<p>I've been lurking in this forum for a while hoping to find some biomed grad stories, but I haven't seen many so I decided to ask on a new thread.</p>
<p>The people I've seen applying have uberamazing stats, but where do people with less amazing stats (say barely a 3.1/3.2) apply for graduate school? How much research have previous applicants had? I've been doing research every summer since junior in hs.Is that a good start? I won't be eligible for NIH grants, have any of you applied to IGERT's? How much less competitive is it? Is bioengineering trying to appeal to female/minority applicants? Also, does anyone know the typical applicant pool size to such programs as UCD, Columbia, Vanderbilt? 15% and 30% seem like small numbers, but is that because the pool size is only 20 or so people?</p>
<p>I've just really been trying to get info on what to do for grad school, but everyone I've spoken too says the same things, GPA, research, and GRE (far third). Obviously having a 4.0 and five years of intensive research and an 800/800 GRE math/analytical score would be best, but what do less stellar students do? I'd really appreciate it if anyone could answer my questions, thanks!</p>
<p>stats if anyone cares: black, female, mechanical/biomedical engineering double major, 3.0 in major gpa</p>