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poseidon14

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    2017 Fall
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    Biomedical Sciences

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  1. That's the 3.6 core that I mentioned, it's my GPA for major upper-level courses. My recommendations were written by both my research supervisors at the labs I worked at and a professor with whom I took 2, year-round courses. All 3 of them looked at my SoP, dunno if that counts as "a lot". Yep. I am an international applicant. Yea, I knew my GPA would be the major hurdle as an international but for the next round I figure a much improved GRE score could help in some way at least (along with a subject test, as you said). I never thought about my research experience that way and I can definitely see the Adcoms point of view regarding my moving around a lot. On the other hand, diversity was in fact brought up in my interview with BCM (only interview I got). Either way, I will probably get a poster out of my current project at work so I may have something to show for my time here and have the diversity. Thank you! I did talk to them before asking for the recommendation and they seemed pretty positive about my prospects. So I'm assuming they spoke well about me? Dunno, judging from my conversations with them, I can't think otherwise. I will speak with them again, though. Thank you for the suggestions! I will look into those schools.
  2. Great input, thanks! I did do a senior thesis but chose to focus more on my research experience in totality instead of talking about projects that I started (in my SoP/essay). This is something I can try to emphasize in the next cycle. I'm not sure about being able to head a lab but I'm currently heading a project in our company. While it won't lead to a publication, the results will be significant internally. Again, another thing to emphasize on my CV/Resume and my essay.
  3. Hello! I just got rejected by Baylor College of Medicine (Biochem). It joins a list of 7 other schools that have done the same: UW-Madison, UMich, NYU, BostonU, UCSF, McGill and UT-Southwestern, all for Biomedical Science programs. While UBC and UToronto have accepted my application, admission is dependent purely on finding a supervisor. However, I haven't been able to do so, mainly due to my grades or a lack of funding from these faculty. My grades aren't ideal (to say the least) but I can't do anything about them at this point. So...as horrible as it feels to do this, I have to plan for Round 2. In hindsight, perhaps I was aiming way too high for my stats. I was hoping my research experience would carry through, but perhaps not. My Stats: UBC - Undergrad GPA: 3.0 (3.6 core and upper level courses) - Cell Biology Major, Psych Minor UMich - Master's GPA: 3.6 - Cell Biology Research Experience: 3 years cumulative (3.5+ by the time I apply for 2017 cycle). 1 year at a genetics lab in UBC. 1 year at an immunology lab in UMich. 1 year and counting as a research assistant in a pharma company. Gearing towards cancer research, cancer immunology specifically. No publications, sadly. GRE: Verbal - 161 (87%) Quantitative - 157 (68%) I'm going to improve on my GRE score (or try) as the scores are close to being invalid for a lot of schools. Grades are something I can't do something about so maybe I should target other schools. Any advice on where to look for solid cancer biology programs? Any thoughts overall on my profile and what to do for Round 2?
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