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Accepted to UNC BBSP!

Accepted to University of Colorado -- Anschutz Med Campus this morning and Duke CMB just now! Pretty good day

My last recruit weekend this week. Then i get to catch up and also enjoy my last semester before graduation. 
 

Harvard Systems Biology admitted. 

Harvard Systems Biology admitted. 

Awesome!!

Harvard Systems Biology admitted. 

Good luck to both of us

Two quick points to follow up on some of the conversations here.
 
1. If you are wait-listed, other people declining will rarely move you into the "admitted" zone. Every accepted individual has until April 15th to decline, which is when you also need to accept your acceptances to be safe. Because schools accept more people than they plan to have matriculate to get their desired class sizes, you need to consider that you might only be called off the wait-list only in some catastrophic circumstance, and most likely after April 15th. So if you're betting on this, think very carefully about your other options. Additionally, cajoling people into speeding up their thought processes in figuring out which school to attend is uncalled for; though, on the flip side, I did let go of schools after all my interviews were done if I couldn't see myself "going there," so people don't need to hoard schools that they know they ultimately won't go to.
 
2. Interviews are not only a test of fit for yourself, but also for the program honestly (as they'll be making close to half a million dollar investment in your education, at the minimum). Interviewers are coordinated by the best of the ability by a program's admin, so sometimes getting someone that you didn't want or ask for, or getting grilled, wasn't actually the intention by the admin - it just ended up that way. As stated above, the admins know which professors are known to grill. This is usually frowned down upon in the grand scheme of things. Students with overwhelmingly bad interviews get rejected, but out of each interview panel, there tends to be one professor with veto abilities (this can go for or against you). What people tend to forget is that the hosting students also have a say; while the right review from a PI is enough to get you in, an overwhelmingly negative response from a bunch of students will also likely get you rejected.  

Accepted to Harvard BIG last Friday 

Accepted to Columbia - Systems Biology, 2nd round interview

Just accepted to Weill Cornell IMP! So excited! It's my top choice!  

I'm nursing a 102 degree fever that refuses to go down and coming to terms with the idea that it probably isn't a good idea to drive tonight to my interview...
And suddenly I get an email that I got into Harvard BBS!!!!!! 
Happy, feverish mess = me. 

Accepted to Yale CBB :). The rest of the programs should be going out now

Accepted to Cornell BBS! 
Definitely a huge relief, as this ended up being the only school I got an interview for. 
Was definitely thinking that things were really bleak a while ago but now that's all changed!

Accepted to Harvard MCO with fellowship!

waiting to hear from washu dbbs & uw Madison cancer bio... washu was just this past weekend but thought I'd hear from uw Madison by now...
 
:edit:
just heard from washu - I've been accepted to the dbbs mcb program!

Just got my schedule for a upcoming interview. So I'll be interviewing 6 (!!!!!) faculty members in one day. That's goona be a longggggggg day I bet...

Accepted to Dartmouth MCB with a fellowship!

First official acceptance and first official rejection both within the last week, and still not a peep from my other 5 applications. Waiting is hard but at least I know I'll be going to grad school somewhere in the fall.
Best of luck to all of you!

Accepted to Emory GMB!

Accepted by UC Merced QSB!

Just got an offer from Penn - CAMB!! So pumped...I loved the interview weekend 

Just got a call from a professor at UCSF that I got into Tetrad  

Interesting, I just got a call from a faculty member. Perhaps some faculty are calling a bit later to congratulate the students.