<p>GPA: 2.4/4</p>
<p>Currently, I am working as intern at Roche pharmaceutical, fifth largest pharmaceutical in the world. I am having a study on the reliability and optimisation of some off-line equipment that are used to test drug and production quality. I have also gained proficiency in Pi, a real time plant design software, and JMP, a statistical tool.
I am also in Singapore-MIT alliance research team under a project that aims to create a portable NMR to detect malaria. It is a prestigious and big research of SMART and will be publishing a paper in Nature Medicine this November. From that I have implemented my knowledge on biology, C programming, statistical analysis, chemistry and material.
I am aiming to publish a paper on grapheme materials and on the same malaria topic by early next year.
I have made a prototype design of a thermoelectric device which was a finalist in James Dyson competition.
I am currently teaching two students about Freshmen Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology to earn extra money AND to refresh my knowledge of the concepts.
I have been to top 10 of a National Entrepreneurship competition. The concept was to provide free medical equipment to poor communities.
I have won second place in Singapore Entrepreneurship competition where we provided a business solution to a company.
I have been a head of the International committee of my country in school where I gained social skills and I have also done some management work in my clubs.
I have also organized the largest environmental event in my school where research institutions and companies came down to promote environmentalism and green energy.</p>
<p>Should I apply and give a shot or work first etc?</p>