Vanderbilt UAB Northwestern Florida MIT (Biology) Emory All the programs have a fantastic fit with my interests so I’ll be happy as long as a get a couple of interviews. Good luck everyone!