Is it enough to apply for a PhD?

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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>I am French, I am a girl, and I study for a BSc (Hons) Natural Sciences at the University of Durham (UK).
I will probably graduate with a first class honor degree. I did a research summer internship at UC Berkeley, (went really well, the Prof. said I was the best assistant she ever had), a UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Placement) at the Royal Botanical Gardens and Imperial College London, and this summer I will do another research internship at Harvard. I am sponsored by the Rotary International and I received a prize for my work from the Royal British Mycological Society.</p>

<p>But apart from that, I am not extremely involved in my university. I play Cricket but only in the B Team, I play the Ocarina in amateur, I am in the Castle Chapel Choir but I am in no way a soloist, I am a Tea Researcher in the Tea and Biscuit Society :) , I was the yearbook editor last year, and I will be the Junior Librarian next year. No real key position. I published a few "scientific" articles and texts for children for the British Museum.</p>

<p>So I was wondering how my PhD application would be regarded at Princeton? Do extracurricular activities matter as much for graduate applications as it does for the undergraduate ones?</p>

<p>Do you know the Biology department at Princeton? Did you have a good experience in your lab?</p>

<p>Sorry for all these questions... and many thanks :)</p>

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<p>My sister is getting admissions results from her PhD apps for grad school for this fall. Your stats sound great but what did you get on the GRE? Do you also need to take the biology subject GRE test in addition to the regular test? If you do well on that, then go for it. </p>

<p>If you want rankings, you can go to USNews and World Report website and see their rankings of grad schools. You might have to pay extra to get their deluxe details, but it would be worth it to you to see how other schools compare in your field. </p>

<p>Bonne chance!!</p>

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<p>ECs (other than research) don’t matter at all. GRE scores both subject and general don’t matter much, as long as you do decently</p>