Hey everyone,
I thought I'd broaden the topic posted earlier about plant biology applicants to ALL biology applicants that find themselves on this part of the forum. Who is applying to begin graduate school in the Fall of 2011 in biology related areas (biology, genetics, plant biology, biochemistry etc.)?
Feel free to post your stats, ask questions, give feedback, and keep everyone posted on your application processes!
Mine are as follows:
GPA: 3.81 with baccalaureate (top 10% of class) and departmental honors (biochemistry) from a major public university in the northwest (Go Huskies...)
GRE General: Q: 710 (72%); V: 550 (75%); Writing: 4.5 (67%)
GRE Subject (Biochemistry): 570 (67%)
1 summer internship at a national lab resulting in a poster at a national undergrad research competition
1.5 years undergrad research resulting in scholarship from university for a written research proposal and presentation at undergrad symposium (no pubs)
Currently working (received my BS in June 2010) at a national lab doing mass spectrometry-based proteomics (writing a paper currently as a first author and am a co-inventor on an invention currently being reviewed by the lab for a patent). My intended field of study is mass spectrometry-based proteomics and systems biology.
LOR's from PI for 1.5 years undegrad research, my PI at the national lab now, and a world leader in mass spectrometry.
Applying to (or applied..still in the process of submission): Harvard BBS, UCSF Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Stanford Biosciences (Chemical and Systems Biology), MIT Bioengineering, University of Virginia (Chemistry), The Scripps Research Institute, and Princeton Molecular Biology
Good luck everyone and feel free to participate!
