<p>Krypton, you are soooo right.</p>
<p>My brother got his MCB Ph.D from Berkeley a while back. He told me that his research experience was by far the MOST important criteria for getting into Berkeley. </p>
<p>In fact, he worked 2.5 years in a lab, while an undergrad. After graduation, he worked another 2 years for a biotech company as a research technician, where he contributed to original research and co-authored 2 papers. “That” pretty much opened the door for him to UC Berkeley.</p>
<p>BTW, today, he’s a research scientist at a major university and is in the process of co-founding a biotech company with several colleagues:)</p>
<p>To this very day, he is extremely proud of his Berkeley Ph.D. It does get noticed out in the real world.</p>