eagb
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eagb got a reaction from Kvothe~ in 2017 Computational Biology/Biomedical Informatics PhD Applicants and Admission Results
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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eagb got a reaction from bioinformaticsGirl in 2017 Computational Biology/Biomedical Informatics PhD Applicants and Admission Results
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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eagb got a reaction from Epigenetics in 2017 Computational Biology/Biomedical Informatics PhD Applicants and Admission Results
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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eagb got a reaction from SysEvo in 2017 Computational Biology/Biomedical Informatics PhD Applicants and Admission Results
Got an invite from MIT CSBi....can't believe it, does anyone know anything about how many they interview?