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  1. Yes, but you may not get an informative answer. The reason schools usually do not inform applicants of rejections is because they want to keep the "waitlist" open just in case. Sometimes, schools do not get as many matriculating students as they would have wished for, so they will start making calls to other applicants. One of my friends got accepted to a grad school literally days before the deadline to decide (April 15th). That being said, go ahead and email the schools, but in most cases, you'll get a generic response back about how they are still reviewing your application.
  2. Based on my experience last year, I got my acceptance letter on Feb 18. I'm not familiar with the admission process at Yale, but I think if you got skype interviews, then you have a pretty good chance of getting accepted. Best of luck!
  3. Out of those, I only applied to Case Western. Case interviews about 50 people during their interview weekend. As a general note, most of your visits will have about that many people. Best of luck! Case interviews aren't that stressful. You get a bunch of 20 minute interviews with a whole slew of faculty to see if you fit in with any of their labs.
  4. It has happened in the past. A friend of mine was "forgotten" by them until well after she got all her other acceptances back. Good thing they noticed much earlier on this time around.
  5. Good luck everybody! I applied last year and can field general questions regarding the application process or just stuff in general about programs at different schools. As a general note, there is no such thing as the perfect candidate. For example, at the time I applied, I had no publications (and was worried that this would hurt my chances). Turned out not to matter. Schools are judging you for your research potential, not for the research you've outputted. Sure, the fact that you've published stuff indicates that you have the potential to succeed in a research-driven career, but its not necessary. In my case, my GPA and letters of recommendation probably helped offset the lack of publications. That being said, no need to worry about one part of your application being weak! Have any questions, just message me, or reply in this thread. I'll check back every now and then.
  6. @aegis921 I got my JHU reimbursement a few weeks ago as well. Perhaps you should call them. Quick question: did you get any reimbursement stuff from Stanford BioE yet? Its been a while and I haven't heard anything yet.
  7. HST MEMP! So not MIT BE, but I'll be in Cambridge for the next 5 years!
  8. Received the calls yesterday. I would hold out hope until they send official emails out early next week.
  9. I received a call from two profs there saying I was admitted. They will be sending out official emails Monday or so according to them.
  10. Yup. I'm at the interview weekend right now and the professor said about 55% would be accepted post-interview. Its really weird since the interviews seem super chill so I'm not sure how that cut is going to be made..
  11. Faculty members probably aren't your best bet. Contact the graduate coordinator (via phone if possible) to ask about status updates.
  12. UNC Chapel Hill had their admitted students day a few weeks ago. I would assume they are done, but you should call them to find out. They may be waiting to see if enough people accept their offers before going off a potential waitlist.
  13. Yeah. Imaging all interviewed the first week. We were told that we would hear back within a week or two after the second weekend ended. Still, I am surprised people are hearing back so soon. I haven't received an email so I'm holding out hope.
  14. Congrats! That was really quick. Didn't their second weekend just finish? I wonder if they are staggering acceptances, or if they just really liked you.
  15. Official visits are a lot of fun. I think you will be missing out if you go on an off day when they don't have many things planned. Also, you won't get a chance to see and get to know your cohort (I personally have met a lot of really cool people at these visits). In my opinion, if everything is being paid for, you might as well go; there isn't really a downside except for the time you spend traveling. Someone else might have a different opinion though.
  16. I found it enjoyable, if not a little bit dry. I had four interviews (one of which I bombed spectacularly). Lab tours were fairly boring and lasted way too long in my opinion. Having 5 straight hours of tours is just too much, and I was really only interested in a few labs (which made it all the worse). As Edotdl said, everyone was super nice, and genuinely wanted to get to know us. I kind of wish there was more time to speak with current graduate students one-on-one, but I guess that is why they give us big siblings.
  17. Stanford added a a second interview weekend!!! Now I can go there in person and hopefully ace the interview!
  18. Sorry to keep spamming you, but can you give me an idea of the type of questions they ask during the interview. Will they want me to explain individual methods and algorithms, or will they be asking why I used one method over the other. For example, while I know what all the algorithms I use do, I am not as familiar with some of the more intricate math (my graduate student helped me a lot). I guess my question is if they will want me to describe the algorithms/methods, or if they just want to make sure why you did something over the other. An analogous question would be if they ask me how a mass spectrometer works, or just what it does? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks for all your help by the way!
  19. I'll be interviewing next week! While I know that I should be able to answer questions on my research and future plans, what is your opinion on reading papers. I plan on reading what the professors generally work on (like from their lab webpage), but do you think there is any real value in reading their papers? Being my first interview, I'm not really sure it could help during the interview, but maybe I'm wrong.
  20. I called Stanford regarding the fact that I had a conflict with their interview date. They said that there were a lot of people facing scheduling issues. When you fill out the google form, put your availability in the final comments box because they are potentially considering adding a second interview weekend (if there is enough people that would utilize it). I'm not free at all during February so I'm hoping for March 3-4 for a second interview weekend. Otherwise, I guess we can all skype interview, but I would prefer to avoid doing that...
  21. Both their interview weekends are fast approaching and the RSVPs have passed. There might be a very small chance they will send out more, but I wouldn't count on it; you can probably call them to find out about the status of your application. Best of luck!
  22. Nope. I guess we will just have to wait a little bit longer. When I get one, I'll post on this thread (unless someone posts first).
  23. Johns Hopkins and U Penn have already sent out interview invites. As far as I am aware, you need to receive an interview to have a chance at admission.
  24. My schedule is ridiculously busy in the month of February, but I would rather go to see Stanford in person than have a skype interview. I'm flying into Cambridge sometime Thursday morning so it is completely feasible for me to visit Stanford in the beginning of the week. Over the phone, he said that I wouldn't be able to visit later (like the week after) because they would have finalized admission decisions by then. The only worrisome thing is all the schoolwork I will be missing...
  25. Most professors are extremely terse in their emails to students as well. The fact that you apologized should be fine. I wouldn't stress over it.
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