Since I am completely done with application process I figured I'd post my full list. My application is not perfect but I still got in, which makes me soo happy:D
My stats:
Permanent resident, non-native English speaker, neuroscience applicant
GRE: V-560(77%), Q-760(85%), AW-41%::blegh::
GPA for 2 years at a university in my home country: 4.65/5
GPA at the American University (top public school), neuroscience major: 3.1 - I hit a rough patch during those two years which reflected in my grades. I dedicated a paragraph to it in my SOP
Research experience: 1.5 years of undergrad research, 2+ years of full-time research tech job at the same lab
Publications: 1 paper 2nd author in a decent journal, with journal cover; 2 abstracts (1 first author); 4 posters (2 first author, although one of them at an undergrad poster session, so that doesn't really count)
Awards: top prize at an international conference for my abstract and poster
Applied (all PhD programs)
Rockefeller (as a proverbial "out of my league" school), UC Davis (neuroscience), U Michigan (PIBS), Virginia Commonwealth Univ (neuroscience), U Minnesota - Twin Cities (neuroscience), SUNY Stony Brook (neuroscience), U Pittsburgh (Neuroscience), Oregon Health and Science Univ (neuroscience), NIH GPP Ox/Cam (biomed sciences), NIMH GPP Univ College London (neuroscience)
Rejected:
UC Davis, U Pitt, OHSU, both NIH GPPs, Rockefeller (duh!).
Interviewed and accepted:
U Michigan (PIBS), SUNY Stony Brook, VCU, U Minnesota
Good luck to everyone!