srirammurali

At the end of the apping season, these are my results so far 1. North Carolina State Univ, NC - Reject 2. Boston Univ, MA - PhD Application, MS Admit 3. Iowa State Univ, IA - Reject 4. Univ of Illinois, Chicago, IL - Reject 5. George Mason Univ, VA - Reject 6. Drexel University, PA - Reject 7. Univ of California, Riverside, CA - No Result So far

Semester VI Electives 1. Plant Biotechnology and Agricultural Productivity 2. Animal Biotechnology 3. Biophysics Semester VII Electives 1. Environmental Engineering Semester VIII Electives 1. Cancer Biology

my undergrad degree is Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology from Bharathidasan University, Thiruchirappalli, India. i have attached my coursework details. will tell u the list of electives shortly..

reg NEU, i don't think i can spend 20k.. and regarding course works, is it that only a course work along with my regular courses is considered or a relevant experience can be accounted for, because i don't have any regular course works to my credit when it comes to computing courses but i have really good working experience when it comes to programming courses such as Python, Perl and C/C++(I have a done a course in my curriculum for this)/C#, Matlab. I am also working on a sequencer on my own based on python/unix shell/gtk programming.

thanks shoaib for the review. will provide with my complete profile shortly. meanwhile i have certain addendums and omissions to my earlier list due to program offerings @ certain univs. this is my current list. friends please have a look and provide ur valuable suggestions. also there is no requirement for an AGRE for any of these programs.. 1. North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh 2. Boston Univ, Mass 3. Iowa State Univ, Ames 4. Univ of Illinois, Chicago 5. George Mason Univ Addendum 6. U Arkansas, Little Rock 7. Drexel Univ - Biomed Science, with systems biology track Omissions 1. Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - No PhD program in Bioinformatics - only a training program 2. SUNY, Buffalo - Only a BS Program in Bioinformatics 3. North Eastern University - Professional Science Masters, no PhD 4. Duke University - Too much ambitious considering my profile 5. Georgia Tech - do as Duke

thanks for the replies buddies. now my prob is not a great univ that offers the best programs.. its some univ that i can apply to with my profile and get an i20 possibly.. any suggestions ?

Hello all, this is Sriram. I am interested in pursuing a PhD in Bioinformatics, Fall 2007 and need some help in shortlisting universities. My Profile is Verbal : 420 Quant : 770 Analytical : Awaiting TOEFL iBT: 103/120 (reading - 29 listening - 28 speaking - 19 writing - 27) Acad: 75% ( topper 85%) Paper's presented : None Work Exp: Nil Universities I have selected: 1. North Carolina State Univ -Raleigh 2. Iowa State University - Ames 3. Univ of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 4. UIC 5. SUNY, Buffalo 6. Boston University, Mass 7. North Eastern University 8. George Mason Univ 9. Duke Univ 10. UC Santa Cruz 11. U Minnesota It might be too idiotic, but do i stand a chance with this profile to apply to Gatech. I had this in my list prior to my GRE, but after the score i think it might just be unreachable with this score. It would be greatful if someone could help me with selecting the univs that match my profile. thanks, Sriram