What PI's are looking for from undergraduate applicants

[Genomic Repairman]

From my good friend and co-blogger Prof-Like Substance...

http://scientopia.org/blogs/proflikesubstance/2011/10/25/what-am-i-looking-for-in-an-undergrad-applicant-for-grad-school/

Go take a look, he is honestly telling you what he looks at to evaluate you, what he thinks matters, and dumb stuff that folks do that drive him up a wall (ex. initiating your personal state with a tale of your bucolic childhood experiences).