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gs1992

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  1. I work in computational neuroscience in NYC, and, while I think it would be possible to collaborate with NYU or Columbia if you really put in the effort, I don't think it's something that happens all too often. In fact, I didn't even realize there were computational neuroscientists at Weill Cornell, but that could just be my ignorance.
  2. Well someone just posted a BCS invite on the survey, keeping my hope alive for another month and a half...
  3. I emailed UW before the holidays and they told me I didn't get an interview so I'm assuming they're done. Also assuming Princeton is done because their interview is 1/28.
  4. Out of the six interviews I got, none of them have updated my status on the application form.
  5. They're combined programs now and the interviews are combined. I know that the adcom is combined as well. For what it's worth though, I heard from Neural Science.
  6. Well BCS seems different in the sense that you had to specify readers for your application, rather than it being just a straight up adcom. It's possible that readers have until January to look them over but some have done so earlier than others. That's my theory for why I haven't heard yet...the first stage is denial.
  7. So I'm thinking I'm going to email a program to ask about my application status (this program's interview would conflict with one that I was just offered, but I'd rather attend this program's). At a conference I had a conversation with a professor on the adcom and she seemed very excited about me applying there (her former adviser is my current PI). Is it too annoying to email this professor instead of the general "info" email that's listed on the program's website?
  8. So I'm thinking I'm going to email a program to ask about my application status (this program's interview would conflict with one that I was just offered, but I'd rather attend this program's). At a conference I had a conversation with a professor on the adcom and she seemed very excited about me applying there (her former adviser is my current PI). Is it too annoying to email this professor instead of the general "info" email that's listed on the program's website?
  9. Congrats! Same here -- very relieved. The results page has been giving me a heart attack lately. I think I need to stop checking it every 3 minutes...
  10. Was your email also sent by a POI, or was it an official invite?
  11. Penn NGG is 1/15 and 2/26. I don't know for sure, but it seems like they've sent out all of their interviews.
  12. Can someone tell me when the Princeton interviews are? Is there only one date?
  13. Was it an official invite or an email from a POI?
  14. So far I've only heard one person say they've heard from University of Washington. Anyone else hear from them?
  15. I appreciate it. I was just trying to find out when their interview weekend was and I stumbled on that as well.
  16. Harvard adcom is meeting today at noon (according to their website's calendar), so I'm assuming they'll be sent out later this week.
  17. I'm also curious about this Princeton posting. I'll just keep telling myself it's someone trolling...
  18. So you're making absolute claims based off the average of one arbitrarily chosen variable to a complex process. That's pretty much the definition of being a crappy scientist. Hopefully you'll learn this stuff in grad school...
  19. Aren't you applying to PhD programs? Shouldn't you know that correlation does not imply causation? It seems very likely that the most qualified applicants (great research experience/LORs etc.) also happen to have higher GPAs and GREs on average. You know absolutely nothing about those distributions and what adcoms are actually looking for, yet you still choose to discourage someone whose GPA isn't half bad -- you should stop doing that.
  20. I'm sorry for calling you out, but this is total garbage. This seems extremely unlikely and I have not heard similar experiences at all. I know several people who got accepted to the schools you mentioned (particularly Harvard and MIT) with subpar GREs on math and verbal (<65%) or subpar GPAs (<3.2). I've also spoken with adcom members at these schools who have reiterated the same things. There are several things that could have gone wrong with your friend's application process and there's obviously no way to know that it was his GPA. The things that differentiate highly qualified applicants almost always has to do with how you fit with that particular university and if they just generally like you at the interviews. You could look like the second coming of jesus on paper, but if you seem like a prick at the interview then you're not going to get in. I was originally very discouraged when I first started reading through gradcafe, but the more I learned the more I realized that this forum is no where near a fair representation of the applicant pool and that a lot of people on here actually have no idea what they're talking about. So, for those who feel discouraged, don't listen to junk like this and get back to working on your application, as I will right now.
  21. Undergrad Institution: Mid-tier state school Major(s): Neuroscience Minor(s): Chemistry GPA in Major: 3.7 Overall GPA: 3.6 Position in Class: Unknown Type of Student: Domestic white male GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 85% V: 79% W: 80% Research Experience: 3 separate research experiences as an undergrad. One clinical, one in cognitive neuroscience, and one in computational vision science with a well known PI. Since then, I'm in my second year as an RA in a famous computational vision science lab and have a co-first authored paper submitted to a top journal, a middle author paper being prepared, and middle author on an SfN poster. I'll have great recommendations from all four PIs. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list most semesters, awarded a fellowship in integrative neuroscience Special Bonus Points: Obviously well connected in my current home university (a top choice). My current PI is one of the most influential people in my field. Not sure if this counts for bonus points, but I've pretty much narrowed down my interests to computational vision science, and I'm already very familiar with the field. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: My undergrad program did not focus on anything quantitative, so my formal background in math is unimpressive even though it's one of my strengths. Applying to Where: Neuroscience/neurobiology programs for the schools below, roughly in order of preference: Columbia MIT NYU - CNS Stanford University of Washington UT Austin UCSD Princeton Duke University of Chicago Harvard UC Berkeley U Penn I have no idea how competitive of an applicant I am or whether I stand a chance of getting into the top tier : /
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