PhD in Pharmacological Sciences

Graduate School
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<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>To start off, these are my qualifications:</p>

<p>GRE score: 1430, haven't gotten the writing score yet</p>

<p>Degrees: B.S. in Chemistry, B.A. in French </p>

<p>overall GPA: 3.3</p>

<p>Research experience: Four years of intensive, hands-on research in biochemistry, chemistry, structural biology and biophysics. One first-author publication in the journal Biochemistry, one second-author publication in the works (probably Journal of Computational Chemistry). I've also written and been awarded two grants and one fellowship (not sure how much that matters)</p>

<p>I am considering a PhD program in pharmacology/medicinal chemistry and was wondering what schools I'd (possibly) be a good candidate for (I'd like to stay on the East Coast).</p>

<p>P.S. I'm currently considering University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University and Johns Hopkins (but I feel like Hopkins is a stretch...)</p>

<p>Hoping you guys can help me out!!</p>

<p>Thanks,</p>

<p>UofRtrini</p>

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<p>great stats and research experience!
you may want to apply to Yale as well. They have a great pharmacology program. =)
also do you know who will be writing you recommendations?</p>

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<p>hamster09: thanks for the response! I’ve got three recommendations: my current research advisor, former research advisor and my French dissertation advisor. Yale!! Maybe I have a worst-case scenario outlook, but I thought my GRE scores needed to be higher and that my GPA needed to be around 3.7 to have a shot at an Ivy League. What’s the profile of their average candidate like (if you or anyone else knows :slight_smile: )</p>