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Hi! I personally did not use any chem GRE prep books out in the market. I took all the required chemistry courses prior to taking my GRE so I had my textbooks to review from. Unfortunately, I didn't get to review analytical chem so I completely blanked out for questions regarding which instruments to use for particular problem. I used my textbook (i literally forgot the author's name) for organic. Just go through all the reactions, go over the mechanisms, practice, practice and practice. PChem, I used both my textbook (mcquarrie) and this youtube channel called TMPChem. Since I've been working at a computational organic research lab, I am quite well-versed in QM and kinetics. Thermo and I still aren't cool even after pchem and studying for the GRE, but I know enough to read physical chem literature. Inorganic chem, I used Miessler. Studied all the periodic trends, group theory/symmetry, organometallic reactions, and bunch of stuff like jahn-teller effect, crystal field, ligand field, solid state chemistry (superconductors, doping, etc). And for the analytical chemistry, I just prayed and cried a bit since I literally ran out of time to study for the material. I had two months to study, but I was also working a lot. Not a good excuse, so it is what it is. The biochem questions on my exam, surprisingly, were easy. I didn't study for biochem at all as well, so I got very lucky. In the end, I did fine

Hi everyone!! Congrats to everyone who got accepted/interviews! Undergrad Institution: A CUNY senior college (PUI)Major(s): Chemical BiologyMinor(s): FrenchGPA in Major: 3.89Overall GPA: 3.401 (I messed up in Freshmen year of college...I began as a Finance major and quickly lost my interest)Position in Class: I have no clue—I wish I knew! Type of Student: Domestic/International (I'm a DACA applicant), first genGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 163 (85%)V: 160 (85%)W: 4.5 (82%)S: 730 (60%)TOEFL Total: N/AResearch Experience: I did four years of research at a cognitive neuro lab in my undergraduate institute because I changed my major from Finance to Psychology in Sophomore year (and then I switched to Chemical Biology in senior year). And I did two years of physical organic research with my organic chem/med chem professor from beginning of fourth to end of fifth year. I quit the former but still keep in contact with the PI (she's one of the three professors who wrote my rec letters). I still work at the latter, training new students, working on new research (few are collabs) and writing my fourth manuscript. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: I won this contest called CUNY Nobel Science Challenge in 2015 for Chemistry, which was pretty cool. I received two awards from two separate research symposiums (one was monetary, to my surprise). I also received ACS Undergraduate Travel Grant to pay for my presentation at the ACS Philly, which was very nice since I really needed the money to pay for the conference! Pertinent Activities or Jobs: When I worked as an undergraduate research assistant at the organic research lab group, I was paid from her grant for undergraduate students, which was super nice since that allowed me to focus on school and research, without having to worry so much about money. Since I am no longer an undergraduate, I can't get paid from the grant... But that's fine though, I absolutely love working with my PI. Since graduating (I graduated in Spring '16), I was hired at my undergrad institute as an adjunct instructor to teach non-majors biology and chemistry labs, and Gen Chem II lab. Next semester, I am teaching a non-majors chemistry lab, and Orgo II lab.Publications: I have three publications that my PI and I cowrote when I was in undergrad: one in JOC (not first author), a book chapter for a book on applied theoretical organic chemistry (2nd author), a literature review on thermally activated tunneling in organic reactions in Tetrahedron (2nd author), and I am currently writing a first-author manuscript for the project that I did in my 5th year (a physical organic/organometallic project that was super cool.) Presentations: ACS Boston (2015) and ACS Philly (2016), UMBC (2014), few poster sessions and presentations at my undergraduate institute. Special Bonus Points: I was nominated for Chair's Scholar Fellowship for UPitts by my former Orgo II professor, so I've been in contact with a professor at UPitts. Applying to Where: I'm very interested in organo and organometallic catalysisPrinceton UniversityUC Berkeley Columbia Boston University Wisconsin-Madison Duke University CUNY Grad Center U Pitts - Chemistry Boston College Northeastern College CMU And now, I wait...