Molecular wonder

I was rejected by 3 programs that were kind of a reach in terms of their competitive pool of applicants, but I'm waiting on 3 schools now which are UC Davis BMCDB, UCLA MCIP and Cedars-Sinai (the later has an extremely late deadline of 1/31/17 so i don't expect to hear from them until later in February).

Has any one applied to these PhD programs UCLA Molecular Cellular Integrative Physiology and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center? If so have you heard from them yet?

Thanks, I haven't received an invitation as of yet thus a rejection letter is sure to follow. Does anyone know how UC Davis BMCDB wait list works?

Does anybody know what the interview dates are for UC Davis BMCDB?

Hi I've applied to several PhD programs in molecular biology and now i'm still waiting. I sent my application in early (most before the end of Nov. 2017), I did pretty well on my GRE. I have a lot of research and development experience, I've been working the past 13 years in biotech doing bench work. I enjoy r&d work and I wanted to enhance my chances of one day being able to be lead as PI or maybe a lab director so I applied to several programs. I fear that I am not going to get in to any programs since its already the end of January and I haven't heard from most of them. I know there is definitely ageism at play in most of the professional decisions these days so I think although most universities state that its illegal to discriminate against older students I think that in my case that might be a factor. I had great LOR, a patent, several posters (although no paper authorships), satisfactory undergrad grades and I took grad courses which I received mostly all A's. How are people supposed to better themselves as well as be active participants in society if they're not given a fair chance. This year has already started out crazy and unfair on so many levels as seen in the political/social world and now for me it seems like its really becoming bleak. I was an optimistic person however, I think this whole application process has made me bitter about society. Are there any other people out there with similar experience or at least can give me a pep talk.