Hi,
I graduated last year (09) with a double major in Biochem/biophysics from Oregon state U. Since then I have been working in labs, was in a molecular engineering lab at Stanford University, which I didn’t like, and now working on bioinformatics project at UMich medical school rad onc dept. May be a contributer to publication here soon. I had great grades until me senior year of college, health problems, my transcripts show correlation and then a drop lol, from 3.6 to a 3.2 GPA. Quite steep. I was also an honors college student all four years but didn’t complete my thesis, once again health issues hindered and couldn’t complete and graduate on time. I took the GRE without studying, should have, and got 740Q and 550V. I was actually offered a PhD at the same school and at Purdue, through various faculty linkages but declined. I am not sure if i am cut out for research. I am very interested in biotech and more so on the business side of operations and product development. I have a background in managment, family owned many restaurants, 44 units at one point, grew up around it and often had opportunity to manage/contribute to a few. I would really like to attend either Haas or Ross business schools for MBA as I have talked to several students and seemed more well-rounded than those at Stanford. My main question is about my stats, am I hindered by my crappy GPA. I know if I study, I can usually get what I want, so as far as the GMAT, if I get a score >700, will this vastly improve my chances?? I ultimately aspire to work for genentech, they have a operations rotational development program that looks very appealing. Sorry about my rambling, lol, any suggestions or thoughts welcome.
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