I’m at University of Iowa and a primary biochemistry major, interested in graduate school in either biochemistry or organic chemistry. What are my chances of getting into graduate programs?
- I have a cum GPA of 3.3 walking into my junior year (I'm on my 5th semester of undergrad)
- My STEM GPA is around 3.2
- My declared majors are BS Biochemistry, BA Chemistry, and a minor in Mathematics
- I've been doing research since the summer after my freshman year, and I have an undergraduate research fellowship for last summer and this academic year (1 year volunteer research, 1 year funded research).
- I've been a member of Alpha Chi Sigma (professional chemistry fraternity) for two years
- I've been in the Hawkeye Marching Band for three years (including this season), and I'm an Undergrad Staff Leader this year as a junior
- I'm a member of MEDICUS and Sigma Alpha Lambda Honors fraternity.
- Most of my electives are engineering, math, and psychology classes.
I don’t intend on going to any top 15 programs, but would prefer a research-based university and probably going into industry after graduate school.