Disselkyle Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Hey everybody! I'm a rising senior applying for grad school in inorganic chemistry for Fall 2017. Brief resume: Chemistry (ACS certified) and Chemical Engineering double major at small liberal arts college GPA 3.86; chemGPA 3.75; GRE 166V/170Q; chemGRE 720 (56%) 2 summer's research experience, one at small liberal arts college, other at large state university (mid-20s ranked) First author on a paper submitted to JPCA Two questions: First, is my chemGRE low enough that I should retake it if I want to get into the best schools? Second, how does this school list look? Top Tier: Caltech, UC Berkeley, UIUC Mid Tier: Cornell, Princeton, Columbia, Rice, WUSTL Fourth Tier:NYU, Notre Dame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phenol Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Your qualifications look pretty good -- solid GRE and GPA and a first-author paper put you in a good position for basically all the schools you've listed. Your Chem GRE is a concerningly low, but I'm not sure it'll be enough to single-handedly disqualify you from getting in. It's the only obvious weak spot I can see in your application (assuming you have solid LoRs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediocrity Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I love that Princeton is mid-teir, lol. Your stats look great and I don't think your ChemGRE will hurt. First author paper will help that a lot, but then again, I don't go to CalTech, so maybe the score could hurt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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