Undergrad Institution (approx. rank/reputation in STEM): large R1 state research university
Major(s): Biochemistry BS (<-- my biggest issue, although I have taken math up to linear algebra + some elective bme and cs courses) Minor(s): GPA in Major: 4.00/4.00 Overall GPA: 4.00/4.00 Demographics/Background: Domestic asian female
GRE Scores: Q: 170 (96%) V: 162 (91%) W: 5.0 (92%) LOR: 3 very strong research LORs (1 from summer internship, 2 have been working under for 3+ years), +1 strong faculty LOR (very close to this professor and had two classes under them)
Research Experience: 7 months in immunotherapy, 3+ years in diagnostic tool/assay development and biomarker discovery, summer internship in diagnostic assays
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations: 3 research journal articles published (2nd, 3rd, and 6th author), 1 co-authored op-ed piece in peer-reviewed journal, 3 first author conference papers, 4 conference posters, 3 research journal articles in preparation
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Goldwater scholarship, 3rd for best paper at national conference, $20,000 research grant independently secured, 2 REUs (both at home university)
Fellowships/Funding: applied for NSF
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: president of a club and journal club director of another one
Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments: 10 published peer-reviewed encyclopedia articles (science related)
Anything else in your application that might matter (faculty connections, etc.):
Research Interests: synthetic biology, immunotherapy, stem cell, leaving it wide open for now...
Institutions/Programs: all BioE or BME- Stanford, UCB-UCSF, UW, Northwestern, Boston U, MIT, Harvard, Columbia
Interview- 0/8
Accepted-0/8
Rejected-0/8
Comments: What do you guys think (especially given my undergrad major not being engineering)? My desire to pursue a BioE phd evolved over the latter course of my undergraduate so didn't bother changing majors.
