neuro_ole

Hi all, I'm currently a first-year student at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN majoring in neuroscience. I know it is a little early to be posting here, but I was hoping to get some advice from all the neuroscience students who will be off to grad school. I was wondering what are some experiences that are good prep for grad school and help on an application. I've listed experiences I have had thus far and predictions as to my next few years. First-Year: Volunteer Researcher - St. Olaf Colllege Psychology Department (2012-2013) Research Assistant - St. Olaf College Behavioral Neuroscience Lab (2012-2016) Peer Reviewer - Impulse Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal (2013-2016) Member (Elected President for next year) - St. Olaf Neuroscience Club (2012-2016) Summer 2013: Research Assistant - Univ. of Minnesota, Law and Neuroscience Undergraduate Researcher - Univ. of Minnesota, Monkey Electrophysiology Future: Monkey Electrophys will continue in my sophomore year, but only working once or twice a week Hope to do REU's or CURI (St. Olaf version of REU) next couple summers Plan to complete independent research my junior and senior years (neuroscience topic) Working intermittently on a Mayo Clinic Research Project related to neuroscience Various Lab Aide and TA experiences Possible co-authorship this summer and plan on authoring (a) paper(s) on my own research Numerous conferences and poster presentations My GPA will be my only catch as I predict (but obviously don't know) that it will be between 3.2-3.6. I'm also involved in other non-neuroscience related groups. With these kind experiences, is there anything I can do to improve? With the 4 years of research experience, what kind of programs should I be aiming towards? Thanks for any help!