Whoa am I too late to jump in? It's getting super nervous now...
Undergrad Institution: Large US state university
Major: Biology
GPA in major: 2.9
Overall GPA: 2.9 ( If my replace scores for repeated courses it will be 3.14 Still not the strongest tho)
Position in Class: no idea
Type of Student: Female, International
GRE Scores (Taking 3rd one next week)
Q: 168 (98?)
V: 149 (50 ish)
A: 3 (15%)
Q: 162 (80?)
V: 152 (50 ish)
A: 2.5 (7%)
-Hate you AW!!!
Research Experience:
1 year research experience in huge medical center immunology lab in my home country
Publications: one middle author to be published
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Not much.. Few times Dean's list
Attended clinical oncology conferences few times and took lectures due to my job in pharmaceutical company
Pertinent Jobs:
1.5 year in biopharmaceutical company - attended many medical conferences mainly to promote our product, but I was in medical team so I had chances to take lectures in every conference.
Research assistant in University Medical Center in my hometown
Applying to: (not set in stone or in any order)
NYU
Purdue
Thomas Jefferson U
Memorial Sloan Kettering
UCSD-biological science
City of Hope
UT San Antonio
Washington State Univ
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:
GPA: I have 3 repeated courses: Intro Astronomy , Intro Sociology and microbiology. First time I got 1.0, 1.3 and 1.5 respectively, but in second try I got 2.9, 2.0 and 3.8! First two classes were just intro classes and I had better things to do than attend class. (Which I did for many other classes, hence bad GPA) Microbiology mattered to me and I nailed it on my second try. My school does not allow replacing scores but just average them out. Hopefully this will help me pass the 3.0 cut off from many schools.
Motivation: I had a decent job in pharmaceutical company and I loved it but I quit it to do research. Any + points from here?
Conference attendance: I went to global clinical conferences in Europe, USA, and Asia. I did not present anything at the conference I just took lectures.
Due to my low GPA, I am not positive in getting into any of those schools. But I must get into a program this year so I am trying to make my list of safety schools. Are there less competitive schools I could apply more?
