Hello!
I'm applying for graduate school starting in Fall 2017. My current GPA is a 3.3, and although I haven't taken the GRE yet I've been studying and plan to take it within the next month so I can have time to study more and make sure my scores are ready to send to schools in December if needed. I tend to perform well on standardized tests though, so I'm reasonably confident in my ability to perform well. I've also had 2.5 years of research experience from two different labs. Both were long term, but my original PI moved to a different university so I went to a different lab with a really well known PI. I currently have my own project in my lab and have been awarded a grant to continue my work on it. I also expect to be on two different publications by the end of the calendar year, one from each of the labs that I've been in. I want to study either genetics or developmental biology for my PhD and am thinking of applying to the following schools (this includes my reaching schools):
University of Colorado - Anschutz
University of Utah
University of Texas - Austin
University of Oregon
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Pennsylvania
Duke
Stanford
My main question is: do I even have a chance? And are there other programs that come to mind for you that I should look into in my preliminary considerations for application to grad school?