<p>Not sure if this is the right forum, but:</p>
<p>How hard would it be to transfer to IVY-league grad schools (or stanford/MIT) coming from UBC in Canada. In particular, studying molecular biology at UBC.</p>
<p>As in; what kind of a GPA is needed, undergraduate research, is UBC considered a good undergraduate school by these universities etc...</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>Transfer for what?</p>
<p>Generally, it’s very, very difficult to switch programs while in graduate school and it’s greatly looked down upon. The only legitimate reason you can have for transferring while in a program is you’re following your adviser who switched schools.</p>
<p>read the post…</p>
<p>If I do an undergraduate degree for molecular biology at the UBC (in canada) how hard would it be to get into the ivy league (for molecular biology)</p>
<p>as in what kind of gpa are we looking at here, undergrad research, and whether UBC is looked at as a good enough undergrad school?</p>
<p>Lol excuse ticklemepink for assuming you were referring to grad school, seein as how this is obviously the graduate school section of the forum.</p>
<p>In addition, the question is absurd.</p>
<p>The ivy league schools don’t necessarily have the best molecular bio depts. </p>
<p>And its not like it is a one size fits all thing for Ivy league schools.</p>
<p>Well if he read just the first sentence of the post it would have solved his question…</p>
<p>Obviously they don’t have the best molec. bio departments, by ivy-league I simply mean ‘top’ as in cambridge/stanford/UC berkely/MIT/harvard etc.</p>
<p>I know it’s not a one size fits all, I just mean roughly.</p>
<p>Ivy league refers to a defined set of schools, an actual conference in college athletics. If you meant top schools, that would’ve been a much better way of stating it. </p>
<p>You asked how hard it is to TRANSFER to a top grad school. That implies you’re already in a PhD program. </p>
<p>What you appear to be asking is what it takes to get accepted into a top grad school.
What you meant and what you said were two totally different things, so don’t get too irritated with people when your question was a bit off to start with. </p>
<p>To address your question: A GPA of 3.0 is typically the technical cutoff. I’d guess a 3.5 or so would suffice, but with so many factors you can compensate for a low GPA. Get as much research in as you can. I have no idea how highly regarded UBC is, but if you take all the right classes and do well in them it won’t matter all that much.</p>
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<p>UCSF, Duke, Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, UCLA, Hopkins, Rockefeller etc have the best molecular bio departments.
[Chronicle</a> Facts & Figures: Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2007&primary=9&secondary=102&bycat=Go]Chronicle”>http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2007&primary=9&secondary=102&bycat=Go)</p>
<p>At least a a couple of those are ivy league schools. The point is a bit silly as Maszki mentions. A good school is not improved by being in the ivy league but none of the schools in the ivy league are downright bad in molecular bio.</p>