I'm a junior physics/math student, but I've been seriously in love with biology (especially molecular) after taking a couple of courses as electives. Therefore, I'm thinking about choosing Biophysics as my top option for grad school in a year and a half when I get out of school.
I just wanted to ask about people's experience with Biophysics grad programs and acceptance to some of the better schools, coming from a physics oriented background. I'm a top 10% student at a school with a reasonably good physics reputation (UT Austin). I also hope to have over a year of research in the area and hopefully a publication, as well as good letters of recommendations.
If you have any experience with these programs, how selective do you think they would be? I'm thinking I stand a chance at getting into one of them, but I fear I haven't gone enough into biology (I'll have about 15 course-hours, 9 of those upper-division). I would also like to hear about how people with a math/physics background have fared in these programs, especially in the biology/biochemistry components.
Some of the schools I have in mind:
Stanford
UC Berkeley
Harvard
John Hopkins
UCLA
UC San Diego
Look forward to your input. Appreciate the help.
