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Yeah I think those numbers are right and I think Cornell said they'd have us deal with their travel agent. UCSD I was less sure because they didn't really give any instructions. Or reply when I confirmed. Might shoot them an email. Also $400 might be tight for me from the east coast but hopefully it works out.

Hey has anyone gotten any instructions from UCSD about travel? In the invite email it said they'd send instructions when you confirmed but I haven't heard anything back? I'm going the later weekend and I'm going to have to fly from there straight to the Tri-I interview...if anyone else is doing that we should try to get on the same flight (or more importantly hit the airport bar before the flight).

Haha I have the same problem...and I have to come from the east coast in the first place

Harvard BIG

Does anyone know if Yale has an alternative weekend (other than 2/3)?

gonna jump in on this thread...UW offered me Feb 11-14. Also offered from NYU Sackler, Columbia Systems/Computational, Yale CBB, UCSD Bioinformatics, and CSHL Watson School. Having major scheduling headaches though probably going to have to cancel one . Still waiting on Cornell Tri-I CBM, Harvard BIG (I thought I would have heard from both of these by now), Stanford BI, MIT CSBi and Berkeley Comp Bio.

Developing computational & data science methods to analyze very large genomic datasets to extract information about regulatory networks and complex disease etiologies

I think all of my applications (Bioinformatics) asked in a separate question to list some professors that you are interested in. In this case, should you still mention profs in the SOP? I made my interest fairly broad, and made sure that it was something at least a few people are doing in the department. For example, I want to use big data and machine learning to use epigenetic profiles in autism to flag candidate genes, but in my SOP I said I was broadly interested in developing and applying data science strategies to large genomic datasets to answer questions relating to human disease. Is that a good solution, or should I still say something like 'For example, the groups of Prof X, Y, and Z are of particular interest because they employ these strategies'?

I'll read it, but I can't download your file...says it's not available for my account? Can you link to a google doc maybe?

reposting because didn't get any feedback last time...looking for thoughts on my school list/suggestions for some others, because I'm worried it's aiming too high. Undergrad Institution: Top 20 Public, well known for research Major(s): Neuroscience, History & Philosophy of Science Minor(s): Chemistry, Computer Science GPA in Major: 3.82 Overall GPA: 3.82 Position in Class: no idea Type of Student: Domestic, hispanic male (spain), current senior GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 164 V: 167 W: 5.5 B: n/a Research Experience: 3.5 years thesis project in neuroscience lab, developing computational analysis approaches in a non-computational lab. Will get a different type of bachelor's degree for completing this after thesis defense. Also writing a paper (I will be first author or co-first author, but probably won't be submitted until Dec.) 1 Summer at Univ of CT, wrote a first author paper about pine tree genomics, but it is still in review. 1 Summer at prestigious REU, wrote a first author paper, developed software package, presented two posters relating to it at major genomics conference 1 Summer at Yale working in very well known bioinformatics group. ~2 years - job at undergrad institution (10hr/week) as a bioinformatics analyst, not necessarily research but definitely relevant experience as I design pipelines, computational experiements etc, might eventually get on a paper. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's List, 3 research grants from undergrad institution, 2 travel grants for a conference, honorable mention in Goldwater Scholarship last year. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 2 years as bioinformatics analyst Working with local public school system to develop and implement a bioinformatics supplement to high school biology classes (my proposal, I'm teaching and designing these lessons, and will eventually publish them under an open source license) Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: President of campus organization relating to public health, lots of volunteering, a handful of outreach things. Biggest outreach activity is the open-source teaching project mentioned above. Bilingual (english/spanish) Special Bonus Points: PI at REU and PI at Yale both are very well known in bioinformatics/genomics, and both are writing me a recommendation. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: 4 letters...2 from summer mentors, 1 from thesis advisor/prof, 1 from supervisor at bioinformatics job Most CS experience is practical, I did pick up a CS minor, but I have only a few classes completed/on my transcript at the moment (Advanced Programming, Data Structures, Theoretical Structures, Linear Algebra...taking Algorithm Implementation and Machine Learning in the Spring term). Applying to Where: MIT Computational and Systems Biology Columbia Computational UCSD Bioinformatics Berkeley Comp Bio Stanford Biomedical Informatics Harvard BIG and BBS Yale BBS Cornell Tri-I CBM U of Washington Genome Science NYU Sackler Johns Hopkins (not sure which department to apply to)

Undergrad Institution: Top 20 Public, well known for research Major(s): Neuroscience, History & Philosophy of Science Minor(s): Chemistry, Computer Science GPA in Major: 3.8 Overall GPA: 3.8 Position in Class: no idea Type of Student: Domestic, hispanic male, current senior GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 164 V: 167 W: 5.5 B: n/a Research Experience: 3.5 years thesis project in neuroscience lab, developing computational analysis approaches in a non-computational lab. Will get a different type of bachelor's degree for completing this after thesis defense. Also writing a paper (I will be first author or co-first author, but probably won't be submitted until Dec.) 1 Summer at Univ of CT, wrote a first author paper about pine tree genomics, but it is still in review. 1 Summer at prestigious REU, wrote a first author paper, developed software package, presented two posters relating to it at major genomics conference 1 Summer at Yale working in very well known bioinformatics group. ~2 years - job at undergrad institution (10hr/week) as a bioinformatics analyst, not necessarily research but definitely relevant experience as I design pipelines, computational experiements etc, might eventually get on a paper. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's List, 3 research grants from undergrad institution, 2 travel grants for a conference, honorable mention in Goldwater Scholarship last year. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 2 years as bioinformatics analyst Working with local public school system to develop and implement a bioinformatics supplement to high school biology classes (my proposal, I'm teaching and designing these lessons, and will eventually publish them under an open source license) Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: President of campus organization relating to public health, lots of volunteering, a handful of outreach things. Biggest outreach activity is the open-source teaching project mentioned above. Bilingual (english/spanish) Special Bonus Points: PI at REU and PI at Yale both are very well known in bioinformatics/genomics, and both are writing me a recommendation. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: mmm 4 letters...2 from summer mentors, 1 from thesis advisor, 1 from supervisor at bioinformatics job Most CS experience is practical, I did pick up a CS minor, but I have only a few classes completed/on my transcript at the moment. Applying to Where: MIT Computational and Systems Biology Columbia Computational UCSD Bioinformatics Berkeley Comp Bio Stanford Biomedical Informatics Harvard BIG and BBS Yale BBS Cornell Tri-I CBM U of Washington NYU Sackler Johns Hopkins ***no idea if this is a silly list of programs to apply to. Personal opinion is that it's way too top heavy. Top choices probably are Berkeley and MIT.