Souzou
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Hi,
I currently go to NYU Sackler. TA is not required but there is the opportunity to teach and you get compensated (not sure how much). Also, I think you have to take a bioinformatics or stats class anyway (as least for my track), so you technically get to try that track out already. They are not strict about students sticking to a track in the beginning, you can get into any track you are interested in. Let me know if you have any other questions.
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Is this regarding Neuroscience (CNS) department, or in general?
There is one committee for both CNS and Sackler.
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I think I read somewhere that NYU made all decisions by Feb 15 for that program :\ I heard back from them before that
NYU is having a committee meeting this Wednesday, so not all rejections/acceptances have been sent out. No more interview invites will be going out, as both of our interview weekends have finished (this weekend was the last one). Source: I'm a current student
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I am a current student at NYU Sackler. For anyone anxious about getting an interview invite, the invites are sent out in waves. I received my invite last year on January 5th or 6th I think. First wave went out around Christmas.
Good luck to everyone!
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Most of the people that have posted in this thread thus far are in humanities/arts (except the first two posters), is there anyone else that works in the "hard" sciences (chem/bio) that can give some advice on what graduate students typically wear? Working with chemicals and rats makes dressing well a little harder
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I remember reading your thread, and the responses were helpful. However, I feel that my situation is a little "murkier" because this professor may (or may not) be graduating students this year. If he does, then I would be able to join the lab. If not, the lab may be too full for me to join! He seems to want me to rotate there and potentially be his graduate student, but the professor has repeatedly told me he cannot "guarantee" anything.
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If the program does not offer rotations, ie you go straight into a particular lab, I highly recommend developing a relationship with a potential PI a couple of months before applications are due. I swear that is one of the main reasons why I got accepted to UMich and rejected from U Oregon and Brown. I developed a great relationship with my co-advisors at UM (husband and wife) and they were really stoked about having me come there. At Brown, I tried to develop a relationship and was encouraged to apply. After I applied I tried to email two potential PI's more but they wouldn't email me for some reason. Totally wasted money applying there. Had a similar situation at U Oregon where the people would not email me back. Obviously this is just my story and may not be true or necessary at all schools that you apply to all schools that you apply to, but it doesn't hurt. Developing a relationship at U Mich helped me significantly because they were able to tell adcom that they accepted me into their lab and wanted me.
I completely agree with this! I think contacting potential PIs bumped me up from being an average candidate to a stand-out candidate. I was accepted to all the universities that I had made contact with professors prior to applying, even schools that were definitely long-shots for me. The game plan should not just be to email professors. I established contact with PIs through email, and then set up meetings in person whenever possible (for example, if the universities were near my college or hometown). For universities that were not close by, I made sure to have a phone conversation at the very least. Of course I cannot say with absolute certainty that meeting with professors is what got me in to graduate school, and there are always candidates that are so stellar they don't need to do this, but I don't think it could ever hurt! Contacting professors shows responsibility and enthusiasm.
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I will be starting a neuroscience PhD program this fall. Has anyone ever done a laboratory rotation in which the professor could not "guarantee" they can take on graduate students for dissertation research (whether due to funding or already having too many students)? Is this an issue? I really enjoy the research this professor is doing and I think we appear to be a good personality fit. I am nervous about doing a rotation and enjoying the research, only to find out the professor actually cannot take me on as a dissertation student.
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Taking a summer off can be VERY beneficial. It's your last chance to do so for a while, so if you can afford it it's certainly something to consider. I wasn't coming straight from undergrad, so I was able to take the month of June off and travel a bit. My incoming class was quite big, with a lot of overlap in which labs we were interested in so starting early allowed me to finish my rotations and choose a lab before the spots started filling up. That being said, in my opinion one of the worst things you can possibly do is to start grad school already feeling burned out.
Best of luck!
Great advice! Thank you.
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When I accepted the offer from my Neuroscience program, I contacted PIs within a month of getting accepted. That said, I started early and did a summer rotation beginning July 1st. It allowed me to rotate with my top choice lab first (which I have since joined). As long as you know the proper procedure, I don't think it can hurt to make an impression early.
Many people have told me to take the summer off, but do you think doing your summer rotation was more beneficial than if you would have done it during the year?
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Well "officially" we meet with professors and our adviser the first month to choose a rotation. I'm just wondering if it's appropriate or if most people tend to get a head start and begin contacting professors about rotating in their labs prior to this.
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I will be attending a neuroscience program this fall, and I have discussed the possibility of doing rotations with several faculty members. I have an idea of who I would like to work with for my first rotation. When should I finalize these plans? I was thinking of contacting this professor in the beginning of July, but I have heard some people say rotations are not officially decided until we begin in the fall.
Also I'm considering doing a summer rotation, any thoughts on this?
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will do. I applied through CNS so maybe they just haven't sent things out. good luck
My hotel roomie was there for CNS and she definitely got different information regarding when she would hear etc.
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I was wait listed....... So depressed....... My top choice. Are you planning to accept the offer?
I am planning on accepting the offer, but no worries! At least you have another acceptance in your pocket! Maybe you can call NYU and ask if the wait list is ranked and reiterate that NYU is your top choice.
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Was your offer specifically for the Sackler program and is that number for only the Sackler program or the "combined Neuroscience program"? They kept talking about merging the Sackler/CNS programs together, so it was unclear how that would affect offer numbers, etc.
My offer specifically stated my offer was from the Sackler program. I just heard the number 16 flying around a lot at the interview weekend, no idea if that is the exact number.
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Just received an email from NYU Sackler! No idea how many they accepted, but I think they said at the interview they were aiming for a class of 16.
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That's what they told us at the interview. I'm pretty sure there's a second wave of decisions after that, as well, once people accept and reject offers.
I was also told neuro would send out decisions on February 19th/February 20th. I believe other programs in Sackler will send their acceptances/rejections out in March.
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I was accepted to CUNY's Biology program (Neuroscience Collaborative) about a week ago without an interview. Has anyone else had this experience? Does anyone know the reputation of this program? Seems like a good program to me!
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Does anyone know if UPenn NGG is done sending interview invites? I only see one person in this thread received an invite so I'm hoping there will be a second wave....!
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Well mostly because applications are pretty expensive, but I am willing to pay the money if I am not totally out of the running.
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I will be graduating in Spring 2014 and I'm planning on applying to PhD programs in neuroscience. However, I don't want to waste the money if I have no chance of getting in! Here are my credentials:
Major: Psychology & Neuroscience
GPA: 3.79 (taken hard science classes, such as Orgo and Biochem as well as a lot of neuroscience classes)
I will have 2 years of research experience in a Behavioral Neuroscience lab upon graduation. No publications, but lots of experience conducting my own experiments for my Honors Senior Thesis. I will also be presenting a poster this upcoming semester during Undergrad research day. But other than that, nothing special in terms of publications etc.....
So, any thoughts? Should I take a year or two off to strenghten my application?
NSF GRFP 2014-2015
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First time applicant: so will we be emailed as well as the results being posted on FastLane? Or do we have to just check FastLane? Thanks!