Hey, guys! Looking for some help here. I'm taking my GRE soon, but majority of the programs that I apply don't really require them and I know I have to score really high (like 165~167ish at least) to be avg~above avg for my list of schools so I'm not sure how to go on with this. Maybe I won't submit to schools that don't require them if I get below 167ish for each section.... I'm shotgunning top schools and that's why I'm applying a lot. Do I have a chance?
Undergrad Institution: one of the top public universities for bio (UC)Major(s): Biology/psychology double majorMinor(s):GPA in Major: 3.62Overall GPA: 3.69Position in Class: (No numbers needed, but are you top? near top? average? struggling?) ~top 10%Type of Student: (Domestic/International, male/female, minority?) - international, Asian maleGRE Scores (revised/old version): I'm taking one very soonResearch Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications (Mth author out of N?) or conference talks etc...)
I did 1.5 yrs of research at my undergrad institution (back then was small, now big), 2 years at HYPSM as a lab tech at a very well known lab in the field
1 mid author paper submit soon before I apply, 1 international conference (poster), two regional conference (poster), several undergrad conferences. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?)
Cum laude
Summer Research Scholarship at my school
Provost honors
One school academic scholarship
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, SPS officer etc...)
TAed for several lower div and upper div bio classes
Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:
1 rec from my PI (very well known), 1 rec from physician I worked with, 1 rec from one of the prof from my undergrad. Letters are all solid.
Special Bonus Points: (Such as connections, grad classes, famous recommenders, female or minority status etc...)Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:Applying to Where:
Harvard
Division of Medical Sciences/biological and biomedical sciences
Human biology and disease mechanism/molecular neuroscience/Stem cell and regenerative biology
MIT
Department of biology
Molecular Medicine and Human Diseases
Yale
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Neuroscience
Stanford
Biosciences
Neuroscience
Caltech
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
Molecular medicine
University of Chicago
Biological Sciences Division
Biomedical sciences
Cornell
Weili Cornell Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Neuroscience
Columbia
Biological Sciences
Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, and Molecular Genetics
Northwestern
NUIN
Duke
Neurobiology
Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine
Neuroscience
UPenn
Biomedical graduate studies
Neuroscience
NYU
Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Neuroscience and Physiology
USC
Neuroscience
UC Berkeley
Neuroscience
UCSF
Biomedical sciences
UCLA
Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program (NSIDP)
Neuroscience
UCSD
Biomedical Sciences
Neurobiology of Disease
UCI
Biological Sciences
Interdepartmental neuroscience
UMichigan
Biomedical Sciences
Neuroscience