AGradStudentHasNoName
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1 hour ago, SysEvo said:
how i wish they just send out all rejections at the same time...
seems like they must be having another adcomm meeting. Otherwise results would have continued going out this morning. That is all I can imagine.
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12 minutes ago, desmond.bo said:
lol!! Don't do this at this time hahaha...
What is really frustrating is that the last status update was around 6pm eastern time and nothing since then. So I think we have to wait until tomorrow...
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So what? They are going down a list maybe alphabetical and sending out invites and rejections. They seem interleaved... I haven't been rejected yet.
I am picturing this
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33 minutes ago, desmond.bo said:
Oh
Saw a post in the results search. Is that you?
I emailed the coordinator to ask if all invites had been sent. She responded quickly saying that all applicants will be notified by friday.
And now someone has posted that they were rejected by email...
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19 minutes ago, NAGradBioInf said:
Did any body hear from Harvard BIG?
A few people heard from them (not me) on the 23rd of December. We must assume rejection. Sorry, was tough for me too.
and to report another rejection, I did not get Cambridge mathematical genomics and medicine. They only had 2 spots for Americans so it was a complete crap shoot. And they also handle admissions in conjunction with the Sanger program which I did get invited to. So I'll assume that is the reason lol.
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25 minutes ago, abc0111 said:
for those who received phone calls from Stanford BMI, has anyone received email invitation yet?
Nope. Don't worry. It's coming.
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16 minutes ago, bpc1 said:
To those who heard back from UCSF IPQB - are you guys BI track?
I am BI track.
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25 minutes ago, Lindsay1807 said:
Still waiting for iPQB (nail biting intensifies)
Maybe check the application? Information changed there and previous years they tell people to look at the application for the rejection. If there is no rejection then maybe there is still hope. Best of luck!
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12 hours ago, eagb said:
Got MIT Biology yesterday, still waiting on CSBi though. Maybe we'll hear this week?
End of this week if that. Possibly the following week. Don't hold your breath.
Congrats on MIT biology. Super exciting.
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2 minutes ago, inadequate said:
Are you serious.....
Berkeley mcb, UCSF tetrad, and Stanford biosciences all want me and say I was a great candidate, but Caltech rejects me like that?
I am crushed.
When are the interview dates?
Rejection is tough. Remember that this is a somewhat random process. Perhaps they have bad metrics. Perhaps other people have personal relationships that help them get in. Perhaps they are looking for people in a different subfield than you are in. You got into some great programs. Try to be happy with that. I missed one of my top choices but just got invites at 2 super programs so I am happy. But it takes some time. You have the right to grieve as well. Sorry.
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2 minutes ago, bioinformaticsGirl said:
Does anyone know when we hear back from MIT HST? Since the HST and Stanford BMI interviews overlap, is anyone waiting to hear back from HST before accepting Stanford's invite? @AGradStudentHasNoName @Oddich55 @eagb
Historical evidence from thegradcafe survey says January 20th-27th is when they have sent out invites. I assume it will be similar this year. I haven't gotten the official email from stanford yet so I don't know when they want to know by, but I bet it is before the 20th. I have a sneaky suspicion that they do this on purpose to find out which one you really want? But it is tricky. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush as they say. I'm just ecstatic that I got the Stanford invite right now. I hadn't really considered the HST conflict... In the hypothetical world in which I get an HST invite, I would probably clone myself or invent time traveling technology to attend both, perhaps hire a look alike and coach him for a month.... But really, that is tough. Very very very tough. At the same time, I would LOVE to have that hard decision to make. *drools*.
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40 minutes ago, Oddich55 said:
Let us know
This is in regards to Stanford BMI interview.
My friend says that in her year they interviewed about 20 and accepted about 10, most of whom enrolled. She said that most of her interviews they accepted most of the applicants, but not at Stanford. So that is something to keep in mind. She says the interview with the reputation for being the hardest is an interview with 2 current students.
So it's not over yet. Have to take it seriously.
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15 minutes ago, Oddich55 said:
Same. That's killer. I wonder how many they interview.
I would love to know. I actually have a friend who just graduated from the Stanford BMI program. I just sent her an email asking a few questions.
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2 minutes ago, Oddich55 said:
Me as well :P. Meet you there
Congrats!!! Long interview. I'm excited. So much adrenaline right now...
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Stanford BMI just gave me a call... invite! GOOOOOOOOD DAAAAY
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Posting here as well as comp bio thread because I'm so excited.
Sanger Institute/Cambridge 4-year PhD program invite!
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Sanger Institute/Cambridge 4-year program invite WOoT!
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33 minutes ago, Janiejoneswoah said:
UCSF says they will reimburse you for airfare up to $500 -- I could get a return economy plus ticket for that much! The question is, should I get an economy plus ticket just because it fits in their limit? I don't want to be seen as taking advantage of them and I'm not sure about the etiquette here.
No.
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17 minutes ago, vnatch said:
So I've been mentally practicing describing my research the way I would in the interview, and (to my surprise) I'm actually getting worried now that 30 minutes is wayyy too short of a time, especially if I'm expected to answer other questions related to the program and to listen/ask questions about their own research areas. Does anyone have any advice on how much I should aim to talk about my own work?
I have been working in the same lab for 3 years now, and for 2 of those years I have run experiments completely independent of grad students/postdocs/etc, so I could talk about the various projects I've been working on for hours lol. How should I approach discussing my research in a way that is succinct? Like I mentioned before, I took part in (but was by no means the main researcher) a project that is under review for publication; but since then I've spent almost all additional time with projects (not yet ready for publication) in a related but different area, and these are the ones I know best having been the only one working on them. So I've thought about only talking about one of these, or alternatively I could very briefly describe both project types and then just ask my interviewer which project he/she would like to know more about?
I think it would help me in deciding which way to approach the research discussion by having a better understanding of exactly what these interviewers are looking for. I know they want to make sure I can logically explain it and know the reasoning behind the various steps, but I guess I'm not sure which project would make me sound the most impressive.
Another question I had: How exactly do these interviews result in an admissions decision? Will all of my interviewers confer later on to decide if I'm admitted, or do they write down notes and send them off to an additional adcom committee? This is out of interest more than anything else.
If they are not in your subsubfield they do not care much about your experiments. Tell them big picture what you are trying to work towards or what applications it might have then narrow it down to a more specific question or topic and how you are addressing that. If you are taking more than 5 minutes without follow on questions then you are going into too much detail. Think about how you explain it to your family and friends. Communicating your research to a broad audience is a key part of getting a phd and doing research in general. You constantly have to ask for funding from people who do have technical backgrounds but don't know much about your subsubfield. You have to connect it to the bigger picture, intermediate picture, small picture, and exactly how you are addressing that small picture with evidence.
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2 minutes ago, blueyellow said:
Hi! I actually just received an email from the director saying that she would really like me to finish my app ( i never actually submitted just put in all my scores/ research experience, but no SOP or LOR) and that she is excited to consider me. I'm pretty sure she probably sent this email out to a lot of people, but I also think that still means they are considering people especially since their application is free. The only reason I can think they would still be asking for people to apply is if they wanted to boost their application numbers to have a lower acceptance rate.
This is a genuine question. Do grad programs care about having low acceptance rates? I feel like this is an undergrad only thing primarily driven by ranking systems that use that as a metric for how good a school is. And all it is really measuring is how popular a school is among prospective students. I guess pure bio grad school has these rankings as well. Comp bio basically doesn't have a full ranking on any of the ranking agencies.
I would think that for grad programs there would be such better metrics to use anyway (number of papers, impact factors, % alums staying in academia/getting tenure track jobs, etc). So in response to @blueyellow if its free then there is no downside. If you would seriously consider going there then I would say go for it.
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Shoot. Just checked my UCSF application and my GRE scores weren't attached despite having sent them months ago. I resent them and emailed the program coordinator. Hopefully I can still be considered...
EDIT: Luckily I have the ETS confirmation that it was sent previously as proof. I doubt it will be a problem.
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51 minutes ago, Giant_Squid said:
I think that the 2016-2017 statistics refer to the graduate students who applied last year and enrolled this year. I remember seeing those same statistics back in October/November. I also applied to iPQB and I haven't heard anything back yet. It looks like interview invites were sent out the first week of January in the past few years, so that's probably when they'll be sent out.
EDIT: Now I think I'm wrong. It does look like early January! Please disregard the rest of the message...
The Bioinformatics program within iPQB have sent out invites mid January the past few years. Just thought I would mention that since people here might get worried if early January passes. I applied for bioinformatics. Not sure if I should have applied for the general program or not. I would like to hear back sooner lol.
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On 12/28/2016 at 1:43 PM, Oddich55 said:
Depends on the school! Cornell Tri's website states that they interview about 20 and accept about half (there were 13 students that entered in 2016). I think about 50% is normal-ish. Probably higher for a lot of schools.
That assumes a near 100% enrollment of accepted students. This cannot be the case, can it?@Lindsay1807's post above shows last year's numbers and before. The one missing number is how many interviewed. I expect not many more interviewed than were offered admission. They have to assume that at least some of the people they offer admission will take an offer from a different school even for top programs because those people are likely to get into other top programs.
2017 Computational Biology/Biomedical Informatics PhD Applicants and Admission Results
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Who is turning down that invite? They have 2 weekends as well. It would have to be your 3rd+ choice AND the other interviews for your top choice would have to be those weekends lol.