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  1. Ask an advisor/administor of a program you want to attend if those scores work.
  2. Do you have time to retake the GRE? Those percentages can't be good...
  3. I've been told, in biomedical PhD programs, that it's not the norm to contact profs before hand because you have to do rotations anyway/they're accepting you into a program, not a single lab, ect. This is one way in which biomedical programs are very different from other grad program, btw, because my engineering grad student friends wanted to know why I hadn't contacted professors.
  4. Yale has a housing forum. That's how I found my current apartment. You need a Yale, ID, though, and there are people that will only rent to others at the school.
  5. If you won the Intel science competition or something, maybe. Whatever it is, it needs to be small and act as supporting evidence. I worked for 3 years (~15-20hrs/week) at a nursing home, and I mention that in the diversity application essay (not SP/SOP), but only as a sentence/small piece of evidence to show longevity in my commitment to the human side of the health sciences. Agreed
  6. Do not retake. I had the exact same problem--great verbal, 4 on the essay. I emailed the scores to the admissions advisor at my undergrad, asking what they'd reccomend. Reply: no need to retake. The essay is given miniscule weight for grad school admissions, apparently.
  7. That essay score is harsh. I would seriously email individual schools about this because I'd want to send that 170 & 330 combined score.
  8. My friend got a 170 and is a flashcard person, so this might work for those of you who <3 flashcards. Me? I hate flashcards. Still got my 165. I took practice tests and wrote down words I 1) missed or 2) had to guess on. I then went and looked them up in the dictionary & added synonyms (2-3) for each word. Later, I would go back and write sentences so I understood those words in context. Then, I'd force myself to remember those words & their synonyms (it was like learning multiple words at once that way). Knowing the word in context is what's important.
  9. Your stats are good. If your letters/SOP look that good, you're gold IMO.
  10. Yes, this is true. The stats online confirm this, and my own advisor did as well. I have no idea why this is, but it's a thing right now. I'd retake the GRE and get both sections above 75%. It also sounds like you need to talk to a mentor(s) in real life about your concerns. The people who are writing your letters can help you with your SOP and make your application into a coherant story of you as a scientist.
  11. I'm excited. I turned in all 7 apps this weekend. Told my bf that things would get really fun now that I have to sit around and wait.
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