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Congrats!!!

nope. not a word.

I emailed both of them and UCSF told me so. But, Stanford told me that they are still working on apps and going to complete their interview invitation sometime this week, so it's not the dead end.

It was MCDB.

I also got a decision email - rejection. good to know early, tho!

For anyone who applied to Baylor IMBS... I emailed the program administrator and the person told me that applications are still being reviewed and final decisions will not be made until the end of January. It sounds as if I'm somewhere in the waitlist, since I didn't get an invite in the first wave, nor did I hear a rejection. Anyways, there's hope!

@biosci @keviv1692 Thanks!! Yeah I will need some time to ease myself and take my attention away from the admissions until mid-January. Good luck with all of you, too, and still I'll keep lurking at this forum Merry Christmas!

@mak993 not my case, but some other international applicants are getting interview invites. oh please, I want just one school for interview and for acceptance.

As someone else in this forum already did, I emailed UCSF BMS admissions. they told me that all the interview invitations were sent out. I knew UCSF was a reach school for me, but the research fit and the tissue/organ specialization were so attractive. one school crossed off.

@SL52 thanks for your kind explanation. and cheers to you, too!

I think your sporting achievements will possibly assure that you are both physically and mentally stable, which is important to as long as several years of graduate study. Your GPA is perfect, but the GRE quant score might hurt. Not having publication is okay. In fact, having publication itself could not help, unless you're the first author and the work is published at a renowned journal. This may sound random, but since you're from the UK I want to ask how the graduate application system goes there. For example, do I have to contact or mention only one PI in my application, or several of them? I'm applying to a couple of UK universities for oncology, and a bit confused with the seemingly different system. Thanks in advance for your reply!

@Omarou498 I'm an international student, studied in the States for college and now live overseas. Guess I need to find ways to distract myself from obsessively refreshing this forum website and my email inbox, since I can't fall asleep until midnight in US time these days. haha...

Did any international student hear from anywhere? I thought interview invites were sent out around the similar timings with those for domestic students, but getting none so far makes me more and more anxious! ugh Congrats to all those who got invites!

Here I throw my application info, too. As an international, though, I really hope I just get a couple of interviews among about ten schools I applied. Undergrad Institution: small liberal arts college in MA, well respected in biology. transferred from a big state school (in AR) after freshmen yearMajor(s): biological sciencesMinor(s): philosophyGPA in Major: 3.53 (two schools combined)Overall GPA: 3.67 (two schools combined)Position in Class: no ideaType of Student: international female GRE Scores (revised version):Q: 164V: 154W: 4.0B: -Research Experience: My research experience is rather a mix of short internships, but all of them are well connected to my graduate research interest. Majority of my applications are to molecular biology or cancer biology. 1. 2 summers at big hospitals, researched on breast cancer progression and metabolism 2. 2.5 years college honors thesis research on the fruit fly metabolism and cell death. In my SOP I elaborated much on the independent research aspect of this project. 3. half a year postbac internship at an international institution (in South Korea) focused on autophagy and liver cancer = total 3 years of experience with no publication Awards/Honors/Recognitions: chancellor's list 3 research fellowships, inside and outside school graduated with cum laude high honor in biology another honor Pertinent Activities or Jobs: taught students for half a year and did volunteer work at a hospital for years (long ago) Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:Special Bonus Points: Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I think I well elaborated in my SOP on what I want to learn and what I want to contribute as a student, besides research interest match. Although my LORs might not be some of the best written or highly ranked (of my performance), I think they well support my strengths written on my SOP. Applying to Where: all focused on cancer metabolism and microenvironment.Stanford - biosciences - cancer biology MIT - biology - cancer biology Harvard - BBS - cancer biology UCSF - biomedical sciences - Tissue/Organ Biology and Endocrinology Duke - molecular cancer biology Baylor College of Medicine - interdepartmental biology program Princeton - molecular biology Cornell - allied biology program Yale - BBS I know, especially as an international applicant, my short experience and lack of publication would hurt my chances of getting into those top notch schools. Still, I believe there are more things in my SOP than numbered specs (well, anyone would think so) that speak out what I want to get into and out of each specific grad program. So, what do you guys think are my changes of getting into those all reach schools?

I'll try, if you still need one. :D