Undergrad Institution: Strong Midwest
Major(s): 1st: History, later: Chemistry; Then two MS degrees in Biology and Bioinformatics
GPA in Major: 3.1 UG; 3.9 Grad
Overall GPA: 3.1 UG; 3.6 Grad
Type of Student: Domestic, non-traditional. After law school and practicing, went back for a science UG and now finishing two MS degrees in Biology and Bioinformatics.
GRE Scores (revised/old version):
Q: 800 (94%)
V: 730 (99%)
W: 5.0 (87%)
Research Experience: 3 Years, developmental bio and bioinformatics. One publication, 2nd author, 2 more first author by the end of the year. Several conference poster presentations.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Funded RAs as MS student.
Applying to Where:
Systems Biology programs in stand alone departments, or in biology departments:
MIT - CSBi
MIT - Dept Of Biology (Computational and Systems Biology)
Stanford - Chemical and Systems Biology
UCSF - IPQB
University of Washington - MCB
Washington University in St. Louis - DBBS Computational and Systems Biology Program
Harvard - HILS Systems Biology
UPenn - Genomics and Computational Biology
Northwestern - IBiS: Biotechnology Systems & Synthetic Biology
UCSD - Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
UCIrvine - Mathematical, Computational, and Systems Biology
Systems Biology programs in Bioengineering:
UCSD – Bioengineering
UWashington – Bioengineering
UCBerkeley - UCB-UCSF Joint Bioengineering Program
UPenn -Bioengineering
UTSouthwestern - Biomedical Engineering through Basic Sciences
Caltech - Bioengineering: Synthetic and Systems Biology
WUSTL - Biomedical Engineering