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Hi yoconman! First, congratulations on getting an invite. For someone asking about joining TBP, you seem rather negative about who you assume to be involved in the organization ("pretentious engineers"). TBP is the best-respected engineering honor society in the US, and being a part of it is a stamp of approval and endorsement from a very well-known organization. The people of Tau Beta Pi also meet a standard that the society calls "exemplary character," and they commonly end up in high positions in industry, academia, etc because of great leadership skills. It's also an amazing networking opportunity and it's also a way to become involved in leadership positions on campus. Having the name TBP on your resume will be worth more if you become involved and active in the society. If you think you'll be elected to a better known organization (i.e. Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest greek-letter honor society for liberal arts/sciences), then maybe don't join TBP. It's up to you I guess? Let me know if you have specific questions, or you can always ask members or officers of the Texas Alpha chapter at your home university for specifics. (Source: I am a TBP chapter president and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as junior standing and I am going to venture that these affiliations and activities probably helped my application a lot -- see signature below. Through being a TBP officer, I was able to attend multiple conferences and meet motivated leaders in other undergrad engineering programs as well as professional engineers in industry/academia. I think what I'm trying to say here is that if you just join and are a member, you will not benefit as much from it as if you get fully involved and experience everything that is offered by the society.)

Thanks!! Congrats to you as well! She only told me Feb 19-22 on the phone and didn't allude to the existence of an alternate date. I had actually just gotten out of the gym at that point so I think I almost missed the call haha - lucky chance.

Thanks! I wouldn't worry too much, I think the top person of interest for each application calls the interview-ee, so that probably will spread out the phone calls based on their availability. Also she referenced a future email that will be sent with more details, and I have not received it yet. These are just my random thoughts, but I venture that the PI's were given lists of people to call and they have to do it before the email is sent out. Good luck! Hope you get an interview.

Congrats!!! FYI - MIT bioengineering interviews are March 7th-8th which overlaps with your first set of UVa dates.

Just got a phone call from the PI I named as my top interest -- Stanford interview offer! Welcome! And great profile!! I think they probably go out in waves, that seems pretty typical of all programs I think? Best of luck to you!

Hi intirb, The results page looks helpful, I appreciate the link. I will certainly PM you about specifics for each school if I am lucky enough to receive an interview. I'm reading through your link to the HST MEMP discussion right now and finding answers to a lot of my questions - Thanks!

Thanks! Looking forward to meeting you at the MIT BE interview weekend or elsewhere! I think the same person talked to us from UPenn, description of your experience fits mine. Best of luck to everyone!

Hi everyone! New to this site, figured I'd check out my competition/future classmates. Is this primarily the only thread I should be looking at for BME PhD updates? Obligatory profile: UG GPA: Overall 3.97/4.00; BME GPA 4.00/4.00 Honors: Goldwater Scholarship TBP Scholarship Research experience: 4 years undergrad research (during semesters) 1 summer NSF REU 1 summer DAAD-RISE 1 summer research @ home institution Research publications, patents, conferences: publication - 1 in preparation as first author 2 posters, 2 platform talks at national and international conferences PHD intended specialization: biomaterials for tissue engineering and drug delivery University list: Harvard-MIT HST MEMP University of Cambridge ChE & Biotech (admitted) JHU BME GTech BME (admitted, visit March 14-16) MIT BE (interview, March 7-8) UW BE Stanford BE UPenn BE (was contacted by a professor who was interested in discussing her research with me) CU Boulder Chem/Bioengineering (admitted, visit April 3-6)