HayleyH

Hi everyone, I' m looking for some advice on my school choices as well as possible method of improvement in my background. I'm aiming for the top 15~20 schools in neuroscience, but I'm afraid that will be a bit stretch for me. Also, I haven't gone thorugh the whole list of possible schools yet, cause I'm checking each one to make sure there are at least 2 labs I want to work in. Please let me know if there are some great programms I've missed out. Thank you guys! Undergrad Institution: University of California, San Diego Major(s): General Biology, Psychology with specilization in Clinical PsychologyMinor(s): NoneGPA in Major: 3.52 for biology, 3.58 for psychologyOverall GPA: 3.52Position in Class: Not sureType of Student: International Asian femaleGRE Scores (Revised): Q: 169 (96%)V: 155 (69%)W: 3.5 (42%) This is the result from 3 months ago, right now I'm aiming for ~160 in verbal (hopefully able to get the Q+V up to 330) and ~4.5 in writing B: 86% overall (59% molecule & cell biology, 92%Organismal Biolgoy, 92% Ecology & evolution) I have registered for the test in October, but I don't seem to have much spare time to prepare for it. And since I'm primarily aim for system-level neuroscience, so I'm not sure if I should retake it.Research Experience: I've been working in the biology lab (neurotoxicology) for ~3 years, have 1 publication (defintely not the 1st or 2nd author; not sure about the exact order since there are 3-4 undergrads on the paper besides the 2 PhD students who will be the 1st and 2nd author) in review now, and I'm in acknoledgement of another published paper. There might be a paper on the project another undergrad and I have just started on, but won't be out until next summer, so probably not helpful for my application I also just started to work at a psycholgoy lab about human emotion and empathy for about a month, and will continue until next summer Awards/Honors/Recognitions: not sure if the provost honor will count Special Bonus Points: probably Matlab? I'm learning Python for my new psycholgoy lab as well Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I've got a couple C+s in my late 2nd and the 3rd year as I'm struggling with depression at that time, and my grades have been back to straight As except some of my lab classes again after that. I'm not sure if I should explain this situation somewhere. LORs: UCSD PI (current biology lab) UCSD PI (current psychology lab) UCSD professor (Chair of circaidan center) UCSD assistant professor (psychology class, for backup) UCSD professor* (neurobiology professor, still trying to get the letter since it is more related to my interest area) Applying to Where: those I've decided on so far Yale PhD Program in Biological and Biomedical Science (BBS) WUSTL PhD Program in Biology and Biomedical Sciences UCSD Neurosciences PhD Program UCLA Interdepartmental PhD Program for Neuroscience

Hi everyone, I' m looking for some advice on my school choices as well as possible method of improvement in my background. I'm aiming for the top 15~20 schools in neuroscience, but I'm afraid that will be a bit stretch for me. Also, I haven't gone thorugh the whole list of possible schools yet, cause I'm checking each one to make sure there are at least 2 labs I want to work in. Please let me know if there are some great programms I've missed out. Thank you guys! Undergrad Institution: University of California, San Diego Major(s): General Biology, Psychology with specilization in Clinical PsychologyMinor(s): NoneGPA in Major: 3.52 for biology, 3.58 for psychologyOverall GPA: 3.52Position in Class: Not sureType of Student: International Asian femaleGRE Scores (Revised): Q: 169 (96%)V: 155 (69%)W: 3.5 (42%) This is the result from 3 months ago, right now I'm aiming for ~160 in verbal (hopefully able to get the Q+V up to 330) and ~4.5 in writing B: 86% overall (59% molecule & cell biology, 92%Organismal Biolgoy, 92% Ecology & evolution) I have registered for the test in October, but I don't seem to have much spare time to prepare for it. And since I'm primarily aim for system-level neuroscience, so I'm not sure if I should retake it.Research Experience: I've been working in the biology lab (neurotoxicology) for ~3 years, have 1 publication (defintely not the 1st or 2nd author; not sure about the exact order since there are 3-4 undergrads on the paper besides the 2 PhD students who will be the 1st and 2nd author) in review now, and I'm in acknoledgement of another published paper. There might be a paper on the project another undergrad and I have just started on, but won't be out until next summer, so probably not helpful for my application I also just started to work at a psycholgoy lab about human emotion and empathy for about a month, and will continue until next summer Awards/Honors/Recognitions: not sure if the provost honor will count Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I've got a couple C+s in my late 2nd and the 3rd year because I'm struggle with depression at that time, and my grades have been back to straight As except some of my lab classes. I'm not sure if I should explain this situation somewhere. LORs: UCSD PI (current biology lab) UCSD PI (current psychology lab) UCSD professor (Chair of circaidan center) UCSD assistant professor (psychology class, for backup) UCSD professor* (neurobiology professor, still trying to get the letter since it is more related to my interest area) Applying to Where: those I've decided on so far Yale PhD Program in Biological and Biomedical Science (BBS) WUSTL PhD Program in Biology and Biomedical Sciences UCSD Neurosciences PhD Program UCLA Interdepartmental PhD Program for Neuroscience