Graduate Schools in Plant Bio

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey guys,
I am a BioE major in UC Berkeley, junior standing and will graduate this December. I will probably either work or take a semester off before continuing to graduate school on Fall '12. Oh, and I am an international student from Indonesia.
Right now I am having trouble deciding which grad school I should apply to. My interest actually lies on plant genetics, specifically on genetically modified crops. I have been asking around and doing some research online, and it seems like I have my choices down to these four schools: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Cornell, or University of Georgia. However I really have no idea how I should decide upon this issue, especially because it is really hard to find out these institutions' research commitment to genetically modified organisms. I am also aware of the possibility that none of the schools I mentioned above serves my purposes.
So I thought i would just throw this out there, and hopefully someone can give me an insight. Pros, cons, etc.</p>

<p>Thanks guys!</p>

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<p>You should apply to all four of them, if you’re interested in their programs. Graduate admissions is a crapshoot and you have to have multiple targets.</p>

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<p>you know what, thats exactly what i was thinking. thanks for the advice!
but i also wanna know if other ppl know other schools with good plant bio program with emphasis on GMOs??</p>

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<p>I can’t figure out what would have attracted you to departments at those schools in particular. You might be well served by navigating over to the graduate admissions section of this website and reading the stickied materials. Picking a graduate school program is not akin to doing so for an undergraduate degree.</p>