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Just a final update on JHU BME: we have sent out all of the interview invitations. We have not sent out rejections because some faculty have some last minute acceptances, but these are rare (only a couple in the last week). You do need an interview to be considered for acceptance although several interviews take place via. Skype due to location and, on the more unique cases, due to scheduling. Good luck to everyone with the rest of your interviews as always, message me if you have any questions regarding the Hopkins interviews or program.

You should have received an email from me today going over everything you have been required to do thus far along with an additional survey. If you still have any questions or concerns, reply to that email and I can clarify as much as I can. If you did not receive my email but did receive an interview invite, that's a mistake on my part and message me on here with your name and email and I'll fix that

I do believe so. There were a couple last minute additional invites that were sent, but otherwise, all of the invites were sent last week.

Everyone has been assigned an interview date. You might not have received confirmation (our program coordinator is still overwhelmed by emails). I will be sending an email later today for all interviewees with more details and information. The first weekend students might have received an email confirmation. We're holding off on some information for the second week students because we're prioritizing the first week. If you're concerned, message me directly to ask? I can check for you.

Hi everyone, I'm another 1st year BME PhD student at JHU that is part of the team coordinating this year's recruitment. You will receive emails from myself and our Program Coordinator over the next few weeks that elaborate more on the issues you all brought up (and restate this information), but just to clarify for now: Interview invites: Not all of the JHU BME PhD Interview emails have been sent out (apologies, but there are some administrative things things that will delay some emails). Do not worry if you have not heard anything yet. I can't elaborate on exactly what is holding up emails, because it could differ for each person Interview dates: The interview "weekend" dates are set (February 4th/5th and February 18th/19th). I believe one of the focus area groups requested that all of their students come to only one of the two interview weekends dates so you may have received a different email, but many of the details are still being finalized. I'm not sure if this will change. Faculty Preference form: We just updated the form on the faculty preference website this morning. Apologies if you tried filling out the previous form. We want to begin coordinating faculty schedules with the interviewees as soon as possible so we cannot wait for you to have your flight information to fill out that form. Faculty Preferences: We realize that not all of your preferred professors are on the provided list. If there are other professors you want to meet, list them in the additional comments section and just choose the top 6 otherwise. Make a note in the additional comments section about this. There can be several reasons as to why they are not listed, but this does not mean you cannot meet with them (I wouldn't suggest emailing them directly to ask about this at the current time. Let us see what we can do first. If you get your final faculty interview schedule and they are not listed, feel free to ask then). When will my faculty interviews be set? Potentially not until the week of your interview. Professor schedules are very fluid and we want any information we send to be as accurate as possible. Flight/Transportation Information: I'm not sure when, but if you received an email inviting you to interview, you will, a few days after, get an email from a travel agent that will help coordinate your travel. DO NOT book your flights on your own. It makes reimbursements more difficult. Reimbursements (Speaking of...): You will be reimbursed for your flights and some other transportation needs. We are also providing transportation when you arrive in Baltimore, but you likely will not get the details on that part of transportation until the week of your interviews. Interviewee Forms to fill out: If you received an invite, please fill out faculty preferences asap. You will receive another email from myself once the travel agency finalizes your flights that will ask you to fill out flight information, food preferences/allergies, and other details that we will need to make your recruitment schedule a lot of fun (and so we can make sure you're not stranded when you get to Baltimore). If you have any other questions, I wouldn't suggest spamming the Program Coordinator (she is currently working on fielding many emails from both interviewees and professors). Keep in mind that many of your questions will be answered in emails to come. We haven't yet emailed all of the details because we want to make sure the most accurate information is provided. Message me directly if you have any other concerns/questions and I'll respond with as many details as I can be sure of.