Research Experience - in only one institution?

[zhtmahtm]

Hi,

 

I'm an international student attending a US university, and applying to grad school this fall.

I was reading the posts here and realized that many competitive applicants have research experiences from different institutions, honors/awards etc. But personally, I have been only involved in the researches in my school (since off-campus researches, NSF REU programs etc. are mostly limited for international students). I was accepted as a summer fellow in a top institution (not my school) this summer, but visa problems got complicated and they confirmed me a position next summer, but that'd be after grad school application anyway...

I'm trying to make a list of schools that I'm going to apply, but I wasn't sure how only having worked at a single institution would affect my chances for different tiers of school. Anyone have any ideas?

[TakeruK]

It will be no problem. Few undergraduate students have more than 1 research experience anyways and it's very common for a grad school applicant to have all their research experience from one place. 

[serenade]

I also only had research experience from my university but it wasn't a problem in terms of PhD applications. Good luck!

[eeee1923]

All my academic research was conducted at my undergrad institute and that didn't raise any problems for my application cycle.

[zhtmahtm]

Thank you all!!