Undergrad Institution: WashU in STL
Major(s): BME Minor(s): Systems Engineering GPA in Major: 3.7/4.00 Overall GPA: 3.6/4.00 Demographics/Background: female
GRE Scores: Q: 165 (89%) V: 155 (69%) W: 4.0 (60%) LOR: PI of 2 years that I wrote a manuscript with who loves me. Professor who I have had 3 classes with and TAd for. Current PI who was my professor before working in his lab. I'm very close with all of them and know the recs are super strong.
Research Experience: 2 years in a bio lab, used crystallography to determine my own protein structure. 6 months in a BME lab using simulation for protein research on ALS.
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations: First author on a paper that recently came out in BiochemJ.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list for 4 semesters. Got a Dean's fellowship at WashU that got me into the program here without having to apply through faculty recs and gives me an extra 5k.
Fellowships/Funding: Applied for NSF GRFP. uSTAR summer 2015. HHMI summer 2016.
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Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments: Cheerleading all four years. TA'd as a sophomore and TA currently. Designed a gas sensor as a class project. Designing an automated device that produces biosensors for senior design.
Research Interests: Protein structure. Simulation. Thermodynamics.
Institutions/Programs:
WashU BME- Accepted
Princeton
UChicago- Interview
Duke
Stanford
UWashington
MIT(haven't finished the app yet kill me)
Comments: Got an interview at UChicago for biophysical sciences.