Been creeping for a while...guess it's time to post some stats!
Undergrad Institution: Large public research institution
Major(s): B.S. Physics (Biological Physics), B.S. Computer Science (Computational Science) Minor(s): None GPA in Major: 3.65, 3.79 Overall GPA: 3.754 Position in Class: Cum Laude (or higher, expected) Type of Student: Domestic white male GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 167 (95%) V: 164 (93%) W: 5.0 (93%) B: N/A Research Experience:
Home Institution - Biochemical Physics (computational) - 4 months (ongoing) - Thesis (expected), 1st author of 1
Home Institution - Biochemical Physics (computational) - 15 months - Informal publication, 1st author of 1
Home Institution - Chemical Physics (experimental) - 5 months - Informal publication, 1st author of 2
Home Institution - Chemical Physics (experimental) - 11 months - Acknowledged in publication
Awards/Honors/Recognitions:
Honors Program Scholar
Dean's List, 5 semesters of 10
8 Scholarships (5 internal, 3 external)
Pertinent Activities or Jobs:
Paid undergraduate researcher at my home institution
Intern in a chemical engineering research and development lab for a major corporation
Special Bonus Points:
At least one of my recommenders has a fairly high profile.
I have taken three graduate-level computer science courses.
Does a non-racial minority status count? Applying to Where:
Carnegie Mellon University - Computational Biology
Johns Hopkins University - Molecular Biophysics
Princeton University - Quantitative and Computational Biology
Rutgers University - Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco - Biophysics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Biophysics and Computational Biology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Molecular Biophysics
Washington University in St. Louis - Computational and Molecular Biophysics