Pepperoni

Thanks for the input - I'm not looking for a definitive list - more to formulate some kind top tier, middle tier, picture of how these schools are regarded. Who better than to poll the current and prospective students? This may be shallow of me, but reputation is an important factor to me. Of course that is among the least important factors, for sure, but I would like to know how the community regards these programs. For example, though this is not apples to apples, there is no definitive "ranking" for MBA programs either. But everyone "knows" Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, uchicago, are among the top tier when it comes to the caliber, reputation, and job potential of these programs. I'm trying to form a mental image of a corollary for these programs. Not looking to cause any harm here, at all. Maybe a near pointless exercise but humor me

Where do you guys rank the top 20 PhD program for MCB, and where do WUSTL, UWM, and Emory fall among them? Not an official ranking (because there isn't one), but cite reasons - be it NIH funding, NSF funding, quality of program, students, faculty, nobel laureates, citations, whatever the reason, as long as there are reasons - would like to see a gradcafe compiled unofficial ranking of these programs, if possible. IMO I think momentum is fair to include - declining, on a rise, steady, etc.

great, yea hope to see you guys there in the fall - I will be accepting the offer!

molecular cell biology

waiting to hear from washu dbbs & uw Madison cancer bio... washu was just this past weekend but thought I'd hear from uw Madison by now... :edit: just heard from washu - I've been accepted to the dbbs mcb program!

has anyone heard from wisconsin-madison's cancer bio program yet? i heard the second set of interviews wrapped up last weekend, but haven't heard anything yet.

congrats, I'm in the same boat! have you decided which you're going to?

probably! good luck!

accepted to emory's cancer bio program!

same

2 interviews down, 1 to go, no word from any of the schools otherwise except a reject from NW

It's not to feel better - it's to keep pressing them. I guess I don't understand this whole, coward's approach to inviting and not inviting students for interviews, and being coy about rejections until after interviews are over anyway? I (the one writing) am not even the one who is actually applying - this is a joint account for a friend. Obviously PhD is a different degree, but this process isn't how my master of science in finance, or my MBA worked regarding applications & interviews. Why the secrecy? We had the same no interview, no acceptance policy. But they (WashU & UChicago) didn't beat around the bush about getting an interview or not.

no interview. cancer bio

is there any point in reaching out to ad-com for schools that you have not yet heard from (meaning likely rejected)? If you're not going to make it anyway, there is likely no harm, correct?

rejection letter from northwestern this morning