WanderingPath

I didn’t know that about NYU/ Grossman. Yeah, I read that UPenn was out. I would love to get an interview with Vanderbilt or Stanford, but I recognize that all do the programs I applied to are super competitive and I am very happy that I have received the 2 interviews I have.

Hi. To answer the GPA/ research questions, here are my stats and results GPA: 3.59 (from small liberal arts college) MAJOR: Biology PUBLISHED: 3 RESEARCH: -Summer 2015: Computational Bio REU (2 publications from this) -Spring 2016: Computational research study abroad (1 publication, of which I’m the co-author) -Summer 2016: Wet-lab REU -Fall 2015, Fall 2016-Spring 2017: Wet lab/ Biochemistry research (no publications from this one lol) -Summer 2017: Computation Biology internship at start-up POST GRAD -Clinical research coordinator: 2017-fall 2019 -IT/ software development: fall 2020 - present PROS: -Solid research experience and GPA CONS -Have worn a lot of hats/ may come across as unfocused -Been out of academia since 2017 -No formal CS coursework (I learned it all on the job) -Little formal math coursework (A in Calc II, having never taken Calc I, this fall; currently enrolled in Linear Algebra and Calc III -Having Dyslexia so, despite my best efforts, some of my applications def have typos SCHOOLS APPLIED Interview: -WUSTL DBBS -Mighican PIBS Waiting and Haven’t Given Up Hope lol: -Stanford BMI -Vanderbilt BIDS No Response/ Assumed Rejection: -Harvard BIG -NYU Systems and Computational -UPenn GCB -Duke CBB -UNC DGP