AhsumPahsum

Given the amount of lurking I've done, I figured putting in my profile is only fair... Undergrad Institution: Big Flagship in Midwest Major(s): Biology, Anthropology Minor(s): Math, Art GPA in Major: 3.91 Overall GPA: 3.81 Position in Class: Near top, 10%? Type of Student: Domestic white male GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 164 V: 165 W: 4.5 B: None Research Experience: Graduate seminar in cultural phylogenetics (pub got rejected,) summer bioinformatics program, 1.5 years in current lab developing image processing tools, poster at international conference, 2nd author on paper, should have at least one first author before I leave. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list all semesters, graduated with honors, Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa Pertinent Activities or Jobs: See research experience? Unless they care about 2.5 years of working in a dining hall... Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: I'm a hell of a painter! Special Bonus Points: Recommenders connected to a few of the schools, but not especially well known. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Did well in PDE/Numerical Analysis type courses, good letters, boss says I operate like an advanced grad student. Applying to Where: UCSF - IPQB/Bioinformatics University of Washington - Genome Sciences Stanford - Biology/Biomedical Informatics University of Pennsylvania - Genomics and Computational Biology University of Michigan - PIBS/Human Genetics MIT - CSBi Boston University - BIoinformatics Columbia University - Systems BIology