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31 minutes ago, desmond.bo said:
Got it from Harvard BBS!!! Can't believe it!
My last name starts with Y, so I think you are right, they could be going alphabetic.
Congratulations!
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1 minute ago, Bioenchilada said:
Wait, you go to Harvard?
Harvard Extension School, but it's close enough. They gave me an email address.
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34 minutes ago, MCF10A said:
OMG just got an invite from Harvard BBS! BEST DAY EVER!
15 minutes ago, jeanetics17 said:Just received a Harvard BBS interview! This is my top choice program and I think I'm going to faint.
14 minutes ago, CanadianNomad said:Just received Harvard BBS interview!!!!
Congratulations! I'm looking forward to meeting you all. I will be helping with the interview weekends and hosting interviewees each weekend, so I can tell you all that it's going to be a great time!
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1 minute ago, DGD4L said:
If Harvard doesn't send BBS interviews out today, I've decided that I'm going to attempt to freeze myself until next week because I will not physically or mentally make it
I'm confident they will be out today before 5pm EST.
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14 minutes ago, seventwo said:
Has anyone heard from UCSF BMS? also what time should we expect to hear from Harvard BBS? do they send them out all at once? or trickle through the day?
My anxiety is killing me
I don't remember the exact time, but I believe I received my invitation for BBS between 4pm and 5pm EST.
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1 hour ago, kokobanana said:
For those coming to interview at Harvard, I'm so excited to meet some of you guys!
I remember last year, I "met" some gradcafe posters in real life. I knew their usernames and that they were invited to interview at the same programs, but I never really figured out who they were (you can't just go up to people and say "hi, my name is kokobanana").
But it is really fun to meet other applicants - and something that you will quickly notice is that you'll see the same group of people over and over again. And the best part - a lot of them will become your peers!
I would love for you to come up to me and say, "Hi, my name is kokobanana."
How can we make this happen?
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9 minutes ago, Katyya said:
Yeah but those 3-4 year programs in Europe only publish in SNC. So one Nature first author > 4 PNAS papers. The PI that I'm interested in at Vienna has like 7 publications throughout her life but she has Nature and Science first authors. Those overweight just papers that you get your name on through being in lab for 6 years.
I'm not trying to get into an argument here, but I would be skeptical of any scientist who only publishes in Science, Nature, and Cell. Some of the greatest discoveries were published in lower impact journals. This is mainly because Science, Nature, and Cell are often resistant to paradigm-shifting publications.
In addition, I would be worried about joining a lab with a PI who has only published seven times. What are the odds that you will be a first author on one of her publications?
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8 minutes ago, Bioenchilada said:
I mean, sometimes taking that long on your degree will put you on track for a better, and sometimes even shorter, postdoc. The extra time will give time to grow as a scientist and expand your network. In fact, I've heard that short PhD's tend to lead to much longer postdocs lol
Agreed. When you are looking for a job, it won't matter how long your PhD and post-doc took, it will matter the number of publications you have.
The advice I've been given regarding my time in grad school is this: PhD Years + # of Solid Publications = 7. So if you are finishing your PhD in four years, you need to have three solid publications. Also, remember that after your PhD, everything starts over. When you begin a post-doc, you will have nothing but your PhD training to help you. You might as well get as much out of your PhD as you can.
In short, don't rush your PhD. Take advantage of the training environment before entering the...REAL WORLD. (Gasp)
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3 minutes ago, Stemlike said:
I guess there's always that possibility, but I hope that's not my case
Right, I wasn't projecting or anything. I was just explaining my curiosity.
The Francis Crick Institute sounds like an awesome program.
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1 minute ago, Stemlike said:
4 years is quite a generous scholarship in the UK (where most secure funding for only 3 years). You don't have the first/two years of classes/rotations at the beginning of the PhD, so it's a whole different system from the US. Due to these differences, most students in Europe complete their PhDs in ~4 years
Ah, that makes sense.
I had a professor in undergrad who went to Oxford for his DPhil. He stayed six years and had to find another source of funding. That's why I was curious.
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1 minute ago, Stemlike said:
The Crick itself has ~40 4-years PhD studentships to award
I looked into UK schools for about five seconds before I saw that most require that you secure funding before they will interview you.
What is the average time to completion for that program? When I see a four-year award I think an incomplete degree or scrambling to find funding for the last year or two.
I'm not trying to be rude or to ruin your excitement, I'm just curious.
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8 minutes ago, Stemlike said:
I know this is mostly US applicants, but received today my invitation to interview at the Francis Crick Institute in London
anyone else?
Good luck!
What is the funding source for that program?
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1 hour ago, Born-to-pipette said:
What's the consensus on how soon we should accept an interview invitation? Amongst my top choices, UPenn and Weill Cornell have conflicting interview weekends; however, the latter will not send out interview invites until around Christmas. Although Penn has three interview weekends, they had specifically invited me to the first one.
Should I ask if I could interview the second weekend "just in case"? Accept the invitation for now, but indicate a potential conflict with the first weekend and ask if I could confirm the particular date at a later time? I am hesitant, as I want to avoid giving the impression that I'm more interested in another school over Penn.
I agree with @Bioenchilada.
Operate as if Penn is your only option, then figure things out with other programs later. If you get an interview from Weill Cornell, tell them that you have an interview already scheduled for that weekend. As I said before (take note, @Bioenchilada), "This process is about you. They judged you, now you get to judge them. Any program that will not work with your schedule is not worth your time. Full stop."
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10 hours ago, abc0111 said:
Is that just the BBS in Harvard or every program in DMS including BIG and Immunology?
Harvard BBS will send out invites tomorrow. I'm not sure about other DMS programs.
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2 hours ago, AGradStudentHasNoName said:
Why are any of these posts necessary? I'm just killing time.
Also it might help for people here to have realistic expectations and not overly stress about a very common situation.
It just came off a bit arrogant, that's all.
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1 hour ago, AGradStudentHasNoName said:
Why do people act like this is a big deal? I guess I have a bit more experience with job interviews than most here. If you can't make a date for whatever reason people will work with you. I'm phone interviewing someone on Friday and he had to reschedule due to another phone screen. I didn't take that as a slight at all. If he is good, we will give him an offer (after an on site interview). If he isn't, we won't. Simple as that. A candidate would have to insult the company to me for it to hurt his chances. Like, okay if a person said "I can't do your interview because I have a way better interview at google that day" I might worry that he would rather work at google than my company. But if he said "I'm sorry but I'm busy that day." or "I'm sorry but I already have a prior obligation on that day." I would think nothing of it.
The people dealing with the interview dates are not the ones deciding on your admission anyway.
I guess I'm just not following why this post was necessary.
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6 minutes ago, sivis said:
Is it pretty normal not to hear back after replying to interview invitations? A couple interviews of mine asked me to respond and fill out a survey, but haven't sent any follow up information. Also totally aware that it's super hectic for them, so I may just be getting impatient and paranoid that they didn't get my emails and I'll miss the interview
Do what the initial email says and you will be fine. Scheduling interviews is a slow process. Right now, you should only worry about taking care of things on your end. If the email says to fill out a survey by a certain date, follow that and it will work out.
If you received an interview invitation, they want you. They want you so much that they are willing to pay for flights, pay for a hotel, and provide meals. They are not going to rescind your invitation because of an email miscommunication.
You are in a great position. Pop the champagne!
- Kaede and LoveMysterious
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They are not going to look at your CV. If they do, it will be a five second glance.
Furthermore, a two week research project that you can discuss in detail and demonstrate how it affected you as a scientist is better than a three year project in which you washed dishes. Your SOP will convey your research better than dates on a CV.
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26 minutes ago, spiffscience said:
So do I hold a weekend open if I have been invited to school A but know that school B, which I would prefer, has an interview that weekend but I haven't heard back from school B?
Each school should have a deadline for scheduling your interview. Don't be afraid to use that, they will not hold it against you.
Once you get an interview invitation, respond immediately. Tell them that you are going to interview but that you are going to wait a bit before picking a weekend.
This process is about you. They judged you, now you get to judge them. Any program that will not work with your schedule is not worth your time. Full stop.
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2 minutes ago, lmb123 said:
Yep, I applied to both. It looked to me like a lot of the virology faculty were also part of BBS. Any info about how true this is/whether doing virology in BBS is a thing people actually do would be much appreciated!
Yes, Harvard BBS has access to many faculty, including faculty in virology. The rule for BBS students is that you can work with anyone in the HILS Directory. I looked up some virology faculty and searched them in the HILS Directory. Three of the four I searched are affiliated with BBS.
I also looked through the virology coursework. Every course I looked at (Introduction to Virology, Virology, Advanced Topics in Virology, Viruses of Bacteria, etc.) is open to BBS students.
BBS is great because you can work with hundreds of different faculty and you can take courses in any field. BBS has just two required courses, so every other credit can be dedicated to whatever you want. The downside of doing BBS instead of virology is that you might not be invited to all of the virology-specific events.
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11 hours ago, lmb123 said:
Anyone else applying to Harvard Virology? It's such a small program I'm getting concerned there may just not be enough people for it to show up in the results listings...
Did you also apply Harvard BBS?
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28 minutes ago, Katyya said:
I'm not even sure how I'm getting through next semester potentially knowing that I'm already in grad school. Plus I'm already missing first 2 weeks of school for interviews and waiting on 6 more schools so what if I miss the whole semester and fail
LOL
I actually asked the TA from one of classes during my final semester what exactly I needed to do to get C in the course. It is so difficult to care during the spring semester once you have been admitted to a graduate program.
I suggest taking the easiest course load possible and avoid classes that meet on Thursdays and Fridays.
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1 minute ago, cuteDr22 said:
Invited to Penn State. Same weekend as UPitts . Do you think I can ask for a skype interview? I want to keep all my options open.
I would ask for a different weekend. If they really want you, they will work with you.
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