thelionqueen

Both University of Wisconsin and Cornell are that same weekend (Feb 5th). My flight is already booked for Wisconsin, so I emailed Cornell and UC Davis to ask about alternate weekends and I am waiting to hear back from them.

Just got an email from UC Davis today! Interview invite for Feb 5th & 6th. I'm already booked that weekend though so I asked them for an alternate date. I still haven't heard anything from Washington.

Nevermind, ignore that. Just got the phone call and email from Cornell. Unfortunately the interview weekend (Feb 5-8) conflicts with the weekend I already accepted for UW-Madison.

Thank you! Congrats on your interview invites, too! When did you hear from Cornell Micro? I applied to that program but haven't heard anything yet.

Yes, I got a phone call last week from a professor, and an email yesterday with an interview invite. The interview is Jan 22-25.

Interview invite from UW-Madison Micro (email) and UC Berkeley Micro (phone call) !!!

Undergrad Institution: Large private research institution (Top 50) Major(s): Biology Minor(s): Ethics GPA in Major: probably around 3.8 Overall GPA: 3.89 Position in Class: Not sure Type of Student: Domestic, female GRE Scores (revised): Q: 160, 78% V: 166, 96% W: 5.5, 98% B: Didn't take Research Experience: 2 summer research internships at biochemistry lab during high school Two semesters working in a microbiology lab at my university One semester working on a independent research project under another prof at my university (got funding for this project from a special grant for undergrads, and presented poster from this at a undergrad conference, and at my school's research symposium) 1 year research position at Harvard School of Public Health. 8 months full time (I took a semester off school to do this internship), and 4 months part time (while taking classes). Co-presented 1 poster at a conference, and 1 first-author paper in a (low-impact) journal Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Nothing major. Received an research award for funding for my independent project. Named runner-up for an Outstanding Research Award at my school research symposium. Received community service award and a travel scholarship award. Special Bonus Points: Rec letter from very well-known microbiologist (who was the PI in the microbiology lab I worked in). Lots of volunteer work with science outreach programs. Applying to Where: Interested in ecological and environmental microbiology MIT Microbiology Cornell Microbiology University of Washington-Seattle Microbiology University of Wisconsin-Madison Microbiology UC Davis Microbiology UC Berkeley Microbiology Georgia Tech Biology I'm reading everyone's awesome stats and it's making me nervous! Good luck to us all