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  1. Shut up (That's my add a word. Don't actually shut up, I love this game!)
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    please help

    I hope that helps. Everything in red is what I changed or added. I tried to keep as much of the original language as possible. If anybody else has anything to add, feel free.
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    please help

    My long term goal is to study how neuroendocrinological changes may affect behaviour and cognition. As a child I felt fell in love in idea of a “small thingy thing that changes everything” - endocrinology as my mother and I often visited clinical endocrinologist due to her illness- Addisson's Disease. when I would go with my mother to her endocrinologist to help with her Addisson's Disease. Over the year that I went with her to the doctor I begun began to observe the psychological and cognition changes developing in patients with endocrinological diseases. In search for responses of answers, I decided to try studying Medicine first, but as my interest in research grow, I transferred to studying Biomedical Sciences. Seeking Aadditional experiences and elucidation to some of my childhood questions, I stumbled upon the studies of Professor m and it pounded hit me that neuroendocrinology is what I have been looking for. My driving motivation in pursuing a career in research is passion for science amd and teaching, and the transition of “bench science” to clinical practice. The words of Alfred Albert Einstein's famous words “If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough,” inspired me to challenge myself by teaching some lay- back audiences neuroscientific concepts in the Famelab competition, where I became a Scottish laureate (Ed Note: I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this. Did you win a prize?). It was a great joy to fascinate public with neuroscience and possibly implant future passion into some of them. Althouht Although the road to Aacademia is often long and rocky, I would like to eventually become in future become a good professor with who gains equal as much pleasure from teaching as from he/she does from research. In order to pursue these long term goals, I have decided to contact with professor M in order to strengthen my lab skills and knowledge irreplaceable gain irreplaceable knowledge in pursuing a PhD and later post-doc under his/her mentorship. This research grant would allow me to gain essential experience in a lab setting among magnificent faculty, which is necessary to pursue a future career in academia. This experience will teach me various scientific techniques, in practice such as immunochemistry, wWestern blotting, data collection, and analysis, which will be substantially benefiting beneficial to me in my future research career.
  4. Hey amaretto, So, we recently changed the way we do things. The grad school covers you during your first year, where you are doing rotations. By your second year you should have declared your thesis lab and at that point you are covered by your lab. Currently, the program is designed to take about 5 years to graduate, and most students finish in 5-6 years. As for rushing you out if there is no funding, I honestly don't know. I haven't heard of it happening, so I'm going to guess it is uncommon, but I really don't know. The graduate students and medical students aren't treated differently exactly, just separately. We share some clubs and we interact that way. We also have some orientation activities with the med students. Otherwise, we are pretty much different schools. They do have nicer parties than we do, but we are invited to them so it is all good. We have different student councils with different rules as well. Ah, that sucks! I'm glad I can answer your questions then
  5. The easiest way to answer your question is going to be explaining what, to my knowledge, the deal entails. Essentially, once Montefiore signs the paperwork Yeshiva's debt is no longer our problem. Montefiore will be taking on the financial responsibility for the school, with Yeshiva just handing out the degrees. Being that Montefiore is one of the largest health care networks in the city (I think they currently have 5 hospitals plus several other clinics and medical groups) I don't think they will have a problem supporting us, especially since they have already been helping to improve the school's infastructure. Montefiore has had a long partnership with Einstein, and so they understand our mission and have stated that they are going to try not to change too much. It helps that the current Montefiore CEO is a EInstein alumn, so he knows what's up with our school. Also, much of the debt that Yeshiva is in is due to their own poor financial planning, and they are using Einstein as a scapegoat. As for how the graduate students have been affected, I know that last year we accepted half the number of graduate students that we accepted in previous years, but funding hasn't been a problem this year. None of the people in my year seem to have trouble finding labs with funding, due to the fact that funding for sciences has actually seen a slight increase recently. It also helps that many graduate students are graduating, so more labs have space opening up. Other than for the first year, your funding is provided by the laboratory you join, not by the graduate school. However, the graduate school will only let a lab take you if they can guarantee funding for at least 3 years (I think. It may be two, I'll have to double check) and the PI's here are very honest about whether or not they are likely to be able support you. Also, our stipends school wide are getting increased next year, so I'm pretty sure we're good. TLDR: Montefiore has lots of money and has a lot invested in Einstein succeeding, so our finances should be okay. Funding isn't an issue if you have been accepted. The graduate school is good at making sure you get paid. I hope that helps. For what it's worth I really love it here. The school is great and the labs are wonderful. If you choose to go here I'm sure you will have a great time, but you have a lot of wonderful options and so I wish you the best of luck in deciding.
  6. It's so exciting to see everyone's results! Congratulations to everyone who has gotten acceptances and good luck to those who are still waiting. If anybody has questions about Einstein or the NYC area, let me know.
  7. kimmibeans

    New York, NY

    It depends on where you are, but yes, you totally can! It's becoming increasingly popular. Just be sure to follow traffic laws and wear a helmet. Also, please use the bike lanes when possible.
  8. Good luck eteshoe! You have a lot of great choices
  9. Because you are putting pressure on them to make a decision which has nothing to do with you. There is nothing wrong with wanting to have all options on the table before making a decision. Most schools have a wait list. Whether or not they accept is not going to change whether or not you are on that list. If there is a wait list, they will notify people on that list as soon as positions become available. And for the record, I got burned by a total of 8 schools when I applied, so I know how much it sucks to be rejected. Stop assuming that you are the only one who went through this application cycle twice and doesn't know if it will turn in their favor.
  10. Catria wasn't complaining that they got shut out, only lamenting that they didn't apply to a school out of fear of being shut out. I know that you are nervous about hearing back from your schools, but don't take it out on others. Look, I've been in your shoes. Last year was my second application cycle and I only got into one school and that was off the wait list. I understand that you are freaking out, but you need to get over yourself. If you are having issues figuring out why you didn't get into your schools, call the admissions office for your programs and ask why you got rejected and what you can improve on. Most schools will be more than happy to answer your questions.
  11. I am the Leonardo DiCaprio of grad schools. Year after year never getting recognized by white old dudes for my good work. and: You poked my heart.
  12. Best: U Penn Biomedical Sciences by far. They answered me very quickly, and they are the only school where all the POIs I contacted actually responded back to me. Unfortunately, I screwed up the application Worst: Stony Brook MGM. They took forever to get back to me with an interview and I had to reach out to them several times for the same question. On top of that, they never spoke to me after my interview until I called (at the end of March) and they told me I was waitlisted. I know they email you about rejections, because I know people who were rejected.
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