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tito balisimo

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  1. Hello, I no longer active and would like to deactivate my account and delete my posts if possible. I appreciate it.

  2. I had a similar experience. I too had an interview that I felt didn't go really well, and she assured me I could email her for advice and whatnot, and she never responded. I didn't get an acceptance (or rejection) yet. I think that they say that type of thing to everyone. I wouldn't hold any grain of salt to what most interviewers say because even if you think it went bad you may still get an admit or rejection. In reality there is nothing else you could do about it.
  3. I am thrilled right now! My first California invite! UC Riverside Neuroscience invite!!!! Made my month.
  4. I don't think they "halted" my application. It is just taking a while, just happens that they take way longer than all the rest of the schools for whathever reason. But, it is possible schools will deny or put holds on application's due to funding. Some schools offer people positions with no funding. Either way, I am thinking this may pose a problem if I am offered admissions before I even interview at my school of interest.
  5. While GRE scores are certainly important, so is your research experience. If your GPA is above a 3.0 and your GRE scores meet the minimum requirements, your app will be looked at. What it really comes down to is your research experience and how competitive your scores and gpa is. Personally, my GRE scores sucked, but schools are still giving me a shot because I have a publication and 2 years of research. My grades were pretty good too, which certainly helps. As for a Masters or not, I would think about this. What do you really want to do with your life? Do you want to teach, work for a pharmaceutical company, or be a professional researcher? People that hold a MS in the biological sciences don't need a PhD to work for a company, and it can save you time. You could also teach in a high school or community college with a masters degree. However, master's programs aren't really funded well and can leave you in debt. A PhD is more versatile but takes longer to achieve. With a PhD you could: teach, work for a compnay, or become a full tenured professor, or do research. I feel that many people don't ask themselves these questions, but you should.
  6. My ego feels much better. Just got an invite from Medical University of South Carolina! After seeing all the California schools send out there invites, I was feeling really down about my future. Sigh of relief.
  7. Could be that the people you're interviewing with have way too many people for one day, and they want to spread it out better by having you come early.
  8. Just like we are "fishing" for the best opportunities, and trying to get multiple invites, the schools are employing the same strategies to get the best and most applicants. They know that some people they invite have no real intention of accepting admissions if the student gets multiple admissions offers. They are trying to coordinate probably at least 40 people to interview with many faculty at different times. Think about how complex it is if they invite 20-40 people and they have to set time schedules for different faculty based on the applicants, who may not even accept an admissions offer after all the resources were allocated to the BEST students. Not only that, but you want them to coordinate these times with OTHER schools. I don't think that is really fair on their behalf, even though it is affecting me currently. This is a game of cat and mouse, and its not so easy to have separate days for different applicants because they have to get those 5 or so professors who you wish to interview with. Think about this, each faculty member that you wish to interview with needs to get paid, you get a hotel and food, and possibly a plane ride over, and its 2-3 days long. Its extremely expensive and time consuming to make accommodations for one applicant because each applicant is so different and each faculty they will interview with must take time out of their day to interview you, and you may not even want to end up going there because you have 7 or 8 other schools you want to interview with. Now imagine doing this for each student that wants to change the schedule... It is unfortunate we can't attend each single invitation, but this in my opinion is first world problems. We are really fortunate we have interviews to begin with and if you have options to the best schools you should feel blessed!
  9. Thank you for this insight, I am a lifelong worrywart. If I didn't have 7 shifts in the next 6 days at work I'd be lurking these forums all day and be telling myself things that I should probably do if grad school doesn't work out.
  10. I had a Skype interview with University of Arizona neuro adm committee earlier this month. The told me I'd here from them sometime after Christmas. Did all of their invites go out already? I felt my interview went really well, but who knows? Thanks.
  11. Well, after getting my first rejection the other day by OHSU, I felt pretty glum with the reality of things. Then I got home today from work and I got an interview from Indiana School of Medicine IBMG program! It is the weekend before my Purdue interview. I never thought I'd be spending two consecutive weekends in Indiana! Wish some of the California schools send me an invite before I accept anymore ><
  12. Thumbs up! You made my day, thank you. I just need to be patient.
  13. Thank you friend, I think they will. It hurts a little but I should be happy a couple schools already shown interest. I tried to give you a thumbs up from my iPad but it put thumbs down by accident! How do I undo that? Sorry ><
  14. No problem, if you need any advice please let me know. Can you let me know who I should contact, because this guy is so hostile and goes off on tangents. I spoke to my dad about this guy, and he said that I might as well as not even think about going to UCI cuz he probably threw away my application or will do something to spoil it. I really believe he is crazy enough to do that. I wanted to speak to someone about his actions. He wrote nasty emails and is so rude over the phone. Again, I want to find help so something can be done. UCI was my first choice school and now I am not so sure, because if this is just how one person there acts, I wonder what the rest of the faculty are like since they let him stay in his position. Yes, he sends sarcastic and rude emails. He emailed me back in October regarding transcripts. The email said that he received my transcripts from a college I never went to, and when I tried contacting him about it he went bananas. He shouldn't have the job he has. I got home really late from work tonight and I got a letter from OHSU neuroscience. I got rejected. It definitely hurts, especially since I had been in close contact with my poi there. Here is the email: After careful review of your application by our admissions committee, we will not be able to consider your application further. We had a large number of applicants such as you with excellent academic records. Thus we had to make decisions about which applicants best match our program. Although many factors are considered in evaluating each applicant, we give the most consideration to applicants with strong backgrounds in science and math, as well as 1 or more years of post-baccalaureate research experience. I have good grades, research experience, a publication, and a good science background considering I am a psychology major. I guess it was the post bacc experience and my gre scores possibly that did me in. I will say that I am still blessed to have 2 interviews lined up and a 3rd at least coming shortly. Just have to stay positive even though this hurts. I am also surprised that UCI didn't send me an email today, as in years past it would've came by now.
  15. I had one of these for UA, and it went well. Just be yourself, all they do is ask you generic questions about why you applied, what your interests are, and that you will most likely hear back from them. My adm committee interviewers were funny and really nice. I never had one before until now, but like I said, be yourself and honest and it will go well. PS. I put a piece of paper next to me that had the faculties names I would like to work with and a few other pieces of info so if you need help remembering things, its right next to you!
  16. I am really curious when I will hear back from them. Gary Roman, the INP coordinator, is one of the rudest people I have ever had a chance to speak to and I don't want to call for that reason. He told me in an email that they will contact me in December and not to contact THEM! I am glad I am working tonight to not think about this. I really wanted to get an invite from there.
  17. I saw that 2 people were already invited for UC Davis Neuroscience on the results page. I don't really want to bother them over the phone or email, but I am curious if they are done with invites. Hope they are still coming.
  18. It is still pretty early in the game everyone. I have been looking at when California schools send out their invites for interviews, and some don't even start until a few days from now and even into January. UCLA, UC Irvine, and Riverside all do theirs in late December earliest and most into mid January. I decided to start picking up shifts at my work to keep myself busy, because now that finals are over I have way too much time to read these forums and refresh my email inbox. If I am going to spend time worrying about where I will be going, I might as well as get paid for it! The moral of the story is...do something to keep yourself occupied or distracted, patience is a virtue. I definitely recommend this to the people that haven't received any invites yet.
  19. Just wrapped up my skype interview with Arizona. I thought it went pretty well. I would honestly be surprised if they don't want me to come in person to the real interview. They said I'll hear from the over Christmas break!
  20. You are right that I would be working in a lab for a year post grad, but it will be a total of three years before grad school. I've been working at the same lab for about two and a half years now, and I graduated back in may. I got a 2nd author pub and a national conference from that lab too, which should be ok to get an interview at some of schools. But, after reading all this I am not too sure now. Post-baccs mean nothing if you know as much as an undergrad who did more while earning their degree. The point of a post bacc in many cases is to show comittment and get experience you DONT HAVE. If you already have good experience than why even sit through it? I really believe the reason they rejected so many and said that you need a post bacc is because they just had TOO many qualified applicants, period. Either way, I am blessed that I have 2 interviews already set up. PS If I don't hear back i want my 70 bucks + 50 app fees back, JK!
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