Undergrad Institution: Big state school - Houston - guess which Major(s): Chemistry and PhysicsMinor(s): MathGPA in Major: 3.6 in bothOverall GPA: 3.6Position in Class: N/A (school doesn't calculate that so who knows. Got invited to Golden Key on campus so probably above 15%?)Type of Student: International/femaleGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 163V: 157W: 4.0S: N/AResearch Experience: 1.5 years in organic with PI from Pharmacy, paper in waiting (2nd author), 1 research poster. An REU in theoretical biological physics at Rice, 2 poster sessions (1st author). 2 oral presentations - regional conferences. Half a semester at Rice doing simulations. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?) Within school: research scholarship + research travel grant. Outside: stipend to participate in REU. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 2 years of tutoring (20 hrs/week at a tutoring office on campus) in math, chemistry and physics. Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Special Bonus Points: 2 recommenders are from research and the last one is a very famous theoretical chemist who I took a grad. course with. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Applying to Where: All Theoretical/Physical/Computational Chemistry
UT Austin, Rice, Washington, Chicago, Northeastern, Toronto, Waterloo, Penn State, Carnegie Mellon
Got acceptance offer from UT Austin already. Does anyone have experience with UT? They invited me on a weekend for grad students, I hear it's an informal interview but not sure. Recently rejected by Toronto - they ask for A- overall, which translates to 80 - 83% in Canada, which equals to B/B+ in the U.S.... soo....