weilongli1
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On 8/24/2016 at 10:36 AM, Ultrapeaches said:
GPA: Technically 3.82 BUT my academic history is a tire fire. All told, it took me 10 years to complete my undergraduate degree. I started at a university close to home, then transfered to a small liberal arts school and did poorly - I dropped out at 19. I came home, took a break from college, got my mental health together, met Mr. Right, got married, and re-enrolled. Then I got pregnant. I had two children with whom I stayed home, and I completed my degree in the edges of the day. I failed an entire semester during my first pregnancy (I retook those courses to replace the grade in my GPA calculation), and haven't taken a full time course load since. My worst grades that I wasn't able to replace are all in science courses - a C in Cellular/Molecular biology, Bs in intro genetics, physiology and two chemistry labs. I took all the upper level courses with the word "genetics" in the title, but human genetics was not offered, so I haven't take it.
Adding on to what UTGC said, I would say that your dedication to get your degrees says a whole lot about you as a person. It's cliche, but from what I have seen, most people are firm believers in "Fall seven times, stand up eight." I would say this educational history makes your application better than people who had a more traditional route! I had Cs in some of my science classes as well - one coming very late in my undergraduate career, but they weren't held against me as much as I thought I they would be. Good luck!
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On 8/5/2016 at 1:56 PM, CiciGC said:
I need some help on what psychology classes I should be taking, please. I've checked out several GC programs online but can't find info on what psychology background they want from a potential applicant. I haven't taken any psych classes yet but am interested in applying to GC programs this Fall.
I'm also trying to decide whether to take a psych class through a university for credit/grade (cost?) or if it would be OK to take an online class through somewhere like Coursera or a free online class from Harvard/MIT (lower cost). Any suggestions/experiences? Thanks!
I would advise against something like Coursera, but @slaybackc recommends, community college classes would be better. As for my personal experience, I took AP Psychology in high school, which covered the Intro to Psych class at my university, and the only psychology class I took while in college was Social Psychology.
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On 7/20/2016 at 8:27 PM, HC929 said:
That's awesome, @weilongli1! You guys are so nice.
I was wondering if I could get some advice, I got my score for the GRE and I got a 155V/158Q, and I'm still waiting for my essay scores. My GPA is a 3.32/4.0 right now. Do you guys think these stats are good enough to be considered? I'm contemplating taking the GRE again to improve my score, but the vocab portion is just torture...
Your GRE scores are only important if they are very high or very low. Otherwise, they don't make too much of a difference. My undergrad GPA was a 3.7, but without my second major in Theatre, it would have been ~3.4 which is roughly what yours is. It's not that bad of a GPA, especially with an upward trend, and with great LORs they shouldn't matter as much.
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Some programs let you defer admission for situations like this. People understand that things happen in your life that might cause you to not be able to attend. Keep in mind though, things like a gap in your history might bring up questions for the admissions committee that you're going to have to answer when you apply again, but otherwise, I don't think it's that harmful.
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Hey! I applied last cycle and will be attending Northwestern this September. I know last year I was freaking out about the process, and it was great to have people to talk to about this process with, so if anybody has any questions about applying/interviews/match day/whatever's on your mind, I'd be glad to help out, if you guys want it!
@slaybackc I would recommend giving all your materials as soon as possible to her, and if you have more material, give it to her as it comes up. This way, she can start to think about what she wants to write about.
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7 hours ago, gcfc1989 said:
I'm a little late to the party (I was wayyyy too nervous on Match Day to check here!), but congrats to everyone who accepted an offer and best of luck to people doing the second round of matching! Anyone else going to CSU Stanislaus??
Congrats!
5 hours ago, futureGC said:@SuitCase congrats!!!! so happy for you. @weilongli1 will be joining Northwestern too
see you in fall! Good luck to everyone who's going for second match!!
See you there!!!
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4 minutes ago, minja134 said:
Does anyone know the luck in the post match process?
(Also so everyone knows that is looking into is Northwestern is full)
According to the thesis @SuitCase posted, and keeping in mind that this was data from 2005-2006 first year class, there were 4 programs with open spots and 7 total open spots out of 27 programs that responded. If the numbers hold, for 35 programs, there are ~5 programs with open spots, although I'm sure it changes year-to-year a lot. (If you wanna read the study, here's the link.
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2 hours ago, SuitCase said:
Just accepted into SLC's program. Oh My Gosh. I can't believe this is happening.
Congrats!!!!!
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1 hour ago, gc09621 said:
During one of my interviews a director told me that they were about to switch to the match system like they do for residencies but two GC programs were against it so they couldn't. I wouldn't be surprised if it moved that way in the future though.
I really wonder which two programs are against it... it seems like it would make the process easier for everybody involved, rather than the one-at-a-time system where some people don't get calls until really late in the day.
Edit: Actually, after reading some of the paper, some concerns that program directors have about an automated system make sense. I'm thinking some sort of hybrid system? Where schools still create their accept/waitlist/reject lists, but then an outside organization, like ACGC or something actually does the call outs, or manages the system? That way people still can't "game" the system or anything, but we could also try to limit the amount of cases where Applicant A is waitlisted at top choice School 1, but got in to School 2, while Applicant B is waitlisted at top choice School 2, but got in to School 1, or something similar.
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1 hour ago, pogo said:
Brandeis!
Congrats! That's such good news!
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2 minutes ago, futureGC said:
@weilongli1 Congrats on Northwestern!! Is it your top choice?
Thanks! I actually just called them back and accepted the offer! Northwestern Genetic Counseling Class of 2018!
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Started off the day with 2 rejections from SLC and Mt Sinai. Didn't interview at SLC, so that one was expected. Oh well. 2 down, 4 to go...
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5 hours ago, SuitCase said:
Think some acceptances/rejects will be automated at midnight?
I don't think so, at least all of the programs I interviewed at said they would call, unless it was a reject, and even then I think they're gonna push the button in the morning.
Edit: The anxious nervous feeling just kicked in. It's suddenly all too real!
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The big day is TOMORROW! Honestly, I can't believe that it's actually here, since we've been waiting so long. It's been awesome to chat with other applicants because I was going crazy by myself, and it's good to know there are people like me out there! Good luck to everyone tomorrow!
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It sounds like you've trended upwards, and since your shift of focus, your grades have gotten better, which is a good sign. Grad admissions committees recognize that people who enter college are not accustomed to the workload, how to study, etc., so having a trending upwards GPA shows them that you were able to learn these skills, which is a positive. Honestly, your GPA is pretty good, and it'll depend on your experience (research, work experience related to field).
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fall guy
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@SuitCase Well SL accepts like 30+ people, right? I think really qualified applicants definitely get multiple interviews, but nobody applies to all the programs, I'd wager there are more than 100 but less than 350ish interviewees total? I think most people who interview at multiple places will get at least one offer, even if it's from a waitlist. Staying hopeful!
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11 hours ago, gcfc1989 said:
@weilongli1 Yep! You have the option of doing your entire 2nd year at away sites too, which appeals to a lot of people.
That's so awesome. Didn't know that, and now I wish I applied there!
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@gcfc1989 I heard Arkansas has a program where students flew out to remote traveling clinics in the state? Is that a thing that happens, because that sounds awesome.
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vernal equinox
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@gc09621 I got asked a scenario question about testing children but not disclosing positive results to the children (trying to be vague but still give a sense of the question), which turned out to be an actual case that a current student just described in case conference the week before the interview. Not odd to be a scenario, but odd that it was such a recent actual case.
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kiddie pool
Genetic Counseling Fall 2017 Applicants
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One thing that I have experienced and heard others mention during interviews last cycle was that seeing other people's bios and stats, etc. on here or on program websites makes it an extremely intimidating process. If I have any advice, it would be to ignore all of that. Talk to others and share your experiences, give and receive advice from each other, but don't spend hours comparing yourself to anybody else. Programs will not always select the students that look best on paper, nor should they. Focus on making your application the strongest it can be!