Hi everyone! Nice to connect here. I haven't heard back from any program yet.
Student Type: US Resident / international student
Undergrad : US T30 public university
Major: computational biology & public health double-major + statistical modeling minor
GPA: 3.62 (overall)
Test scores: did not take GRE
Research: Currently a post-bacc bioinformatics researcher at T10 med school. 1 co-authored publication in translational immunology (IF>10). 2 presentations at international conferences. 5 personal bioinformatics projects describing my background in DL and single-cell biology.
Letters of Recommendation: Current PI, senior bioinformatician co-worker, my undergrad advisor (all presumed to be very best quality)
Programming skills: 1 year of full-time bioinformatics work experience using Python, R, HPC server, Git, and DL.
Others: 1 university scholarship, university honors, TA for Evolution course, 2 years of diverse computational biology lab experience in undergrad.
Schools I am applying to: UChicago (Human Genetics), UChicago (Molecular Engineering), Northwestern (HSIP)
Good luck y'all!!! 💪