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  1. Does anyone know the status of Stanford Biomedical Informatics? Are they done sending out invites?
  2. Ditto -- and this one hurts a bit, because I've lived in the PNW for the past year and would have liked to continue living up here. But, at least they sent out an actual rejection instead of making us wonder. You have a couple of interviews at great programs -- you'll end up somewhere great!
  3. Got an invite from WUSTL DBBS this morning! I'll have to reschedule/decline another interview that is scheduled for the same weekend. Can anybody answer, in general, how receptive are programs to requests to reschedule?
  4. Hi all, This may be a dumb question, but does anyone know if, in general, different departments within a single program or division make divisions together or individually? I ask because I've seen some people get interviews from WashU DBBS, and I'm nervous that I haven't heard back yet.
  5. Congrats! As someone with similar stats, this gives me hope...
  6. Been lurking in this thread for a while and figured it was time I contributed! Undergrad Institution: Top 10 private school Major(s): Neuroscience Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.2 Overall GPA: 3.3 Position in Class: No idea...average/below average? Master's GPA: 4.0 Type of Student: Domestic Male GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 161 V: 164 W: 5.0 B: Research Experience: - One summer doing Alzheimer's research in Arizona - One summer doing aging research at the NIA - One year doing computational biology research at a prominent medical research institution (one conference abstract and poster authorship, middle author) - One year doing wet lab research on elucidating mechanisms of a cardiomyocyte protein (one conference abstract and poster authorship, second author. Published my MS thesis on this work). -One year (and counting) industry experience at a large tech company, doing a mix of computational biology, data analysis, and some software development (one conference abstract and poster (middle author), one manuscript (in preparation, middle author), and one possible patent). Awards/Honors/Recognitions: None much other than Dean's List a couple of semesters. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutored with a private company for a year, and TA'ed for an upper-division neuro course in undergrad. I was also pre-med for a while during college, so I have some volunteering experiences from that time that may be looked at in a positive light. Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Special Bonus Points: Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I think my recommendations and SOP were pretty solid. I went with the strategy of getting recommendations from people who knew me well (my manager from my internship, my PI from my Masters, and a professor from my Masters who thought very highly of me) rather than asking for recommendations from bigger-name folks who I had never worked with directly. Not sure how smart that was, but we'll see how it turns out I suppose. For my SOP, I did multiple revisions and worked closely with my brother, who performed his doctorate work at UC-Berkeley, to come up with something I was happy with. I'm really hoping that my Masters GPA along with my research experience helps overcome my poor undergraduate showing, especially at some of the top programs that might pay more attention to that type of thing. That said, I know that I'm probably a long-shot for most of the programs on my list. Applying to Where: Stanford - Biomedical Informatics UCSF - BMS UC- Berkeley - Comp Bio UCSD - Bioinformatics WUSTL - DBBS U-Washington - Genome Sciences UCLA - Bioscience USC - CBG
  7. bsharpe269, thank you for the detailed reply. Your post eases my anxiety about my stats, but it opens up a whole new set of questions (this is a good thing!). I'll try to explain my situation with a little more detail. The research I have been doing for my MS has been in the field of cardiomyopathy. While I find the work interesting and can speak about it at length if needed, I am not dead set on working in this field, so I don't have a specific field of interest in mind. My plan, if I do decide to go to graduate school, was to do rotations in a few different labs with topics that I find interesting, and to pick the one that piques my interest the most. This is part of my motivation to apply to top schools; I figure that the overall quality of the labs at these schools is likely superb, which increases my chances at finding a quality lab in a topic that I find interesting. Is this line of thought unorthodox for most graduate school applicants? Do graduate school adcoms necessarily expect you to have a specific field in mind? These are things I haven't considered. Another motivating factor for targeting top schools is in case I decide to go to industry after earning my degree. I have absolutely zero evidence to back this up, but I feel like a degree from Stanford or Berkeley sounds sexier to most companies vs. a degree from The University of (insert state here). That's not to say I'm leaning towards industry vs. academia one way or another, but I've learned that it's not a bad idea to keep one's options open. As far as my uGPA, I really don't have any good excuses - I simply wasn't focused on my studies during my first two years of undergrad. I'm hoping that my junior and senior year GPA's (~3.6), GRE score, MS GPA, and MCAT score (if they even look at this) will convince graduate schools that I can succeed when I'm determined to. For what it's worth, I think you have a very good shot at getting into whatever program you want, especially if you have such a good idea of the field you are going to pursue. Also, I am definitely jealous of your Quant score. Good luck to you as well!
  8. Hi all, This is my first post here. Here's my little story: I was "pre-med" all throughout college, and I enrolled in an MS program (cellular and molecular medicine at a large public university) after college to boost my credentials for medical school applications. However, after working on a research-based thesis for a year, I am leaning towards graduate school rather than medical school, as I have found that I enjoy the bench more than the clinic. I am currently applying to medical school, but am also considering applying to graduate school for this cycle as well. I took the GRE before acceptance into my MS program and received the following score: 164 V / 161 Q / 5.0 W (93%, 80%, 93%, respectively). Are these scores competitive for the top ~15-20 ranked research schools? I'm talking Stanford, UCB, UCSF, etc. I am concerned about my Quant score. Would taking GRE subject tests overcome this score? Also, do graduate schools consider MCAT scores at all? A little more information about my application for kicks and giggles...I have a 3.30 GPA from a top ~15 university with a 4.0 GPA in my MS program. Does my undergraduate GPA place me out of the running for the top graduate schools? I apologize if some of my questions come off as simplified or uninformed, but there seems to be much less information out there for graduate school admissions than there is for MD admissions. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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