<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 Yale? 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 Yale? Did you have a good experience in your lab?</p>
<p>Sorry for all these questions... and many thanks :)</p>