Help Suggest Some Schools?

[HeMustBeMagic]

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For all all, thanks a lot for this! Secondly, I know PhD admissions are about as random as all get out, so I'm not asking for you to give me you 100% promise but my career services is a joke and since my major doesn't have much help in research based phds, I would like to have you guys help suggest some possible schools for me to apply to. My stats (most important) are listed below

ACADEMIC GOAL: PhD in Microbiology and a MPH
CAREER GOAL: To work/own a lab with microbiological research involved with international diseases in 3rd world countries.

STATS
Small Liberal Arts College
3.85 GPA, 3.8 Science GPA
Science Classes Taken:

• Intro to Bio W Lab
• Inorganic Chem 1 and 2 W Lab
• Organic Chem 1 and 2 W Lab
• Physics 1 W Lab
• Genetic
• Biochemistry
• Anatomy and Physiology 1 and 2 W Lab

Public Health Major, Political Science Minor
Studied Abroad in Scotland and Switzerland
1 public health epidemiology internship (Boston U)
1 summer internship for biomedical research at NYU
1 year of current semester lab research (15 hours a week) Trying to do it this year also
1 full year of research under a PI at Upenn

GRE SCORES

• 156 (550)Verbal
• 161 (770) Quantitative
• 5.0 Analytical

EXTRA

• Latin Honors (Cross my fingers!)
• RA for 1 year
• Executive board of 1 club
• Teach America for 1 year
• Community service award for 3 semesters (100+ community service hours per semester)
• Glowing recommendations for Public Health Chair, Upenn Lab PI, Public Health Teacher for 2 semesters, Upper Level (Bio chem and genetics) teacher, and either my NYU or Boston U Mentor

What schools do you think I should apply to or I might have a good chance of getting into? Any advice suggestions? Once again as a public health major its hard for my department to help me with research phds, so that's why I'm here. Honest answers would be appreciated.

 

[TheMaverick]

I believe you are on the wrong site. This forum is for *MD*/PhD admissions. Good luck though.

 

[K31]

I believe you are on the wrong site. This forum is for *MD*/PhD admissions. Good luck though.

Actually the title of this forum is "Physician Scientist [MD/PhD, MD/MS, DO/PhD, DDS/PhD] and Biomedical Research [PhD/MS]" so he's in the right place. It's just that the vast majority of us here are combined degree applicants/students/grads.

 

[TheMaverick]

Actually the title of this forum is "Physician Scientist [MD/PhD, MD/MS, DO/PhD, DDS/PhD] and Biomedical Research [PhD/MS]" so he's in the right place. It's just that the vast majority of us here are combined degree applicants/students/grads.

Woops. I've just never seen a straight grad school applicant here before.

To OP, I can't suggest any schools, but I would suggest you try to take a cell bio or microbio course if you pan on getting a degree in Microbiology.

 

[HeMustBeMagic]

haha.

Thanks and my mistake I forgot to add medical microbiology on my list of classes, only cuz I'm taking it senior year cuz of my major.

Cell I can try and fit in or take it somewhere else actually, so thanks!