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CMU/Pittsburg joint Computational Biology, one interview entry in the survey. Any insights?

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Unless of course the research is nuclear engineering related then it would actually be impossible to get a visa.

As an international I can tell you we need time for visa but not that early. March is more than enough to start.

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A question about small computational neuroscience community. It looks like there is a chance I may get into computational neuroscience research in Weill Cornell. It certainly is not one of the top computational neuroscience communities such as Columbia, NYU and Princeton nearby. But I think their faculties are excellent, too. Anyone has some comment on what the outcome would be? And since it is located in NYC, would you expect some practical collaboration experiences in nearby larger communities?

Tell me why? Ain't nothing but a mistake.

Thank you! I think it should be clear now that he is no longer associated with the program and he should not have played any role in the decision of inviting me. He was the reason that I applied this program. However now I have more than a few professors I am willing to work with in this program after having more time to read about their works. Looking back it might be a good thing that I did not contact him in advance, since I would probably give up applying this program learning that he is leaving.

Thank you! After digging into this matter further, I found out the following. Weill Cornell Graduate Program list this professor as one of their faculty. Two of his webpages indicate he is taking students from the program that invited me for interview. However, according to google scholar page, he has moved to Maryland without association in New York. And I am certain when I was working on my PS in December his google scholar page was with different information. According to his new NIH page, his period of appointment in New York is 2011-2015. And the next period, 2016- present, only shows his current association in Maryland. What should I do? Should I contact the professor to confirm he is not taking student in Weill Cornell any more? The situation is my PS was mainly about his work but I have never been in contact with him. I guess he should have planned transfer earlier so he shouldn't have played a role in my interview invitation. And I also feel I should not ask coordinator about this since she did not reply to my last email. In fact, his old website was last updated May, 2015. So it is a little weird he did not indicate the upcoming moving of his lab.

Funny story. I was in contact with program coordinator about my POIs so that she can contact them about availability for my interview. I listed five POIs as required. There was a rescheduled request on my side so emails went back and forth. Finally my interview was rescheduled and she ask me to confirm my POI list, but only listed four of them. At that time I thought she already contacted them and these would be professors I would meet for interview. So I replied "I confirm these four, but I also indicated professor [XX]. Does this mean he is not available?" She never wrote back. Later I realise she is just confirming the list before contacting professors. And she probably was too busy to wrote me back (I asked a question but it was dumb). And I figured she now should figured she missed one professor and it should be OK. However it was a little curious to me that why she just left out that one professor (who is actually kinda the most important). Until today when I am reading his papers, I realise I keep spelling his name wrong. It was a minor mistake, like "alt--" spelled as "atl--" but she was probably searching the systems and that's why she didn't find him the first time. Anyway, because she did not reply my last email, I am wondering if I should wrote her now to clarify my mistake. The email was two weeks ago and my interview is four weeks away. I guess there should be nothing to worry about. It's just that I asked a question and she did not reply so I feel a little paranoid.

Thank you! I found something 51 USD per night in Manhattan on airbnb.

I have been confused about this for years. They stated the preference of IELST in general with many individual programs does not even accept TOEFL. To me MIT is very prestigious and I thought as long as the person has a TOEFL score above 100, and a strong research potential that deserves an interview, wouldn't an interview justify English fluency? It would be a shame just to eliminate the application just because they did not take IELST.

May I ask how much usually does hotel rooms in New York City cost? I am an international student going to interview at Weill Cornell. I need to stay in NYC before and after the days when they can provide hotels. I searched airbnb and it seems that it usually costs 100 USD per day. It is expensive but reasonable in NYC right? Anyone has experiences in finding cheaper hotels in NYC? Thank you!

Hi, I am also going to Weill Cornell for interview, but I am flying from Switzerland. So they said they will cover at most $500 travel expanse. Do we have to use the travel agency service in order to be reimbursed? And do they only cover one-way or also round trips? Thank you!

Oh! By the way, did she confirm the availability of POIs you have chosen? She only ask me to confirm I will attend the Feb session so I guess mine will come later.

You are exactly right! Thank you!

Thank you for your help! Alternative is set on Feb 10th-12th. Good luck to you!

Does this mean there would be no alternative interviews?

Thank you! But are you talking about PBSB?

You mean, like, just now? From Ms. A.R.?

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So are you still requesting for alternative date? I am also PBSB and was told will be contacted after Jan 4th. Have you heard from them now?

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Thank you! Called and told interview invitation will be send very soon.