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True; Baylor SCBMB adds $2,000 for acquisition of external funding, but I feel like that is unusual. I would still encourage anyone who is waiting to make an admissions decision to read the precise writing regarding fellowships/external funding in their university's departmental handbook (if you have access to it).

I'm pretty sure that fellowships don't "add" to your stipend. Most departments/advisers reduce the stipend they pay you by the amount you receive from external grants/fellowships.

Like Orims said, it's definitely true that undergrad research research will not determine your field for graduate school. Like you I was pre medicine until a year and a half ago when I started being involved in research. Not only that, but my research was applied analytical chemistry. After determining that graduate school was more in my taste, I worked hard in the lab that I had already developed a good working relationship and was able to get a first author paper, an honors thesis, and several regional presentations out of it. Although my interest was in translational aspects of genetics/genomics and my research background was in soil science (and to top it off I stayed in my pre medicine program!), I had two interviews (I declined Emory's GMB) and was accepted into the University of Utah's MB program which I will be attending this year. My best advice is to pursue what interests you the most, but I would suggest staying in the lab you are at now if you can see yourself making good progress over the next couple years. Are you allowed a great deal of autonomy, do you lead projects or assist in authoring of papers? If you feel that you can demonstrate interest without having the experience ( via personal statement), but show you have the generalities of research solidified - I say stay. If the lab doesn't offer you either , that is the experience or interest you need, and you feel you can accomplish more at a lab that interests you more - by all means you should make the jump!

Could someone here comment on Emory's GMB (Genetics and Molecular Biology) program? Although I haven't noticed anyone else on this forum whose applied to this program, I'm just trying to see if potentially someone interviewed there in person and may know something about their rank, student outcomes, etc. . .

I only sent thank you emails to faculty that I had the best conversations with and could provide a personal anecdote to go along with the email.

Hope you don't mind if I piggyback on your comment - but have any domestic students heard an acceptance/watilist/rejection from University of Utah for MB or BC after the first interview weekend? IIRC they have new interviewees coming in this weekend and I haven't heard anything

This is what I plan on wearing for my interview even though it might be considered "east coast" business casual and I'm interviewing at a western university.

Looking at the results page, I've noticed users saying they received phone calls from POIs inviting them to interview at a university I am interviewing at. However, my phone call came from someone who I did not list as a POI on my application. Is this professor interested in me as a potential student, and did they support my invite? I even emailed the admissions with an updated list of POIs (due to some of my original choices not accepting grad students) and didn't think to include the professor who called me. It's not that I don't find their research interesting - I'm just not sure if the basic lab research this professor does is close enough to clinical trials to support my interest in translational research.

GDBBS -GMB. I was told they had filled the number they needed to interview in person however they would be in touch with me in the coming months to interview via phone or skype.

Anyone else get a waitlist email from Emory for interviewing?

Funny that I found this post. I am looking to attend the University of Alberta for a M.Sc. in Biological sciences, and my gf is currently an SLP student at LSU H&S. Maybe we can help each other out. My gf applied for SLP and was waitlisted but was given an offer last minute. She had about a 3.2 GPA and ~%50 GRE scores. The audiology GRE averages are probably similar, but I wouldn't be surprised if the GPA of maltriculants is higher since grade inflation is rampant in Louisiana. The LSU med schools have very high GPA averages and lower MCAT averages when compared to national, for example. Having said that, I think your extra-currics are excellent. I'm not the best authority on Audiology programs, but I think you should go for it Is there anything you can tell me about UofA (unless you go to Calgary) admissions, or american students who attend?