kangaroomr

Undergrad Institution: Major(s): Electrical Engineering Minor(s): Biomedical Engineering GPA in Major: 3.2-3.3?/4.00 Overall GPA: 3.4/4.00 Demographics/Background: Grew up in a cult GRE Scores: Q: 168 (95%) V: 159 (82%) W: 5 (93%) LOR: 2 great, 1 good? Not sure what constitutes good/ok letter Research Experience: spent about a year in undergrad at a BCI lab helping out with some side projects and also did my year long capstone project working on a BCI communication device project Currently have been a full time RA at an institution (also applying here) doing clinical neuroimaging research (EEG, MEG, MRI) for epilepsy. Publications/Abstracts/Presentations: One third author, working on a project right now that might lead to a publication but realistically early next year Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list on semester, graduated with honors Fellowships/Funding: none Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 1.5 years of industry electrical engineering experience. Lots of MATLAB experience and hardware development. Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments: Was on student led club building devices for people with disabilities for 2 years. Last year I was on the executive board Research Interests: translational research for BCIs, neuroprosthetics, using imaging, statistical modeling, signal processing and machine learning to understand motor coordination/learning. search for biomarkers and neuromuscular disease mechanisms, treatment and better diagnosis methods Institutions/Programs: Harvard-MIT HST Northwestern Duke Univ of Pittsburgh Brown Comments: Hoping to get solid research experience in grad school but also potentially getting industry connections to move into an R&D or entrepreneurship after graduation. Not sure if my heart is in it to stay in academia in the current climate.

I graduated with a BSEE 2015. Initially I was interested in entering industry and decided to switch over to research in my last year. I have mostly industry experience from undergrad but am now an RA in a clinical research position. Some stats: GPA: 3.4 (a couple C's but mostly A's, not sure how to get around this) GRE: Taking these in a month, aiming for 170 Q, 160~ V LOR: Will have one for sure from my current position, still deciding which prof. to ask for the other two Research Experience: Senior engineering project was essentially an independent group-based research project with a BCI using MATLAB and EEGs Have a coauthorship from this job for a submitted paper and am working on other projects that will hopefully turn into more publications later this year or next year. Doing lots of EEG/MEG/MRI data collection and analysis. Imaging isn't quite the direction I want to head towards but I enjoy it. I'm strongly interested in electrophysiology, BCIs, neuroprosthetics, sensorimotor neuroscience, signal processing type of research. Schools: Harvard/MIT HST MIT EECS Duke Biomed (Nicolelis lab in particular) WashU Stanford Johns Hopkins Rice Pittsburgh UCSD Brown Northwestern I can definitely strengthen my application with more pubs but not sure if it will matter if I wait until next year to apply or what. any advice appreciated. Anyone have experience in how competitive it is in this field?

I graduated recently with a BSEE and am interested in getting into computational neuroscience/neuro engineering type of work in grad school. I'm looking for an RA position at institutions around the area and hoping to get publications under my belt because my undergrad research experience isn't that impressive. Does anyone have experience doing this? Would this help me get into a good school?