Program list help? (bit of a chance me wouldn't hurt :)
Basic stats:
- 3.9 GPA genetics/art double major at R1 state school entering Junior year (ORM)
- Looking for immunotherapy/oncology research
- About 2700 hours in one lab by time of application, highly independent with lots of techniques (CRISPR (developed), WB, qPCR (developing), animal modelling, flow cytometry/sorting), same field as I want to do my internship in
- 1 published paper (6th author), 1 in review (3rd/2nd (depending on revisions) IF ~10. Expecting 1-2 1st author pubs from the lab but not close to being in prep atm
- 2 national posters personally presented (one at large society meeting, one more trainee focused; bunch of other posters I'm not first author on)
- 1 local oral presentation as part of a research award
- 1 internship at the same lab I've been with
- Expecting very strong PI LOR and one from a professor I took a class with and TA for
- Pre-MD/PhD
- Various volunteering (as a musician, in a hospital with my population of interest, and also some research mentorship stuff (very low hours for the last))
- About 500 hours of random clinical stuff that probably doesn't matter (shadowing, emergency department work, etc)
As some extra background; upon speaking with my mentor and also my local MD/PhD program director, I have been advised that my current independence and productivity is not worth giving up just for the sake of diversity. As such, I am seeking only the best programs in immunotherapy/hem-onc. My current list is below; big thanks for any help or words from people that have succeeded in getting to any of these programs. Also, does it make sense to double apply to many of these through different avenues?
| Harvard | SHURP/HEART (SR-EIP + secondary app) |
|---|---|
| Cornell | ACCESS (SR-EIP) |
| Stanford | Amgen-SSRP |
| Yale | Amgen Scholars |
| WashU | Amgen DBBS |
| UPenn | SUIP - center for cellular immunotherapies track |
| MSK | Immunology Research Summer Program |
| UCSF | UCSF SRTP |
| Pitt | SURP |
| MD Anderson | [CPRIT - Summer Undergraduate Program |
| Columbia | Amgen |
| Harvard | Amgen |