lizie.johnson
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I had a similar situation, not with a paper but with a fellowship announcement. I actually called the admissions point of contact and told him verbally. He congratulated me and asked that I send him an email with the information so that he could include it in my application packet to be given to the interviewers and admissions committee. So I'd say the advice from Cassatrass is perfect!
I would also add that you could bring an updated CV with you to your interviews (print out multiple copies and carry them in a folder along with a notepad to take notes). Then you can hand the CV to your interviewer and say "I've brought an updated resume with me. It includes my recently accepted publication."
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1 hour ago, moon_cat said:
Hi all, I'm moving to CH this fall for phD as well. Looking for housing. Anyone find any place to stay yet? Housing at CH seems a little bit pricey...
Look in Carrboro! A ton of UNC grad students live there because it's still pretty close and it's much cheaper.
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Nice to electronically meet you all! I'll be moving to Chapel Hill mid-May right after graduation. I'm originally from Chapel Hill, and my parents still live there, so I'll be moving home until I can find an apartment. If anyone will be in the area over the summer, let me know, because I'd love to meet some people before classes start.
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8 hours ago, Pink Fuzzy Bunny said:
I went to visiting days with my hair dyed a fluorescent blue. I also wasn't sure how to act - I was a first gen college student from rural Illinois visiting an Ivy League, the stress of figuring out how to present myself actually made me nauseous.
Looking back, I'm laughing at how much I overthought it. Just wear something comfy but modest. That's literally the only advice you need. Oh, and chill.
Yeah...... I overthought interview outfits too...
But hey, it shows you care!
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I went through this same agony leading up to my interviews! I did a ton of online searching, and the results of those searches were almost more overwhelming than the interviews! Some said wear a suit, others said be casual, some said heels, others said heels will kill you.
At the end of the day, I really think you need to wear what you'll be comfortable in. For me, dressing up helps me feel confident, and that's absolutely something you want for an interview. I wore slacks and a blazer for my interviews, and I was certainly more dressed up than the grad students and professors, but the interviewees were kind of a mixed bag. Everyone looked nice, but some people wore suits, others wore slacks and a cardigan or nice blouse.
Since this is an admitted students day, it's probably even more casual than interviews. You definitely don't need to dye your hair, and just wear your makeup (or lack of makeup) however you usually do! I personally wouldn't wear leggings unless it was under a sweater dress or dress, but slacks might make you feel overdressed, so I would probably go with (non-ripped) jeans. But again, wear what will make you feel confident and comfortable.
And the best advice I ever got was to layer! Maybe wear a nice top under a light cardigan that can be easily removed if you feel hot. Also, comfortable walking shoes. I wore heels for interview day, and while it wasn't quite as awful as I was led to believe, it wasn't ideal. If you'll be going on a tour of campus, you'll definitely want flats or boots.
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Crossing my fingers for you that you hear back soon @colorandlight! Let me know when you hear back.
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1 hour ago, colorandlight said:
Yeah so here's the thing. I still don't know!
i emailed BBSP since they said mid march at the interviews and they gave me an incredibly vague email saying that they hadn't made all decisions yet and that I could expect to hear back by early April..
At this point, while UNC was originally my first choice, it honestly sounds like I'm a backup in case enough people reject their offers for their ~90 seat goal, and to be honest, that feels bad.
Anyway if I did get in, my top choice PI here, I want to make sure that I can secure a rotation in his lab before I commit to the school. He takes students from 3 different departments, so I'm worried that there could be competition, especially since I've been unable to discuss this with him until I actually get an acceptance, so other people could have in theory taken all of his rotation spots.
BTW, I just posted another thread which discusses my decision making process.
Well, I hope you hear back soon!! When did you interview?
You could possibly reach out directly to the PI and just reiterate that you're really interested in his research and would love to rotate in his lab pending your acceptance.
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Anyone heading to UNC in the fall? Especially BBSP, since that's the program I'll be in, but I'd love to talk to anyone heading to the area!
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On March 9, 2017 at 10:21 AM, colorandlight said:
In my situation, the school I plan to go to is a 12 hour drive away and I'm pretty broke right now, so I'm just relying on emails and maybe calling them if it gets to that. My first choice (UNC BBSP) hasn't gotten back to me yet, but I assume based on how the interviews went that I'll be accepted. The only caveat to that is that I can't really email professors right now to talk about rotations since I'm not accepted yet, even though I've seen all of my other choices and gotten all of my other offers, so my mind is almost made up. For me, the only way I won't go to UNC if I get in is if both of my top 2 of the 4-5 professors I want to work with can't let me rotate, but as I've said I can't really ask one of them details about a rotation until I get in (I actually tried doing this since my mind is made up, but they said that we'd talk once I've been accepted). I'd be really scared of committing to a school without knowing if the people I want to work with can take me in their lab.
@colorandlight were you accepted to BBSP? That's where I am going in the fall, and I'm unsure if I should just work on setting up my first rotation or if I should go ahead and try to set up all three.
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Not selected for research to Israel ? I'm obviously super disappointed, but luckily I have a backup plan that I'm also thrilled with (fully funded PhD program at UNC).
Thanks to everyone in this forum for being such a fabulous emotional support system! I'll still be rooting for each and every one of you!!
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Here's to hoping for a day full of positive announcements!!!
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Just wanted to weigh in on the whole funded masters vs Fulbright discussion. I'm going for a funded PhD program, so it may be slightly different from a masters, but everyone I've talked to has been super excited to hear that I'm a semi-finalist (impatiently waiting for Israel to announce). I was accepted to two fully funded PhD programs, and they both will allow me to defer for a year and come back with the same financial package. Talk to your specific program, but to me, Fulbright and deferring my program is my ideal situation. If you can't defer, it might be more complicated...
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@Emma987 and @BeeKayCee Just thought I'd jump on the train regarding whether to notify your potential grad schools of your semi-finalist status. The two grad schools that I interviewed with say that they only allow deferrals under certain circumstances, and I'm hoping the Fulbright would be special enough that they would allow me to defer.
I did end up telling both schools that I was a semi-finalist (I notified them about a week or two before my interviews), and I just got accepted to Duke! Still waiting to hear back from UNC. My personal feeling is that if I am lucky enough to get the Fulbright, it would be awkward to tell them so late in the game, I'd rather give them some advanced warning. The admissions people that I spoke to were all very congratulatory, because even being a semi-finalist is a huge accomplishment that can go on your resume. Once I get my official financial offer letter from Duke with decision deadline and everything, I'm going to contact them to ask about deferring, and I can update you guys then.
I personally don't think notifying them can have a negative impact. But I think if you're worried, it's a personal choice. However, if you do become a finalist, make sure you let them know as soon as possible so they can either allow you to defer or give your spot to someone else. On a separate note, I think that even if they don't let you defer, applying as a post-Fulbrighter, you'd have an even better chance of getting in, so you'd be fine!
Sorry for the long note, but I hope this helps make your decision
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- Albert Einstein Biomedical sciences: Jan 25-27
- Berkeley Comp Bio: Feb 14-16
- Berkeley IB: Jan 27-28
- Berkeley Cell Molecular Bio: Feb 12-14, Feb 26-28
- Boston University PiBS: Jan 26-28, Feb 9-11
- CMU-Pitt Comp bio: Feb 23-25, March 2-4
- Columbia Biological Sciences: Jan 22-23, Mar 2-4
- Columbia Biomedical Informatics: Jan 27-29th
- Cornell Tri Institutional computational biology: Feb 26-27.
- University of Chicago Molecular Biosciences: Jan 19-21, Feb 9-11, Feb 23-25
- Duke Biochemistry: Feb 9-12 or Feb 23-26
- Duke CMB: February 2-4 or February 16-18
- Duke MGM: February 9-12
- Harvard BIG (I asked and then asked a contact I have and all I could get was late January or early February)
- Havard BBS: Jan 26-29, Feb 9-12
- Harvard MCO: Jan 25-28, Feb 1-4
- Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai (Neuro only): January 9-10
- Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai (non-neuro): January 12-13 or January 19-20
- Johns Hopkins CMM: January 19-20 or February 23-24
- UMichigan PIBS: Jan 26-28, Feb 2-4, Feb 9-11
- MIT Biology: Feb 11-14, Feb 25-28, March 11-14
- MIT CSBi: Feb 3 & 10
- MIT HST: march 2-4 (strange those two overlap as they are 2 of the top comp bio programs)
- Northwestern DGP: Jan 12-14, Jan 26-28, Feb 9-11
- NIH OxCam: February 15-17
- NYU GSAS: Feb 2-3, Feb 16-17
- Penn State BMMB: Jan 26-28
- Princeton EEB: Feb 7-9
- Princeton QCB: Feb 9-11
- Rockefeller: Feb 23-24, March 2-3
- Sanger 4-year program: Jan 23rd
- Sloan Kettering: Jan 10-12
- Stanford BI: march 1-5
- Stanford Biosciences: March 1-5
- UConn Health Biomedical Sciences: Feb 10-11
- University of Washington Biology: Jan 26-28
- University of Washington Genome Sciences: Feb 12-14, Feb 26-28
- UC Irvine CMB: Jan 26-27, Feb 9-10
- UCSD BMS: Feb 2-5, Feb 23-26
- UCSF BMS: Jan 26-28, Feb 9-11
- UCSF bioinformatics: Feb 9-10, Feb 16-17
- UCSF TETRAD: Feb 2-5, Feb 24-27
- UIC GEMS: Feb 10, Feb 24
- UNC Chapel Hill BBSP: Feb 2-4, Feb 16-18, March 2-4
- UMass Medical School BBS: January 26-27 or February 2-3
- UPenn CAMB: Jan 19-21, Feb 2-4
- UPenn Biology: Feb 24
- UT Austin Cell and Molecular Biology: Jan 19-22, Feb 9-12
- Vanderbilt IGP: Feb 3rd, 10th, 17th
- Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) Biochemistry DBBS February 2-4 and February 16-1
- Yale BBS Immunology: Feb 16-19
- Yale BBS MMPP: Feb 16-19
- Yale CBB/MCGD: Feb 3-5
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Recommended for Israel!! So excited. How do we find out if there's an interview?
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5 minutes ago, Sarah1812 said:
Hi all! I'm so on edge!
On reddit, some are speculating that it's not until 1/30 and alleging this is stated on the Fulbright website timeline (I don't interpret it that way). That can't be right, though, can it? Assuming people here are being truthful about having been notified, wouldn't everyone else's decisions be coming out today as well?
The Fulbright website says before Jan 30. So it's still today, at least based on what we're hearing from our program advisors.
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I've been going back and forth between this forum and my email. I hate that other people know my fate and I don't....
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Just wanted to let everyone know that my FPA just reached out to tell us that Fulbright results will be emailed to us tomorrow directly from the Embark/Fulbright program. So I guess I can stop obsessively checking my email for the day?
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Currently reading Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran. Geared toward a slightly younger audience, so it's a nice light read during this stressful waiting period.
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@geneticginger and @coffeenchem what are your interview dates? I'm interviewing with UNC BBSP the first weekend in February.
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On January 13, 2017 at 8:11 PM, Mossy.artist said:
WOW. Getting to see the list of people who review the applications is actually pretty infuriating as someone coming from a STEM field, specifically Biology/Environment. Why even have science be an option and then so ridiculously under represent it!?
Not only is Poland grouped simply into "Eastern Europe" but the ONE single person who even has anything to do with the sciences is a geologist! And I wondered why only Art and History students ever went to Poland... Seriously so upsetting. :'(
Wow, I just looked for my country (Israel). I applied to do scientific research in genetics, and there are only two reviewers for Israel, and they are in history and religious studies. My only hope is that maybe I'll stand out since I'm doing something different? Crossing fingers!
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It depends on the school. I was actually told by someone on an admissions committee NOT to mention specific potential mentors. Unless you've gotten in contact with the potential mentor, you don't necessarily know that they are looking to take a student. By mentioning them by name, you are then limiting yourself. It is better to talk about the school and the program and why it is an overall good fit. Unless of course the instructions specifically ask you to talk about why you want to work with a specific person. Usually applications have a space where you can list people you might be interested in working with, and I think that's adequate, you don't need to discuss it again in your SOP.