Hey everyone,
So my future plans changed and I want to peruse PhD in biology or genetics. But I am not sure if I should wait a year to expend my resume or just try and apply this upcoming cycle. My stats as follow:
1. Major in bio ( 3.75ish gpa)
2. Multiple years on dean's list, some honors award
3. Peer TA for 1.5 years
4. Have different interesting activities ( open non profit after high school, work in interesting jobs, currently have a business, etc)
5. Research: Year and 3 months in biomedical lab, 2 years in computational/genetics lab, 3 month internship in top 20 doing annotations, summer in top 20 in genetic lab, one year clinical research ( not sure if it counts). I graduated this year, I have two offers with two year commitment- both really great options (at very established universities).
6. Presentations - about 6 , national and regionals
7. Pubs: 1 first co-author, 1 third author (review paper), 1 in the middle somewhere but in Nature.
I am very interested in computational or genetic program, so want to apply to MIT and Stanford ( among others) but I feel like the application not as strong for those places.
Should I take a year off, work for 2 years to gain more experience or should I apply? Do I even stand a chance given my a bit lower GPA for these schools?
