Chances at WUSTL-DBBS, Rockefeller, Weill Cornell, + others

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<p>I posted this in the big sticky thread, but I’ll post here to get some quicker feedback. BTW, I got an interview to UPenn-BGS:</p>

<p>Hello all. It’s been a while since I’ve been to CC, and I chose to make a new username. Though I googled my old name and found lots of cool posts! haha</p>

<p>Anyways, I’ll post my stats and stuff now.</p>

<p>Status: Senior; Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway
GPA: 3.672/4.0 - Science/Non-science GPAs are within .05 of each other
GRE General: 560 V, 770 M, 5.0 writing (77%, 88%, 77% respectively)
GRE Subject (BioChem): 530, 53%</p>

<p>Research is strong. I’ve been at the same lab since freshman year, did two years as work study and then junior/senior years as undergraduate research. A’s on all three semester papers so far.
Good rec. letters - I’ve seen the one from my PI and it’s very good.</p>

<p>Perhaps not 100% important, but my ECs are good at Rutgers too. I’m President of the Busch Campus Council (one of the campus’ governing councils) and thus sit as a member that sets the agenda for our Student Assembly (which encompasses all of Rutgers). Also, I serve on a student leader cabinet with our VP for Student Affairs and discuss, over dinner, policy changes that affect students with various high administrators.</p>

<p>Additionally, I serve on the NJ Higher Education Student Assistance Authority - Student Advisory Committee, which is a committee of about 20 students from across NJ that advise on financial aid policy. ([HESAA</a> - Members](<a href=“http://www.hesaa.org/index.php?page=student-assistance-board]HESAA”>http://www.hesaa.org/index.php?page=student-assistance-board))</p>

<p>I’ve applied to UPenn-BGS, UMich, WUSTL-DBBS, Weill Cornell, Rockefeller, Princeton, and Rutgers. I was offered an interview at UPenn-BGS, and was rejected at UMich, but that’s because one of my letter writers refused to submit online, so my app was incomplete…</p>

<p>I know my GRE Subject score is low, but I guess my statements and rec. letters were strong enough to get an interview at UPenn-BGS, which is a really good school.</p>

<p>Any thoughts on my chances at my other schools? My top three are WUSTL-DBBS, Rockefeller, and UPenn-BGS.</p>

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<p>bump. Any thoughts, anyone??</p>

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<p>Your ECs don’t matter. Your Subject test score is nothing short of horrible. I hope you didn’t submit that score cept to schools that require it.
GRE general scores are meh–good but nothing remotely impressive.</p>

<p>Your research experience seems solid. Your GPA is also solid. Since you made interviews at Penn, I wouldn’t be surprised if Weill Cornell and Rockefeller followed. Dunno bout the other ones.</p>

<p>Best of luck.</p>