Hey, I've read what people have said how GPA / GRE factors in. If I have a 3.4 GPA from Bioeng berkeley and I want to be within range for top BIOE programs such as hopkins/ mit/upenn/ GA tech. What can I do to make up for it?
-By the end of my senior year I'll have 3 years (including summers & winter breaks) of research experience in the concentration I plan to apply to. But, should I divert a summer to applying to genentech? or an Amgen scholars program? If I got into a summer program at one of these schools would it help my chances/ be better than continuous undergrad research in my lab?
-How many publications (and impact factor) are expected if I'm in lab for 3 years?
-Should I take summer classes to improve my gpa? Would taking graduate courses in my area of interest be worth it?
-Should I be tutoring also or work on other extracurricular engineering projects? I've heard that comes up on the application
-I'm really open to any ideas & I appreciate any feedback
Thanks in advance
