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19, 20 by the time i start my grad program. i guess i might be the youngest here but honestly, i don't think anyone can tell i'm younger than average on interviews, and i get the sense that it's not a big deal, that people would judge me on my merits even if they knew.

on CC someone called BU BME and they said "The adm com is still meeting every week. There is no estimate of when all invites will done being sent out." and if you look at results it does seem like they are sending acceptances intermittently.

I got an email from UPenn today. They're really upfront about which professors are open to accepting grad students for next year. I'm not sure yet if I will go to the interview because a lot of the faculty I was interested in aren't recruiting... Lots of neuroengineering and radiology faculty are recruiting, though, if you're interested in that.

berkeley/ucsf bioe!!!! is it weird that i'm happy i read the email one minute after it was sent?

for those of you who like admissions statistics... some enterprising person on college confidential found a lot of detailed stats for particular schools. i'll just link a couple that are relevant to a lot of people here but original thread is here. university of washington: for each graduate program, it lists average gpa/gre for rejects, admits, and enrollees, # of applicants/admits (and international admits), and more. ut austin: GRE and admission/yield rates for each department

Like sassypants said, they call people whose applications interest them, to try to get a feel for whether you would be a good fit for them. Then if they like you, you'll get an invite for a visit. The admissions process at Duke BioE is pretty centered on individual faculty rather than a centralized committee, as I understand it.

I know two friends who have heard from professors at duke, for pre-interview screening. And I'm pretty sure ucb/ucsf and uw haven't started sending anything yet. Don't know about Stanford or Harvard though.

You can search the "results search" part of this website to see whenever anyone reports they've heard from MIT BE. Also, I can vouch personally that at least a few interview invites have been sent out. They probably didn't send out all the invites at once, and I'm sure more will come out mid/late Feb, like they say on the website. As for the rest of the information on that website, the interview date is definitely March 8/9. However, I was notified of my interview by email; I don't see anything on my online application.

see post above, i'm not good at this quoting thing

i know that UT Austin CMB is also doing 1/24 - 1/25, but i'm guessing it's full. you might as well ask though!

Thanks! Yeah, the department does seem very forward-thinking, and I'm definitely looking forward to my visit. I don't have questions yet, but I'm sure I will as the visit gets closer. @banksy, @flat_rhino I'm going to be at northwestern ibis feb 11/12!

got an interview invite from MIT biological engineering! the results search also says some people heard back from MIT CSBi today. i hope all of you waiting on MIT get good news soon!

yeah i did, i got the phone call last week.

i think college confidential also has a huge list of interview dates on their forum.

cheers everyone! time for me to stop lurking, i guess. Undergrad Institution: top large public research university Major(s): bioengineering Minor(s): maybe math GPA in Major: 3.80 Overall GPA: 3.89 Position in Class: fairly close to the top, not sure Type of Student: domestic female GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 169 (98%) V: 170 (99%) W: 4.5 (73%) Biochem: let's just say... not good. Research Experience: a little over 2 years in a school lab and one summer research program, doing research related to my interests. no publications, a couple poster sessions Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's List every quarter, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, bioengineering departmental scholarship, other school scholarships, study abroad scholarship Pertinent Activities or Jobs: student mentor, self-employed math tutor Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: demonstrated interest/activities in service and social issues, including a couple activities related to engineering/science. Special Bonus Points: i'm a girl but that will probably only matter for the engineering programs, if at all. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: taken extra computer science and other technical classes. i think my recommendations were all strong, and i'm happy with the SOPs i submitted, but who knows. Applying to Where: Northwestern University, Interdepartmental Biological Sciences (IBiS) University of Washington, Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) University of Texas at Austin, Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB) Rockefeller University UC Berkeley, Bioengineering Boston University, Biomedical Engineering MIT, Biological Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Bioengineering i'm interested in systems and synthetic biology, computational biology, genomics, bioinformatics, evolution, and microbiology/infectious disease. might seem a little random but i think i made it work in my SOP and it was specific enough for me to narrow down my initially ginormous list of schools (though as i read different forums i discover new grad programs that sound interesting. maybe if i don't get in anywhere this round i'll look them up, haha. let's hope not). things have been going good for me so far, i was relieved to get a couple interview invites. i made a couple mistakes on my apps, including one i was sure was going to sink me for UW, but they didn't seem to hurt me too much after all. if anyone is feeling bad about their bio/biochem subject test score i'm sure i could make you feel better (PM me if you want). i hope i get more good news and i'll be disappointed if i don't, but i can't wait for the interviews i do have! i alternate between imagining how fun they'll be and obsessively checking forums and results for news about the programs i haven't heard back from. good luck everyone, this next month will be nuts.