Undergrad Institution: University of the Pacific
Major(s): Bachelors in Music concentration Music Education; Master of Science Psychology
Overall GPA: Bachelors: 2.99; Masters: 3.77
Major GPA: 3.77
Type of Student: Domestic, white female
GRE Scores: Not taken
Research Experience:
- 6 months in Pediatric Psychiatry lab at Stanford assisting with MRI piloting and writing MRI pre processing pipelines
- 2.7 years in Neuromuscular lab also at Stanford working on both industry sponsored clinical drug trials (Clinical Research Coordinator) then promoted to Imaging and Data Researcher and responsible for all data analysis of clinical measures and assessments as well as lead MRI operator. I've helped create MRI protocols for both head (focus on DTI) as well as full body (currently developing this for diffusion as well). Wrote and maintain all MRI analysis from pre-processing through data analysis.
One publication accepted, 4 currently under revision with journals and 2 in process but hoping to have submitted prior to applying this season (2 of which I am 1st author on)
Other Info:
- I am the first member of my family to go to college and come from a super small farming community (interesting info?)
- Coding experience in: Python, R, Matlab, Bash, C++, Java. Very comfortable in Python, R, Matlab and Bash but have done coursework in the other two so figured they were good to at least list?
Applying to Where:
Stanford, UCSF, UCSD, UCLA, USC, UC Berkeley, University College London
I'm very worried that my dream schools are all too highly rated for my profile as I know they are extremely difficult to get into. If there are any recommendations of other institutions that have strong imaging (diffusion MRI being my focus) I would love to hear suggestions!
If you have any comments or feedback about profile my please let me know, I would really appreciate it as I feel kind of lost navigating this application process.