GPA and Graduate School Selection
GPA and Graduate School Selection
Hello, I have been hearing mixed information on GPA and where it should be in order to attend a graduate school. So, I was wondering under my circumstances if I should apply to a PhD program. I am a sophomore studying Biophysics and Chemistry as a minor with a current GPA of 3.3 and in addition I currently have around a year experience in a research lab and around a half a year in a hospital. The schools that I am wanting to apply to are California Institute of Technology, University of Colorado, and Boston University are these reasonable at my current level.
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Re: GPA and Graduate School Selection
BU, maybe. The other two, almost certainly not.RobertS wrote:Hello, I have been hearing mixed information on GPA and where it should be in order to attend a graduate school. So, I was wondering under my circumstances if I should apply to a PhD program. I am a sophomore studying Biophysics and Chemistry as a minor with a current GPA of 3.3 and in addition I currently have around a year experience in a research lab and around a half a year in a hospital. The schools that I am wanting to apply to are California Institute of Technology, University of Colorado, and Boston University are these reasonable at my current level.
Re: GPA and Graduate School Selection
Check the stickied profiles threads here. You don't have to look at every post--just to a browser search/find for "CalTech" or "Colorado" and you'll skip to the relevant profiles where you can see what sorts of GPAs get in.
Re: GPA and Graduate School Selection
I was wondering one other thing I have been looking into continuing on with biophysics in particular when I was looking through the grad school information I didn't see many people with this program listed would this program be harder to get into?
Re: GPA and Graduate School Selection
It would be significantly easier.
Re: GPA and Graduate School Selection
even if you intend to work in biophysics you have to compete for physics. biophysics is usually a field of research like particle or condensed and you need to get accepted to physics dept. unless they have separate program for biophysics.RobertS wrote:I was wondering one other thing I have been looking into continuing on with biophysics in particular when I was looking through the grad school information I didn't see many people with this program listed would this program be harder to get into?
Re: GPA and Graduate School Selection
He's talking about applying specifically to biophysics programs, not physics programs. They exist.pqortic wrote:even if you intend to work in biophysics you have to compete for physics. biophysics is usually a field of research like particle or condensed and you need to get accepted to physics dept. unless they have separate program for biophysics.RobertS wrote:I was wondering one other thing I have been looking into continuing on with biophysics in particular when I was looking through the grad school information I didn't see many people with this program listed would this program be harder to get into?