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Undergrad Institution: One of the top universities in UK (not Oxford and Cambridge though)Major(s): Molecular GeneticsMinor(s):GPA in Major: Translated to 4.0/4.0 or 3.7/4.0 depending on the scaleOverall GPA: Same as abovePosition in Class: No official figure, but I guess is top 5%?Type of Student: International, asian, maleGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 170 (97%)V: 160 (86%)W: 5.0 (93%)B: not takingResearch Experience: Second year Jan~Sep: helped with a PhD to study Arabidopsis root using confocol microscopy & my own cloning project to make a fusion protein Third year summer Jun~Oct: synthetic biology project which I developed myself But unfortunately I didn't generate enough data for publishingAwards/Honors/Recognitions: It's a shame that my school doesn't have ANY of these.. 1) Class representatives of one course 2) Won a grant to cover round trip from UK to Boston to attend a conferencePertinent Activities or Jobs: Nothing. Will this affect a lot?Special Bonus Points: Nothing really special. One referee being a plant biotechnologist whom I worked for around 8 months, another a synthetic biologist whom I worked for around 6 months, and the third one being a department head of stem cell and regenerative medicine, but he only teaches me for 2/3 courses.Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I guess one thing that I should point out in the statement would be my third year project is 99% original, i.e. I concenptualised the idea and designed my own experiments?Applying to Where: MIT UCB Harvard Yale Cornell Columbia Princeton UPenn Johns Hopkins Boston Any advice? Am I aiming too high?