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Was awarded it in Life Sciences - Computational Biology/Genomics (I think I indicated this as a 40/60 split) as an undergrad! Very surprised, and definitely didn't expect to hear back today!
Scoring was: E/E, E/E, E/E, Awarded
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Yeah I definitely didn't lie...these grades weren't out when I applied. Also didn't fail or anything just had too many very hard classes and got A/B/B/B/B+
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I've been accepted to my top choice school in the US (a top 5 program) and I have accepted their offer. There were no conditions stated in my letter and the university only says offers are only contingent on "satisfactory undergraduate degree completion". I had a pretty rough senior fall semester (3.25 when overall GPA before that was 3.8), which dropped me to around 3.74, and they didn't see Fall grades when I applied or ask for them. Now I'm in my last semester, and it's off to a rough start due to missing so much class to attend interviews all over the country. I'll probably be able to pull off Bs in all my classes...am I just being paranoid that they would rescind my offer for my grades dropping this last year?
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On 2/18/2017 at 5:00 AM, bioinformaticsGirl said:
I got mine the Monday after, but I interviewed the first week, so it might never a bit different for you.
On 2/17/2017 at 6:22 PM, desmond.bo said:Congrat!
Did you hear back from CSBi? I believe they said it should be this week.
I didn't hear a reply yet, but they said within 1 week which would be a few more days for me (went on a different day because of the snow cancelling flights).
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1 hour ago, Epigenetics said:
Uhh first of all programs make admissions decisions before interviews, you're not stealing someone's spot. Second, if you weren't that interested in the programs you shouldn't have accepted the interviews, that's on you for wasting their money and time, there was a time to withdraw and it has long passed. Have fun bro.
This is definitely false. I interviewed at programs where they interviewed 40+ people for 5-6 spots.
Also, there's really no need for hostility. I was interested in them. I had a number one school for academic + personal reasons, I thought it was a reach...didn't even expect an interview. Visited, loved it, knew I would go if I got an offer and I got in. It's not some conspiracy...
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It seems like more of a dick move to go fake that I might come, waste their and my time (also miss 8 consecutive school days), and potentially take someone's spot.
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Thoughts on canceling upcoming interviews if I got into my first choice and will definitely be attending? Might lose some money, but would be another ~6 school days I'd have to miss...
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Accepted to MIT Biology...will very likely be attending. Initially thought CSB would be a better fit, but after interviewing for both, the differences are very subtle between the two and the structure of Bio was a better fit for me.
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accepted to columbia university - systems & computational biology
- SysEvo, desmond.bo, Luptior and 1 other
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Ahh good to know. Don't see any results posted yet in the database...gonna assume that maybe they wait since the 2 visits were only 2 weeks apart.
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For schools with 2 interview weekends, do most wait until after the second to make offers?
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1 hour ago, Oddich55 said:
"PhD: 135 applied, 7 admitted, 6 enrolled."
Yikes. I wonder how many they're interviewing. That's a very small program.
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6 minutes ago, Epigenetics said:
Honest question: can you see yourself going to any of those 8/9 schools you all are interviewing at? Maybe it's because I honed my list pretty well, but I'm going to six interviews and honestly I only think I'm really deciding between three, with three that I'm open to surprising me. Genuinely curious on this one.
For me at least, I definitely over-applied because I didn't really have any idea how competitive I'd be, as I didn't know anyone else who'd gone through this process, at least in this field. So looking back, I wouldn't have applied to 11. Also, the plan was that the interview invites would narrow down my choices a bit...didn't happen. But yes, I can say with confidence that of those 8 interviews (7 schools...applied to 2 departments at one of them) I would be very happy attending 5 of them. The other 2, I would like to visit because I'm not sure. I also think going on the visits might help me decide (I think I know my top school, but what if I visit and realize I don't like the environment, etc). Additionally, once I realized how many invites I was going to receive, I intentionally put off booking flights for these programs, so I wouldn't cost them any money. That's how I've been reasoning through this, at least.
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I applied to 11 (?) and got all 11 interviews. Going to probably go to 8, maybe 9? Haven't really decided yet. None of mine are in the same city as my school, so a bit concerned with how much class I'll have to miss...lots of flying...
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35 minutes ago, ruytel said:
Anybody heard from Berkeley yet?
I got an invite yesterday.
How many interviews are you guys planning on attending?
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18 hours ago, SysEvo said:
"Thank you for applying to the MIT Computational and Systems Biology PhD Program. The admissions committee has met and had hoped to have all invitations sent out by today Friday January 13th. Due to grant deadlines, the committee in requesting more time. With this in mind, you should receive an update on the status of your application by Jan 17th. We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your patience"
Why not just a rejection...
I was invited to interview and they asked us to reply yes or no by the 17th. That might be why.
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Oh almost forgot...still waiting on Berkeley comp bio as well. Now to just figure out how to actually go to all of these...I think I have one or two that I might just have to withdraw because of scheduling problems :/
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Got MIT Biology yesterday, still waiting on CSBi though. Maybe we'll hear this week?
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Also got the BMI call. This is one of my top choices so very excited!
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9 hours ago, b210 said:
Is anyone still waiting to hear from Yale BBS-CBB? what are the odds to hear about the application given the interviews are in less than 30 days. Thanks!
I heard back in mid-December... :/
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Has anyone gotten any instructions on travel from Yale CBB?
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47 minutes ago, Oddich55 said:
Yeah. I'm from Chicago. Chicago-San Diego and back is 400 on the dot. Not sure exactly how to finance the whole Chicago-San Diego-New York thing...
Another thing- UCSD ends on Saturday. Cornell is on Sunday. Whatcha planning to do about that?
Either overnight flight (because the time change will suck going back east) or crash with friends in NYC. But yeah I'm in Pittsburgh and flights PIT-SAN-NYC are really close to 400 so I don't want to wait too long. I think UCSD is reimbursing us so maybe I can get Cornell to pay for San Diego to NYC or something. Shoot me a message if you want to figure it out.
2017 Computational Biology/Biomedical Informatics PhD Applicants and Admission Results
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Accepted to Harvard BIG...assumed I wasn't getting in since it's been so long a was waitlisted so already told somewhere else I was coming, so have to think that over. Most likely will not change my decision.