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Molecular wonder

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  1. On 1/29/2017 at 0:36 AM, BigThomason51 said:

    I'm really sorry to hear this.  You sound like a really great candidate and a lot of programs would be privileged to have you aboard.  May I ask which programs you applied to?  This could help assess things better. 

     

    I was rejected by 3 programs that were kind of a reach in terms of their competitive pool of applicants, but I'm waiting on 3 schools now which are UC Davis BMCDB, UCLA MCIP and Cedars-Sinai (the later has an extremely late deadline of 1/31/17  so  i don't expect to hear from them until later in February).

  2. Hi

    I've applied to several PhD programs in molecular biology and now i'm  still waiting. I sent my application in early (most before the end of Nov. 2017), I did pretty well on my GRE. I have a lot of research and development experience, I've been working the past 13 years in biotech doing bench work. I enjoy r&d work and I wanted to enhance my chances of one day being able to be lead as PI or maybe a lab director so I applied to several programs. I fear that I am not going to get in to any programs since its already the end of January and I haven't heard from most of them. I know there is definitely ageism at play in most of the professional decisions these days so I think although most universities state that its illegal to discriminate against older students I think that in my case that might be a factor. I had great LOR, a patent, several posters (although no paper authorships), satisfactory undergrad grades and I took grad courses which I received mostly all A's. How are people supposed to better themselves as well as be active participants in society if they're not given a fair chance. This year has already started out crazy and unfair on so many levels as seen in the political/social world and now for me it seems like its really becoming bleak. I was an optimistic person however, I think this whole application process has made me bitter about society. Are there any other people out there with similar experience or at least can give me a pep talk.

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