[2018 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results]

49 minutes ago, thegrey said:

Congrats! Hope the invites keep coming, though this was my reach program!

Thanks you too! I'm not sure all invites have been sent out though, so gl/wishing for the best!

[2018 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results]

just got an interview from ucsf bms! (reposted cuz i'm a klutz and accidentally posted this in wrong thread lol)

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Just got an interview from UCSF BMS!

[2018 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results]

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; Statistics
Minor(s): 
GPA in Major: 3.8
Overall GPA: 3.784
Position in Class: not reported by my school but at least top 15%?
Type of Student: domestic non-white male

GRE Scores (revised/old version):
Q: 163
V: 164
W: 4.5

Research 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 uni

Awards/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 PI

Applying 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