Biomedical PHD chances?

[hihan]

I just recently took my GRE and am ready to finanlize all my applications to schools. I am applying to mostly biomedical sciences department in medical schools associated with the institution.

I am just getting a little nervous because I may not be as competitive as I wish..

 

So here are my stats:

 

"public Ivy" in Virginia

 

BIology Major (3.5 in major, 3.42 overall) --> I had some difficult personal reasons that tanked my gpa to 3.0 my 2nd year but I've been doing exceedingly well every since then.

 

GRE: V:160 Q:164 (both ~85-90%percentile from my prediction; i haven't received official scores yet)

 

Experience: Dev Bio lab for 1yr; Reproductive Neurobiology lab for2 yr; working on honors thesis (submitting for publication next spring); acknoledgement on a poster; no publications yet

 

Another thing that may be taken into account: international student (But i've been living in the States for the past 11 years)

 

 

 

 

 

So schools I'm applying to now in the order of my preference:

 

Northwestern biomed (Evanston)

Weill Cornell medical college biomed

Colorado Denver biomed

UVA biomed

Georgetown biomed

U Pitt biomed

U Wisconsin Madison neuroscience

U Wisconsin madison eproductive biology

Drexel biomed

U Mass Boston biomed

 

 

ALSO: I am applying to be a lab technician @ Rockefeller/Weill Cornell/ Einstein Medical school. Do you think it would increase my chances of getting into better PHD programs after 1-2 years of experience in these institutions?

Edited November 22, 2013 by hihan