Biochemistry Graduate School

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Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:26:55 +0000

There are neither “chances” nor “safeties” for graduate applications.

We should really make a sticky for this.

Here’s the deal: graduate admissions are highly selective, have small sample sizes and are based primarily on qualitative factors such as experience and research interests, rather than quantitative factors such as GPA and GRE scores. Every program is different and weighs applications differently - every year is different, actually, depending on funding and open slots.

I applied to eight schools and was accepted by seven. The only rejection was from a school I could have considered a “safety” based on GPA/GRE. The term is meaningless.

So, nobody here is going to pretend to know what your “chances” of admission are anywhere, because it would be nothing but a wild-assed guess.

What you need to do is talk with your professors and professors at the schools you’re interested in applying to. They will know far better than anyone on this forum what you should be shooting for.