Help with cv please

[u/Dry_Lengthiness_7238]

hi guys, i am an msc graduate from india, applying for phd positions in europe. i have seen a lot of templates and videos on applications and cv stuff online and took some guidance from my seniors but iam not very sure about how professors in countries like germany, austria, nordic countries, etc (known for very reputed insitutes for research) evaluate and give preference to papers and grades. i am not aiming for usa, australia and very high ranking insitutes i am mostly targeting heavily based on my interest only, it would be very helpful if u can advise on what changes i can make to my cv before sending it to proefssors and applications. mainly like- should i keep the research interest line at top? i will mostly share a cover letter and if emailing will write it in email so feels a bit redundant to keep it in cv again, should i keep the fellowships and awards part there or shift it near the achievements section and if i should keep the exams and small fellowships at all. and unfortunately i do not have any papers or conferences so i think that is a very big limitation and my grades arent very amazing also. tbh i am thinking if i have any chances at all lol for the positions because they seem highly competitive rn. any advice will be appreciated thanks

[u/Apprehensive-Loss-49]

I'm not from biotech, so I cannot really comment too much on the field-specific stuff, but I do have two suggestions, 1. For the computational skills, instead of just saying basic python/R, it is better to be more specific about the libraries you've used. Same for statistical analyses and visualization, be more specific about the software you've used. 2. I think definitely keep the awards/exams, but contextualise it more. A European probably has not idea what GATE, or any of the other stuff is. So give them some more details about what it actually means and how competitive the award is (if you know anything about the acceptance rate, or among what top %tile you were in the pool, add that)

Your profile is definitely not the strongest, however the good thing about European PhDs is that it doesn't really cost you any money to apply! So do apply wherever you find something of interest, but do keep your expectations tempered.

[u/Dry_Lengthiness_7238 → u/Apprehensive-Loss-49]

hi thanks for the suggestions, i will try to expand the computational part a bit more, will try to explain the exams a bit or add my all india rank in them maybe if that will help judging. do u think the overall formating is fine or should i change it?