It's ridiculously competitive. Here's a list gettheleadout collected in pre-allo.
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=12565274&postcount=1264
Summer 2012 Data:
Johns Hopkins Nanobiotech REU: 12 positions / 700 applicants =
1.7% acceptance rate
Columbia Amgen: 17 positions / 900+ applicants =
≤ 1.9% acceptance rate
Vienna Biocenter SS: 25 spots / 1200 applicants =
~ 2.1% acceptance rate
UCSD Regen./M.S. BioE. REU: 10 positions / 450+ applicants =
≤ 2.2% acceptance rate
NYU Sackler SURP: 30 positions + 20 alternates / ~1250 applicants =
2.4% acceptance rate (4% including alternates)
Cold Spring Harbor Lab. URP: 25 positions / 880 applicants =
~ 2.8% acceptance rate
Wadsworth REU: 10 positions / 340 applicants =
~ 2.9% acceptance rate
UMich Cardio: 10 positions / 300+ applicants =
≤ 3% acceptance rate
NYU CNS REU: 10 positions / ~300 applicants =
~ 3% acceptance rate
Penn State (Hershey) SURIP: 15 positions / 393 applicants =
3.8% acceptance rate
UVA SRIP: 30 positions / 670+ applicants =
≤ 4.5% acceptance rate
UW Amgen: ~26 positions / 560 applicants =
4.6% acceptance rate
Cincinnati Children's SURF: 50 positions / 1000+ applicants =
≤ 5% acceptance rate
UV SNURF: ~10 positions / 200 applicants =
> 5% acceptance rate
UMinn LSSURP (all projects): 50 positions / ~850 applicants =
~ 5.9% acceptance rate
Mt. Sinai SURP: 13-25 positions / 400-453 applicants =
2.9-6.3% acceptance rate
Johns Hopkins SIP (all divisions): 85 positions / 1146 applicants =
7.4% acceptance rate
Yale BioSTEP: 24 positions / ~300 applicants =
8% acceptance rate
UTSW SURF: 85 positions + ~150 alternates / 1000+ applicants =
≤ 8.5% acceptance rate (≤ 23.5% including alternates)
Ridiculously competitive; even the "safeties" aren't really safeties in these programs.
Mayo SURF: 120 positions / 1135 applicants =
10.6% acceptance rate
International Programs 2012 Data:
Pasteur Foundation SIP (France): 4 positions / ~300 applicants =
~ 1.3% acceptance rate
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne SRP (France): 25 positions / 633 applicants =
~ 4% acceptance rate
Incomplete 2012 Data:
URochester SURF: 10-12 positions / ??? applicants = ??? acceptance rate
Baylor SMART: ~70 positions / ??? applicants = ??? acceptance rate
Case Pharmacology SURP: 6 positions / ??? applicants = ??? acceptance rate
MCW SPUR: ??? positions / 500+ applicants = ??? acceptance rate
Summer 2011 Data:
Vandy UCRIP: 14 positions / 700 applicants =
2% acceptance rate
UCSD NSF REU: 10 positions / 400+ applicants =
≤ 2.5% acceptance rate
Mt. Sinai SURP: 13 positions / 400+ applicants =
≤ 3.25% acceptance rate
BU SURF: 20 positions / 500+ applicants =
≤ 4% acceptance rate
UMD/FDA Mol./Cell Bioeng. REU: 10 positions / 250+ applicants =
≤ 4% acceptance rate
Jax SSP: 35 positions + 175 alternates / 550 applicants =
~ 6.4% acceptance rate (38.2% including alternates)
UVA SRIP: 30 positions / 400+ applicants =
7.5% acceptance rate
Incomplete 2011 Data:
Columbia NYSTEM: 70-79 positions / ??? applicants = ??? acceptance rate
St. Jude POE: ~12 positions / ??? applicants = ??? acceptance rate