hey all lurked on forums for like past two weeks but decided to post in order to maybe help someone who's scoping out other ppl lmao. I'm a current senior and (obviously) am not taking a gap year.. young meat
Undergrad Institution: Top Public Major(s): MCB-Immunology track; StatisticsMinor(s): GPA in Major: 3.8Overall GPA: 3.784Position in Class: not reported by my school but at least top 15%?Type of Student: domestic non-white maleGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 163V: 164W: 4.5Research Experience:
-high school; one year at stanford stem cell lab (following a research program there)
-one year in infectious disease lab first year of college
-one year and half in current immunology lab at my university. so like 3.5 years research experience total i guess
Publications/Presentations:
-pubs: none but wrote in app that i'm prepping one/submitting one next spring as 2nd author
-presentations: 1 poster, 1 local conference presentation at my uniAwards/Honors/Recognitions:
-Dean's List last semester (spring 2017)
-uni research fellowship (for summer 2017)Pertinent Activities or Jobs:
-Tutor for biophysical chem, chosen by instructors of the class
-Tutor for orgo 1 for a program at my uni that helps underrepresented students studying biological sciences
LOR:
I mean probably same as everyone else, one is an HHMI investigator who did some good work on kinase structure but everyone's letters are strong I assume 2 letters from profs who have taught me in classes, 1 letter from my actual research PIApplying to Where:UCSD: BMS-Immuno
UCSF: BMS
UW: Immuno
Stanford: Biosciences-Immuno track (also expressed interest in CSI subtrack)
Yale: BBS-Immuno. Interview notification on 12/5/17
UPenn: BGS-Immuno. Interview notification on 12/4/17 (literally 3/4 days after submitting )
Good luck studying for finals for those of you still in undergrad like me