I have been mulling over graduate school options for awhile. I got into UW, Penn, and Emory and am trying to consider the pros and cons for each.

After visiting Emory, I believe I would be the happiest in this environment. I loved the faculty and all the grad students seemed like a big group of friends. The city of Atlanta was amazing and the ( Read more... )

Hey everybody. I've been watching this community since fall of last year. It was very helpful reading everyone's experiences last year and it has definitely helped me this year while I apply. I also know this is the time when the community gets flooded with SOP's. Anyway, I thought I would add mine for anyone helpful enough to take a quick look.

( Genetics/Genomics SOP )

This was my first week of work for my biotech job.This week mostly consisted of training which was done via computer programs and in lab observation and practice. Today I actually started performing lab procedures which was a nice change to just watching people. Overall, I think I'm going to enjoy working for the company. Everyone seems really nice ( Read more... )

All quarter long I've been taking a badminton class. Most of the days we practice skills and play some unusual games. However, today was singles tournament day which was by far more awesome than pretending like I enjoy learning skills. I took down the first four oponents and made it to the finals. However, I lost in the finals 6-7. I have always ( Read more... )

Wow. It's been quite some time since my last post. What have I been doing during the latter part of summer you might ask? I've kinda been doing a variety of things but something that remained constant was that I was studying for the GRE. I say that in the past tense because I finally took the test today down in Mountlake Terrace. I got my scores ( Read more... )

Finals week, and thus my 3rd year of college is nearly over. I can almost taste the light at the end of the tunnel. My physics final on Monday went alright but at this point it seems almost irrelevant since I'm finally rid of that horrible series. Physics was a real challenge for me this, which was actually the reason I signed up for the calculus ( Read more... )

This past weekend we had quite the thunderstorm. It was actually a very apt representation of life as of late. Really, it is my unfounded sense of hope that is keeping me watching for day break ( Read more... )

School has all of sudden become so much less stressful and I'm thankful for that. Last week was ridiculous. I had a test in Evolution which I did really good on and a test in Physics which I did pretty good on. I only have about 4 weeks and a final left and then physics is hopefully out of my life for-e-ver. In addition to a couple tests, I had my ( Read more... )

It's been some time since my last update. During the past couple weeks me, Doug, Katie, and Vicky have been looking for a place to live next year. So far we haven't really found anything. Living with girls next year should be fun. Also, school has been going rather well. With the exception of physics and my bug lab, I really like my classes. I have ( Read more... )

I really needed to see this video. It came at exactly the right time. I'm taking the Biology GRE on Saturday and have REALLY been starting to freak out. The stress level has absolutely skyrocketed. I'm especially worried about the organismal section of the test since I haven't really gone that in depth with it in awhile. Anyway, I hope this link ( Read more... )