Undergrad Institution: Large public research university (top 100)
Major(s): Biochemistry
Minor(s): Chemistry
GPA in Major: 4.00
Overall GPA: 4.00
Position in Class: top 1%
Type of Student: male, asian/white, domestic
GRE Scores (revised/old version):
Q: 164/90%
V: 165/95%
W: 4.5/73%
B: biochem taken, scores not up yet
Research Experience: Molecular Genetics lab for more than a year and a half in college (and still working there), and about one year of research in a molecular neurobiology lab in high school. In my current lab, we are preparing to submit our results for publication (I will be 2nd or 3rd author on the paper, depending on how you look at it, I am immediately after the two co-first authors), and I am first author (out of two) on a textbook chapter that is in press.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Phi Beta Kappa, this past summer of research was supported by a research grant I was awarded from my college
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Two semesters orgo TA
Special Bonus Points: Undergrad lab PI (who is writing a good letter for me) is in the NAS
Applying to Where:
interests are molecular biology, genetics, and development
UC Berkeley MCB
UC San Francisco TETRAD
Rockefeller
Columbia
Harvard BBS
MIT Biology
Biology@Princeton
UChicago
UPenn Biology
Hopkins CMDB
Yale BBS
I am very stressed out about this whole process... I know that I'm applying to all super competitive programs, but I was told that these are the types of programs to which I should be applying. What do you think about all of this? Thanks!
