How's everybody's applications going? Deadlines coming up soon for the majority of programs. Any advice for me about the tier of schools I should be looking at?
Undergrad Institution: Howard University
Major(s): Biology, Chemistry and Psychology double minor
Overall GPA: 4.0
Major GPA: 4.0
Type of Student: Non-binary, Vietnamese, first-generation college student
GRE Scores: None
Research Experience:
- Summer internship at UTHSCA studying Alzheimer's Disease in drosophila models. Got two oral presentations and one poster presentation from it.
- Sustained internship at Howard University for my honors thesis developing a mobile platform for conducting visuomotor adaptation experiments. Presented a poster presentation and a first author paper which has been submitted and is under review
- Remote (because of COVID) internship "at" NYU studying the connection between Alzheimer's Disease and anxiety. Presented two poster presentations. I'm also continuing to work with the lab remotely through the ADRC REC program at NYU. PI has mentioned I'll be on another paper but that won't be until waaaay after applications are due.
Programs:
- Part of an academic scholars program (full scholarship) for undergrads that are committed to getting a PhD (or MD/PhD but that's not me)
- Jr ADRC REC Program at NYU
Other Info:
- I submitted the NSFGRFP with a "non-disease" viewpoint for my research at NYU.
LoRs:
- My PI from UTHSCA: She's pretty known in the Alzheimer's Disease research field. Did a lot of wet lab work there which was fun.
- My PI from Howard University: I've worked with him for a long while. He knows a few people at the universities I'm applying to from his MIT days so I'm hoping his name gives me some clout. Also tbqh I'm expecting a glowing letter because I carried his lab (it's very new and consists of like 20 undergrads plus three grad students and a post-doc. Way too chaotic and I managed a lot of the undergrad onboarding process and wrote a first author paper for this man so.)
- My PI from NYU: He's one of the heads of the ADRC at NYU. I worked pretty well with him, as best as can be remotely, so should be good too.
^^ All letters have been submitted
Applying to Where:
UW-Seattle, University of Minnesota, University of Michigan, NYU, UTHSCA, UT Austin, University of Iowa, Cold Spring Harbor Independent Research Laboratory
