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    I'd give them a couple of weeks so that they can get registrations for the matched student in. After that, I think they should have a bit more free time to talk. In the past, I've always e-mailed the program directors and they've either e-mailed me back my feedback directly or scheduled a time to talk to me on the phone.
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    I'm so sorry to hear that. This application cycle has been a huge roller coaster for you. The competitiveness of this process is the craziest thing I've ever experienced. Don't give up! You will be an amazing genetic counselor some day!
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    Manitoba!
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    I don't think that older applicants means still under 30. I think of it more as not straight out of undergrad, which could mean any age really. There was a woman in her late 40s at my CSU interview and I'm not 100% sure but I think that a recent UBC graduate was in her late 30s. I think a lot of the programs look at life experience as a good thing. If you're an older applicant making a career change, then they also think that you are more likely to stay in the career because making a career change is difficult and you also have a little more experience to know what it is that you do and don't like in a job. I don't have any advice for you on which schools look at older applicants, but I wouldn't worry too much about your age.
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    I did the same thing for CSU-Stan. I feel like if they pick you for the diversity track when you don't qualify, then isn't that kind of on them for ranking you wrong?
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    I couldn't figure out how to edit the post (I think you might not be able to edit it if it's been quoted) so here's the proper link to the discord now: https://discord.gg/HDkRhH
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    Welcome! If your interested in more of a conversational setting, we have a chat going on Discord that you can access here: https://discord .gg/cgErukr
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    I received 3 e-mails saying that they won't say either way and 1 e-mail saying they'd rank me. The other 4 didn't e-mail anything. I'm hoping that just means they aren't telling people and not that they aren't ranking me.
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    I don't think you're allowed to tell them where you're ranking them, just that you are ranking them. This is from the rules e-mail they sent out "Neither party may disclose to the other party or solicit from the other party any information regarding the positioning of any applicant or program on a Rank Order List. For example, you cannot say "I will rank you first on my list" or "You are in my top-3 choices"." I personally haven't told any program that I'm planning to rank them, but I do plan to rank all the programs I interviewed with.
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    Thank you! This is why it's good to have this forum. Every year in the past it was on February 28th, and their website says "late February" so I was very confused.
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    I think it's a nice touch, but I don't think it'll make or break your application.
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    Seconding what @RBsister said. When getting feedback from a school I interviewed at last year I asked "how can I make sure I make it to the interview round next year?" and she said "For repeat applicants we want to see that you've done something to improve." So I geared my personal statement to really emphasize what I've done in the past year to try to improve my application. I feel in a bit of a similar boat. Toronto has rejected me 5 times now, and I haven't once even gotten to the interview phase. Last year they told me I was really close to getting an interview, but didn't quite make the cut-off and gave me feedback, which I applied. Yet, they've rejected me once again *sigh*. Just remember that even though this school didn't give you an interview this year, doesn't mean that you won't be a great Genetic Counselor in the future! (Sorry for all of the double negatives in that statement... trying to say that you can and will be a great GC one day!)
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    I think you might have one of the first interview dates with them. I haven't interviewed with Rutgers yet, but I interviewed at other universities last year and I brought a notepad in to each of them and no one seemed to mind. The discord has a discussion channel with interview questions and tips. https://discord.gg/QDHZy7S
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    McGill seems to always get back to people at the very end of February (as in February 28th). Toronto has already sent out interview invites, but hasn't sent out rejections yet.
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    At the very top of the page under the "Grad Cafe" banner is a button that says "Results" you can click it and search for "Genetic Counseling" or even "Johns Hopkins Genetic Counseling"
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    I had originally decided 6 or 7, but my top choice school still hasn't told me either way yet, so I don't want to turn down other interviews in the hopes that this one school does get back to me. Editing to say "one of my top schools" because I'm also super excited about all of the schools I do have interviews with
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    Last year I decided that if I got any interviews I'd tell my boss "By the way, I applied to grad school and I just got an interview and might be getting more and will have to take time off last minute." He has been super supportive about it ever since and was disappointed for me when I didn't get in last year to. This year he knew ahead of time that March would be crazy for me, and has been really accommodating about me taking time off all over the place. If you don't feel comfortable telling your boss that you're interviewing, maybe you could just say it was a last minute family vacation that would mean a lot to you? Or if you're taking a bunch of single days you could say it's for a bunch of "appointments" and then hopefully no further questions will be asked. Most places I'm trying to fly in to after work in the evening before the interview (or leave work a little bit early) and then try to fly back home right after the interview finished. For both Colorado and Wisconsin I have to stay an extra night, because neither of them have flights to Toronto in the evening.
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    I think working in healthcare can only help strengthen your application. However, you can try looking for genetics assistant positions to boost your application. I got a master's degree in bioinformatics and have been working in that field for a bit.
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    I don't think anyone else has heard from USF yet, but I know some people have heard from Pitt. Many schools are doing rolling interview offers though, and Pitt might be one of them.
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    I agree that I wish they'd send out rejections with the invites so that people don't have to be left wondering if their phones weren't working or if something got lost in the mail. My biggest piece of advice is to reach out to all of the programs and ask for feedback. They don't generally give feedback until May (after the match date), but they're usually extremely honest about what you can improve on, and it still gives you enough time to prepare for the next year. @Nefelibata mentioned that I had previously only been applying to Canadian schools and then started applying to American schools this year, with much better results. That was part of McGill's feedback for me last year. There are only 4 Canadian programs with 3-6 positions each, so it's more competitive than 35 programs that have anywhere from 5 to 30 positions. Plus, they say to be successful a qualified applicant should apply to around 6 schools. I was pretty hesitant about the thought of moving to the states, but I realized that all of these programs are accredited by the same board, so you're coming out with the same education, and it's only 2 years. One thing that you can start doing now while waiting for feedback is start planning for taking the GRE. Then once you have have your feedback you might already have the GRE portion off your plate and can start doing the things that the other programs suggested you do.
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    @LauraCH I think it would be fine to call them. I think lots of other people are calling schools just to ask if they're still sending out offers, etc. So calling about a number change seems pretty reasonable.
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    They're doing rolling offers, so it's anyone's guess. I received my phone call from them 10 days after some other people on the forum did, and it seemed like they still had a lot of interview dates open when they called.
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    I don't think so. They gave 28 one-hour time slots and the time slots are on a first-come first-serve basis.
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    Just received an e-mail from UBC for an interview offer. It looks like they're doing interviews on March 7th, 8th, 9th, 15th, and 16th.
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    They called me to tell me that I received an interview, but I got my phone call over a week after other people on the forum did, so it seems like they're doing rolling admissions. After the phone call she said she'd send an e-mail confirmation, so that's what I thought you meant. They definitely still have a lot more phone calls to make, so don't write them off just yet!
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