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Hi, I am a grad student currently have a bit of a pickle in terms of what lab to go into. I come from a molecular biology/genetics background but I've taken up more and more bioinformatics/computational work over the past few years. Right now, I think I'm interested in biomedical type research with a mix of both analysis/tool development computational work and wetlab bench work. I'm more used to mammalian cell/mouse style labs There is an available spot in one group that while having a very intriguing computational project is in a genetics/cell lab utilizing plants. I've never been particularly interested in plant biology or working with plants. Unfortunately my options other than this lab are more uncertain. Do any of you have any thoughts about whether I should take this spot? I'm concerned not only about my time as a grad student but my prospects should I want to pursue a future career in biomedical/human focused research. I'm a fairly mature student so I would like to minimize lengthy postdocs if possible as I feel I've lost too many years fiddling around in things that didn't help me already. Thanks

Biosci. Its very late in the application cycle. Already got a fellowship at one school. Still waiting on an answer for another school. I'm not particularly attached to one school over the other. The school I'm still waiting for an answer on is somewhat more prestigious and has faculty a bit better of a fit but I know others have already gotten in and this late in the process I don't think I'd get anything other than a regular offer if I even got in at all plus it will be quite a move away from family and friends. The school I already got into is decent itself and is much closer to the point where I'm only going to be a short distance away from where I am now. But I have reoccuring residual doubts over whether the other school is better and the location. The school that I've gotten into has emailed me a few times urging me to make a decision. On the one hand I don't want to get off on the wrong foot with the school I'm likely to attend. On the other hand I'm wondering if I should just stick it out to see what the other school will say.

Can anyone confirm? Yeah or nah?

I guess its really too late now? I'm mainly concerned so I don't have to worry that I'm losing the chance to make some last ditch appeal. Not that I think it will work but it makes me anxious anyways.

If you haven't heard from ACCESS at this point is it a rejection? Is it too late to try to contact a faculty member?