Biophysics Graduate School

[pjfoster]

Hi guys. I'm a junior Phyics/Math major at University of Iowa. Last summer, I did an REU in biophysics and fell in love. I'm looking into graduate schools in this area, specifically top schools like University of Chicago, MIT, Harvard, etc. There's a plethora of sites showing admission statistics (GRE scores,GPA,Previous research experience, etc.) for Physics graduate programs, but for the life of me I can't find anything like this specifically related to biophysics. Many schools seem to have a different program from the general Physics program, so I imagine the statistics would be different. Does anyone know of sites that have this information, or have any experience applying to biophysics programs?

[naele]

You'll have much better luck applying to chemistry/biochemistry (a lot of schools of departments of chemistry and biochemistry) departments. Ironically, that's where most of the biophysics groups are, less so in physics departments. In which case, it's A LOT easier to get into a chemistry program than a physics program.