lilly15

I am not too worried about LORs from my PI's (both have expressed that writing me strong letters would not be an issue). I was curious if the graduate students I work closely with were able to write letters and how admissions committees look at these letters. Are letters restricted to faculty members? My undergrad has a co-op program and also requires a senior thesis which is where most of my experience is coming from. The two labs I work in are microbiology and neurobiology labs so they are pretty different, but there is some overlap I am finding. I am very interested in these areas (I think I would like to pursue molecular biology). Thanks!

Any advice for a current undergrad junior? I will be graduating around a 3.1 with over two years of research experience at my undergrad institution as well as at Boston Children's Hospital with 2 independent research projects. I know my GPA is low for admissions and am not opposed to working as a research tech after undergrad to supplement my application. I am just starting to look into graduate programs and any help is appreciated.