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  1. ok this is going to sound very whiny so I apologize ahead of time but I've been in a bit of a funk this past week because I got rejected from my top choice. The weird thing is I didn't even realize it was my top choice until I got rejected from it. Also they sent out an encouraging "we're really happy you applied for us, adcom is undergoing final review" email that totally made me optimistic >_< I feel like I shouldn't complain since I already have 3 interviews lined up and I have friends who don't even have one. But at the same time I feel bummed thanks to the results page I know a bunch of invites have gone out for schools and by virtue of not receiving an invite that basically means I'm out and am basically waiting for a bunch of rejections. I feel like due to the competitiveness of the programs I applied to, if you get an invite to one of the top programs its a sign you'll be invited for a bunch of other top programs while if you don't any then...sucks to be you. Which honestly wouldn't be such a big deal if my parents weren't completely " have you heard back from harvard yet?" EVERY 5 SEC!....gotta love asian parents lol I'm sure I'll be happy and excited once I'm back in school! But this winter break of not having to do anything means I'm just checking the results page every day, which is horrible for my mental state. *sigh* oh well! OPTIMISM! If I force myself to listen to happy songs I'll cheer up right? lol
  2. hmmm anyone know if Stanford is done sending out invites? There's a scattering of responses from the results page but not from my program
  3. I'm pretty sure it's a typical thing they're sending out to people that are considered minorities (I'm asian). I received 2 email ( I applied to 2 different twin city programs) that were exactly the same.
  4. Doing a bit better since i last posted I basically took the week of the holidays off to enjoy time with family and friends which reminded me that life does not equal grad school app process. It was weird, like I was honestly annoyed that the adcom people weren't going to met until jan but SO RELIEVED at the same time that I didn't have to check my email ever hr like a maniac. Now that we're in Jan and basically at the start of the flood of responses for science majors (i'm a biomed phd hopeful) I'm starting to get anxious again. Cue to nightmares (legitimately dreamed that it was march and everyone rejected me, and the school that had already asked me to interview called to rescind that offer) crazy email habits and checking the results page of this site every 5 sec lol. I do feel a bit different from last year though. I'm starting to get less terrified of the end results and more excited about the random cities i'll be visiting and ending my senior year with a lot of fun memories hopefully this excitement can carry me through the next couple of weeks! Best of luck everyone!
  5. Hi BrookeSnow, there's a lot of different opinions but I gave my letter of rec writers boxes of godiva chocolate. Other common choices are nice wine/booze in general and gift cards. Personally, I didn't really feel comfortable given them booze (also didn't know which type they liked) and I don't like gift card because it's attaches a monetary value to their service and many prof don't want to think of them being "paid" for their letters. The best gift is something personalized but I can't craft stuff for my life so I figured a box of godiva reached the price range I wanted (~$30) and could be regifted if they didn't like it....but who doesn't love chocolate?!?! Hope this helps!
  6. Columbia (Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine): 2/15-2/17 Emory University (Neuro): 1/31-2/2 & 2/14-2/16 NYU Sackler (Microbiology): 3/7-3/8 Northwestern (DGP): January 24 - 26 or February 7 - 9 or February 21 - 23 Stanford (Biology): 2/27-3/3 UCSF BMS: 1/24-1/26 OR 2/7-2/9 UCSC PBSE/BME: 1/24-1/26 UF (IDP): 1/27-29 and 2/24-26 U Mass Med (Biomedical/Neuroscience): 1/31-2/2 and 2/14-2/16 U Chicago (Biomedical): 2/21-2/23 Washington University in St. Louis (Biochem): 1/25, 2/8 WashU (Devo, Stem Bio): 2/8, 2/22 WashU (Evo, Eco, Pop): 2/22 WashU (Human Gen): 1/11, 2/8 WashU (Immunology): 1/18, 1/22 WashU (MCB): 1/11, 2/1, 2/15 WashU (Microbiology): 1/25 WashU (Neuro): 1/18, 2/1 WUSTL (Plant): 2/1, 2/15 University of Wisconsin-Madison (Entomology): 2/3-2/5 Quick question, for Stanford does anyone know which program? or is it all of them?
  7. Just heard back from Northwestern's DGP program (chicago medical campus) ! They have 3 interview dates (i'll post it on the other thread too) January 24 - 26 February 7 - 9 February 21 - 23 Did anyone else hear from them? Ahh next week is going to be insane >_< Best of luck to everyone!
  8. Same question lol! looks like a couple of us are applying there! Congrats Biotechstudent!
  9. so so so so so true! Although for me it's not a husband but rather my uber sweet room mate. I feel like I've been a horrible person to live with semester from stressing out about where to apply, to stressing out about turning things in time (although to be fair one of my recco came in 5 hrs before the deadline, 5 FREAKEN HOURS AHHH!) to stressing out about interviews, in between stressing out about lab and stereotypical midterm/finals. she's totally been supportive about this whole process but at a certain point I feel like she's started/already think i'm crazy. Ugg and at another point one of my friends congratulated me on finishing my apps which dragged out to the deadline despite my nice weekly breakdown plan where I finished early Nov (HA!) and said "Congrats! Now you don't need to stress anymore and enjoy life again!" to which I give him apparently a "wild crazy look" and started laughing like a maniac for 2 straight min....... uggg It's just really weird. Like logically I know the whole process will be over in a few months and I just need to be patient and wait, because I really can't even do anything at this point, but I can't seem to stop myself from clicking refresh on the results page/ checking my email obsessively. Hopefully it'll be better once xmas break is here? right?
  10. ah yes, the stereotypical Chinese attitude of if you're not #1 you're nothing... I think that if I was in China I would have gone insane with the college entrance exams...let alone all the pressure of going abroad >_< The thing is, it's really hard give a knowledgeable advice as domestic students from the US. Most phd programs consider international students their own application pool, distinct from the people applying domestically because of the additional difficulties of visa/immigration status. I would be wary of the 690 from NW just because I don't know if it's the overall average of the incoming class or just the international students, since international students tend to do much better on the test and these are the people you're really competing with. My advice would be to talk to professors at your school, especially those that typically write recommendation of people going abroad, and ask them what they think would be the next logical step. Or ask theother international students that are abroad now. It's better to get advice from people who are already have experience with the process. Good luck!!!
  11. One thing you can do to help you decide is to email the program directly and ask them what their average GRE subject scores are and how impactful GRE subject scores are. From what I understand, schools who don't make it a required field (even those that say "strongly/highly" recommend) don't consider GRE subject scores to be a very decisive value. It's something that can help you if you did really well, or hurt you if you did really poorly but if you're somewhere in the large murky grey zone it shouldn't really affect you. I hear you about Chinese students though lol. I'm Chinese but grew up in America. There's a lot of international Chinese students at my school and when I hear how perfect their scores were coming in I'm always impressed....and slightly frightened lol
  12. someone got an interview from yale already?!?! if you're lurking around here Congrats
  13. I'm not quite sure about chem department since I'm doing bio here but a quick google search yielded that we have 512 doctural students this year with a 5.3 year completion rate. Granted that's probably the number of chem +Chem bio people (which is a smaller department than chem) , I still don't think that the incoming class number size decreased. Also I realize that the field of study is much more important than the general school reputation but as you mentioned Berkeley has one of the best chem departments. I only mentioned the school reputation because it's correlated with funding (which I double checked and saw that we have the #1 NSF funding, out competing rival schools like Stanford and Harvard) which would obviously impact the financial situation of the department. I don't want to sound argumentative but I just don't think that the budget cuts are impacting the incoming class sizes significantly, at least in the science degrees. Also congrats to everyone who just finished apps Isn't it such a relief?!?
  14. This is a great idea! The UChicago Biomed Interview for all 4 of their clusters (Cancer Biology, Immunology, Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition and Molecular Pathogenesis and Molecular Medicine) are doing interviews on the same weeked: Feb 21-23,2013
  15. Ahh! Just got my first invite for interview today!!! I'm so excited It's for UChicago, Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition PhD program. If anyone else hears back from the Biomedical sciences let me know! All the Biomedical Science programs are interviewing the same weekend (Feb 21-23).
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