I'm a little late to the party but, as the kids say, YOLO. Undergrad Institution: Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (translation: not so reputable failing public school)
Major(s): Zoology
Minor(s): Chemistry
GPA in Major: ~3.8
Overall GPA: ~3.8
Position in Class: Towards the top, but not the summit I'm afraid.
Type of Student: Financially destitute Caucasian male
GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q:154 (maths are hard) V: 158 W: 4.5 Research Experience:
Three years of ecological parasitology research in a laboratory at SIU. This research culminated in a poster given at a local research conference.
One year of parasite phylogenetics research, and this research was funded by an undergraduate research grant I secured. This research was presented at two local meetings and one regional parasitology meeting as both a poster and an oral presentation.
One REU internship at the University of Chicago studying phagosome maturation.
(almost) Two years at NU Feinberg studying leukocyte recruitment in allergic disease, specifically allergic asthma. I've presented my research project at a regional research conferenece and also to the department of medicine at NU (that was scary). I will be first author on the publictaion corresponding to those research efforts. I have also helped significantly with other projects in the lab so I am third author on another publication, with one or two more to come before I leave. Awards/Honors/Recognitions:
Lots of awards from my home institution. I was also honored for having “best presentation” at a regional parasitology meeting.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs:
Research tech at NU Feinberg and I also tutor science/math on the side. Applying:
University of California-Los Angeles. Molecular biology-program in immunology, microbes, and molecular pathogenesis.
University of Washington-Seattle. Program in immunology.
Scripps Research Institute. I don’t think this place had a focus, but I expressed interest in immunology related research.
Stanford University. Biomedical sciences, program in microbiology/immunology
Columbia University New York. Program in microbiology, immunology, and infection.
Yale. Program in immunology.
Northwestern University. Driskill graduate training program in the life sciences.
University of California-San Francisco. Program in immunology.
The University of Chicago. Program in immunology.
Johns Hopkins. Program in immunology.