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Congrats! Which program?

Has anyone heard from University of Washington MCB or know when their interview weekend will be? Thoughts on whether its better to email or call them to see when the dates are if I'm trying to keep them open just in case?

I got an email yesterday from the Micro and Immuno program and they specifically mentioned in their email that all the programs are on their own schedule, and many won't be sending invites until early next year

MMMP - they called last week. I'm not sure if this is actually a hard deadline or if they just meant "in a week" more loosely

I really don't want to get ahead of myself but do you remember if BBS assigned you a date or you got to choose? WashU wants me to pick a date by today :/

I think it might depend on which concentration you chose. I applied to MVP and I'm not giving up hope yet - don't worry!

Yep, I applied to both. It looked to me like a lot of the virology faculty were also part of BBS. Any info about how true this is/whether doing virology in BBS is a thing people actually do would be much appreciated!

Anyone else applying to Harvard Virology? It's such a small program I'm getting concerned there may just not be enough people for it to show up in the results listings...

Do you (or anyone else) know what the interview weeks will be? I can't find them anywhere on Penn's website

Question for those of you who went through this last year: did most schools give you a few dates to choose from for interviews or did they just tell you which weekend you would be attending? Just got my first invite (!) and I'm not sure if I should choose a weekend or ask if I can let them know next week...

This thread has been very helpful, thanks everyone who gives feedback! I am mostly wondering if I need to diversify my schools? Also I have a few questions about how/when to list publications that aren't yet accepted (below) Undergrad Institution: Top liberal arts collegeMajor(s): BiologyMinor(s): Environmental StudiesGPA in Major: 3.8Overall GPA: 3.6Position in Class: No ideaType of Student: Domestic white femaleGRE Scores :Q: 163 (85%)V: 164 (94%)W: 4.0 (59%)B: not takingResearch Experience: Will have complete a 2 year post-bac at NIH in a virology/cancer bio lab: one mid-author publication in top journal, one second author pub in review at Cell (hopefully will be accepted - if not, is it taboo to list the journal where it is under review before it is accepted?), also a first author paper that may or may not be done (should I list papers "in preparation"? I've seen conflicting advice, but perhaps because we're very early in our careers?) [PI will write letter] One summer and then a senior thesis in a virology/immunology lab [PI will write letter, another prof I took several classes with will write the other] One summer doing field work/GIS mapping related to climate change/flooding Awards/Honors/Recognitions: High Honors in my department A few poster presentations/awards, but all local Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA in intro bio lab, currently do some relevant volunteer work (tutoring through an non-profit, STEM in high schools), Varsity athlete (not sure how to work this in, or if I should bring this up)Any other info: Not sure how relevant it will be, but my GPA has trended up. Freshman GPA was ~3.3, and I ended up with a 3.9+ my senior year Applying to Where: my current list, but still updating Harvard: BBS and Virology Stanford Rockefeller Penn UWashington: Micro and Mol/Cell Bio UCSF Yale: BBS WashU: DBBS Columbia Any suggestions for schools I might look into, especially ones I can feel more confident about being accepted into? Thanks in advance!