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Congrats!!!
2 hours ago, brainsandeggs said:Just got a phone call from Emory neuro! Very excited!
4 hours ago, NeuroSC said:Emory Neuro interview invitation from the director of the program. Weekends feb 4-6 or 18-20.
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6 hours ago, bioconfused said:
Hello everyone,
Are there any international students from India out there? who are applying to biomedical programs? I got an interview invite from Mount Sinai today and they asked me to choose between two options. Id really like to hear from an international applicant about interviews. or someone already attending to give some insight about attending interviews for international students. Do they expect us to fly to the other side of the globe? Im willing to do it if it is necessary. But I have to add that the interview dates fall during the semester and travelling to the US is no joke. Its at least a 20 hour flight, to say nothing of the cost.
Hello, even I am from India but on a slightly different situation as I am currently doing my master's here. As far as I know almost all the schools do Skype interviews for international students especially in India. There are some exception though like University of Washington Neuroscience program which requires all to student to attend in person interviews. In person interview for International students are really expensive and most of the school won't reimburse airfare charges.
6 hours ago, aichan93 said:Hi bioconfused, I'm from Singapore in the same boat. I'm traveling. Tons of my friends who apply to grad sch from here fly there. I applied quite a few schools so hopefully I get some interviews and I won't be traveling there for just 1 school. I'm working as a research officer now so i have to take annual leave
But the main reason why most of school don't except students in India to show up for in person interviews when compared to Singapore or any european students is because of the visa restrictions. It is not easy to get US visa (its a time consuming process) and at the same time the program won't sponsor for your visa.
If I were you, I would definitely ask for Skype interview!
And congrats to everyone who has got early invites.
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Undergrad Institution: Anna University (India), Masters- Northwestern, Evanston
Major(s): Undergrad- Electrical Engineering, Masters-Biomedical Engineering
Minor(s):
GPA in Major:
Overall GPA: Undergrad- 7.76/10, Grad- 3.367/4
Position in Class:
Type of Student: International Male
GRE Scores (revised/old version):
Q: 150
V: 161
W: 3.5
B:
Research Experience:Summer 2013- Intern at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (worked in a famous neuroscience lab). Assisted a PostDoc and worked on predicting the human acoustic intensity using the conditional CDFs.
From September 2014 (22 months) - Working on my Master's thesis. Independent project to understanding tactile perception in rats, using electrophysiology!
~12 months during undergrad, did signal and image processing work
2 posters and 1 conference paper (co-author)
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Nominated for the Outstanding Undergraduate student award (16/1500)
Pertinent Activities or Jobs:Tutoring basic calculus, physics and programming at Northwestern.
Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Involved in quite a lot of outreach activities both at Northwestern and back in India!
Special Bonus Points:2 strong recommendations (one from Northwestern and one form India). One medium recommendation form a very well know neuroscience professor. Met with 5-6 prospective PI at SfN.
Applying to Where:Northwestern - Neuroscience
UChicago - Computational Neuroscience
Stony Brook - Neuroscience
BU - Neuroscience
UUtah - Neuroscience
Emory - Neuroscience
UCLA - Neuroscience
UWashington - Neuroscience
NYU - Neuroscience
Columbia - Neuroscience
CMU/UPitt - Neural Computation
JHU - Neuroscience
My GPA turned out to be low since I took only graduate level neuroscience classes at Northwestern without any biology background. I am really worried as both my GRE and GPA scores are below average! I would greatly appreciate profile evaluation and general suggestions!
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I got into both schools, and am trying to decide which one to attend next fall. UIC is much cheaper (46,000 for two years vs. 90,000), while obviously NWU is a very prestigious school.
I'm looking to specialize in either tissue engineering or biomechanics. Any advice or comments would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Hey! Even i got an admit from Northwestern University and I am planning to attend it. But i don't think the tuition fees is 90,000 at Northwestern. Its only 45, 000 if you finish your courses in three quarters and then you dont need to pay tuition during research (i.e from 4 to 8 quarter).
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Hey guys, i have decided to join Northwestern by this Fall (for MS Biomedical). I am from India and i have never even been in place where the temperature is less than 10C! So I am really excited towards Chicago and i am not sure how i am gonna survive the cold..
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I have finally decided to join Northwestern for Masters in Biomedical Engineering! Is there any one else who is gonna join Northwester by this Fall...?
Facebook group for BME class of 2016
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lewin thank you very much for your reply.
Its a great strategy. I looked into the publications of the faculty and found that on average the department publishes 4-6 papers in top five journals per month. So, what does it mean....is it low or moderate?
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I will definitely apply for a PhD after I finish my masters. Most probably I would wanna go to University of Chicago (the research done in the few particular labs intrigue me a lot). If you are talking about where i plan work after i finish my PhD...i would say I wanna come back to India. And to get a faculty position, it would be preferable if i finish my PhD in US. The general opinion in India is that if you finish your PhD in US, you don't need to do a PostDoc but if your PhD is from Europe, u definitely need to do a PostDoc for getting a faculty position.
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As i was rejected from everywhere for a direct PhD in Neuroscience, i have two options right now- 1. Join as a RA and work in a lab for a year or two (but the problem with this is that, being an international student I can't get a RA position anywhere in US). 2. Join a masters program- the issue with this is that i kindda thought i would at least get into any one PhD program, so i dint think about Master early. By March i applied for very few masters program in Europe.
Recently, I have got an admit for the funded (amount not yet decided) cognitive neuroscience masters at University of Trento in Italy. I am not able find many alumnus from this university, but i looked into faculty research and they were pretty, most of them have very good citations. Even Harvard conducts neuroscience summer research program every year at this University. Its raked 1st In Italy (by Times Higher Education).So I would be happy if i get any reviews about the program and the university....in case there are any alumni from this university I would love to talk with you!!
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Hello everyone,
Recently I have got an admit from the University of Trento for the Masters program in Cognitive Neuroscience. I am not able to find much about the university (except that its ranked 1st in Italy by Times Higher Education). So i would be happy if i can get an reviews about the program and the university.....in case there are any alumni from this university i would love to talk with you!
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Hello everyone,
Recently I have got an admit from the University of Trento for the Masters program in Cognitive Neuroscience. I am not able to find much about the university (except that its ranked 1st in Italy by Times Higher Education). So i would be happy if i can get an reviews about the program and the university.....in case there are any alumni from this university i would love to talk with you!
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Hi everyone,
First off let me apologize, because I have a feeling this is going to be long. I was just wondering if anyone is in the same boat as me. I applied to 12 Neuroscience Ph.D programs, and I have received only rejections (4) thus far, and no interviews. On a side note I am finishing up my B.S. in psychology with a biology minor. Don't get me wrong, I didn't expect to get all kinds of acceptances, but I did have some hopes that I would get at least some interviews (or one interview?). I understand that I still have eight to hear from, but it's pretty discouraging when your top choices don't give you a second glance. Hey, even being wait listed would make me happy.
I am not meaning to sound whiny or self-entitled, but it is a little frustrating when you've done everything possible to have a strong application and it gets rejected. I have a fairly high GPA, two years of research experience, two years of teaching assisting, great letters of recommendation, a neuropsychology internship, inpatient rehabilitation volunteering, EMT training, an officer for an honor society, a paid job editing APA papers, and other things that I thought would make me a strong applicant. Also, I am not applying to all top tier schools, I applied to only a few that are top tier. Anyone else feel like this?
Anyhow, has anyone heard anything from West Virginia, Nebraska-Omaha, Nebraska-Lincoln, Rutgers, UT Dallas, Colorado Boulder, Colorado State, or Texas A&M? I noticed not too many people talk about these programs on here but I figured it's worth a shot. So far I've been rejected from Minnesota (sad, but not a big surprise), Emory (expected that one), Montana State (they sent me an email saying how they were "very interested" in me and asked for a few more days to finalize the decision, then rejected me yesterday), and Iowa (oh well, it was supposed to be my backup plan school).
Thanks!
Hey, even i am facing the same situation. That too, I only applied to the universities where i got a positive reply from the POI's. But in the end i din't get any interview invites as of now.
Emailing the POI's helped me to get to know my weakspots. Basically i am from engineering background and i haven't taken many science courses. My POI from duke said that the main reason for my rejection was that i dint take enough biology courses. While my POI from UCSD was very much interested in my work (as he was from cognitive computational neuro) and he added that i should retake my GRE to improve my verbal score and definitely apply for next year. As i have completely lost my confidence, right now i thought of applying for the Masters program. But again, as the deadline for most of the universities have already passed i think i am back to square one. So, I certainly have no idea what i am gonna do after 6 months!
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I got an invitation to interview at University of Maryland, Baltimore a while back and I was wondering if people know about the program and what it's like?
U of Maryland were done sending their invites in first week of January. I suggest you to check your online status as they must have updated your admission decision over there.
Are you talking about the Neuroscience and Cognition (NACS) program...I imagined that they still haven't started sending out interview invites.
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Got my first set rejections from Washington University in St. Louis (WashU), Duke (Cog Neuro- it seems they take only 5 students every year), Harvard, JHU (assumed). Is there any one else with no interview invites as of now?
I guess the main reason was because I dint have a full time work experience (though I will have ~2.5 research experience in my Undergrad). I am starting to think of alternative options, so any general advice.
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Does my name sound slavic, i dint know that.
Actually, I am from India.
So we are not in competition.)
U see, I would have been happy if we were in competition, at least that would have helped me know if the particular universities has started sending invites to international students.
Anyway, Good luck with your apps.
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On 12/8/2013 at 2:02 AM, Solnce said:
As far as I know, international applicants compete only amongst themselves. All departments have quotas - 1,2,3 - and they choose between the applicants.
Yeah you are right, most of the universities usually select only 1 to 2 international students. I am an international student and i presume you are one too... so have you got any interview calls and what are the universities you have applied for?
Harvard - Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins - Neuroscience
Duke - Cognitive Neuroscience
UCSD - Cognitive Science
UNC CH - BBSP (Neurobiology)
WashU in St. Louis - Neuroscience
U Chicago- Psychology with Integrative Neuroscience
U Maryland- Neuro and Cognition
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Congratz on your first interview. Even i have applied to UNC CH, but till now i have no got messages- Fingers crossed!
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Have any of you heard from Stony Brook?