Anxiety is eaten me... Thought to post my stats tho it's much weaker than everyone else here lol
Undergrad: Current senior at UCSD
GPA: 3.74
GRE/TOEFL : N/A
Background: International, Asian female
Research experience --> ~.5 year at a cancer lab (basic bench work); less than 1 year at a psychiatry lab (current lab, conducting senior thesis)
Publication: 1 second-author pub just accepted (IF~12), no posters:(
LOR: one from my current PI which should be very strong (I LOVE HER SO MUCH); two from profs, both are amazing PIs at UCSD - one I did well in her class before, TAing for her right now and discussed my research; another is prof for a very small journal-club class, entirely discussion on research, and she knows me personally very well.
SOP/Research statement: Spent a lot of time; reviewed and edited by several grad students and they think it was good
Awards: Just normal things like provost honors(dean's list) etc.
Special points might help?: Active in neuroscience outreach with UCSD NGP
Research interest: affective disease, diet and stress related disorders (such as eating disorders/feeding, motivated behaviors etc.) - the latter one is not so common in here I think...
Schools I applied(5): UCSD, UPenn, Mount Sinai, Weill Cornell, Columbia
My research time is defo dragging me down so much:( Idk if a pub can help make up for it... Another huge factor is that I am international, aka the expensive one lol... But anyway Imma give this cycle a try and only apply to schools that are bio-medically focused and have many PIs doing work I am interested in.
Also, if anyone has questions about UCSD, I am happy to answer. Good luck everyone!