[How competitive is Stanford Genetics PhD Program?]

2 hours ago, BabyScientist said:

What do you mean by competitiveness? How hard is it to get in for the average applicant? Sure, then it depends on how many people apply. But then each applicant is more or less competitive for each school as well, so it's hard to say. You should be more concerned with how impactful the science is at each school (also hard to measure) and who you're most interested in working with at each school.

Sorry, this has nothing to do with the original question. I know nothing specific about Stanford's grad programs, was just trying to understand what you meant by competitive. If you're trying to decide which program to apply to, I suggest applying to the one that will teach you the content you want to know and give you access to the faculty you want to work with. Reach out to faculty and try to ask them how they view the different programs. 

Actually I already got into a specific grad program. Thanks to COVID-19, lately I'm lurking thegradcafe again. And I found out that the acceptance rate of Stanford Biosciences is very low (with respect to other program). Why is that?

[How competitive is Stanford Genetics PhD Program?]

3 hours ago, BabyScientist said:

Sounds like the only thing that makes a program competitive is how many people apply to it? Most schools interview about twice as many as they hope to enroll, accept 50-75% of interviewees, and hope for fewer people to accept the offer. How many people apply in the first place is independent of that. 

Do you have other method to quantify the competitiveness of a PhD program? 

[How competitive is Stanford Genetics PhD Program?]

On 7/26/2020 at 2:28 PM, yeezyM said:

Heard from a student in the program they interviewed ~30 out of 600+ for 20 spots. Not sure if it's 100% true.

Eh, that's very competitive. Much more competitive than Harvard BBS and MIT Bio. Am I right?

[How competitive is Stanford Biosciences?]

I heard that Stanford Biosciences is more competitive (acceptance rate wise) than its peer institutions, e.g. MIT Biology, Harvard Integrated Life Sciences (HILS), UCSF, GSK. Why so?

[How competitive is Stanford Genetics PhD Program?]

Relative to the other Biosciences Programs, is it true that Genetics is the most / one of the more competitive programs in Biosciences?

[Harvard BBS (Harvard BIG) vs Stanford Biosciences (Genetics)]

As an international student who will attend interview days at Harvard BBS & Stanford Biosciences, could you  guys give me some insights or comparisons about these two programs?

 

 

 

[2015 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results]

hi. What about MIT Bio? results search show that on 9th only one person submitted that he\she was invited for an interview, though it was last day of invitees notification. that person was notified by website. How is it possible?

How do you know that today is the last day of the interview invitation?