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Eileen Tran

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    2014 Fall
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  1. So I talked to some of the directors, and they thought I would make a great graduate student but I was rejected because they thought I wasn't very enthusiastic about my research and/or the program. The director said I just seemed shy, so maybe that didn't come out so well to the other people who met me briefly. So it seems that they thought my entire paper application was great and that I would be a good student, just not at their respective programs due to lack of interest in them. So it seems like a pretty easy thing to improve... (At Mayo I fell asleep during the lunch lecture they gave...so I think that killed my chances. I did not realize how exhausting traveling and interviews were going to be. Tried so hard to stay awake too.) My mentor is actually on sabatical right now, so I didn't have that much time to get some insight for the entire application process before he left. I had a few people look at my SOP, and I also felt that it was pretty solid. I honestly don't know what I'd do to improve that unless the ones that didn't offer me interviews reply. I was also reassured by those that wrote my LOR that they wrote really great ones for me. I've worked in the same lab since my sophomore year, so I thought that was pretty solid research experience. I've also done a SURF. Both were in x-ray crystallography for proteins which means papers don't come out that often. Especially since my research is purely structure right now. The director at one said my research was too narrow? Which confuses me since I would expect that for someone that had been in one lab for awhile. What I was thinking was applying to masters where I would be interested in continuing to the Ph.D and trying to find some programs that have aid and/or scholarships.
  2. sent out some emails. hopefully they get back soon because one program im considering has an application due next week. ive spent so much time going over my application and my interview...its so frustrating. i think application wise and interview wise, i just didnt stand out.
  3. what do you think a good number of master's programs to apply to would be? right now i have a rough list of 8. mixed tiered schools.
  4. I applied to vanderbilt, washu, cornell, and mayo. So im thinking maybe too high a tier and too little. I do go to unc-chapel hill so was thinking that i wanted to go higher than that. The thing about finding a job is i know ill be in a place where research jobs arent really found that would be relevant. Thank you for your advice everyone!
  5. So in theory, i shouldve been accepted to a phd program. I had great lors, 3.5 gpa, 2.5 years of research, good gre scores...but i got rejected to the four to which i applied. Two were after interviews. I thought those went well, but i guess no. t Looking at masters programs, theyre all "better" schools than the schools i applied to for phd. How much harder will it be to get into a master's program?
  6. meh. ive been waiting since january 24th for my last school. sucks since i was rejected to the other 3 -___-
  7. Sigh. I really should've applied to more schools. Got rejected to two without interviews, rejected to one with an interview, and now I have one left. Which I should hear back from next week. *Crossing my fingers*
  8. Do you guys think most schools wait until interviews are over before sending the majority of offers? I interviewed for Vanderbilt's QCB program a month ago and they have a second interview date this weekend...but I'm kind of worried that I haven't heard anything back. I know one person got accepted from the results...but is it possible they offered spots to the top people...and then wait for everyone else?
  9. I ended up sending an email to the admissions person asking when they would have decisions by...and saying that I really enjoyed the school and that it was my top choice yada yada and that i didnt want to have to choose another school without hearing back. and they replied with a date. so that makes me feel better. i know uw rejected me when i asked...so i think it speeds them up on your application.
  10. Anyone know about UW's BPSD program? I've emailed the coordinator like 3 times and have tried calling her, but getting no answers. She had told me earlier that they'd be done by December 20th, but I haven't gotten anything from them.
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