Hey guys,
I'm about to apply to programs, but I was wondering if I am competitive enough to get into these programs. I was thinking about retaking the GRE's on 12/10. What do you guys think? Do you think the rest of my application will be able to compensate for my very average scores?
Below is some information about me.
Thanks everyone for your help!! 😀
GPA: 3.4
Major: double in Biology and Psychology
GRE: 154 V, 153 Q, 4.0 AW(Do you think I should retake it?)
--I want to go into Environmental Health Sciences--
No paid work experience in public health.
Volunteer/unpaid experience: I worked in Haiti for a week to help children who were orphaned by the Haitian earthquake. Worked in an orphanage, and I helped set up a free clinic for underprivileged people.
I got my Certified Nursing Aide and volunteered in a free clinic for a year. (I was pre-med for a while).
I also volunteered in a microbiology lab as an undergraduate researcher, where I performed research on plant-microbe interactions.
After graduating from college, I worked at the NIH, where I did ovarian cancer research for a year (will get published within six months to a year).
But because of funding issues, I had to find a new job, so now I'm working at Dartmouth College, where I do genetics research.
(I tried getting a more environmental-related job, but I couldn't find one or I wasn't qualified for one.)
Schools I'm thinking about applying to:
Emory
Yale
Columbia
BU
Brown (General MPH)
-any other schools you might recommend?
Thank you!!
I'm about to apply to programs, but I was wondering if I am competitive enough to get into these programs. I was thinking about retaking the GRE's on 12/10. What do you guys think? Do you think the rest of my application will be able to compensate for my very average scores?
Below is some information about me.
Thanks everyone for your help!! 😀
GPA: 3.4
Major: double in Biology and Psychology
GRE: 154 V, 153 Q, 4.0 AW(Do you think I should retake it?)
--I want to go into Environmental Health Sciences--
No paid work experience in public health.
Volunteer/unpaid experience: I worked in Haiti for a week to help children who were orphaned by the Haitian earthquake. Worked in an orphanage, and I helped set up a free clinic for underprivileged people.
I got my Certified Nursing Aide and volunteered in a free clinic for a year. (I was pre-med for a while).
I also volunteered in a microbiology lab as an undergraduate researcher, where I performed research on plant-microbe interactions.
After graduating from college, I worked at the NIH, where I did ovarian cancer research for a year (will get published within six months to a year).
But because of funding issues, I had to find a new job, so now I'm working at Dartmouth College, where I do genetics research.
(I tried getting a more environmental-related job, but I couldn't find one or I wasn't qualified for one.)
Schools I'm thinking about applying to:
Emory
Yale
Columbia
BU
Brown (General MPH)
-any other schools you might recommend?
Thank you!!
