InquilineKea Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 ______________________________________________ Undergrad Institution: (School or type of school, such as big state, lib arts, ivy, technical, foreign (what country?)... Overall Reputation in Biology?) Major(s): Minor(s): GPA in Major: Overall GPA: Position in Class: (No numbers needed, but are you top? near top? average? struggling?) Type of Student: (Domestic/International, male/female, minority?) GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: V: W: B: TOEFL Total: (if applicable, otherwise delete this) Research Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications (Mth author out of N?) or conference talks etc...) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?) Pertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, SPS officer etc...) Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Special Bonus Points: (Such as connections, grad classes, famous recommenders, female or minority status etc...) Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Applying to Where: School - Department - Research Interest School - Department - Research Interest School - Department - Research Interest InquilineKea 1
fmrp Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 Undergrad Institution: BS + Masters from Ivy Major(s): Math, Biology Overall GPA: 3.7 Type of Student: Domestic GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 780 V: 680 W: 5.5 Research Experience: 5 years of research at Ivy and large research university in systems biology / bioinformatics and molecular biology. 5 papers, 1 first author, 2 second author (Nature/Cell/Science level), 2 middle author. 1 conference talk + a few posters. Special Bonus Points: Very good recs, 1 from an all around famous PI, 1 from a famous systems bio. / bioinformatics PI. Applying to Where: Harvard (BBS), MIT (Biology, CSB), Stanford (Genetics), Caltech (Biology), UCSF (iPQB), Berkeley (MCB), Yale (MCB)
fosgfp Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 Undergrad Institution: top technical university in the US Major(s): biology Minor(s): biomedical engineering GPA in Major: 3.85 Overall GPA: 3.78 Position in Class: we don't get class rank but I'm guessing near the top Type of Student: female GRE Scores (revised): Q: 168/96% V: 163/93% W: 6/99% B: Research Experience: 3 years of research at my university + 3 summers of research including 2 REU programs. one small publication on a paper with many authors Awards/Honors/Recognitions: I'm on a half tuition merit scholarship at undergrad Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: studied abroad for a semester? don't know if that helps Special Bonus Points: some grad classes this year, but those won't show up on my transcripts. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Applying to Where: Neuroscience at Columbia, Rockefeller, Harvard, MIT, UPenn, UChicago, Northwestern, WashU, NIH
Business2Biology Posted November 27, 2011 Posted November 27, 2011 Holy wow. These first posts make me want to slowly step away from the PhD applications.... and run like hell! Kudos to you both! brainchild, eflowers, silver_wisps and 1 other 4
Angie854 Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 Undergrad Institution: University of California San Diego, Major(s): Ecology, Behavior and Evolution Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.2 Overall GPA: 3.1 Type of Student: Domestic, minority female GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 155 (69%) V: 162 (90%) W: 4.5 (72%) Research Experience: 2 years working in lab off campus, 3 independent research projects one of which was an REU, Masters thesis. Poster presentation at a national conference + 2 on campus, one publication in prep. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: provost honors (x2), REU fellowship Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA x 3, Review commitee for on campus publication, scholarship review comittee for AWIS san diego Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Mother of 2 Special Bonus Points: 3 strong letters of rec from leaders in their field (though at different times!), plenty of grad classes, female+minority+mother, Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Applied for NSF predoc, FORD fellowship and plan to apply for DOE predoc (and possibly USDA predoc) Applying to Where: UC Berkeley, Stanford, UC Santa Cruz, UH manoa, University of Colorado...maybe others, haven't decided yet.
AutumnLover Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 Undergrad Institution: Ivy Major(s): Biology and chemistry (double) Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.62 Overall GPA: 3.54 Position in Class: Middle Type of Student: Domestic Female GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 790 V: 620 W: 5 Biochem: 660 Research Experience: 2 years part time in school, 3 summer internships, 3 years post-bac (1 at big pharma, 2 in academia) 1 publication in PNAS as middle author Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Chem TA for 7 quarters, Bio for 1 Special Bonus Points: Took Continuing Ed Grad classes in Biology Applying to Where: MIT-biology Harvard- BBS Tufts-Genetics BU-Genetics UCSD-Biosciences Scripps-Biology UCSF-Tetrad UC Berkeley- MCB Stanford-Genetics
mbgradapp Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 Undergrad Institution: mid-tier state school Major(s):Biochemistry Minor(s): GPA in Major:3.97 Overall GPA:3.95 Position in Class: near top Type of Student: domestic GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q:166 94% V:157 77% W:4.5 72% B: Research Experience: 1 year undergrad, 2 year full time research tech Applying to Where: NYU Tufts Yale Washington University in St. Louis Boston University UPenn Northwestern You guys are scaring me.
solorenegade Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 Tell me about it...How do I compete with these people?
Faraday Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) I think you will find that the types of profiles posted on websites like this are not necessarily an even distribution of the overall application pool... Edited December 2, 2011 by Faraday
Jimbo2 Posted December 3, 2011 Posted December 3, 2011 haha that's definitely the case. just look at the NSF GRFP pages. Roughly 1/2 of the people that applied and posted on this website received the fellowship, yet the actual amount of people getting the fellowship is 1/10.
virion Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Either the people who visit these sites are among the more qualified applicants, or they're compulsive liars. what lies ahead 1
solorenegade Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Either the people who visit these sites are among the more qualified applicants, or they're compulsive liars. I'ld like the think that the more qualified applicants posts their stats here. Call me naive, but why would anyone lie on here? Everything posted on here is somewhat anonymous so I dont think anyone has anything to gain from lying about stats here.
virion Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 I'ld like the think that the more qualified applicants posts their stats here. Call me naive, but why would anyone lie on here? Everything posted on here is somewhat anonymous so I dont think anyone has anything to gain from lying about stats here. Just a joke. No reason to think anyone is telling anything but the truth.
fmrp Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 i also wanted to see how i would fare given that i've been out of college for a couple of years now. i've heard that people like me are held to more stringent standards, so i thought it would be a useful data point to post my stats here.
fosgfp Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Anyone hear anything yet? Last year the first people heard on the 8th (from UCSD I think?)
sarofino Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 Undergrad Institution: Catholic liberal arts college Major(s): Biology (BS) Minor(s): N/A Overall GPA: 2.995 Type of Student: Domestic Graduate Institution: Mid-tier state school Major(s): Biology (MS) Minor(s): N/A Overall GPA: 4.0 Type of Student: Domestic GRE Scores: 2010 Q: 680 (96%) V: 660 (61%) W: 3.5 (29%) 2011 Q: 164 (94%) V: 159 (82%) W: 4.0 (48%) Research Experience: 3 years in academia (thesis defense Masters) 4+ years in industry (bioassay and vaccine potency test development) Posters and presentations at regional, national and internal company conferences Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Undergrad scholarship Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society Various graduate travel grants Masters research & creative scholar award 2nd place poster at a local conference Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for undergraduate molecular biology lab (5 semesters) Graduate student advisor (1 year) R&D scientist at biopharmaceutical company (4+ years) Special Bonus Points: Primary author for bioassay sections of our FDA submissions. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Probably a lot older than most applicants. No publications. Applying to Where: University of North Carolina (BBSP) University of Washington (MCB) Tufts (Sackler) Emory (GDBBS) Washington University (WUSTL) (DBBS) UCLA (ACCESS) University of Texas (Microbiology) Indiana University (Microbiology) Stanford (Biosciences) Duke (MGM) Dartmouth (MCB) University of Washington (Genome Sciences) Northwestern (IBiS) UCSF (TETRAD) University of Wisconsin (CMB) I applied to four programs last year, was rejected by three and waitlisted with no prospect of funding by the fourth.
jroac001 Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 Undergrad Institution: (medium size state school; Good reputation in ecology and marine biology?) Major(s): Biology and Chemistry Minor(s): Mathematics GPA in Major: 3.72 Overall GPA: 3.68 Position in Class: Near top of my department. Type of Student: male, nontraditional. GRE Scores (revised): Q: 159 (82%) V: 163 (93%) W: 3.5 (29%) B: 560 (62% on biochem, cell and molecular bio but didn't report this) Research Experience: 4 years in a neurobiology of communication lab at my school, 1 REU in a Neuroendocrinology lab, ~ 1 year in computational chemistry lab at my school. 2nd of 3 authors on 1 publication, 6 conference talks and posters Awards/Honors/Recognitions: NIH MARC U*STAR Fellowship, + 2 small merit based scholarships. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA in physics, recitation instructor for gen. bio Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: best undergraduate talk. Special Bonus Points: Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Applying to Where: MIT - BCS - Computation Yale - BBS - Neuroscience Cornell - Computational Biology - Computational Neuroscience WUSTL - Neuroscience UCSF - Neuroscience - Neurophysiology and computation
OldGrad2012 Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 Undergrad institution: Good school Majors: Microbiology Overall GPA: 2.927 Graduate Institution: State school in Cali Major: Biomedical Grad GPA:3.46 GRE scores: V: 590 (82%) Q: 680 (65%) A: 3.5 (29%) Subject: B: 640 (46%) Applying: Stanford (Bioscience) USC UCSF UC Davis UC Irvine UC Riverside University of Arizona Scripps UCLA Vanderbilt  I am a nontraditional applicant , and have been out of schools for ten years. I have three coauthor publication.
fosgfp Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 Got a call from northwestern neuro!!! They invited me to their first round of interviews in January!!! So excited!!
hunterbear Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 Wow such impressive stats from everyone. A little nervous. ^^@fosgfp: Congratulations and good luck! You must be very excited Undergrad Institution: Big State Undergrad, Masters from Ivy Major(s): Bioinformatics, Biotechnology Minor(s): Biochemistry, Math GPA in Major: 3.9 Overall GPA: 3.7 Position in Class: No clue. Towards Top? Type of Student: International female with US degrees GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 740 V:710 W:4.5 B: Research Experience: Two years at translational medicine lab, and two years at a genomics/mol bio lab. First author paper under review. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Student of the year award, Scholarships through undergrad, and masters Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for calculus, and biology for 5 semesters Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Lots of volunteering experience, particularly in other countries. Special Bonus Points: (Such as connections, grad classes, famous recommenders, female or minority status etc.. Applying to Where: Harvard (BPH Infectious Diseases) Weill Cornell: Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Columbia: Same as above Johns Hopkins: Infectious disease epidemiology
Pitangus Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 Got a call from northwestern neuro!!! They invited me to their first round of interviews in January!!! So excited!! Nice! Did you just submit your application recently? I feel like I'm going to get really antsy as everyone's interview invites start rolling in... not sure if my programs even hold interviews (the sparse few entries on the results pages suggest that two of them might, but if those are accurate it looks like they don't come in for awhile).
fosgfp Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 Nice! Did you just submit your application recently? Yes, it was due Dec. 1 and I submitted Nov 30th, and my last rec went in Dec 1st. In the call they said they did an initial passthrough of the applicants and my "application stood out." So I'm guessing they just looked at top GPA/GREs and have only evaluated them so far
fosgfp Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 My friend just got an email invite to UChicago, molecular biosciences. Didn't get a phone call, just email. I've heard nothing from UChicago neuro.
elem3nt Posted December 13, 2011 Posted December 13, 2011 1 first author, 2 second author (Nature/Cell/Science level) Would you mind elaborating how you were able to do this in 5 years while getting an undergrad and masters too? Most PhD students can't do that. I didn't know this was even possible.
deundertaker Posted December 13, 2011 Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) Would you mind elaborating how you were able to do this in 5 years while getting an undergrad and masters too? Most PhD students can't do that. I didn't know this was even possible. Well, this is very possible, it depends on how nice your PI is. One of my friend was the second author of a Cell paper, and all she did was one western blotting. Edited December 13, 2011 by deundertaker
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