majorlurker

got ucsd bms earlier today good luck to everyone on interviews!

Just got my first acceptance! Hopkins CMM

It was from a professor on the adcom (not a POI of mine) and definitely not a mass email. A mass email did go out later from the program coordinator about travel information.

I received Yale BBS Neuro last monday!

It was from a professor (not any that I mentioned in SoP), but someone from the department. Good luck!

It was from a professor, not any of the ones I mentioned in my SoP, but someone from the department! Hope that helps.

Thanks a lot! Good luck to everyone else!

Just got Yale Neuro

Just got yale neuro!

Did anyone who got ucsf bms list neuro as their top track? :0

Just got ucsd bms!

Thank you everyone! They offered two separate interview dates, one is January 20-23 and the other February 24-27. I chose the first one because I don't think any of y other schools would overlap with that.

Just got Johns Hopkins Cellular and Molecular Medicine interview invite!

Thank you! I added some stuff because I completely forgot to mention about LORs and SOP. aaaaah so anxious

Been lurking a while and figured I'd post this to see if people have any insight on my application. Undergrad Institution: UC with good bio researchMajor(s): Biology GPA in Major: 3.8ishOverall GPA: 3.85Position in Class: Near top? Master's Institution: same UCMajor(s): MS BiologyOverall GPA: 4.0 Type of Student: male, domesticGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 163 (86)V: 160 (85)W: 4.5 (80)Research Experience: ~4 years in a lab at my university, starting as an undergraduate, continuing for my MS degree, and then hired as a technician in the lab. the work from this project has gone through a few rounds of reviews with top journal (IF>30) and I share first authorship. this will hopefully be published early 2016. also a first author on a book chapter that is in press with a springer publishing. have since started a completely new project in the same lab, which I will be leading and have already received funding for. i will be working on this project until i start a phd program, and then I will hand this project off to another person in the lab.Awards/Honors/Recognitions: small-ish research based scholarship for my work during ugrad and master'sPertinent Activities or Jobs: Have TAed for for 12+ upper level physiology-related biology coursesAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: have been very involved for the past 3 years in a volunteer organization to address issues of mental health/disabilities in the local community and around specific communities in US-- have been recognized for with a university-wide award for work with this org. a lot of interaction with individuals affected by disorders that my lab is researching and seeing this other side (not the science side) of what I am working on is super motivatingSpecial Bonus Points: not sure if this belongs here but i am pretty experienced with some pretty hot/exciting/somewhat difficult techniques? with my current lab i have had extensive experience with cellular reprogramming, ipsc culture, neural differentiation, crispr/cas9 in pluripotent stem cells. use these on a daily basis and am very comfortable with themAny Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Two really strong LORs, one of them which is very well respected in our field and the other from a prof who knows me pretty well (as a student, TA, and on my MS committee); last LOR is probably good but not 100% sure. from feedback from some graduate students in my building I think it is strong? the only point that they brought up (which I can't do anything about at this point in time) is that the breadth of research is a little more narrow than I would like. I'm not sure how ADCOMs will view that I have gotten suuuuper involved in this one lab and don't have multiple different lab experiences. i think i have gotten a tremendous amount of experience from this single lab but I can see how having experienced a few settings is benefical. in my SOP i think I do a good job of showing the depth of the experience I have had so far, so hopefully this isn't a weak point.Applying to Where:Stanford- NeuroscienceHarvard- BBSUCSD- NeuroscienceUCSD- BMSUCSD- BiologyJHU- CMMJHU- NeuroscienceNIH-OxCam GPPUCLA- NeuroscienceUCSF- BMSYale- BBS not really sure how to feel about the programs I am applying for but I can't help be feel super anxious for the next two weeks. any feedback would be greatly appreciated!