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How do you go about finding out if they have a good history of taking in intl students?

Thanks for all the info MCF10A! I might want to rethink about the schools I wanna apply to, like probably not applying to UCSF or Yale. For the schools you mentioned, are they friendly to international applicants? I vaguely remember seeing that UMichigan don't think in internationals at all?

I'm looking for good cancer biology programs, especially those with opportunities for translational research into cancer therapeutics. I'm particularly interested in schools that has a "Med into Grad" Program, or programs that provide additional emphasis on translational medicine/therapeutics/clinical exposure/clinical relevance to basic science through a special track or a certificate program! A few schools I already identified: Columbia, Harvard (BBS, Therapeutics), UPenn, Sloan Kettering, WashU seattle, UCSD Anywhere else you guys know of? Thanks for your help!!

I'm an international student as well. I did college in the US and got a few awards + and I getting paid as a TA. Tax is no different for internationals.

Hello! Thanks for starting this thread! I'm a first time applicant, but I'm nervous because I'm an international student (even though I studied in the US for undergrad) - I heard it's generally harder for international students to gain admission anywhere. So I'm applying to 15-16 schools to make up for this higher standard for international students. Here're my stats, and please let me know if I'm applying to too many top tier schools. Should I change my school choices? What are my chances? What should I focus on now to make my apps good? Also I'm applying to a new field. I want to apply to cancer biology with translational research focus/clinical exposure, but my experience has been in basic science and developmental biology. Does that affect my chances? How can I make my application stand out more? Undergrad Institution: Large public research university in California, well known for biology/chemistry/medicine Major(s): Molecular, Cell, an Developmental BiologyMinor(s): Biomedical Research GPA in Major: 3.99Overall GPA: 3.98Position in Class: Top fewType of Student: International, female, minority (Asian)GRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 162 (82nd percentile)V: 162 (91st percentile)W: 4.5 (81st percentile)B: - Research Experience: - Undergrad research experience: 2 years in developmental biology lab at my school. 2 college wide poster presentations, 2 departmental poster presentations - 1 year as full time Research Technician (same lab as undergrad), manuscript in preparation (4th author out of 5, I'm in the only undergrad, the first 3 are post docs). During this year I made successful unprecedented attempt to apply a technique to our tissue, and also spearheaded using CRISPR/Cas9 in our lab. So I basically set up these 2 techniques in our lab. - 1 Summer Research Internship in Japan: Tumor Biology, 1 Program wide presentation, 1 host institution presentation Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Summa Cum Laude, College Honors, Phi Beta Kappa Within school: Deans List (9/10 quarters), departmental outstanding poster award, study abroad scholarship, humanities essay prize Outside school: Amgen Scholarship (summer research), Amgen Japan Symposium poster award, Amgen Kyoto Symposium poster award, Singapore Government Undergraduate full-ride scholarship Pertinent Activities or Jobs: - TA 1 quarter, might be TAing again the upcoming Fall - 1 year research technician (mentioned above) Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:Special Bonus Points: - 1 LOR from departmental Chair (famous prof) - 1 from director of my minor (worked closely for TA and took a class with him) - 1 from summer intern prof (who is relatively famous, worked under a very famous prof for his post doc) Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: N/A?Applying to Where: Harvard - BBS Program (Therapeutics, Cancer Bio or Translational Medicine Track) JHU - Cellular and Molecular Medicine Stanford - Biosciences - (Cancer/Immunology/Stem Cell) UPenn - Molecular Cellular Biology (+Certificate in Graduate Training in Medical science) - Cancer Bio Program Gerstner Sloan Kettering - Biomedical Sciences UCSD - Biomedical Sciences - Cancer Bio/ Stem Cell Columbia - Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular, Biomedical sciences Rockefeller - Biosciences Yale - Biological and Biomedical Sciences - Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, Physiology UCLA - Bioscience - Molecular Pharmacology UCSF - Biomedical Science - Cancer Bio & Cell Signaling UChicago - Biomedical Science- Cancer Bio/Molecular Medicine/Immunity UT Southwestern Medical Center - Biological Sciences (+Translational Science Track) - Cancer Bio WashU - Molecular and Cellular Biology - Cancer Bio/Stem Cell/Immunity Pittsburgh - Biomedical Program - Cellular Molecular Pathology/ Molecular Pharmacology/ Developmental Bio