International student from Europa: Any chance at getting into T10 for biology?

[DolphinInTheOcean]

@collegemom3717

One of the big differences between US and most of the international universities that I know best is that undergrads are not typically involved in research. In the US most undergrads who want to be involved in research can be.

That’s one of the main reasons I want to go to the US. Of course you can do undergrad research in Germany BUT pretty much only within the very narrow field of your bachelors program and this can be pretty narrow pretty quick.

@ColdWombat

Germany has excellent biological research. In fact, my PhD advisor used to have a joke: Every physiologist will eventually be frustrated to discover that all the work they’ve ever performed in their career has been previously done and was published in German decades earlier.

Well that’s true but the research done in Germany is more basic research and less applied research (with few exceptions) and I know I’m more interested in applied research after all. Despite that I’m well aware that in general there is very good research in Germany (see nobel laureates).

@ColdWombat

If you are really set on a career in biology research, you’ll want to aim for a PhD. You could do your undergraduate studies in Germany, with a possible exchange to the US, and then do your PhD in the US

Absolutely. In case I have to/decide to do my undergraduate studies in Germany this would be indeed my plan and for Masters/PhD in US there are many great scholarships in Germany so it would also be easier on that front.