mademoiselle2308
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Which schools do I have a chance for bio?
mademoiselle2308 replied to bio applicant's topic in Biology
My advice to you is to look up top programs in your areas of interest. Neuro, immuno, and cell bio are HUGE fields and not at all specific. Spend time looking up which universities are ranked best in your programs of interest and use this as a start. (Ranking doesn't always equal quality, but it is a start.) Further delve into these programs and look at the individual researchers there. Is anyone researching what you want to research? If yes, that is a program and school to keep on your list. If no, move on down the line. No one here or anywhere else can tell you which programs to research specifically. This is going to take leg work on your part. I certainly think you have a good chance, at least to get past the "paper" part of the application. Interviewing comes down to your personality and your knowledge of your research/ability to communicate your research. Have you taken the GRE yet? -
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2016 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
mademoiselle2308 replied to Infinito's topic in Biology
I will chime in on this thread too. I am starting grad school (PhD) this fall, so I cannot comment on what grad school is like, but I was a low GPA applicant and can offer insight into applying with a low GPA. I have worked in a lab post-undergrad for 3 years doing cancer genetics and can also answer questions about working before graduate school. I am planning to attend my top choice graduate school this fall and couldn't be more excited! This website is great for tips and advice. There are a lot of wonderful people on this site more than willing to help. Feel free to message me with questions! -
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I have officially accepted my offer to The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston (MD Anderson)!! I am so excited!! :-) Time to kick cancer's butt!
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mademoiselle2308 reacted to a post in a topic: 2015 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
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You might want to consider finding the psychology forum to post this. http://forum.thegradcafe.com/forum/8-psychology/ .This forum is for biomedical sciences. Best of luck to you!
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Oops! Meant to up vote and I accidentally down voted :-( Funny! Thanks for sharing.
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Email or Handwritten thank you note?
mademoiselle2308 replied to DaDocStruggle's topic in Interviews and Visits
I always send some kind of thank you. For my first three interviews I sent hand-written thank you notes. For my last two interviews I sent e-mails. The emails were nice because almost all of the professors emailed me back with a positive message, which was encouraging! I know they are busy people so I try to keep my thank-you's short - 4 sentences max. -
I always send some kind of thank you. For my first three interviews I sent hand-written thank you notes. For my last two interviews I sent e-mails. The emails were nice because almost all of the professors emailed me back with a positive message, which was encouraging! I know they are busy people so I try to keep my thank-you's short - 4 sentences max.
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They told us this weekend that they have 120 interviewees and plan to extend an offer to 80.
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I have heard bad things about the Ivies being extremely competitive and cut throat ( people actually lock up their lab notebooks and sabotage other people's experiment). In addition, I really didn't want to live in the Northeast . . . the culture just doesn't appeal to me.
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Has anyone heard back yet from Michigan Cancer Biology (part of PIBS). I know that they results search has a few results, but 4 people didn't list their program.
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Sh*t people say when you are applying to grad school
mademoiselle2308 replied to Clou12's topic in Waiting it Out
I have a few: "You want to go to grad school for cancer biology?" "Yes." "So you're going to be a doctor?" "Yes." "But, I thought doctors went to medical school." "I am going to get a PhD, no an MD." "Like a medical doctor?" "No, medical doctors get a doctor of medicine (MD). I will have a doctor of philosophy, Ph.D." "But I thought you were going to school for cancer biology, not philosophy . . ." Another few favorites: "So you're going to school for cancer biology?" "Yes." "Well, yesterday I saw this article on *insert non-scientific, public news source here* and they have a cure for cancer already . . ." "So you're going to school for cancer biology?" "Yes." "What are you going to do when you cure cancer? You'll be out of a job!" **sigh** -
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ilovelab - I sent you a private message.
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I love doing the research part of my job, but my problem is that I don't do enough of it. I am basically a lab manager without the title or pay and have been in the same position for almost 3 years. I do a lot of extraneous stuff that I hate. I am so excited to be able to just focus on my own research project and classes in grad school. I know it will be challenging, but a good kind of challenging! (If that makes any sense.) It makes me feel a little big better knowing that other people feel the same. We can make it through these last few months!!