disco
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I was there last weekend and haven't heard anything from them. One of the girl's said that Gia told her we would hear back "in a week or two". I'm also a little anxious, but I thought my interviews went well. What did you think of the program?
Got my acceptance e-mail last weekend. Anyone have any opinion as to whether or not it's appropriate to e-mail back a "thanks" or whatever? I'm pretty sure I won't be joining the program, but I don't want to piss them off either. It was easier when someone just called me.
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Has anyone that interviewed for Colorado MCDB heard back from admissions? I was expecting to hear back quickly and I'm a little anxious now.
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Rejection from Berkeley.
Visited UCSC this weekend, really enjoyed it. The interviews were much less stressful than I had originally envisioned. Off to Boulder, CO this week for another one..
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does anyone know if the following programs are done sending out invites:
northwestern IBiS
UCLA access
UCSC (biomedical sciences: MCD)
USC biology
Cal Tech biology
also, did anyone apply to UC berkeley's infectious disease and immunity program?
Pretty sure UCSC is done as they only have one recruitment weekend and it's this coming weekend Jan28-30. I guess it's possible that they will send out some more invites after the first weekend.
Also, my P.I. recently chatted with someone on the admissions committee for Berkeley MCB. I guess they are only taking ~35 students this year (compared to 60+ for the past few years), so they're obviously interviewing a lot fewer people. If you haven't received an invite yet (like myself), I guess it's really unlikely you will, but still possible.
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Got an invite for Colorado MCDB this morning. Excited to visit Boulder--it seems like a pretty awesome place.
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One of my friends just got an invite from Colorado MCDB. She's a rockstar applicant though, so I'm hoping she was one of the first people on their list and that they still have plenty of invitations to send.
Yeah, I saw the interview invite in the results section. Still no word here. I actually sent them an e-mail last Wednesday asking about decisions/scheduling/etc, but I haven't heard back which is messing with my head.
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Rejection from UCSF Tetrad via e-mail this afternoon. Glad they made me login to their website to find that out.
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I got an email after I submitted my application that gave a list of the three interview dates. If you hear anything from them will you post here?
I'm surprised not to have heard from them either - the program is something of a safety school for me (or so I thought).
You're right, I just looked at the e-mail:
For your planning purposes, if you are invited to visit, we will be holding 3 recruitment weekends. The tentative dates of the weekends are February 4-7, 18-21 and March 4-7.
Seems like no one as submitted any "results" here about interview invites to Colorado, so perhaps they just haven't sent them out. I was considering it a "safety" school as well.
Expecting that UCSF Tetrad rejection any minute now.....too bad as it was my 1st choice
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I'm quite certain that USCSF Tetrad isn't finished sending out invitations.
I am also intersted in when we will hear from Colorado MCDB. Their first interview weekend is February 4-7th, which means they must notify people soon to make flight arrangements (or so you would think).
Where did you find out that their interview weekend is the 4th-7th? I was thinking of e-mailing someone there as I'm a little surprised not to have heard from them, especially since I know now that the recruitment weekend is approaching so quickly.
Still no word from UCSF. Bummer.
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Also, forgot to mention, a friend in my lab got an invite to Princeton QCB last week, so they've definitely sent out invites.
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I just got a call at 4pm PST from UCSF Tetrad inviting me for an interview today. Be sure to pick up any call with a number that is withheld. Even if the staff leaves a message, she will just tell you to call back (it happened to me) so be ware.
Crap! No call here--guess this means I'm not getting an invite to UCSF Tetrad?
Has anyone heard from Colorado (MCDB)?
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Got an invite to UW MCB. Still haven't heard from Berkeley/UCSF...getting a little nervous about those two.
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Interview invite to UCSD Biomedical Sciences last Fri 12/18. Anyone heard from UCSF Tetrad or Berkeley MCB?
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Personally, I absolutely enjoy UC Santa Cruz. I find that I work really well in this environment, it's relaxing. The only drawback is that there are few undergrad biology classes, and only a handful of neuroscience-related faculty. Still, I've learned so much here and would recommend it.
Got my first invite to UCSC earlier this week. Coming to visit in late January
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Hey everyone! I'm a senior at UC Santa Cruz applying to Neuroscience Ph.D. Programs.
Did you like UCSC for undergrad? My boss is a big fan of Santa Cruz...seems like there are a lot of interesting PIs there. Hoping to get a chance to visit this Spring
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Applying to Molecular/Cell Biology Programs:
GPA: 3.45/4.00 (major in Biochemistry/Biophysics/Molecular Biology) from a small liberal arts college
GRE: V: 81% Q: 67% A: 4.5
Experience: I've been working for the past ~2.5 years as a technician in a lab studying chromosome segregation in S. cerevisiae. I also did a 5 month summer internship in a Drosophila lab studying germline stem cells.
Publications: 3-- all 2009 & 2nd author (Genes & Development, Current Biology, & Genetics)
Manuscripts: 1 in review at Nature (4th author)
Presentations: 2-hour long seminars & a poster presentation, no meetings unfortunately
Applied:
UCSF (Tetrad)
Berkeley (MCB)
Santa Cruz (MCDB)
San Diego (Biomedical Sciences)
UW (MCB)
Colorado @ Boulder (MCDB)
Interested in studying the Cell Cycle/Aging/Evolution.
Haven't heard from anywhere yet, but some of them aren't even due until Dec 15th.
Biology applicants Fall 2010
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Update, since I've now finished all of my interviews and heard back from everywhere.
GPA: 3.45/4.00 (major in Biochemistry/Biophysics/Molecular Biology) from a small liberal arts college
GRE: V: 81% Q: 67% A: 4.5
Experience: I've been working for the past ~2.5 years as a technician in a lab studying chromosome segregation in S. cerevisiae. I also did a 5 month summer internship in a Drosophila lab studying germline stem cells.
Publications: 3-- all 2009 & 2nd author (Genes & Development, Current Biology, & Genetics)
Manuscripts: 1 in review at Nature (4th author)
Presentations: 2-hour long seminars & a poster presentation, no meetings unfortunately
Applied: UCSF (Tetrad), Berkeley (MCB), Santa Cruz (MCDB), San Diego (Biomedical Sciences), UW (MCB), Colorado (MCDB)
Accepted: Santa Cruz (MCDB), San Diego (Biomedical Sciences), UW (MCB), Colorado (MCDB)
Rejected: UCSF (Tetrad), Berkeley (MCB)
Really unsure of where I want to go this point. UCSC/UCSD/UW all seem to have great programs...it's going to be a tough decision. Not entirely sure what field I'll end up in, I'm interested in studying Cell Cycle/Epigenetics/Aging/Molecular Evolution.
If anyone has any advice/info on any of these schools, I'd love to hear it.