<p>Hello everyone! I hope all of you are having a wonderful holiday season.</p>
<p>Here are my stats:</p>
<p>Senior at a reputable state university
Female
Asian</p>
<p>Numbers:
GRE: 780Q 660V = 1440
GPA: 3.5 (major in Biology and Psychology) - my major GPA is a 3.2</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
I am President of 3 different organizations on campus [Indian association, an umbrella org that oversees ALL Asian organizations and director of a 3 day Asian activism conference for over 1500 people that costs over $200,000], founded a medical organization for international relief for children, danced on a competition team for a year, honors program mentor and ambassador, was involved in new student orientation, a part of my University's equivalent of Yale's Skull and Bones</p>
<p>Work Experience:
Company: Church and Dwight
Duration: Summer 2008, Spring 2009 (Jan-May)
I worked in their R&D department and had a very hands on experience in which I gained chemistry based knowledge, patent law knowledge, biotechnology law knowledge. marketing, finance, and most importantly new technologies as well as research and developing new products at the company in a microbiological and molecular biological way. I have an outstanding Letter of Rec from my boss. She loved me to the extent that they offered me a full time position at the company in the department while I was a senior in college but I turned it down due to other commitments.</p>
<p>Research Experience: 3 years in a Physiological Psychology lab where I worked at a local hospital in the Cardiology wing. I have no publications though because the project was canceled at the beginning of my senior year [along with my thesis]. It was an extremely successful project but our target subjects were similar to a new project being run by the hospital itself so we were asked to withdraw from recruiting any patients.</p>
<p>Top Programs:
Columbia - Biotechnology M.A.
Mount Sinai - Biomedical Sciences M.S.
NYU - Biology M.A.
UPENN - Biotechnology M.A.</p>
<p>While I feel I am a qualified applicant, I understand that my GPA is a deterrent factor. Yet my grades for the past year do not really reflect my academic ability. I have been in and out of the hospital in Feb of 08, dealt with the suicide of a friend during a summer session (which heavily affected my grade) and then went through a string of personal deaths (7 from Nov-Dec) and then landed in the hospital the week of finals. Due to that I have earned 3 C's and one withdrawal. I plan on explaining this to the admissions council, but since Columbia does not consider GRE scores what do you think my chances are? Also, beyond this university, do you think I have a chance at other top tier schools?</p>
<p>I know that was ridiculously long, but thank you for reading =).</p>