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Post by WanderingRonin on May 12, 2013 11:38:39 GMT -5
Hi everyone! I'm looking at going into at least my master's in Biomedical Engineering (possibly PhD but we'll see how I feel after my master's haha). What should I be doing to prepare for grad school? I'm quite proud of my GPA, but I know that obviously isn't everything. Does volunteering look good when applying to grad school? I used to volunteer at the multicultural association where I live, but haven't lately during school. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! Anything from good habbits in school, to random little things that might make things easier  Thanks! Keep on changing the world everyone  |
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Post by Hung Kieu on May 12, 2013 13:25:11 GMT -5
Try to get some research experience. Also, work with several professors so you can get some good reference letters ( or try to get to know them in your senior classes). If you can do some research and publish a paper with your professor because of it, that would be cool too. You wouldn't have to be the main or secondary publisher. Just having your name on the paper is good enough!
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Post by FPEPro on May 12, 2013 13:31:26 GMT -5
In the States about all they care about is your GPA and GRE scores. Beyond that, most the other stuff is irrelevant to grad school acceptance here. Now, GPA and GREs become very flexible once you can establish and prove extensive professional experience in your field. I've known a couple people that had horrible GPAs in college, and never took the GREs, but they still got accepted to highly reputable Grad Schools based on Professional merit alone. So there is more than one way to get there. Outside of the States the requirements will vary allot, and I won't try to speculate on those requirements.
Chris
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Post by WanderingRonin on May 12, 2013 15:30:13 GMT -5
Try to get some research experience. Also, work with several professors so you can get some good reference letters ( or try to get to know them in your senior classes). If you can do some research and publish a paper with your professor because of it, that would be cool too. You wouldn't have to be the main or secondary publisher. Just having your name on the paper is good enough! Yeah I'm hoping to see if I can be a research assistant at the Biomedical Institute at my university. That'd be ideal, but I'm not sure if there are any positions/grants available currently. I worked for one of my profs this semester doing some MatLab programming stuff, nothing too intensive but I think I was technically a research assistant. You're out at UBC right Hung? Know anything about the biomed program there? I'm out on the east coast now haha. |
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Post by Hung Kieu on May 12, 2013 15:40:31 GMT -5
Try to get some research experience. Also, work with several professors so you can get some good reference letters ( or try to get to know them in your senior classes). If you can do some research and publish a paper with your professor because of it, that would be cool too. You wouldn't have to be the main or secondary publisher. Just having your name on the paper is good enough! Yeah I'm hoping to see if I can be a research assistant at the Biomedical Institute at my university. That'd be ideal, but I'm not sure if there are any positions/grants available currently. I worked for one of my profs this semester doing some MatLab programming stuff, nothing too intensive but I think I was technically a research assistant. You're out at UBC right Hung? Know anything about the biomed program there? I'm out on the east coast now haha. Not really sure how good the biomed program is. I had some friends in the biomed program (electrical side), but they switched into power as there were more jobs in that field (plus it didn't require anything more then an undergrad degree). Where are you from exactly? I know in Canada we have this NSERC program where you can work under a professor and the nserc program will pay you or subsidize a certain amount of salary. Receiving an NSERC, professors are more likely to take you in and let you do some research with them. Here's some more information: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/UG-PC/USRA-BRPC_eng.aspAlso, like Chris said..GRE and grades are important, but it seems like you said in your first post that your GPA is well off. |
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Post by WanderingRonin on May 12, 2013 18:08:38 GMT -5
Yeah I'm hoping to see if I can be a research assistant at the Biomedical Institute at my university. That'd be ideal, but I'm not sure if there are any positions/grants available currently. I worked for one of my profs this semester doing some MatLab programming stuff, nothing too intensive but I think I was technically a research assistant. You're out at UBC right Hung? Know anything about the biomed program there? I'm out on the east coast now haha. Not really sure how good the biomed program is. I had some friends in the biomed program (electrical side), but they switched into power as there were more jobs in that field (plus it didn't require anything more then an undergrad degree). Where are you from exactly? I know in Canada we have this NSERC program where you can work under a professor and the nserc program will pay you or subsidize a certain amount of salary. Receiving an NSERC, professors are more likely to take you in and let you do some research with them. Here's some more information: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/UG-PC/USRA-BRPC_eng.aspAlso, like Chris said..GRE and grades are important, but it seems like you said in your first post that your GPA is well off. Strange... must not have pressed the post button hahaha.... I'm out at UNB right now (oldest university in Canada!). I've heard about NSERC but I've never really read into it. I think my friend might be working under an NSERC grant though I've actually never heard about the GRE though... Could either you or FPEPro explain a little about it? |
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Post by FPEPro on May 12, 2013 19:36:56 GMT -5
WanderingRoninGRE is the Graduate Record Examination. It's a Exam often taken that is similar to the SAT, but much harder. It's suppose to gauge how ready you are for graduate studies. Here's a link, www.ets.org/gre/I know many universities in the States use this score heavily when considering whether to accept you or not for Grad School. I'm not as sure about Canada, maybe Hung Kieu could answer that. Chris
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Post by Hung Kieu on May 12, 2013 21:35:27 GMT -5
Most engineering schools don't look at GRE for graduate studies.
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