<p>-BS in Biology from a well-respected liberal arts school
-3.5 overall gpa, and 3.7 gpa in major.<br>
-received an undergraduate research fellowship, officer in bio honor society, lots of service experience, Americorps corpsmember.
-4.5 Years research experience (1.5 as undergrad, 1.5 as technologist in a neurology lab at a perennially top ranked research university, also another 1.5 years in the same lab after being promoted to specialist)
-two mid-authorship publications in respected neurology journals
-gre is 163 V, 157 Q, 5 writing
- strong recommendations from lab experience</p>
<p>I am interested in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience phd programs, however my research experience is more related to cellular physiology of neuron-glia interactions.</p>
<p>My top choices are University Wisconsin - Madison, Vanderbilt and Baylor, though I am also interested in University Colorado - Boulder, Case western university, Oregon health science university and Ohio State. I have had a difficult time ascertaining a real sense of where I can get in, and feel like this lot should give me a reasonable chance of acceptance. Regardless, I would like to know if anyone believes I should adjust my expectations or perhaps if I should throw in a few reaches (Dream schools would be Duke, UCSD, UCSF, Stony Brook, JHU, Ivies).</p>