[NDSEG 2016]

6 min ago on NDSEG twitter (9:21 AM EST, Friday April 1):

The Award Notification process has begun! Please note that e-mail announcements will be sent throughout today. Thank you for your patience!

 

EDIT: Post disappeared as of 9:30 AM EST ! Some kind of April Fool's joke or premature social media post :(?

 

Now (9:36) it says :

 

The NDSEG Program Team expects award announcements to be issued today. Please stay tuned for updates & thank you for your patience.

[National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) Fellowship]

Just chiming in... also waiting to hear

[Converting MS to PhD]

Talking to a previous Chemistry Department Chair, I learned that an M.S. usually does not waive classes for a Ph.D. Talking to a doctoral candidate in biochemistry, I learned that his M.S. did little for his Ph.D. education. I do find it conceivable to finish a Ph.D. earlier if you work in the same lab, and have your research going on for a few years, then you may publish sooner.

[Chances for PhD Biochemistry/Molecular Biology]

I appreciate any input, and thanks in advance.

 

Entering last year: Chemistry, B.S. at UCLA with minor in biomedical research

Cumulative GPA: 3.754

Major GPA (Upper division, chem dept.): 3.9+

GRE general/subject: have not taken yet

 

Research experience:

2 years in biochemistry lab, will lead up to a thesis

Summer at Caltech in Division of Biology (Amgen Scholar)

 

Awards:

Amgen Scholar Fellowship

NIH UGSP Scholarship

A smattering of other college and departmental scholarships/award

 

Work experience:

Worked in an HHMI research lab

 

Activities:

Leadership (president, etc.) in science-related student organization

 

No publications, but a few poster conferences

 

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I want to know your opinion on my chances into Biochemistry/Molecular Biology PhD programs at schools such as

- Harvard

- MIT

- Yale

- Columbia

- Caltech

- NYU

 

and what kind of GRE scores would put me in a good position to apply.

 

Thanks