shootthemoon

Lurker here. App-season-wise, early for this? Undergrad Institution: R1, Top50 Chemical Major(s): Chemical Engineering. Minor(s): CS Overall GPA: 3.55 Length of Degree: 4 (typical BS) Position in Class: Alright Type of Student: Domestic + Not a URM GRE Scores: Q: 170 V: 167 W: 5 Research Experience: 1.0 yr: With prof, simulation/analysis of bio/chemical behavior 0.5 yr: With research scientist, applied data analytics in social sciences 0.25 yr: Summer research internship, chemistry/engineering all LORs from above. 0 pubs, 0 presentations, Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Several programming-related awards, Dean's List for all_sems-1, engring dpt scholarships Pertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, organization officer etc...) 2~3 part-time/workstudy jobs, volunteer/Q&A-tutoring Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Entrepeneurship (specifically, @ MIT CEP) [1-10 on expected acceptance, low to high] Applying for PhD at: [0.1] MIT CEP // believe in my ps [0.1] Stanford // starting to think why bother [0.9] UT Austin, UCB // LOR [2] CMU, Northwestern [5] Columbia [3] UMich, UPenn; [5] Penn State, WashU // maybes [5?] UChicago IME // No clue how competitive this is tl;dr not optimistic, and am currently looking for gems that may not be highly ranked by somewhat arbitrary measures. [1-10 on expected acceptance, low to high] Applying for MS at: [8] Harvard 1 yr SM Computational Engineering // Experience + LOR + No f-aid = yay...?