Canadian applicant, only applying to a handful of schools (aimed at specific PIs of interest)
1. UW (GS and MCB)
2. Berkeley (CompBio)
3. CMU-Pitt (CompBio)
4. UC Irvine (MCSB)
5. JHU (CS)
Stats:
- B.Sc in Comp Sci and Molecular Bio from Canadian university, currently finishing up M.Sc from top 3 Canadian university
- 3.7 undergrad GPA, 4.0 graduate GPA
- 6 years of research experience, 1 first author preprint, 1 first author in progress, 1 second author pub, 1 second author in review, 2 middle author pubs
- 3 LORs from current and past PIs
I know I'm not applying to many schools, not sure how competitive I actually am as an international student