<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I am a rising senior studying chemical engineering at a good, but small and not extremely well known, school in Pennsylvania. My GPA is 3.7 and I have strong research experience in nanotechnology. </p>
<p>Do I have a shot at bioengineering PhD at Berkeley? Does out of state vs in state matter for PhD programs or just for undergrad? Thanks.</p>
<p>Out of state vs in state does not matter for PhD programs at public universities. However, domestic vs international does matter. Since Engineering graduate programs have a large percentage of international students, domestic students actually have an easier chance of admissions.</p>
<p>Shodman-</p>
<p>Where in PA are you? "Not well known" by your grandmother's hairdresser is very different from "not well known" by the faculty at Berkeley. My brother's out at that very competitive engineering school in Claremont that my grandmother has mistakenly called "Elmer Mudd College" and "Harvey Fudd University"... But just because she can't remember the name doesn't mean that the powers-that-be at CalTech don't think it's worthy of respect. ;)</p>
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<p>My guess is that you attend Bucknell or Lafayette.</p>
<p>Knowing the school would make it easier...but, 3.7 is definately the low end for Berkeley engineering grad school...not that I'm against it, I had a 3.7 at Purdue in ME when I got into the ME program in Biomechanics at Berkeley. </p>
<p>but, good research skyrockets you up the list as well. And NanoTech and MEMS and those fields have good amounts of funding right now. </p>
<p>Also, good rec letters. One of mine came from a Prof. who held professorships in ME, MSE, and BME and was an assistant dean of Engineering.</p>