[PhD Biomedical/Bioengineering/EE Fall 2016 Profiles]

11 hours ago, Anushka Gupta said:

Hello all!
I am new to the grad cafe forum so please spare my stupidity! Got an interview invite from UCB/UCSF joint BioE PhD program. Any ideas on how formal/informal the interview is? Also, what are the chances of getting rejected from here on  

Being an international applicant, it's considerably expensive for me to visit San Francisco for campus visit. Would it diminish my chances of getting admitted if I ask them to schedule the interview over Skype? Thanks! 

If you got an interview from them that means there's a very high chance you'd get admitted, so scheduling an interview over Skype shouldn't hurt. It's especially understandable if you're an international student.

[PhD Biomedical/Bioengineering/EE Fall 2016 Profiles]

Anyone know if they sent out all the UCSD invites already?

[2016 Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering Applicant Stats and Responses]

2 hours ago, mrs176 said:

Has anyone heard back from any schools about interviews yet? In particular, the schools with applications due Dec. 1?

I heard back from Stanford BioE yesterday, they invited me for an interview. Excited!!

[2016 Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering Applicant Stats and Responses]

@bioeng2016 It usually does help to have somewhat of a focused area of research as an undergrad, especially if it's relevant to your proposed area of research in the application. I've heard of many students with perfect numbers and qualifications get rejected cause their experience isn't a good "fit" for the type of research they want to do in graduate school. I think it would be better to propose an area of research that's closer to what you've done, then change the area once you get in. Especially since tissue engineering is the most popular field and you'd be competing with so many other people who have done tissue engineering for years.