Which PhD programs have the highest acceptance rates?

[InquisitiveOne]

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Go through the Physics GRE site. Then go through the biosciences chances site. I can assure you that kids get into top bioscience programs with 3.5 GPAs which would be mediocre in physics.

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<p>They have a biosciences chances site? Where is that? 3.5 GPAs aren’t bad for physics if they’re combined with research+excellent PGRE scores. </p>

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I am not a physicist by the way- just pointing out what I have seen from general observation. In general:</p>

<p>physics>chemistry> biology in terms of difficulty of getting in. Likely biology is based more on research than actual grades, but still some people with amazing physics research have problem cracking top 10 schools.

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<p>Maybe they have amazing physics research but didn’t do well on the Physics GRE? </p>

<p>I know a Caltech student who had an AMAZING GPA and AMAZING research, and still got rejected nearly everywhere. His reason: Poor PGRE. He didn’t even bother to study for it. I know fairly mediocre kids with high PGRE scores. You don’t need to be a genius to answer the questions. None of them require any deep analytical ability. </p>

<p>I don’t know, but most people seem horridly under-prepared for the Physics GRE simply because there are no reliable prep books available. But there are still plenty of problems available in the textbooks, and solutions through the torrent sites. People just don’t do them.</p>

<p>The Physics GRE is one of the most important parts of the application, and the part that’s actually the easiest to improve. If someone does poorly on it, they can EASILY improve their application by taking a gap year so that they could take it the next year.</p>