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  1. BabyScientist
    Of all my interviews, there were 2 I was most excited about and 2 I was least excited about (and considered canceling). Those opinions flipped entirely after my visits. Bottom 2 became top 2 and vice versa. It was vibes.
  2. BabyScientist
    Track pants
  3. BabyScientist
    Studying neural regeneration is essentially cellular and molecular biology, which broadly applies to many fields.
  4. BabyScientist
    Backstory: My significant other is in a career field that is geographically limited, so I'm trying to keep him in mind when making my decision. One of the programs wants to nominate me for a fellowship, and I have to write a short essay due tomorrow for them to do so. I loved the program and the interview experience, but it's in an area that doesn't work for my partner's career path. I plan on decline the offer, but I wanted to wait until I heard back from my top choice school before doing so. But it also feels like if I might accept the offer I have to write the essay for the fellowship. Should I write and submit it even if I will most likely decline the offer?
  5. BabyScientist
    Black panther
  6. BabyScientist
    clean room
  7. BabyScientist
    They have a set interview date on their website. Feb 25. I don't imagine they'll wait much longer to be done sending out invites.
  8. BabyScientist
    Pretty sure Boston U has passed
  9. BabyScientist
    A week isn't too bad. I forgot to as well and did it like a week and a half later. Only email those with whom you felt you had a great conversation or who you really liked.
  10. BabyScientist
    Haven't even done all my interviews yet and already freaking out about not loving schools I thought I wanted to go to, loving schools I didn't think I wanted to go to, deciding between prestige and comfort, and figuring out how my decision will affect my significant other's career.
  11. BabyScientist
    Bone yard
  12. BabyScientist
    If UC Davis matches your interests more, you should go there. I went there for undergrad (not in engineering), so I can answer any questions you might have about the city/surroundings. It really is a small town, but it's only 15 mins away from Sacramento if you want city vibes, and about 1.5 hr from San Francisco if you want city vibes. I thought it was a good location for studying, because we weren't too distracted by things to do on the daily, but had the option to do exciting things whenever.
  13. BabyScientist
    I'm sure there's more than this, but Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is LA has a small Biomedical Sciences graduate program, many students from which work in the Regenerative Medicine Institute, many faculty from which study the brain using stem cells.
  14. BabyScientist
    I was in the last interview group and they sent it the Monday or Tuesday right before.
  15. BabyScientist
    Pro-tip from someone who's had 3 interviews so far: you really don't need to read so many papers for the interviews. I did that for my first one, and nothing from any paper came up in conversation at all. Figured it was a waste of time and didn't do it for my second one, and still nothing came up. I think it's best to just be familiar with their work - i.e. exactly what their research interests are, not specific experiments/papers. They'll tell you about their recent work in the interview. Unless you're genuinely really interested in one of their papers and would read it regardless of the interview.
  16. BabyScientist
    Interviews or acceptances? I did my Northwestern interview last week. I think they send out admissions decisions within a few weeks after the interview.
  17. BabyScientist
    I got my PiBS invite right before Christmas. Interview's next week.
  18. BabyScientist
    BU GPN or behavioral neuro? They're different and that post doesn't specify anything.
  19. BabyScientist
    Same thing happened to me. Ask him about his research. Ask any questions you can to make sure you understand, just to show interest. To carry the conversation, ask general questions about the program and the way his lab functions. That's what I did and it went well.
  20. BabyScientist
    Agreed with above. What's important is more so that she attend an undergraduate university with a strong research focus. Most big schools will have a wide variety of research faculty and will give her opportunities to explore her primary interest or other fields of scientific research.
  21. BabyScientist
    Which schools did you apply to this year?
  22. BabyScientist
    Do you just HAVE to apply straight out of undergrad? You could take a year to get more significant research experience.
  23. BabyScientist
    Definitely go in and say you don't actually know about the field. Then let them explain and just asking clarification questions to make sure you understand should be enough
  24. BabyScientist
    I have 6 interviews lined up, one is still pending, so maybe 7. I work full time, and my job is super understanding about taking time off for this. I also have a ton of paid time off saved up, so I'm still getting paid for the days I'm missing. I have 3 interviews in a row in late February, so I'll be out for almost 2 full weeks. My mistake is that all my interviews are across the country, so I've got a lot of loooong flights coming up. The reason I accepted all if them is because I felt like I had to give every opportunity a shot. What if you go to your top school interview and hate it? Or go to your last choice and love it? I just had an interview at my 2nd to last choice school, and I loved it more than expected. If I had declined any interviews, this would have been one of them, so I'm really glad I didn't. But, at the same time, if you've got like 10 interviews, it would be exhausting and some probably wouldn't go well. Just keep in mind that you'll have to choose between all of these schools eventually.
  25. BabyScientist
    This is a good point. I think it also detracts from the conversation. You want your interview to be a conversation, not something you had to bring props for. If anything, I would just be ready to draw out the diagram so you can explain it better only if they seem to need the visual.
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