Lurpelis
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I would only have applied for the one program I got into. I applied to the other just to feel like I was being safe and I was outright rejected (no interview) from everything except my first choice. Wasted $300 on application fees for nothing.
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SysEvo reacted to a post in a topic:
2017 Computational Biology/Biomedical Informatics PhD Applicants and Admission Results
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Accepted to WUSTL CSB after interview, happy to get my first choice.
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No Rejection from Harvard BIG yet, but also no invite. Still nothing from Johns Hopkins.
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Well rejected from UW. Haven't heard from Harvard BIG or JHU.
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Well nothing from UW for me, probably a rejection, but we'll see.
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Congrats! At least someone's getting news.
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jmillar reacted to a post in a topic:
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Yeah it's a narrow focus. I firmly believe microbiome research though is the next medical breakthrough area. We're already seeing results with things like fecal transplants which are essentially treating a flawed gut microbiome. My advisor in my masters does work on metagenomics and most of our projects have been cluster based computing approaches to metagenome data. I find the whole area interesting, plus very few people have the biological understanding and experience in designing software for clusters and cloud setups.
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I posted a paragraph above explaining generally, but it's primarily down to location and specific research area. I do not care that much about prestige or projects. I actually plan to go into the industry after finishing my PhD going into consultancy or managing a Computational Biology lab division. My main area of interest is in metagenomics and microbiomics and while Washington has some people doing the former, their program is a bit less "clinically applicable" than WashU's is. A lot of WashU people are working on human disease directly using microbiomics and NGS data.
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I live in St. Louis so it's more economical for me, but also that WashU has a lot of people doing clinical work. I can develop new Genomic software but I'm also interested in novel discovery of things. My real area of interest is in microbiomics and WashU has at least 6 or 7 people whose main research area is in microbiome as it related to disease and immunity. There's also a good startup scene in St. Louis as well as bigger biotech companies like Monsanto (Bayer now) and Pfizer.
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Certainly possible, it's also that WashU was my first pick and they decided so early I've got a very blase attitude towards the other three. I'm not convinced there's a plethora of Comp Biol applicants with very heavy CS background like I have.
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Nothing from Harvard BIG yet.
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Thanks, I think having an undergrad in CS and will have a Master's in Bioinformatics in the Spring gives me a small leg up for some of these programs.
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Good to know, thanks. Luckily for me my top choice of WashU sent theirs out super early so I'm mostly stress free, the others are just sugarcoating.
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Anyone hear form Harvard BIG yet? I don't think any of my outstanding ones have sent letters yet; Harvard BIG and JHU Med School PhD.
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Got my interview invite at WashU last week. Waiting on Harvard BIG, JHU (from their medical school), and UW.