MCF10A

BIG CONGRATS to everyone who has gotten interviews - you guys are rock stars! 
 
And to the rest of us:

We got this, yo! 

OMG I'm in real panic mode after seeing the first (and only) UPenn CAMB interview in the result survey    Anyone else heard from UPenn CAMB today?

9. NETFLIX
10. NETFLIX AND CHILL (jk lol)

9. NETFLIX
10. NETFLIX AND CHILL (jk lol)

Just got a call from an unknown San Diego number and with absurd enthusiasm ran out of the library (#finals) to answer. It was a telemarketer. Hang in there, pals. 

Got a call to interview at Princeton MolBio!

I second this   I heard that some schools "might" pay for international flights like Weill Cornell, UCSF and Stanford

I've done that several times and it should be very straightforward.
You have two options: email the PI (cc your PI), or email the first author of the paper (cc both PIs). If the paper was published recently (which means the first author is likely to remain in the same lab), I'll prefer to email the first author because usually the grad students/postdocs tend to reply emails fast, but PIs are very busy and might take weeks to reply your email if you're unlucky. To start the email, just use several sentences to briefly introduce yourself, what research you're doing and explain why you need the cell line. Then mention in which of their papers did you know about the cell line, and ask if you can get their cell line. That's really it, just be polite and professional. You don't need to worry about the details like the method of delivery in the first email, as you guys will email back and forth several times afterward. 
Feel free to PM me if you need further info. Good luck!

I have not heard anything from the department regarding recruitment. I don't think CAMB has reviewed apps, or at least hasn't extensively done so. The big meeting is scheduled on the 13th according to the google calendar, so you should expect to hear back after that. 

I posted this on another thread, but I think it is important to read now before too many invites get sent out.
First off, congrats to everyone getting their first invites!
Just as a reminder  - if you get an invite, resist the urge to accept it right away until you are ABSOLUTELY sure that it will not conflict with any other potential interview dates. You don't want to get stuck in the situation where you accept an invite and have to cancel it later. This looks bad on you and more importantly, could take away another student's spot. Same goes for accepting interviews knowing that you are not going to attend that program - many schools keep wait lists, and if you know school "A" isn't for you, give someone on the wait list (who thinks school "A" is their dream school) a chance to interview instead.
Some schools will allow you to interview at an alternative time, but I would strongly recommend only doing this if it is your only option. It's tough for both you and the faculty to get a sense of each other, and you likely won't be able to attend any talks/dinners/social events.
Be realistic about the number of interviews you will be attending. I know some people that interviewed at 10+ places - sounds great, right? From personal experience, after about the 4th interview, you will be exhausted. Traveling that many weekends in a row will take it's toll on your work/ school. And if you can't narrow your interviews down to less than 10, I would think that you didn't look deeply into each program. Yes, it's hard to say no to an interview, but you will have plenty of opportunities in the future to visit (for example, postdoc interviews or conferences).
For those of you waiting for invites, do not freak out if you haven't heard anything yet. Some schools send invites out in batches, others send them out all at once. At this point, it's all out of your hands, and you can relax!
And remember, there is some "randomness" in this process. I've met people that were accepted into MIT and Harvard, but didn't get interviews at less prestigious schools. The reviewers are human, and each committee looks for slightly different things.

Yale BBS MMPP: Feb 24-26
Rockefeller: Feb 23-24, March 2-3
Havard BBS: Jan 26-29, Feb 9-12
MIT Biology: Feb 11-14, Feb 25-28, March 11-14
Sloan Kettering: January (Jan 12-15 once appeared on their website but they removed it for some reason)

WUSTL: Early Feb
 
 

Berkeley Comp Bio: Feb 14-16
CMU-Pitt Comp bio: Feb 23-25, March 2-4
Cornel Tri Institutional computational biology: Feb 26-27.
Harvard BIG (I asked and then asked a contact I have and all I could get was late january or early february)
Havard BBS: Jan 26-29, Feb 9-12
MIT Biology: Feb 11-14, Feb 25-28, March 11-14
MIT CSBi: Feb 3 & 10
MIT HST: march 2-4  (strange those two overlap as they are 2 of the top comp bio programs)
Princeton QCB: Feb 9-11
Rockefeller: Feb 23-24, March 2-3
Sanger 4-year program: Jan 23rd
Sloan Kettering: January (Jan 12-15 once appeared on their website but they removed it for some reason)
Stanford BI: march 1-5
Stanford Biosciences: March 1-5
University of Washington Genome Sciences: Feb 12-14, Feb 26-28
UCSF bioinformatics: Feb 9-10, Feb 16-17
WUSTL: Early Feb
Yale BBS MMPP: Feb 24-26
Yale CBB: Feb 3-5
Please add to the existing list.
Does anyone have dates for Caltech system biology and Harvard BIG?

According to the website " All completed applications will be reviewed and invitations to interview will be sent via email mid-January". And according to the gradcafe record, MIT biology sent out invites on Jan 8th (F2016), Jan 9th (F2015), Jan 13th (F2014). So it's gonna be a while of waiting I guess....

I got an interview for Pitt on November 23rd! But I also completed my application pretty early (November 1st). They said they started looking at applications as they became finished, so they'll probably send out a few more waves of interview requests. Good luck!!

I'm basically refreshing these 3 tabs 15 times per minute. LOL

can't agree more. Keep refreshing these 3 tabs every 15 min...

Already got an email from UConn Health and a phone call from UC Davis inviting me to recruitment weekends!

If you haven't done so already, I'd recommend removing yourself from as many e-mail lists as possible. Will save you from having a few mini heart attacks a day. Also don't forget to check your spam/junk folder every couple days. I had an e-mail or two from programs fall in mine during my application season.