madbiochemist
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Hey madbiochemist,
Would you mind to tell your stats: under grad GPA, GRE scores, research experience, publications, and LORs when you applied last year. Thanks..
VNSBKS
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Hey madbiochemist,
Would you mind to tell your stats: under grad GPA, GRE scores, research experience, publications, and LORs when you applied last year. Thanks..
VNSBKS
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Sure. When I was applying, these were my stats:
I went to a large public state school in the US. I have my B.S. in Biochemistry, not in engineering.
GPA: 3.97/4.0
GRE: I don't really remember but I think it was Q:159, V: 167, and A: 5.0 or 5.5
Research: undergrad research since August of freshman year, 1 REU, 1 international research internship, 1 poster at national conference, several local posters/presentations, several research/academic scholarships
Pubs: 1 in print and 2 in review
LORs: 1 from undergrad PI, 1 from REU (PI is well known in BME), and 1 from professor/mentor/advisor I was a TA'd for over 3 years
I applied to BME or BE PhD programs at UCSD, WashU (in St. Louis), JHU, Havard, MIT, Harvard/MIT HST (or MEMP, I forget which one), UT Austin, and Northwestern. I was rejected from 6/8 (with a few master's offers, which I consider rejection) with acceptances to JHU and UT.
Some things that really hurt me: math GRE really sucked and I'm a biochemistry major who took engineering classes and did engineering research, but doesn't have an engineering degree.
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