styeung

I just recently took my gre and scored a 139 on verbal, 156 on quant, and 3.5 on writing. I have a cum. gpa of 2.9. I have conducted research in public health, neuroscience, physical chemistry, biomedical engineering, and medicine, I am also a sr clinical research coordinator for phase 1-4 clinical studies. I have 4 papers in review for publication. I also obtained recommendation letters from leaders in the neurobiology, endocrinology, public health, and writing.

I am applying to phd in neurobiology programs:

What are my chances?

ubuntu34520

I'm applying now and don't know much about the admissions process so take this with a grain of salt, but my understanding is that phd programs typically use certain gpa and gre thresholds to weed out applications. If your gpa and gre's are below those thresholds your chances of getting in are zero unless you have really exceptional research and recs. With your stats you probably are below those thresholds for top schools, unfortunately. However, lower ranked schools would probably be more willing to overlook the stats and if your research experience is really great then maybe some top schools will too

newmitgrad

I hate to be a debbie downer, but I think at even lower ranked schools, your chances of getting in are slim to none.

Your GPA is below the 3.0 threshold that most schools have for chucking apps into the bottom of the pile, and likewise with your GRE. The verbal isn't that important, but a 139 verbal is in the 8th percentile, which is basically impossible to overcome (your quant is decent at 77% but ideally you'd want it higher to offset your GPA). Basically, I've been told, if your GPA is low, ace the heck out of your GRE (90%+).

That said, the rest of your app looks good, but the problem is, I'm not sure adcoms will even get to look at it once they see your GRE/GPA.