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If you're comfortable, can you share the name of the school whose open house you attended in case others are planning on applying there.

I was worried if it would suggest I'm not confident in my Ph.D. application and if it is the same admission committee, it would be pretty obvious that the MS is my backup.

Does anyone know how it looks to an admissions committee if you apply to a program's Ph.D. and Masters program at the same time? Given the limited resources as a result of the pandemic, I was thinking of applying to a few masters programs as a backup to my Ph.D applications, but I don't want it to raise red flags with an admissions committee.

Thank you so much, I’ll definitely add more to my list.

Academics: GPA: 3.51 University of Washington Seattle (No particular trends in GPA, graduated August 2019) GRE: 157 V/ 167 Q/ 5 AW Undergraduate Research: 1 year as a student research volunteer with Seattle Children’s research studying concussion prevention. Presented research at undergraduate research symposium at the University of Washington. Assisted with a paper but don’t know if it will be published. Post Graduation Research: 8 months as a clinical trial assistant with a contract research organization (CRO). I helped organize sites for clinical trials in the start up phase through close out. I also helped manage IRB submissions, subject tracking, and site personnel. 2 months (will continue this position until the start of my graduate programs) Clinical research coordinator assisting with orthopedic research at a large institution Extracurricular: Team Manager for University’s Sports Team: traveled with the team, helped with practices and games, learned about conditioning, nutrition, injury prevention, and rehabilitation. LORs: 1 anatomy professor 1 undergraduate PI/supervising coordinator 1 current PI Schools I’m Looking At: University of Washington Biology UCSF Biomedical Sciences Stanford Biosciences University of Oregon Human Physiology USC Biokinesiology UCLA Molecular Cellular and Integrative Physiology UC Davis Molecular Cellular and Integrative Physiology UC San Diego Primary (Cellular, Molecular, Genetics) I know my research experiences aren’t for extended periods of time, but I’m hoping that along with my extracurricular they help reinforce my interest in sports medicine centered research. Based on my academics, is my list a little too top heavy? I’m worried I’m not applying to a variety of programs in terms of difficulty. I feel most of these schools are “reach programs” so I would appreciate any advice you may have on more schools or my current list. Thank you so much for all of your help!