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  1. Did you send them an email or did they reach out to you? And do you know if that is CAMB wide or for a certain track? Also, I called Sloan Kettering today to update them about a part of my application and they told me that they will be sending invites next week!
  2. Got an invite from University of Chicago (Development, regeneration, and stem cell biology)!
  3. Hi guys! I posted my profile earlier but didnt get any feedback. I have shortened up my list / gotten my actual GRE scores so I decided to repost. I have a psychology/neuro BSc but I would like to point out that most of my coursework is focused on biology, and I hope that my research experience in biology and bioengineering can help me in my applications to programs that ask for biological science degrees. Also, my recommendations should really emphasize my ability to conduct independent biology research. Undergrad Institution: McGill University, Canada, pretty good international research reputation Major(s): Psychology + Neuroscience (but most coursework on molecular bio/neuro... almost all classes in Faculty of Science) Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.73 Overall GPA: 3.58 (upward trend: 3.22, 3.72, 3.86, 3.73) Position in Class: We didnt get ranks, but I have above average grades in all of my classes Type of Student: Canadian + American dual citizen, Male GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 164 V: 164 W: 5 B: Research Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications (Mth author out of N?) or conference talks etc...) 1 year in a cognitive psychology/neuroanatomy lab at McGill, 6 hours a week, big PI but not a relevant lab experience 2.5 years in a collaborative project between a professor and an anatomy and cell biology professor at McGill, molecular biology and bioengineering project, 3 full-time summers, around 30 hours a week throughout the school year, trained many graduate students on microscopy and surface patterning techniques 6 months in computational biology lab at Imperial College London while studying abroad at UCL, 1x a week for 3-4 hours 4.5 months post-graduation in a microfluidics lab in Japan as a summer intern, I was brought in to the research group to help develop cellular applications for the platforms they were developing as the lab mainly consisted of physicists and chemists (Current) Research technician and assistant at Columbia medical center, working full time and will have been working here for two years before joining graduate school, pathology and cell biology lab where I am working on a few projects Conference proceedings/Posters: First author conference proceeding and poster presentation at international conference in cell engineering and biomaterials Third author on conference proceeding and oral presentation at international bioengineering conference 3x poster presentations at Canadian national neuroscience conferences, 3x at Montreal local conferences Publications: First authored publication should be submitted before application (hopefully accepted) from Montreal lab Third author and fifth author publication from Japan lab Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Deans Interdisciplinary Research Award (McGill) Awarded 3x summer research awards/fellowships through NSERC fellowship program Invited as an intern to Japanese institute, which included full funding for travel and living expenses Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Full time research technician at Columbia Special Bonus Points: Took 2-3 grad level biology classes, got A's Two LoRs are from big names in cell biology/molecular biology My projects at McGill were run by me independently as the PhD student I was working with left after about 2 months of work, so I stayed on for the rest of the project and just worked directly with the professor Applying to Where: Harvard BBS MIT Biology Berkeley MCB Stanford Biosciences University of Washington Columbia Integrated program MSK Gerstner grad program BU David Rockefeller PhD program Thank again!! Also, I ended up only being able to study for the GRE for about a week because I got swamped with lab work due to a grant deadline... do you guys think it would be worth retaking it at all?
  4. Hi guys! I am planning on applying this fall/winter to start in Fall 2018. I was wondering if there was anything I can do to boost my stats and also just what my general chances are. Also, do you guys think there would be any hope for me getting into/getting funding at a PhD in the UK? (ie UCL, Imperial, Kings, OxCam?) . I have a psychology/neuro BSc but I would like to point out that most of my coursework is focused on biology, and I hope that my research experience in biology and bioengineering can help me in my applications to programs that ask for biological science degrees. Also, my recommendations should really emphasize my ability to conduct independent biology research. Undergrad Institution: McGill University, Canada, pretty good international research reputation Major(s): Psychology + Neuroscience (but most coursework on molecular bio/neuro... almost all classes in Faculty of Science) Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.73 Overall GPA: 3.58 (upward trend: 3.22, 3.72, 3.86, 3.73) Position in Class: We didnt get ranks, but I have above average grades in all of my classes Type of Student: Canadian + American dual citizen, Male GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 166 V: 168 W: 5 B: Research Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications (Mth author out of N?) or conference talks etc...) 1 year in a cognitive psychology/neuroanatomy lab at McGill, 6 hours a week, big PI but not a relevant lab experience 2.5 years in a collaborative project between a professor and an anatomy and cell biology professor at McGill, molecular biology and bioengineering project, 3 full-time summers, around 30 hours a week throughout the school year, trained many graduate students on microscopy and surface patterning techniques 6 months in computational biology lab at Imperial College London while studying abroad at UCL, 1x a week for 3-4 hours 4.5 months post-graduation in a microfluidics lab in Japan as a summer intern, I was brought in to the research group to help develop cellular applications for the platforms they were developing as the lab mainly consisted of physicists and chemists (Current) Research technician and assistant at Columbia medical center, working full time and will have been working here for two years before joining graduate school, pathology and cell biology lab where I am working on a few projects Conference proceedings/Posters: First author conference proceeding and poster presentation at international conference in cell engineering and biomaterials Third author on conference proceeding and oral presentation at international bioengineering conference 3x poster presentations at Canadian national neuroscience conferences, 3x at Montreal local conferences Publications: First authored publication should be submitted before application (hopefully accepted) from Montreal lab Third author publication from Japan lab Potential submitted second author publication from Columbia Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Deans Interdisciplinary Research Award (McGill) Awarded 2x summer research awards/fellowships through NSERC (one in Neuroengineering and one in Bioengineering) Invited as an intern to Japanese institute, which included full funding for travel and living expenses Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Full time research technician at Columbia Special Bonus Points: Took 2-3 grad level biology classes, got A's Anatomy + Cell bio professor at McGill is a big name in his field, as is Columbia professor My projects at McGill were run by me independently as the PhD student I was working with left after about 2 months of work, so I stayed on for the rest of the project and just worked directly with the professor Applying to Where: Harvard BBS, MIT Biology, Berkeley MCB, Columbia Integrated program, MSK Gerstner grad program, Tri-institutional Chemical biology, BU bioengineering, David Rockefeller PhD program, EMBL International PhD program, UK schools?? Thank again!!
  5. Thanks a lot! I'll definitely do that. Did you reach out to any PIs before applying? Thanks!
  6. Hi guys! I am planning on applying this fall/winter to start in Fall 2018. I was wondering if there was anything I can do to boost my stats and also just what my general chances are. Also, do you guys think there would be any hope for me getting into/getting funding at a top program in the UK? (ie UCL, Imperial, Kings, OxCam?) My supervisor thinks I have a good chance applying to most places in the states, but I feel like my GPA is quite low for top programs. I have a psychology/neuro BSc but I would like to point out that most of my coursework is focused on biology, and I hope that my research experience and publications in both biology and bioengineering can help me in my applications to programs that ask for biological science degrees. Also, my recommendations should really emphasize my ability to conduct independent biology research. Undergrad Institution: McGill University, Canada, pretty good international research reputation Major(s): Psychology + Neuroscience (but most coursework on molecular bio/neuro... almost all classes in Faculty of Science) Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.73 Overall GPA: 3.58 (upward trend: 3.22, 3.72, 3.86, 3.73) Position in Class: We didnt get ranks, but I have above average grades in all of my classes Type of Student: Canadian + American dual citizen, Male GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 166 V: 168 W: 5 B: Research Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications (Mth author out of N?) or conference talks etc...) 1 year in a cognitive psychology/neuroanatomy lab at McGill, 6 hours a week, big PI but not a relevant lab experience 2.5 years in a collaborative project between a professor and an anatomy and cell biology professor at McGill, molecular biology and bioengineering project, 3 full-time summers, around 30 hours a week throughout the school year, trained many graduate students on microscopy and surface patterning techniques 6 months in computational biology lab at Imperial College London while studying abroad at UCL, 1x a week for 3-4 hours 4.5 months post-graduation in a microfluidics lab in Japan as a summer intern, I was brought in to the research group to help develop cellular applications for the platforms they were developing as the lab mainly consisted of physicists and chemists (Current) Research technician and assistant at Columbia medical center, working full time and will have been working here for two years before joining graduate school, pathology and cell biology lab where I am working on a few projects Conference proceedings/Posters: First author conference proceeding and poster presentation at international conference in cell engineering and biomaterials Third author on conference proceeding and oral presentation at international bioengineering conference 3x poster presentations at Canadian national conferences, 3x at Montreal local conferences Publications: First authored publication should be submitted before application (hopefully accepted) from Montreal lab, aiming for journal with impact factor ~6 Third author publication from Japan lab (IF:19) Fifth author publication from Japan lab (IF:9) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Deans Interdisciplinary Research Award (McGill) Awarded 2x summer research awards/fellowships through NSERC (one in Neuroengineering and one in Bioengineering) Invited as an intern to Japanese institute, which included full funding for travel and living expenses Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Full time research technician at Columbia Special Bonus Points: Took 2-3 grad level biology classes, got A's Anatomy + Cell bio professor at McGill is a big name in his field, as is Columbia professor My projects at McGill were run by me independently as the PhD student I was working with left after about 2 months of work, so I stayed on for the rest of the project and just worked directly with the professor Applying to Where: Harvard BBS, Stanford Biosciences, Berkeley MCB, Columbia Integrated program, MSK Gerstner grad program, Tri-institutional Chemical biology, BU bioengineering, EMBL International PhD program, UK schools??
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