danielpodo

Thanks for your reply. I'll be going to the USA next month for a week or so, so I guess I'll have time to visit the universities and ask them directly for some advice! I hope that helps a lot.

Hi all, New member here. I'm currently gathering as much info as I can with regards to doing a PhD in the USA, particularly in California as to my knowledge there are a number of highly regarded technical institutions there (Caltech, Berkeley, to name a few). I'm mostly interested in doing a something akin to a biotech program (to be specific, I'd like to get into visual prosthesis). I'd like some first hand opinions on how the application process looks like for a foreign student (I'm a British national, with 2 MSci degrees), as well as what the PhD program in the US looks like. From what I seem to have gathered so far, regarding finances, to be able to earn a living whilst doing a PhD involves being both a research assistant and a teaching assistant? What exactly do these entail? Thanks in advance P.s. if this thread is in the wrong section then please move it accordingly.