Undergrad Institution: Medium public flagship, T1 researchMajor(s): Biology and BiostatisticsMinor(s): entrepreneurshipGPA in Major: 3.7Overall GPA: 3.7Type of Student: DomesticGRE Scores revisedQ: 164V: 166W: 4.5Research Experience:
*all 4 years undergrad in the same lab (part-time, work study, research for credit, etc.) doing bioinformatics, animal handling, and bench work
*1 summer with my school's iGEM team
*1 year as full-time bioinformatics analyst with academic department
*2 summers full-time at undergrad lab thanks to university stipends/scholarships
Awards/Honors/Recognitions:
*2 summer stipends
*gold medal and nominations at iGEM
*applying (pending) to NSF GRFP and DoD NDSEGPertinent Activities or Jobs:
*bioinformatics tech/analyst jobAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:
*2 publications with home lab
*2 conference/symposium presentations
*patent pending with home lab
*3 pending/manuscripts that I am to be co-authored on
*Working more or less completely independently on a bioinformatics project with publication goals
*Some of my apps have 4 LORs, some have 3: At least 3 research LORs for all apps and an additional class-only LOR
*graduated with distinction for senior thesisApplying to Where: Focusing on bioinformatics/computational bio programs or umbrella programs, I'm positioning myself as hybrid computationalist and experimentalist with an interest in Dev bio from a systems POV: My choices are mainly driven by geography, I'm interested in staying near industry/VC hubs if possible but it'll take a super selective school to motivate me to move cross-country.JHU
UMD
GWU
UCSF
UC Berkeley
UW
MIT
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