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synthetichead

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  1. Feb 2-5 is for medicinal chemistry which is a division of the college of pharmacy. It's admissions are completely separate from the chemistry department. So no worries!
  2. California Institute of Technology (Caltech): March 1-3 or March 22-24 Cornell: March 2-4 or March 30-April 1 Colorado State: Feb 17-19, March 9-11 Georgia Tech: March 15-17, April 5-7 Montana State: March 1-4 MIT: March 30-April 1 New York University: Feb 16-18, Mar 8-10 Northwestern University: March 8-10, 15-17, 29-31 Ohio State University: March 2-3, 16-17 Princeton: Feb 24-27, March 2-4, March 16-18 Scripps: Feb 23-25 or March 1-3 Stanford: March 1, 8, 15 or 22 (may combine with a Friday visit to Berkeley) SUNY Stony Brook: March 9, March 23 UC Berkeley: March 1-3, March 8-10, March 15-17 or March 22-24 UC Davis: February 16-18, March 11-12 (one is more condensed than the other) UCI: March 2, 9, 16 UC LA: January 27, March 2 or March 23 U Chicago: February 16-18 or March 8-10 U Florida: February 17-19 or March 16-18 UIUC: Feb 17-18 or March 2-3 or March 23-24 or March 9-10 (Pchem) or March 30-31 (Pchem) UMich: February 2-5 UNC Chapel Hill: March 9-12 or March 30 - April 1 U Oregon: March 16-18 UPenn: March 16th-18 U Rochester: March 17 USC (Southern Cal): Feb 16-19 or March 1-4 or March 22-25 UT Southwestern (Interview): Feb 2-4 UVA: March 15th-16th University of Washington: March 9-10 Yale (General Chemistry): March 22-24
  3. I wonder the same thing. It seems like rankings don't affect selectiveness all that much. I would argue that UT Austin, for example, is less selective than say Princeton, even though Austin has a higher ranking. And in the end, which school Is going to look better on your resume? Very frustrating.
  4. California Institute of Technology (Caltech): March 1-3 or March 22-24 Cornell: March 2-4 or March 30-April 1 Colorado State: Feb 17-19, March 9-11 Georgia Tech: March 15-17, April 5-7 Montana State: March 1-4 MIT: March 30-April 1 New York University: Feb 16-18, Mar 8-10 Northwestern University: March 8-10, 15-17, 29-31 Princeton: Feb 24-27, March 2-4, March 16-18 Scripps: Feb 23-25 or March 1-3 Stanford: March 1, 8, 15 or 22 (may combine with a Friday visit to Berkeley) SUNY Stony Brook: March 9, March 23 UC Berkeley: March 1-3, March 8-10, March 15-17 or March 22-24 UCI: March 2, 9, 16 UC LA: January 27, March 2 or March 23 U Chicago: February 16-18 or March 8-10 U Florida: February 17-19 or March 16-18 UIUC: Feb 17-18 or March 2-3 or March 23-24 or March 9-10 (Pchem) or March 30-31 (Pchem) UMich: February 2-5 UNC Chapel Hill: March 9-12 or March 30 - April 1 U Oregon: March 16-18 UPenn: March 16th-18 USC (Southern Cal): Feb 16-19 or March 1-4 or March 22-25 UT Southwestern (Interview): Feb 2-4 UVA: March 15th-16th University of Washington: March 9-10 Yale (General Chemistry): March 22-24
  5. My life has been reduced to obsessively refreshing my email and the gradcafe results page.
  6. has anyone heard from Scripps Florida? or only CA?
  7. Thank you both for your advice. I apologize for the delayed response. It has been a rough semester. I'm finally finishing up with my statement and I avoided mentioning anything about my poor grades and just focused on my positive experiences and goals. I do have a handful of great recommendations, one of which from my research advisor who is in the ACS hall of fame so hopefully that will carry some weight. Keeping my fingers crossed.
  8. A few I can think of off the top of my head: UC San Diego UC Irvine Stony Brook NYU
  9. Hi Everybody, The time to start applications is getting frustratingly close and I am beginning to panic. What I would really like to know is if/how I should address my deficiencies (mostly low GPA) in my statement of purpose. Here are my stats: Overall GPA 3.45, Chem GPA 3.51, GRE 460V 780Q 3.5AW (retaking GRE in August) Have not yet taken chem GRE. I have been doing ongoing research (including 2 summers) for 2 years now in one lab, with a relatively famous organic chem professor, that will result in a publication before the application deadlines. (not first author). I do expect 3 solid recommendations. Also, I have done very well in all of my upper level chemistry courses (mostly A's and some A-'s) and have a consistently increasing GPA alongside an increasingly difficult work load since freshman year. I plan on applying to 10-15 schools for a Ph.D. in organic/medicinal, a handful of which are top programs like Scripps, Columbia, MIT, etc. I truly do have a great passion for research and I am very efficient in the lab. How can I convey this in my statement of purpose to make up for my low GPA/GRE scores? Thanks. P.S. If anyone else has similar credentials I would be very interested to hear about your experiences!
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