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I did my undergrad at UCLA so I know the horrors of FLYAWAY. It depends on the time of day. It can take as long as 20-90 minutes depending on how backed up the 405 is. Estimate it to take 45 minutes. If you are arriving in the afternoon than its probably closer to 45-60 minutes. If there's an accident on the 405... send a prayer to baby jesus, b/c you will be there a while.

As a guy I've never experienced that while TA'ing. That being said our sections were optional. I did have more students come up to me during exams for help then my fellow TA's. They probably thought I would help them more with the exam than the other TA's. Honestly I don't think there's gender discrimination, the students may think you are the nicer TA and the students think they can get away with their lame excuses with you vs the other TA.

Wow this thread got derailed quickly

As a guy I've never experienced that while TA'ing. That being said our sections were optional. I did have more students come up to me during exams for help then my fellow TA's. They probably thought I would help them more with the exam than the other TA's. Honestly I don't think there's gender discrimination, the students may think you are the nicer TA and the students think they can get away with their lame excuses with you vs the other TA.

What about research positions at Mass Gen (they have a major research division), Boston University, Boston Childrens Hospital, Harvard medical school etc. There are research positions available at all of those institutions. In a couple of months the current lab tech/research associates who applied to graduate school will be leaving so new job postings will be online. Also what about biopharmaceutical companies? They value research experience over grades which you have plenty of. There have to be start ups in the boston area that you could search. Here a few links for start up companies and jobs: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CC0QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.startuphire.com%2Fi%2Fjobs-at-Biotech-startups%3Fi%3D8&ei=JbnOVMP7DtTVoATek4HwCg&usg=AFQjCNFheFCES5YzuANKOcMEpzSiMlJgZg&sig2=iIEvvp8A8vyzu987CFwNQg&bvm=bv.85076809,d.cGU
https://angel.co/biotechnology ( try to find the websites for these start ups (the ones in your area), they will have job postings for sure if they are expanding).
 
  Don't bother looking at Australia. You would be a foreign applicant, we've pointed out in this thread and in others the international students are set to a higher standard.  Your 2.3 GPA will screw you over. At Cambridge if you didn't get a 3.5 for undergrad you won't even be considered. The schools in australia aren't Cambridge but you won't get in. Its not worth the time and money.
 
 Have you considered a PSM (Professional Science Masters Degree):  Most of the programs can be done part time, and have some sort of paid internship either in a research lab or a bio-pharmaceutical company.

The post bac GPA is reflective of 3 courses? If so that's what did you in. The adcom wouldn't have counted the post bac gpa in lieu of your undergrad. If it was a Masters GPA they might/probably would have. Most grad schools have a minimum 3.0 GPA requirement. Your 2.3 GPA is what was probably considered and thus the slew of rejections you got.
 Look into these:
Northwestern has a Masters in Neurobiology http://www.neurobiology.northwestern.edu/graduate/program-overview/faqs.html It says the application deadline is March 31st.
  Texas A&M has a biomedical sciences masters program http://vetmed.tamu.edu/graduate/biomedical-sciences/ms-thesis-and-phd-degrees
  University of Maryland Baltimore: Masters in Cellular and Molecular Biomedical Sciences http://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/CMBS/apply.aspx
 
 There are more, Most masters programs have deadlines of march ish.

Great post. This makes me wonder how many schools implement GPA/GRE cutoffs that are not mentioned on their websites. Some schools will actually take a look at every application but most won't.

What about research positions at Mass Gen (they have a major research division), Boston University, Boston Childrens Hospital, Harvard medical school etc. There are research positions available at all of those institutions. In a couple of months the current lab tech/research associates who applied to graduate school will be leaving so new job postings will be online. Also what about biopharmaceutical companies? They value research experience over grades which you have plenty of. There have to be start ups in the boston area that you could search. Here a few links for start up companies and jobs: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CC0QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.startuphire.com%2Fi%2Fjobs-at-Biotech-startups%3Fi%3D8&ei=JbnOVMP7DtTVoATek4HwCg&usg=AFQjCNFheFCES5YzuANKOcMEpzSiMlJgZg&sig2=iIEvvp8A8vyzu987CFwNQg&bvm=bv.85076809,d.cGU
https://angel.co/biotechnology ( try to find the websites for these start ups (the ones in your area), they will have job postings for sure if they are expanding).
 
  Don't bother looking at Australia. You would be a foreign applicant, we've pointed out in this thread and in others the international students are set to a higher standard.  Your 2.3 GPA will screw you over. At Cambridge if you didn't get a 3.5 for undergrad you won't even be considered. The schools in australia aren't Cambridge but you won't get in. Its not worth the time and money.
 
 Have you considered a PSM (Professional Science Masters Degree):  Most of the programs can be done part time, and have some sort of paid internship either in a research lab or a bio-pharmaceutical company.

What about research positions at Mass Gen (they have a major research division), Boston University, Boston Childrens Hospital, Harvard medical school etc. There are research positions available at all of those institutions. In a couple of months the current lab tech/research associates who applied to graduate school will be leaving so new job postings will be online. Also what about biopharmaceutical companies? They value research experience over grades which you have plenty of. There have to be start ups in the boston area that you could search. Here a few links for start up companies and jobs: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CC0QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.startuphire.com%2Fi%2Fjobs-at-Biotech-startups%3Fi%3D8&ei=JbnOVMP7DtTVoATek4HwCg&usg=AFQjCNFheFCES5YzuANKOcMEpzSiMlJgZg&sig2=iIEvvp8A8vyzu987CFwNQg&bvm=bv.85076809,d.cGU
https://angel.co/biotechnology ( try to find the websites for these start ups (the ones in your area), they will have job postings for sure if they are expanding).
 
  Don't bother looking at Australia. You would be a foreign applicant, we've pointed out in this thread and in others the international students are set to a higher standard.  Your 2.3 GPA will screw you over. At Cambridge if you didn't get a 3.5 for undergrad you won't even be considered. The schools in australia aren't Cambridge but you won't get in. Its not worth the time and money.
 
 Have you considered a PSM (Professional Science Masters Degree):  Most of the programs can be done part time, and have some sort of paid internship either in a research lab or a bio-pharmaceutical company.

What about research positions at Mass Gen (they have a major research division), Boston University, Boston Childrens Hospital, Harvard medical school etc. There are research positions available at all of those institutions. In a couple of months the current lab tech/research associates who applied to graduate school will be leaving so new job postings will be online. Also what about biopharmaceutical companies? They value research experience over grades which you have plenty of. There have to be start ups in the boston area that you could search. Here a few links for start up companies and jobs: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CC0QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.startuphire.com%2Fi%2Fjobs-at-Biotech-startups%3Fi%3D8&ei=JbnOVMP7DtTVoATek4HwCg&usg=AFQjCNFheFCES5YzuANKOcMEpzSiMlJgZg&sig2=iIEvvp8A8vyzu987CFwNQg&bvm=bv.85076809,d.cGU
https://angel.co/biotechnology ( try to find the websites for these start ups (the ones in your area), they will have job postings for sure if they are expanding).
 
  Don't bother looking at Australia. You would be a foreign applicant, we've pointed out in this thread and in others the international students are set to a higher standard.  Your 2.3 GPA will screw you over. At Cambridge if you didn't get a 3.5 for undergrad you won't even be considered. The schools in australia aren't Cambridge but you won't get in. Its not worth the time and money.
 
 Have you considered a PSM (Professional Science Masters Degree):  Most of the programs can be done part time, and have some sort of paid internship either in a research lab or a bio-pharmaceutical company.

The post bac GPA is reflective of 3 courses? If so that's what did you in. The adcom wouldn't have counted the post bac gpa in lieu of your undergrad. If it was a Masters GPA they might/probably would have. Most grad schools have a minimum 3.0 GPA requirement. Your 2.3 GPA is what was probably considered and thus the slew of rejections you got.
 Look into these:
Northwestern has a Masters in Neurobiology http://www.neurobiology.northwestern.edu/graduate/program-overview/faqs.html It says the application deadline is March 31st.
  Texas A&M has a biomedical sciences masters program http://vetmed.tamu.edu/graduate/biomedical-sciences/ms-thesis-and-phd-degrees
  University of Maryland Baltimore: Masters in Cellular and Molecular Biomedical Sciences http://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/CMBS/apply.aspx
 
 There are more, Most masters programs have deadlines of march ish.

The post bac GPA is reflective of 3 courses? If so that's what did you in. The adcom wouldn't have counted the post bac gpa in lieu of your undergrad. If it was a Masters GPA they might/probably would have. Most grad schools have a minimum 3.0 GPA requirement. Your 2.3 GPA is what was probably considered and thus the slew of rejections you got.
 Look into these:
Northwestern has a Masters in Neurobiology http://www.neurobiology.northwestern.edu/graduate/program-overview/faqs.html It says the application deadline is March 31st.
  Texas A&M has a biomedical sciences masters program http://vetmed.tamu.edu/graduate/biomedical-sciences/ms-thesis-and-phd-degrees
  University of Maryland Baltimore: Masters in Cellular and Molecular Biomedical Sciences http://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/CMBS/apply.aspx
 
 There are more, Most masters programs have deadlines of march ish.

Are you from Cambridge, Mass or Cambridge UK? If its the latter international admissions are much tougher than for domestic students. If you're not, then how were your GRE Scores and your SOP? The schools you applied to will most likely have GRE Cutoffs. They don't say it on the admissions page but if you're not above the cutoff then most likely your app isn't getting looked at. How was your SOP? If it wasn't very good, that could easily have been your KOD at these programs.

Are you from Cambridge, Mass or Cambridge UK? If its the latter international admissions are much tougher than for domestic students. If you're not, then how were your GRE Scores and your SOP? The schools you applied to will most likely have GRE Cutoffs. They don't say it on the admissions page but if you're not above the cutoff then most likely your app isn't getting looked at. How was your SOP? If it wasn't very good, that could easily have been your KOD at these programs.

UCLA did not accept more international students than domestic in those years. It has NEVER done that for undergrad and NEVER will. Here's a link showing geographic location of undergrad admissions http://www.aim.ucla.edu/tables/geographic_origin.aspx

UCLA did not accept more international students than domestic in those years. It has NEVER done that for undergrad and NEVER will. Here's a link showing geographic location of undergrad admissions http://www.aim.ucla.edu/tables/geographic_origin.aspx

You're trolling but I'll bite. Your resume could say Harvard Undergrad MIT Master Stanford PHD. It won't make a difference to employers if you haven't done shit at any institution. Do you honestly believe you would get a Postdoc based on where you did your PHD? Its whose lab you're in and what you've published. Also having gone to UCLA for undergrad I find the notion you regretting UCLA for Berkley offensive. It could be worse though, at least its not USC, then I'd have to rub it in how badly we slayed you on saturday.

Also, maybe this year fewer people applied to MIT bio who are on grad cafe.

The school I did my undergrad in has a PREP Program. Here's my experience from having multiple friends in the program.
One CAUTION about PREP programs is that you really only get an extra 5-6 months of research experience before you apply. You start in May/June and apply in fall. Your letter of rec from your new PI isn't going to be glowing, they only know you for 5-6 months. Who knows how much progress you have made on your project in that amount of time. It could be a little or a lot. The GRE prep is good but they threw my friends in a large class 20+ people, with  one tutor so its a little tough, but its free! 3 out of the 7 prep students got interviews. 2 of those who i knew really well would have gotten interview regardless of the program. For the remaining 4 the issue was that there wasn't enough funding to keep the 4 current students and take a new cohort of 7 students for the following year. Your not guaranteed a second year in the program, it depends on funding.
  That being said, the prep program is a great opportunity for URM students to get extra research experience for Grad School. Personally I would try to find a lab tech position in a research lab I was interested in over a PREP program b/c 2 years of research on your CV in the same lab is going to be better when you apply for grad school vs. 5-6 months.

Arizona is on the semester system so they might not even be back from break right now. I know Berkeley gets back the jan 13th. I would stress too much. Most likely the admissions coordinator is still on break.

Is this in Greece? I can guarantee this is not the case in the US. At my research institute some of the PI's with the most NIH funding are MD's. You should consider taking scientific writing/grant writing courses. It sounds like that would be more helpful to you than a PhD. Also, why don't you consider apply for staff scientist positions? Quite a few labs associated with Med schools/research institutes have MD's working in the lab. It would provide you with the neccessary research experience/grant writing/scientific writing that you are looking for. 

You're trolling but I'll bite. Your resume could say Harvard Undergrad MIT Master Stanford PHD. It won't make a difference to employers if you haven't done shit at any institution. Do you honestly believe you would get a Postdoc based on where you did your PHD? Its whose lab you're in and what you've published. Also having gone to UCLA for undergrad I find the notion you regretting UCLA for Berkley offensive. It could be worse though, at least its not USC, then I'd have to rub it in how badly we slayed you on saturday.

The subject test is only offered April, September, and October. So You've already missed the opportunity to take it.

You're trolling but I'll bite. Your resume could say Harvard Undergrad MIT Master Stanford PHD. It won't make a difference to employers if you haven't done shit at any institution. Do you honestly believe you would get a Postdoc based on where you did your PHD? Its whose lab you're in and what you've published. Also having gone to UCLA for undergrad I find the notion you regretting UCLA for Berkley offensive. It could be worse though, at least its not USC, then I'd have to rub it in how badly we slayed you on saturday.