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I too have been following. Thank you to those who called and kept us all updated! All the best to everyone!!!

Thanks! I'm hoping to do a project where I can learn a bit more about theoretical/computational, but also get a little experimental experience (dont have much yet), so I'm hitting the interdisciplinary schools hard (Princeton, Columbia, BU). Yeah Caltech is awesome for physics in general, but in terms of plasma isn't not a major player, though UCLA is, so I might consider Caltech next round, now that it's on my radar. Good luck to you too!

Hi all! Here's my stats! Undergrad Institution: Medium-sized public university Major(s): MS: Biology (Bioinformatics & Genomics); BS: Computer Science & Physics Minor(s): none GPA in Major: 3.5 (UG), 3.9 (G) Overall GPA: 3.3 (UG), 3.9 (G) Position in Class: We don't do that. Type of Student: Domestic female GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 160 - 84% V: 161 - 84% W: 4.5 - 80% B: didn't take it Research Experience: 2 summer REUs in CS and Physics 1 summer volunteering in a Neuro lab 1 year at my current job (I'm a Bioinformaticist in a Neuro lab) 1 peer reviewed short paper published (CS) & 1 in preparation (Neuro) 4 posters (2 first-author) - all are local symposium stuff, no fancy conferences Awards/Honors/Recognitions: a departmental Physics award during undergrad won the CS department programming contest one year dean's list (one term) Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Involved in tons of community outreach esp. for women in Physics/Computer Science as an undergrad Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Founded a regional undergraduate women in Physics conference Applying to Where: Mostly applying to fancy schools - my fiance is applying for plasma physics (only at select well-funded schools) so I don't have a lot of options in terms of backup schools. Just giving it my best shot! Princeton, Columbia, Harvard, BU, MIT, Michigan, UCSF, Berkeley, Stanford