[2020 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results]

• Undergrad Institution: Large State School, decent reputation in bio, but not the best
  Major(s): Microbiology
  GPA in Major: UD major 3.52
  Overall GPA: 3.24, my weakest application point I think
  Type of Student: Domestic Female
  
  GRE Scores (revised/old version): None, all programs either won't take it or it's optional this year and gone next year
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  Research Experience:
• At my school, 1.5 years so far. Over this past summer I was full time. We research mechanisms of aging , cellular regeneration, angiogenesis, and immunity through allorecognition. I work on the aging project and am also working on creating a transgenic line of the animal we work with. It's a non-traditional organism so we don't have a transgenic line. We are working on a paper now, won't be published until around the time I graduate and my work will be in there.

 

• Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Distinction in the major for research, school fellowship for excellence in summer research
  
  
  Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: I'm a rower? Some people tend to think this means a lot, but I'm not convinced it matters for grad school. I think it matters more for medical school.
  
  
  
  Applying to Where:
• CU Denver- microbiology and cancer biology
• CU Boulder- molecular biology
• Wisconsin Madison- microbiology and cancer biology
• Minnesota- microbiology
• Michigan- microbiology (PIBS)
• Utah- Biology
• Washington- microbiology and molecular biology
• Rockefeller

I'd say the last two are just shooting for the stars and seeing what happens. Even Michigan and Wisconsin too.