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There was a poster a few pages back who claimed to have spoken with someone on the Harvard committee - they said interviews would be going out in late December. Either way I'm skeptical that decisions have gone out, but I guess anything's possible.

Hey everyone - mostly been lurking on these forums, but playing the waiting game now so thought I'd join the fun. My profile: Undergrad Institution: Ivy, not HYP Major: Biology Minor: None GPA in Major: 3.92 Overall GPA: 3.90 Position in Class: N/A Type of Student: domestic male GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 163 (87%) V: 167 (97%) W: 5 (93%) Biochem: 680 (94%) Research Experience: 2 summers in a cancer biology lab (4th author pub, low impact journal); 1 summer + 2 semesters in biomedical engineering lab for honors thesis (2nd author pub, open access journal); year and a half as a research assistant in current lab - neuroscience (publications to come, not yet in press) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: graduated with honors, Sigma Xi Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA - 5 semesters in intro bio and physiology; current RA job Special Bonus Points: Recommendations from faculty at two of the programs I'm applying to, one is a Nobel laureate Applied to: (Aiming at programs/PIs in cancer biology) Rockefeller Stanford Harvard (BBS) U Chicago U of MN (MICaB) Sloan Kettering CSHL Good luck to everyone! Here's hoping the wait is worth it.

Thanks for the suggestions - any insight as to how submitting applications for programs like these would affect admission to the graduate programs themselves?

Hey everyone - I'm wondering if anyone can offer advice regarding outside fellowships for grad programs in biology. As I'm reading up on the programs I plan to apply to, I get the sense that they expect applicants to have applied for funding from other sources. As of right now, I'm only planning on applying to the NSF GRFP - is that a mistake? Can anyone more knowledgeable/experienced suggest some places to look for other funding opportunities?