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If you go to the FAQ section for each school you applied to, it will most likely have the number of applications they expect to receive (or received the previous year) and how many they are likely to accept. Sometimes they also post average GRE scores and GPAs for their last incoming grad student class. You can get a rough idea of how competitive that program is in that way. I think that's actually going to be faster than the webstie pasteltomato recommended (I just visited it). I have gone to the FAQ section for some of my schools and they pretty much correlate with the info that you see in the News & World Report rankings. The schools ranked the highest there have the lowest acceptance rates, and highest average GRE and GPA scores. I wouldn't actually think that NWR can discrimate between a school that is #3 vs. #4, but I've seen that they are pretty accurate in saying that the braket of #1-10 is more competitive than the braket #20-30.

Hello! Here are my stats. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Undergrad Institution: State University (~20'000 undergrads, ranked ~140, with research faculty) Major(s): Biology (Psychology) GPA in Major: 3.88 (4.0) Overall GPA: 3.84 Position in Class: Top 5% for sure, maybe top 1%, will graduate summa cum laude Type of Student: Domestic, minority, female GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 155 - 60% V: 157 - 74% W: 4.5 - 80% Research Experience: By the time I graduate, 3.25 years of research experience total. -1.5 years at home institution (~20 hrs/week) -0.25 years at top 10 research institution (40 hrs/week, summer program) -0.5 years at top 10 research institution (40hrs/week, special program) -1 at medical research institue (30hrs/week, internship) No publications to date, but will be middle author on two publications that will be submitted soon (mentioned by my letter writers), and some day another 2 for the other 2 projects (their word, but I trust them) 3 research advisors = 3 letter writers Awards/Honors/Recognitions: 10 scholarships (departamental & national), 3 research awards, 3 research internships Pertinent Activities or Jobs: All my research has been paid Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: I was a tutor and teaching assistant a few years ago (but I don't really mention it on my SOP, it's on my CV) Applying to Where: MIT Bio MIT BCS Harvard BBS Harvard MCO Stanford Bio Rockefeller UCSF Tetrad UC Berkeley MCB UCSD Biological Sciences UCLA Access/ Biosciences UCI MCB UT Southwestern NYU Sackler ~~~~~~~~~ I am aware my GREs are pretty mediocre, but was told by a facutly in the admissions committee at UCSF I make the cut-off for intial review (and I figured if it's good enough for UCSF, it would be good enough to be considered by other schools). My research experience is definitely the strongest point in my app, is what I was told as well. Pretty much all of the schools I am applying to are "reach" schools. I feel I have a pretty good chance at UCI ant UT, because of previous applicants I personally know with lower stats than me that have gotten in. Two questions: 1. I was wondering what you guys think my chances are, overall. 2. I was curious to know if anyone has heard from any of these schools yet. I heard UT Southwestern sends interview offers early.