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  1. Applied in Chemistry Four Reviews: E/E, E/E, E/E, VG/VG Received: Honorable Mention Currently a post-baccleareute researcher, so I guess I fall into the undergrad pool. VG reviewer said he wishes my recommendations were up to date. I think one of my reviewers accidentally submitted the wrong recommendation. I'm honored to receive the honorable mention, but I am also a little confused as it seems that I received better feedback than some people that actually received the award.
  2. I'm also interested in biomaterials. Berkeley has a much larger research faculty and, in my opinion, much more interesting opportunities for collaboration. I feel like the student support and quality of life is much stronger in the bay area. I'll also be attending Berkeley-UCSF this Fall, so I may be biased
  3. I got the reimbursement. You have to activate your account and then it is filled. You receive it as an online visa card balance. They let you transfer to a bank account, at a cost of $1.50 T_T
  4. It's a defense mechanism to not freak about before decisions are actually made more than anything else. Hopefully we all get invites.
  5. Someone posted an interview for Stanford in the results page. Not sure how legit it is. I'm super wary of people trolling on this site.
  6. Hey everyone, Just hopping on to say you guys have been a huge moral support in this whole process. I was offered an interview at UC Berkeley-UCSF. I'm gonna post my stats here just so everyone keeps up hope. I genuinely thought I had no shot anywhere. Undergrad Institution (approx. rank/reputation in STEM): One of the senior CUNYs thats not CCNY Major(s): Biochemistry and Applied Mathematics Minor(s): Statistics GPA in Major: 3.65 Overall GPA: 3.686/4.0 Demographics/Background: South Asian GRE Scores: 160 Verbal/ 163 Quant/ 5 AW LOR: Strong. 1 from PI who was head of Chem department, another at a major research hospital, another from a CCNY professor, and the last from an international collaborator who is well known. I published with all of them Research Experience: 5 years. Bio laboratory in high school, organic chemistry synthesis lab for 3 years, 1 summer REU in a physics lab, 2.5 years in the research hospital (overlapped with the organic synth lab because of a collab) Publications/Abstracts/Presentations: 3 papers published, 2 3rd author and 1 2nd author. All ACS journals (not JACS). 1 paper submitted, 5th author. Did a couple of crap posters at my school Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Outstanding student leader, an ACS award (basically bs), 4-5 internal university fellowships and scholarships Fellowships/Funding: Applied for GRFP. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Volunteered with refugees abroad for 2 summers, working as a quant day job while continuing to do research at night Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments: Class president and president of a minority club (not minority in stem though LOL) Anything else in your application that might matter (faculty connections, etc.): I was originally applying for med school, so I submitted an MCAT score. I did reasonably well (93 percentile). Research Interests: nanotech, photonics, therapy and diagnostics Institutions/Programs: Northwestern - Chemistry Weill Cornell - Pharmacology (Offered Interview) Columbia - ChemE MIT - BioE UC Berkeley-UCSF - BioE (Offered Interview) Penn - BioE Stanford - BioE Harvard - BioE Comments: For the most part, my stats are incredibly unremarkable. I am well below the average in terms of GPA and GRE, I didn't major in engineering, I went to a mediocre college, and I am an over represented minority in STEM. I applied to programs I had sincere interest in and wrote a sincere and honest personal statement about my goals, where I also alluded to the fact that I flourish outside the classroom. I was offered interviews at Weill Cornell and Berkeley, and I was invited to a reimbursed Penn open house back in October, where a grad student informed us they only invited the top applicants. The point is, don't give up. Your performance in school and the GRE is not going to hurt you as much as you think, as long as you have demonstrated that you truly want this. If you feel your ECs don't support this, reach out to people, PIs. Let them know who you are and where you want to be. Nothing is set in stone until the semester actually begins. I wish everyone here the best of luck.
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