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Come join us on Discord for up to date info on which schools have sent out interviews/rejections! https://discord.gg/7HFjFr5 Go to the #bot commands channel and type ?rank 2020 Applicant to be able to access all the channels. There's a #Resources page that has google docs where we update to track when schools are sending out, and of course everyone is talking about it in the discussion channels So far Minnesota, Emory, Sarah Lawrence, Ohio State, Columbia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Case Western, Augustana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Stanford have sent out interview invites!

I believe @AspiringGC made a facebook page for everyone accepted this cycle. You might find some classmates there.

Nope it was ISU. They have two spots. Arizona can't participate in the post-match process until they are accredited.

I feel you @Blizzard. I had 5 interviews and no match, it really stings.

The schools are only supposed to rank qualified individuals for each track, so if you don't qualify for a track they will not have ranked you for it and thus you would not be matched to it. This is assuming they did it correctly. If by some mistake they ranked you for a track they don't qualify you for, well the match results are binding so....

Happy match week everyone -- 4 days!!

No, you only rank programs that you interviewed at.

@hfj23 They did get the approval to reduce out of state tuition by $20,000 total. The confirmed that the LEND track was removed because they couldn't say with 100% confidence that they would be able to provide the second year funding. Other than that I don't think there was any other financial info.

@RayanM The University of Cincinnati has a current student who attended the Carnegie Mellon location in Quatar. They would be a good program to reach out to and could probably give you her contact information if you asked for it.

For out of state students Ohio State is around $95k. They're trying to reduce the out of state tuition but it's not officially through yet.

@guidingsunchan since you didn't receive any interviews you can opt out of the match.

Anything above what you qualify for you have to find through other loan sources. Banks and credit cards or other private loans are options you will have to explore.

It's called discord, here is the link: https://discord.gg/cgErukr edit: oops! Didn't see that SunT already posted it. Don't know how to delete ?

I'm just creeping around here but I can give my 2 cents on this. Grad schools are pretty much just looking for anything above the 50-60th percentile. They say "successful" applicants have scores above the 70th percentile, but from my experience they really aren't that picky.

@Lauren423 and @NicSL also forgot to mention that since it is also extremely common for applicants to have to apply 2-3 times before being accepted, that also naturally drives the average age up.

And @NicSL, I think part of the reason the average age of cohorts is rising is because as the field becomes more popular, people are making career changes and those people tend to have a lot more experience and qualities favorable to being a genetic counselor simply from their life experience. And their previous job experience is usually pretty relatable/transferable to being a genetic counselor. I do still know and see many people applying and getting accepted right out of undergrad, but on the other side I do know of at least one program that favors applicants NOT right out of undergrad. It varies by program, but simply being young/straight out of undergrad isn't an automatic deal breaker.

FAFSA is super easy to fill out, it only took me about 10 mins. The sooner you do it the better chance you have at receiving money. It will most likely just be unsubsidized loans that they offer you, but they grant them on a first come first basis so if you wait until summer, they may not have a lot to give out. Edit/note: it will tell you how much you qualify for, but that doesn't necessarily mean that's how much you will receive. Someone else made that clarification for me before. And the max you can qualify for as a grad student is around $23-24,000. They told us that at one of my interviews last year.

I personally think the schools are just trying to figure out where they rank (in students opinions) compared to other schools. Post-match if they ranked a student who ended up going somewhere else, they could look back at the interview notes and say "ok so this student ended up at one of these other schools they interviewed at (or maybe they somehow can find out exactly where they were accepted? Idk), what do these schools have that we don't that might be more attractive to our top ranked students?

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I booked almost all my stuff with points too! Saved me SO much money.

@bB0769 I am among the many who interviewed at a school last year but was rejected this year. It happens, and quite a lot from the sounds of things this year. One possibility could be as someone mentioned that they didn't feel you were a great fit for their program. Another reason could be simply the application pool. As the field becomes more and more popular, there are more and more qualified people applying. Some application cycles might have more super-qualified applicants than other cycles, and where you fall among the other applicants changes every year. I don't mean to offend or put you down, but I can't imagine a school telling someone not to re-apply next year, and "we strongly encourage you to reapply" kind of sounds like a generic blanket statement they probably say to everyone. The school I interviewed at last year but was rejected from this year said something along the same lines to me as well. All in all, try not to let it get you down too much! If you applied to other schools and/or have other interviews this year, I wish you luck!

Someone on discord said SLC told them they still have one more wave to send out.

@waitingGame2018 Hi! This is the thread for Genetic Counseling applicants. try here : https://forum.thegradcafe.com/forum/33-computer-science/

My personal opinion on it is that it really doesn't matter when you interview - if you stand out and they like you, they're going to remember you no matter when you interview. Most programs interview [on average] 40-50 applicants, which isn't that many to be lost and forgotten in. Edit: congrats on your interviews! It ain't over till it's over, and it ain't over until all rejections are received!

Tshirt size! That's a new one. And intriguing.