Some violinist

Wait listed at BU! If anyone else has been accepted to BU or Mayo Clinic, please let them know if you are not going.

Accepted to MIT Bio!

Officially committed to University of Notre Dame Biology Ph.D. Program this fall! Looking forward to opening a new chapter in my life! Good luck everyone on your interviews around the country! Go Irish!

The program heads at BBS told us at the second recruitment visit that this year they decided to notify everyone from both weekends on the same day, which they were planning on making Feb 19, so just relax until then! Good luck! Recruitment was definitely loads of fun  

I guess you like the faux-vintage look.
When you're accepted into a program and have a few extra bucks from your stipend, consider buying one of these: https://uturnaudio.com/products/orbit-basic-turntable
It's the cheapest real turntable on the market.  Basic, utilitarian TT with a simple elegant design.  Quality parts and performance based on time honored physics principles will make your LPs and your ears happy.  The Orbit will preserve your record collection longer because it is set up to correctly track LPs using a quality phonograph cartridge.  
If you have one of the Crosley TTs with built-in amplifier and don't have a separate one lying around, you can buy cheap amplified speakers, such as these:  https://www.amazon.com/Edifier-R980T-Active-Bookshelf-Speakers/dp/B01LXDZ8WB/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1515627837&sr=1-5&keywords=amplified+speakers
Regardless if you end up getting better equipment, your records will last much longer and with fewer pops and ticks if you clean them periodically by hand.  There are numerous YouTube videos on this or you can google "how to clean LPs by hand" and get methods by industry experts.  And please, please don't eat food while touching your LPs.  It's a death knell.  
Happy Listening!

Got an acceptance from UTSW GSBS today! That was my only interview this season!Relieved!
Thank you so much guys/gals here for the information/support and insights!!

Also accepted to BU BME! 

So far I received admissions from all three places that I've interviewed and got into my one of my top choices. I'm already so content about my application season but also wish the future interviews would go well  (I plan to turn down offers in the middle of March as by then all the interviews and open house are done. Hope it won't be too late for people on the waitlist.)

Legitimately shocked. Just got straight up accepted to georgia Tech (bioengineering with home school at ECE)

Likely next Monday or Tuesday. Last year, we received notice of admission roughly 9-10 days after the last day of the interview weekend. You may receive a phone call from a faculty member (potentially earlier), just a letter, or both. 

I don't think anyone would be offered your interviews if you declined them at this point, especially since they already arranged for your travel and your hotel. If I were you, I would try to attend the interviews still. You never know if you'll like another school more than your dream school 

@CleverDisplayName @Some violinist Good to know, thanks! 

Case Western acceptance!!  First one!

Got an interview invite from UPenn! Hope everyone is checking their spam folders because that's where this one went for me 

Yeah, I think they sent out all official invites circa January 8. Interview weekend is March 16-17.
EDIT: I take that back, looks like there was a second cluster of invites on January 20, so I’m not sure if they’re done sending invites...

Thanks! 
The whole interview weekend was really laid back. Dinner on Thursday night was with some students and faculty, and they give a short presentation about the history of the program and the area. There is a time for everyone to mingle and get to know each other, and some other icebreaker activities later on led by Steve Anderson. 
On Friday, Steve and Nick met us at the hotel and led us to breakfast and presentations about the program, after which students led us to our first interview. I met with five faculty members for 30 mins each, and they were mostly relaxed conversations. I would say that you should definitely prep a short ~5min blurb about your research interests as I was nervous for my first interview and probably would have forgotten to mention things without the prep. 
They mainly asked about my prior research experience, why I was choosing to do a PhD, and what I wanted to accomplish afterwards. It's hard to pinpoint a specific type of interview though because each faculty interview was slightly different - for example, one person I met with wanted to know how my research interests meshed with his work, and gave me some hypothetical situations to gauge my response. I would say the best prep for this kind of thing would be to read the research on each person you're meeting (info I got maybe  2 days before the actual interviews) and maybe some abstracts of recently published papers. I wouldn't go much beyond that though, because they don't really expect you to know the specifics about what they do, and won't "test" you on your knowledge. They just want to make sure you can speak intelligently about your previous work and about science in general. 

Haha thanks, but I'd gladly trade for one of your many impressive interviews!

That was me. I got an email acceptance with a formal offer letter and all but there was no mention of a recruitment or visit weekend

Don't know specifically about BPH, but I know that for Harvard SysBio and BBS (also part of HILS along with BPH), it's a tacit rejection... :/

Don't know specifically about BPH, but I know that for Harvard SysBio and BBS (also part of HILS along with BPH), it's a tacit rejection... :/

Ah we have two grad students in the lab from this program. Usually the interviews are pretty chill, and the current first year students's opinions about you matters a lot, so be nice   They accept around 8 people per year, and it's rolling admission. They will send invite to the first 8 students, then if any declined, they will accept next in the waitlist. It's a close-knit program that they hangout with each other all the time and they seem pretty happy in general, so you are lucky!

I hate that we don't know when schools send out invites. Like we find out by checking the forums cause we haven't received one and hope they stagger ahhhh

POI at UCSD BioE just sent me an email 2 hours ago inviting me to do a Skype interview with him.
 

Yeah, the EAPS and civil engineering folks give it that twist, I hadn’t realized it was uncommon. Cool! See you in a month, then!

Me too! That's encouraging, since it's one of my top choices at the moment also. There's a huge range of faculty and labs affiliated with the program, and a number of people doing research in exactly what I want to do (microbial ecology and community dynamics), which I've found to be pretty rare in traditional microbiology-type programs. The rotation thing is definitely interesting to me, since most of the other programs I'm applying to are more direct admission to one lab (which is mostly the case for ecology and environmental type programs). Looking forward to it for sure!