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There were invitations sent out Friday and yesterday/today. I'm waiting to hear back too. Trying not to lose hope yet as there may be more to come. I think most programs make decisions within the specific home areas. 

Vanderbilt meets every Monday and sends out interview offers the next Tuesday for each week in December. 

Hey everyone, best of luck with interviews and the whole admissions process. I know this is a very stressful time, but remember that you have worked hard to be where you are now and that hard work will pay off. 
If you don't get an interview at your dream school, don't worry about it. I know plenty of people who ended up at a school other than their top choice and a year or so in they are loving it. Everything will work out, and at the end of the day, it's all about how hard you work. If you're going to be a good scientist, then you're going to be a good scientist, regardless of where you do your PhD. I know people who get Nature papers at lower tier schools and people who never publish at Harvard. It's up to you to make the most out of your experience wherever you end up, so go nail your interviews regardless of the program and be the great scientist you know you can be. 
Good luck everyone! 

Undergrad Institution: Top state school in California 
Major(s): Biochemistry
Minor(s): NA
GPA in Major: 3.93
Overall GPA: 3.94
Position in Class: top 5%
Type of Student: domestic, white male

GRE Scores:
practice test (hoping to improve before I take for real in September)
V: 155
Q: 160
W: 4
Research Experience: 
Amgen Scholar at UCLA for the summer in cancer biology and metabolism. 
Two years at my home institution in natural products chemistry.  
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: 
Undergraduate Research Award - American Society of Pharmacognosy
Outstanding First Year Biochemistry Student and Award in Computational Chemistry (home institution) 
Chemistry Faculty Scholarship at my home institution

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 
RA for two years.
TA for general chemistry (multiple quarters)
Grader for biochemistry 

Special Bonus Points: 
 I'm trilingual. 
3 poster presentations
1 oral presentation
Possible publication in Cell depending on how the summer wraps up. (PI is pretty confident!)
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:
Letter of rec from UCLA mentor in Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Two letters of rec from home institution (one of them is my research advisor; she did her Postdoc at Stanford if that means anything)
Applying to Where:

Stanford - Biosciences - Cancer Biology
UCSF - BMS - Cancer Biology
UCLA - Biosciences - Cancer biology 
UCSD -  Cancer Biology
Vanderbilt IGP - Cancer Biology
University of Arizona - Cancer Biology