Hi, I'm hoping to get a sense of how competitive of an applicant I am for computational biology PhD programs (hope this is the right place). I'm trying to sort out if it makes sense for me to do a masters program first (recently accepted to a small state school for computer science), or try to go straight into a PhD. If you've read this far, thanks for taking the time to help me out!
Profile:
Undergrad: Bachelors in Computer Science from UC Berkeley (took 90% of classes for a Molecular and Cell Biology double major, just missing two upper divisions)
GPA: 3.5
GRE: haven't taken (masters program waived requirement due to covid)
Research: After graduating I took a job as a bioinformatics programmer in a lab at UCSF. Worked there for around a year with my name on a handful of papers in medical journals (nothing earth shattering).
Recommendations: One from my PI, one from a CS professor, and one from a humanities professor. All three will probably be fairly standard for PhD applicants
Thanks!