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Hi there, I was also waiting to here, emailed BBS and they do not anticipate sending out any more interview requests. Sorry for the bad news, I'm a little disappointed to hear it myself.

No idea, sorry! I also submitted on the last day but sadly don't know anything about their process

Do you mind telling me the BBSP interview weekends? I am not confident I will get one, but since I submitted close to the deadline maybe it will just take longer....either way I have already scheduled two interviews and I don't want to block out the weekends BBSP may be!

I received an email saying I will soon get an official invitation for the University of Chicago Molecular Biosciences Cluster on Thursday, the official email came in Friday afternoon, so I signed up for my interview weekend (very excited, one of my top picks!!!). Friday I also got interview invites from UMichigan - Ann Arbor PIBS via email and a phone call from Wisconsin - Madison Genetics!! A lot of good news at once. I still want to hear back from Harvard BBS and Washington - Seattle Genome Sciences, but I'm glad I'm not totally in the dark anymore!

Oh, that's a huge relief. I really am struggling with over-analyzing my SOP, but thank you so much for weighing in!

Undergrad Institution: large state R1, not super well-known for biology but definitely not badMajor(s): Biology - Biochemistry/Cell/MolecularMinor(s): MusicGPA in Major: not sure if this is accurate, but calculating myself I got : 3.60/4.00 if major GPA includes other major requirements like physics and chemistry (C in Organic II brought me down some…). 3.70/4.00 if only considering Biology classes. Not great, I am very awareOverall GPA: 3.75Type of Student: domestic female (white)GRE Q: 158 V: 162 W: 4.5 pretty disappointed by the writing. If I had ever studied the math I guess it would be higher. not planning on submitting these unless I have to (please tell me if this is a bad idea)Research Experience: just passed the 2 year benchmark as a research technician. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: not any related to biology, really. I did elect to do the honors concentration in my degree, which involved a thesis (but my undergrad research was lacking so i opted to complete a literature review instead)Pertinent Activities or Jobs: The full-time tech job is pretty pertinent, I'd hopeAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: n/aSpecial Bonus Points: I do have a famous PI as a recommender, but my 2nd rec letter is from my lab manager, both from the tech job. and 1 (supposedly strong) letter from undergrad.Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: 6 (now 8 counting 2 in process) mid-author publications in big journals (Nature, Science, etc) but sadly, nothing first-author. These are all from tech job, nothing from undergrad.Applying to Where:U of Washington Seattle - Genome Sciences UNC Chapel Hill - BBSP U of Chicago - Human Genetics or GGSB Harvard - BBS U of Wisconsin - Madison - Genetics Stanford - Biology and Genetics Columbia - Biological Sciences Vanderbilt - Biological Sciences U of Michigan, Ann Arbor Baylor maybes: Yale - BBS, Rockefeller, CSHL, Duke, Boston University, UC San Diego I know it's super late (and these are probably all reaches) but I wanted to re-submit since I have a much more solid school list and my GRE scores in. If anyone feels like telling me any last minute advice, I would be ever-so-grateful. I am trying to get everything submitted soon but the anxiety caused by my procrastinating (and just being busy to be fair) is really getting to me. Thanks!

@BabyScientist thanks a lot, that's very encouraging! I think because my high school friends, and other people I knew from college had much better GPAs, though some were in different fields. I guess I don't know where the bar is exactly. For example, I thought for sure UNC would be considered UChicago tier, I was really thinking Washington would be a slightly better shot (just as an example of how I'm not really sure what's considered top tier versus medium tier schools). Congrats on getting in everywhere you interviewed by the way, that's so impressive! Do you have any advice for finding other reasonable (or even "safe") bets, if such a thing exists? thanks again, your post definitely alleviated some of my anxiety!

Undergrad Institution: large state R1, not super well-known for biology but definitely not badMajor(s): Biology - Biochemistry/Cell/MolecularMinor(s): MusicGPA in Major: not sure if this is accurate, but calculating myself I got : 3.60/4.00 if major GPA includes other major requirements like physics and chemistry (C in Organic II brought me down some…). 3.70/4.00 if only considering Biology classes. Not great, I am very awareOverall GPA: 3.75Type of Student: domestic female (white)GRE haven't taken it yet but a practice test I've done I scored quant 160 verbal 158. not sure if this was even accurate, planning on doing another kaplan gre practice test soon.Research Experience: just passed the 2 year benchmark as a research technician. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: not any related to biology, really. I did elect to do the honors concentration in my degree, which involved a thesis (but my undergrad research was lacking so i opted to complete a literature review instead)Pertinent Activities or Jobs: The full-time tech job is pretty pertinent, I'd hopeAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: n/aSpecial Bonus Points: I do have a famous recommender; l am not confident that's going to be helpful.Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: 6 mid-author publications in big journals (Nature, Science, etc) but sadly, nothing first-author. These are all from tech job, nothing from undergrad.Applying to Where:U of Washington Seattle - Genome Sciences UNC Chapel Hill - BBSP U of Chicago - Human Genetics or CEB U of Wisconsin Madison - Genetics Stanford - Biology and Genetics Vanderbilt - IGP Columbia - Biological Sciences even more tentative: Harvard - BBS, Yale - BBS, Rockefeller, CSHL, I have others on my list to look into that I don't even feel confident mentioning yet. I need so much help, I know I'm not at all a top-tier applicant and I know that there is no such thing as a safety school, but I really need some reasonable schools I could get into. I'm not too enthusiastic about getting rejected from everywhere I apply to, and I am quite aware that these are some really great schools (that's why I'm interested!) Any and all advice is sincerely appreciated!