<p>Hi Everyone,</p>
<p>I'm going to start my Master's in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto this September, in the medical robotics field. </p>
<p>I graduated with a 3.1 GPA from a tough undergrad engineering program (EngSci, BioMed) at U of T. I've averaged around a 3.7-3.8 in my last 3 semesters. I havent written my GRE's, but plan to write them this summer. I am planning to pursue my PhD in the US after. I did my honors thesis with an MD/PhD in the medical robotics field in my 4th year of undergrad, and have also worked at Hopkins in a past summer, resulting in 2 first author publications.</p>
<p>So far, a Robotics PhD at Carnegie Mellon or BME PhD and Hopkins seem to attract me the most. Washington, Columbia, Stanford, and Berkeley are also up there. I'm kinda reluctant to pursue a PhD in CS as Im not confident in my skill set being appropriate for the field. </p>
<p>I'm not sure what my chances are at these schools, and would appreciate some feedback. Also, what are my chances at Med school if I can get sufficient clinical (surgery related, shadowing) and research experience from my Master's work? Is there anything that I could do to strengthen my application?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the help!</p>