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1 hour ago, Micecroscopy said:
I would disagree with a lot, if not all, of these points.
Both programs are consistently considered some, if not the, top graduate programs in the nation. Rockefeller is extremely well known within the scientific community, and traditionally has some of the best placement for postdocs and faculty positions. Moreover, trying to infer the utility of a graduate degree from each of these programs based on their arbitrary "global ranking" is laughable. I suspect Rockefeller doesn't do as well in the rankings you mention because it doesn't have as big of a program or as many labs and they are fairly spread out across many disciplines like cell bio, immunology, neuro, etc. However, the people it has, are true giants in the field and it would be a privilege to work with any of them. Doing so is not likely to put you in a worse position than if you went to MIT.
What matters most (if you want to stay in science) is doing a PhD with the best mentor for you on an exciting project. The reason I'd recommend MIT is that they have many more labs so it might be easier to find one with a better fit for you, but if there's people at Rockefeller that you'd prefer to work with then you should go there!
Agreed. Ultimately, the ranking of the school doesn't matter but the quality of the research that you perform. All top schools have great professors where you will have the opportunity to do fantastic research. You should choose faculty that you are interested in working with and are great professors. If more of those professors are at MIT, then go there. If more of those professors are at Rockefeller, go there instead.
I would recommend OP to contact the faculty at these two schools. Have a phone call or Skype conversation with them. That will help you a lot in making your decision.
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2 hours ago, Superres said:
Has anyone gone on an interview when they were sick?
My flight leaves this evening, but I woke up feeling horrible. It may just be a bad head cold, but my sinuses are throbbing, nose running, etc.
Im not sure if I should just take some cold medicine, hope it helps, and suck it up.
Problem is that interviews have been exhausting when I haven't been sick and I have 5 more to go on after this one, so I really don't want to get worse....
I don't know what to do.
I have definitely seen people sick at interviews and showing signs (coughing, sniffling, etc.). It's unfortunate but I don't think it will count against you. As long as you can hold things together for your actual interviews with the PI and are able to speak, you should be alright.
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13 hours ago, dvwz said:
Has Harvard PiN sent out any rejections so far? I'm still waiting on them and just curious where I stand. Hoping to hear something as the acceptances go out.
They also only interview in January so if you didn't get an interview invitation, then you basically know
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5 hours ago, SL52 said:
I'm also an international student and found the Skype interviews (2 for the same school) really laid back too! In the second, the only question was 'tell me about yourself' and the rest a general discussion about PhD life etc. Pretty enjoyable, and all my prep of reading the prof's papers seemed pretty unnecessary in the end haha.
my only question would be, how do you know if you've done well? As no difficult or technical questions were asked really.
cheers, and congrats on your interview(s) also! ?
To be honest, I think it's really hard to gauge your performance in an interview. I had an online video interview that I thought I did poorly on but still got invited for the in-person interview lol
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Got accepted to Harvard PiN last night with a phone call at 10 PM EST lol
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Coming from San Francisco, it's actually not that bad haha. That being said, I heard Cambridge was pricier than Boston. Anyone know if that's true?