shot at UCSF?

rs1990
Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:53:37 +0000

Hello all,

Thanks in advance for reading my post.

I’m a jr. at a small, unknown all-girls school and am a double major in bio and psych. My gpa is about a 3.45, but I will get all As next semester (I know this because my classes will be considerably easier, thus I’m 100% sure I can get the As) and thus when I apply to grad school I’ll have about a 3.5. I’m also published in a scientific journal (not as prestigious as Nature or Cell, but oh well), have a pretty good resume (presented in a number of scientific conferences both within and outside the US, participating in an REU this summer, number of awards, TA-ship, community service, leadership, etc), and can get great recommendations.

The reason my gpa is so low is that I took 24 credits both fall and spring of last semester, and they were all fairly hard classes (micro, immuno, bichem, analytical chem, organic II, comparitive physio, the list goes on and on) and thus I got a number of B’s and only some As.
So… do I have a shot at UCSF? I’m aware of how hard it is to get into, but it’s my dream school, and I would give anything to go…