hey guys, brand new to the forums here, actually found this while googling bioengineering interviews.
i know it's pretty late for info, but some "inside" advice (unless you northwestern applicants already have heard back) - march 5th was "recruitment weekend". internally, we call it recruitment weekend here so if you've been interviewed already (i have no clue what they'd call it externally, i didn't apply here for my graduate degree) i'm assuming that's good news.
it seems that UW has the latest interviews that i know of. i know they typically invite around 40 or so candidates but the department seems kind of small - around 100 students (compared to like, UMich who has 200 some students). does anyone know if the UW interviews are more like the others where it's generally a good thing, or are they more intense (like JHU)?
i've been slammed pretty hard with the rejection waves - didn't even get into UM where i worked closely with a prof for undergrad research and have a presentation in their name (and i don't even go there!). my prof at UM told me that this year was pretty competitive all over and that there are a lot of good candidates, so hopefully i'm not the only person here who's applied to 9 programs and heard unfavorably from 6.
are you supposed to "prepare" for graduate interviews - like, research the profs you'll be interviewing? i was hoping i could just go to seattle and not worry too much but seeing as this is likely my only interview, i'm getting nervous.
on the other hand, anyone hear back from any fellowships yet? i heard back from the DoD SMART fellowship that i was a semi-finalist but no followup on that, and apparently the GRFP, NDSEG and SMART all give out their awards late in march...do the other fellowships have a semi-finalist process too?
here's hoping for some good news from anything. seems to be a rough year.
