JDevStem

Undergrad Institution: Wellesley College Major(s): BiologyMinor(s): Africana Studies GPA in Major: 3.1 Overall GPA: 2.9 (It's low but there is a significant upward trend. Had a very bad semester early on due to family issues but took some classes after undergrad to help bring it up.) Type of Student: black female GRE: Haven't taken but planning on it to boost my chances. Will be taking in late September and again in late October if I need to. Research Experience: Wellesley College Biochem Bootcamp (worked with Harvard BBS grad students for 3 weeks), Wellesley College Science Summer ( worked in a fish lab studying muscle movements in fish for 8 weeks), MIT Biology (worked in developmental biology for two years, completed an honors thesis in undergrad and worked there afterwards as a research technician. Started working on a co first author paper with a graduate student using all my data but got laid off in May due to grant issues so that won't happen) Boston College Biology (Dev bio again. Started in July as a tech and working to hopefully to get my name on a paper before I leave. Will definitely not be first author) Presented thesis research in a poster at the national Drosophila annual meeting Gave two talks about my thesis research at local meetings Awards/Honors/Recognitions: McNair Scholar, Sigma Xi , OIST-CEDA participant (didn't get to attend in March due to covid but will be attending in spring 2021) Recs: MIT PI (he's very excited about helping since he feels bad for having to let me go, known him for a while) BC PI ( He hasn't known me as long but I can expect a good rec) Wellesley Professor ( he was my on campus advisor during my thesis. He also had me in class and his class one of the main reasons I decided to do a pHD. Another good rec) Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: have volunteered for a year + as part of the Big Sister Little Sister program, Clinical Intern in Germany working with dialysis data, Black Student Union President for one year. Applying to Where: (applying to a lot because of my low gpa stats and I'm a McNair scholar so the application fees are free) (focusing on stem cell and Developmental Biology program) Rockefeller UPenn- Biology UPenn (BGS) Stonybrook Emory U Mass Amherst UVA- Biology Mount Sinai NYU- Biology (haven't decided which nyu program yet) NYU Sackler Duke Columbia Tufts Med- Genetics Morehouse Med. Northwestern- Chicago campus Sloan Kettering U of Houston Weill Cornell UNC Chapel Hill Stowers Institute Albert Einstein U of Maryland (Planning to email two faculty per school to chat. If there's any program suggestions you have, they would be greatly appreciated. If there are any completely out of my reach, let me know as well! I feel like I might have too many but this admissions cycle is gonna be rough especially with my stats. And since i'm not worried about app costs, the more the merrier? Also please let me know if I even have a chance. Was thinking about a PREP program but I have a lot of research experience so I'm not sure how that would help.)