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    2018 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results

    in Biology

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    On 9/13/2017 at 8:46 PM, CaliforniaRunnerKid said:

    Applying for F2018. Please be VERY honest with me in whether I stand a chance at these schools or if I should lower my expectations. 

    Undergrad Institution: NYU College of Arts and Science
    Major(s): Biochemistry
    GPA in Major: 3.60 
    Overall GPA: 3.66
    Position in Class: Top 10-15%
    Type of Student: Domestic, Male, Whiter than Wonder Bread

    GRE Scores (revised/old version):
    Q: 163 (84%)
    V: 162 (91%)
    W: 5.0 (93%)

    Research Experience: 

    Over 2 years in a lab at NYU School of Medicine that works on drugs for neurodegenerative diseases. 1 Publication as 3rd author of 10 published in Scientific Reports.

    Summer internship at a biotech firm where I worked on antibody-drug conjugates for cancer therapeutics. 

    3 poster presentations at minor conferences and one industry presentation for ~200 people, after I won an industry award.

    Awards/Honors/Recognitions: 

    3 years deans list, NCAA Academic All American, Presidential Honors Scholar, Intellectual Property Contributor Award (Award from the company I worked for for developing a method for antibody expression and purification which had higher yield and purity than what they were previously using.) Senior Honors Thesis in Biochemistry

    Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 4 year NCAA varsity athlete in track and cross country, Over 1500 hours of community service

    Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: NCAA cross country conference champion?

    Special Bonus Points: (Such as connections, grad classes, famous recommenders, female or minority status etc...)

    One LoR writer, the PI of the lab I have worked at for 2 years at Langone, is 'famous' in the world of neurodegenerative diseases and pharmacology (~400 publications and 19 patents) 

    Another LoR writer is an alumni of both Icahn School of Medicine and Rockefeller

    Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:

    Applying to Where:

    School

    Program

    UC Berkeley

    Molecular and Cellular Biology - Molecular Mechanisms of Disease

    UCSF

    Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics - Molecular Pharmacology

    NYU Langone

    Mechanisms of Disease - Molecular Pharmacology

    Columbia

    Molecular Basis of Health and Disease - Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine

    Johns Hopkins

    Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences

    Weill Cornell

    Pharmacology

    Icahn

    Biomedical Sciences - Biophysics and Systems Pharmacology

    Rockefeller

    Mechanisms of Human Disease

    Yale

    Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology

    Brown

    Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology

    UCSD

    Biomedical Sciences - Molecular Pharmacology

    UWashington

    Pathology - Molecular Medicine and Mechanisms of Disease

    Harvard

    Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

    Why not consider duke for pharm also ?

     

    2018 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results

    in Biology

    Posted

    On 9/13/2017 at 8:46 PM, CaliforniaRunnerKid said:

    Applying for F2018. Please be VERY honest with me in whether I stand a chance at these schools or if I should lower my expectations. 

    Undergrad Institution: NYU College of Arts and Science
    Major(s): Biochemistry
    GPA in Major: 3.60 
    Overall GPA: 3.66
    Position in Class: Top 10-15%
    Type of Student: Domestic, Male, Whiter than Wonder Bread

    GRE Scores (revised/old version):
    Q: 163 (84%)
    V: 162 (91%)
    W: 5.0 (93%)

    Research Experience: 

    Over 2 years in a lab at NYU School of Medicine that works on drugs for neurodegenerative diseases. 1 Publication as 3rd author of 10 published in Scientific Reports.

    Summer internship at a biotech firm where I worked on antibody-drug conjugates for cancer therapeutics. 

    3 poster presentations at minor conferences and one industry presentation for ~200 people, after I won an industry award.

    Awards/Honors/Recognitions: 

    3 years deans list, NCAA Academic All American, Presidential Honors Scholar, Intellectual Property Contributor Award (Award from the company I worked for for developing a method for antibody expression and purification which had higher yield and purity than what they were previously using.) Senior Honors Thesis in Biochemistry

    Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 4 year NCAA varsity athlete in track and cross country, Over 1500 hours of community service

    Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: NCAA cross country conference champion?

    Special Bonus Points: (Such as connections, grad classes, famous recommenders, female or minority status etc...)

    One LoR writer, the PI of the lab I have worked at for 2 years at Langone, is 'famous' in the world of neurodegenerative diseases and pharmacology (~400 publications and 19 patents) 

    Another LoR writer is an alumni of both Icahn School of Medicine and Rockefeller

    Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:

    Applying to Where:

    School

    Program

    UC Berkeley

    Molecular and Cellular Biology - Molecular Mechanisms of Disease

    UCSF

    Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics - Molecular Pharmacology

    NYU Langone

    Mechanisms of Disease - Molecular Pharmacology

    Columbia

    Molecular Basis of Health and Disease - Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine

    Johns Hopkins

    Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences

    Weill Cornell

    Pharmacology

    Icahn

    Biomedical Sciences - Biophysics and Systems Pharmacology

    Rockefeller

    Mechanisms of Human Disease

    Yale

    Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology

    Brown

    Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology

    UCSD

    Biomedical Sciences - Molecular Pharmacology

    UWashington

    Pathology - Molecular Medicine and Mechanisms of Disease

    Harvard

    Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

    You'll be fine, I'm sure you'll have more than enough interviews. Maybe think of Duke to add? 

     

    2018 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results

    in Biology

    Posted

    1 hour ago, ihavehomework said:

    Hi everyone, good luck with this application round! I'm hoping to get some advice regarding whether or not I should apply this round/what schools I should apply to. I'm trying to target middle/lower tier schools. I plan to apply to a ton of schools to increase my odds. 

     

    Undergrad Institution: Big, R1 state school with a good reputation in the sciences
    Major(s): Biochemistry
    GPA in Major: So far 4.0, but lacking some of the upper division classes. Will be taking them at the time of application.
    Overall GPA: 3.6
    Position in Class: No exact numbers, but I have been told by a couple professors that I was in the top 3 or top 10 of their classes.
    Type of Student: Minority - Mexican American/Latino, first gen, "non-traditional", community college transfer

    GRE Scores (revised):
    Q: 160 (76%)
    V: 166 (97%)
    W: 4.0 (60%)

    Research Experience: I will have about 10 months of research experience in a biochemistry/chemical biology/protein engineering lab at time of application. I don't know how many hours this equates to, but I work a lot. 

    Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Phi Theta Kappa, NIH - MARC, Scholar award from the university's hispanic alumni association, random student of the month award, 

    Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Peer mentor for other community college transfer students, preceptor for intro mol. bio. course, frequent panel speaker on student success and diversity

    Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: I don't think so. I have an abstract submitted to ABRCMS, but I won't know for a while if it's been accepted.

    Special Bonus Points: Latino student, MARC scholar, I think that's it.

    Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: My main concern is a lack of upper division classes and research experience. Because of transferring from a community college I have had limited research experience and I will be taking the bulk of my upper division science courses while I am applying. I also had a terrible GPA my freshman year (like 2.5), but have since gotten a 4.0 every semester. 

    Applying to Where:

    The list of schools that I want to apply to is probably too long. I'm targeting mostly mid-tier to low-tier R1 schools. I'll also be applying to pretty much anywhere that I can get a free application waiver to, assuming they have faculty that I'd want to study with. That being said, these are my top schools, including a few super-reaches:


    University of Washington - Biochemistry

    UCSF - Tetrad

    Harvard - Chemical Biology

    Ohio State - Biochemistry

    University of Michigan - Biochemistry

    Vanderbilt - IGP - Biochemistry

    West Virginia University - Biochemistry/Biomedical

    University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Biochemistry

    University of Arizona - ABBS

    University of Georgia - Biochemistry

    University of Maryland - Biochemistry

    University of Rochester - Biochemistry

    University of Virginia - BIMS - Biochemistry

    Columbia - Biochemistry

    Penn State - Biochemistry

    Indiana University - Biochemistry

    University of south Florida - Biochemistry

    UC Davis - Biochemistry

    Louisiana State - Biochemistry

     

    Try Duke also. Great school to go to and in line maybe reach for this list. 

    2017 Pharmaceutical Sciences, PhD admission results

    in Waiting it Out

    Posted

    On February 10, 2017 at 0:52 PM, MoonPie said:

    Congrats on the acceptance from Cornell. Is it your top choice? I have yet received any acceptance so I am worried sick. But it seems like Pharmaceutical Sciences departments from most schools are still reviewing applications, so I guess no news is still better than bad news...

    I also got rejected from Yale, for Chemistry... But it's not a good fit since my POI just left, so I'm not that upset.

    Good luck on the other schools!

     

     

    I applied to UConn on Dec 1st, and have also not heard anything. I emailed them yesterday morning but no reply yet... What subfield did you apply to at UConn?

    I'm also an international student. I had an interview with OSU, but I'm not sure about UConn.

    Uconn I actually did biomed, their pharm program didn't have many faculty that I was interested in. 

     

    And best of luck I'm sure you'll here back soon! 

     

     

    2017 Pharmaceutical Sciences, PhD admission results

    in Waiting it Out

    Posted

    4 hours ago, MoonPie said:

    I could not find much results information for Pharmaceutical Sciences from both the forum and the results board. It is now February and I am starting to get freaked out since I haven't heard anything from any of the schools that I applied, except for an interview with OSU. So did anyone hear anything from the department at University of Connecticut, Ohio State, University of Michigan or North Carolina-Chapel Hill? Please share.

    Hey, I too applied to pharmacology programs. I so far have interviews at Cornell - interviewed and accepted, Duke - interviewed and waiting, Uconn - biomedical sciences (since I wasn't sold on their pharm program) interview this weekend, and I'm going to U colorado next week. 

     

    I just got rejected from Yale.... 

     

     

    2017 Interview Dates

    in Biology

    Posted

    • Albert Einstein Biomedical sciences: Jan 25-27 <-- This Date is full now, Alt. Feb 9-10 and 16-17 
    • Berkeley Comp Bio: Feb 14-16
    • Berkeley IB: Jan 27-28
    • Berkeley Cell Molecular Bio: Feb 12-14, Feb 26-28
    • CMU-Pitt Comp bio: Feb 23-25, March 2-4
    • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory WSBS: Jan 18-22
    • Columbia Biological Sciences: Jan 22-23, Mar 2-4
    • Columbia Biomedical Informatics: Jan 27-29th
    • Cornell Tri Institutional computational biology: Feb 26-27.
    • University of Chicago Molecular Biosciences: Jan 19-21, Feb 9-11, Feb 23-25
    • Duke Biochemistry: Feb 9-12 or Feb 23-26
    • Duke CMB: February 2-4 or February 16-18
    • Duke Immunology: February 9 – 12 or February 23 – 26
    • Emory PBEE: Feb 16-18
    • Harvard BIG (I asked and then asked a contact I have and all I could get was late January or early February)
    • Havard BBS: Jan 26-29, Feb 9-12
    • Harvard MCO: Jan 25-28, Feb 1-4
    • Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai (Neuro only): January 9-10
    • Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai (non-neuro): January 12-13 or January 19-20
    • Johns Hopkins CMM: January 19-20 or February 23-24
    • UMichigan PIBS: Jan 26-28, Feb 2-4, Feb 9-11
    • MIT Biology: Feb 11-14, Feb 25-28, March 11-14
    • MIT CSBi: Feb 3 & 10
    • MIT HST: march 2-4  (strange those two overlap as they are 2 of the top comp bio programs)
    • Northwestern DGP: Jan 12-14, Jan 26-28, Feb 9-11
    • NIH OxCam: February 15-17
    • NYU GSAS: Feb 2-3, Feb 16-17
    • Princeton QCB: Feb 9-11
    • Rockefeller: Feb 23-24, March 2-3
    • Sanger 4-year program: Jan 23rd
    • Sloan Kettering: Jan 10-12
    • Stanford BI: march 1-5
    • Stanford Biosciences: March 1-5
    • UConn Health Biomedical Sciences: Feb 10-11
    • U of Colorado -Denver Anshutz February 16-19th Pharmacology 
    • University of Washington Biology: Jan 26-28
    • University of Washington Genome Sciences: Feb 12-14, Feb 26-28
    • UC Irvine CMB: Jan 26-27, Feb 9-10
    • UCSD BMS: Feb 2-5, Feb 23-26
    • UCSF BMS: Jan 26-28, Feb 9-11
    • UCSF bioinformatics: Feb 9-10, Feb 16-17
    • UCSF TETRAD: Feb 2-5, Feb 24-27
    • UNC Chapel Hill BBSP: Feb 2-4, Feb 16-18, March 2-4
    • UMass Medical School BBS: January 26-27 or February 2-3
    • UPenn CAMB: Jan 19-21, Feb 2-4
    • UT Austin Cell and Molecular Biology: Jan 19-22, Feb 9-12
    • Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) Biochemistry DBBS February 2-4 and February 16-1
    • Yale BBS Immunology: Feb 16-19
    • Yale BBS MMPP: Feb 16-19
    • Yale CBB/MCGD: Feb 3-5
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