<p>Hi guys,
Someone did something similar to this in 2011, but the thread is no longer active. </p>
<p>I've Decided to bring this thread to life for all international students looking to applying to US Universities for Biomed/bioscience PhD programs.</p>
<p>Please post your stats, and later on, any interview invites.</p>
<p>Also you're welcome to post any valuable information on interviews and travel to US.</p>
<p>Ahhh just another thing...please mention whether you are an international with/without US degree.</p>
<p>Hello nns91! I haven’t finalised the list of schools I’m applying to yet. I’m an international student from Nigeria. What program are you looking at?</p>
<p>US Citizen with a degree from a prestigious German biomedical program.
German GPA 2.3
Converted US GPA 3.5
V167
Q162
W4.5
2 iGEM projects
2 smaller research internships</p>
<p>Undergrad Institution: State school in the west.
Major(s):Biochemistry
Minor(s) :Molecular Biology
GPA in Major: 3.87
Overall GPA:3.92
Position in Class: Top 3%
Type of Student:International studying in USA, Male</p>
<p>Research Experience: 3.5 years of research experience in home institution and 2 summers at a major elite research institution.</p>
<p>Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean’s list for all my semesters, a couple scholarships and a funded summer fellowship to do research last summer. Presented research at a national conference and at a local research symposium, will be 2nd or 3rd author in a paper currently being written. </p>
<p>Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Have helped with department orientation for freshmen students.</p>
<p>Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Helped as an international student orientation leader for 1 year.</p>
<p>Applying to Where:
MIT Biology
Stanford Biology
JHU
UW-Madison
BCM
UTSW
Berkeley MCB
Harvard MCO
Rockefeller University
Princeton Molecular Bio.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.</p>
<p>I know my GRE scores might be a little low for the places I am applying to, however I have always been a bad standardized test taker and I feel my research experience + my letters of recommendation, which I have been told are great, will truncate the GRE. Also, I was already approved to apply as an international to University of Illinois -UC so that makes me feel a little good.</p>
<p>Hey P4ND3R, your stats are really impressive. As a US Citizen, do you consider yourself an international student? Are you currently living in the US?</p>
<p>I have completed 3 out of 14 so still have a good amount to go but once I am done with editing my statements, it won’t take too long to finish the rest.</p>
<p>Hey nns91! Congratulations on completing some applications. 14 schools is quite a number. I wish you all the best. I probably would apply to that many too, if I had the funds. I’m looking at 6-8 though.</p>
<p>P4ND3R, some people dream of your verbal score. I think it would meet the cut-off of any grad school - even if thegradschool was in space. What program are you looking at? Developmental Biology, Neurobiology, Cell Biology or Neurobiology?</p>
<p>From what I hear, the most important part of your application (in the biosciences) is the Letter of Recommendation, followed by the SOP, the research experience, then the grades.
How true is this?</p>
<p>I guess my verbal is a bit high, especially in science. I’m more worried about research experience and GPA, especially since I have a bad grades on my transcript.</p>
<p>I’m looking at Biochemistry and Chemical Biology.</p>
<p>Quite a lot of applicants don’t have a lot of applicants don’t have a lot of research esperience, so I don’t think that will seriously weaken your application.
Have you applied to any schools yet?</p>