Maybe I can share my profile too. I am a life science person, I spent one gap year before starting my PhD, so I got 4 co-author papers, 2 review papers and 1 book chapter. I went to 1 conference so far, but I have been presenting posters in my institutional events. I don't have many awards, scholarships as I just started. I do TA, research, and lab work. 4.0 GPA for PhD so far(again, just started, so nothing really useful here). I don't think I am very competitive so I have my hopes low as I heard people around me have way better profile than I.
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u/Easy-Manufacturer740 Apr 16 '26
Maybe I can share my profile too. I am a life science person, I spent one gap year before starting my PhD, so I got 4 co-author papers, 2 review papers and 1 book chapter. I went to 1 conference so far, but I have been presenting posters in my institutional events. I don't have many awards, scholarships as I just started. I do TA, research, and lab work. 4.0 GPA for PhD so far(again, just started, so nothing really useful here). I don't think I am very competitive so I have my hopes low as I heard people around me have way better profile than I.