What are my chances?

[Chippy17]

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3.44 GPA

AA 19
Science Average 20
Bio 19
Chem 2🙂
Orgo 20
Math 18
RC 16 😡
PAT 20

I applied to NYU, UCONN, LECOM, UMDNJ, Tufts, BU, Temple, & Nova
I am a part time dental assistant and do research while I'm on campus.

 

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3.44 GPA

AA 19
Science Average 20
Bio 19
Chem 2🙂
Orgo 20
Math 18
RC 16 😡
PAT 20

I applied to NYU, UCONN, LECOM, UMDNJ, Tufts, BU, Temple, & Nova
I am a part time dental assistant and do research while I'm on campus.

You may run into some problems due to your RC score.

 

[Chippy17]

Do you think being a female minority and having really strong letters of recommendation will make a difference?

 

[Zbtb7]

What's your race/ethnicity?

 

[Chippy17]

Filipino

 

[Zbtb7]

You're not a URM. Being female will help you; Asian will hurt; but Filipino (not overly overrepresented) softens the blow of being Asian.

A low RC is tricky because you can't just study hard and improve your score on a retake.

Strong LORs helps. EC related ones help to support your involvement in ECs and Sci LORs provide info on your academic ability in the sciences.

What's your sgpa?

 

[Chippy17]

I have a oGPA of 3.44 a science gpa of 3.26 but a BCP of 3.52

 

[Zbtb7]

Your sgpa is a bit low but your BCP is competitive. This may hurt at schools that look primarily at your sgpa. Are you an engineering, math, or comp sci major?

 

[Chippy17]

I'm a bio major.

 

[Zbtb7]

How come your sgpa so much lower than your BCP then?

Whats your state residency?

 

[Chippy17]

Do you think I'd at least get an interview?

 

[Zbtb7]

Do you think I'd at least get an interview?

Unlikely at Nova, UConn (unless CT resident), UMDNJ (unless your a NJ resident or from the tristate area).

Possible at BU (your stats are in line with their matriculants), Tufts, LECOM, Temple.

 

[jmbrown88]

I'm looking to get into get into Bio/Experimental psychology Phd program and am curious if my stats are competitive enough to gain acceptance somewhere.


*My GRE score is 316 (156 quant, 160 verbal, 4.0 writing)

BA psychology (from a small liberal arts school

*GPA=3.48

*last two years GPA=3.61

*3 excellent letters of recommendation

*1 year of experience working as a mental health technician. I work with veterans who've suffered from traumatic brain injuries.

*1 year internship during undergrad working with homeless/displace youth

*I've done undergraduate research on time perception in college students; moreover, I found that anxiety effects the ability to discriminate interval durations between 1 minute and 5 minutes accurately. (I'm currently working on publishing this).

Any constructive criticism or relevant comments are more than welcome.