HelenM
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19 hours ago, guidingsunchan said:
Nothing from UT or Baylor here, and those are the only schools I applied to. Guess I should start working on building up my resumé for next year!
Yeah I felt pretty confident about Baylor, but I guess not? I checked my status online, and it said " under review" so I'm not sure what that means, especially bc I haven't gotten email from them
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On 1/29/2018 at 6:40 PM, CC_ said:
Did they email you or did you check the online app? If you checked it online is that information on the same page that you view your application status?
Applied/Rejected/Interview: CSU Stanislaus, Stanford, Utah, Denver, Pittsburgh, Arcadia, Thomas Jefferson
Its online on the application portal . hope you found it !
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3 hours ago, GChopeful860 said:
Congrats!! I wonder if this means it’s a rejection for me? haven’t heard anything.
Me either
Second time applying.. patiently waiting
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6 minutes ago, karyotyping said:
Cyto is great! I'm not sure about the program you're in, but I went through the UCONN program which included a lot of clinical information on chromosomal syndromes and a course involving ethics and genetics. I think that going through a cyto/molecular program will definitely strengthen your application (at least I'm hoping!). At least for me, I feel like it gave me a lot of exposure into genetic testing as GCs will have to be familiar with the type of testing a cyto/ mol tech does.
Currently I'm at Dartmouth. It's a smaller lab, but hospital labs usually are compared to commercial labs. One good thing about DH is that I was able to shadow 4 GCs relatively easily because I was already a hospital employee
Have you gone on any rotations yet?
Yeah last year we did rotations through Baylor Miraca Cytogenetics & CMA(chromosomal microarray ) labs. This year is just focused on our thesis project! I agree learning the chromosomal syndromes definately helps. Going through this experience really taught me that I want to have patients or just more personal interaction with the people I am helping out. Yes being in the hospital has a lot of perks, that is the same way I was able to shadow
Hopefully cytogenetics will help us both
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24 minutes ago, karyotyping said:
Diagnostic Genetic people represent! I'm a Cytogenetics tech and one of my colleagues went through the MD Anderson program
What's your concentration?
Oh how cool !!!My track is cytogenetics. I wanted the molecular but got put in cyto track and just went with it. Hopefully will give me some credibility as a scientist in my applications!
Where do you work?
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4 minutes ago, FutureGC7 said:
Yes the acceptance rate will definitely be higher for it. And SLC does have like 3 scholarship tracks in the Match. But I am actually wishing for a small class size where I can get enough guidance from all professors and have a mentor.
Bdw which program are you in?
I am in an MSc for Diagnostic Genetics program. It's in a small school at MD Anderson called School of Health Professions
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4 minutes ago, FutureGC7 said:
Hey same here! I just felt that such a big class may not be a personalized experience at all. I also didn't apply bcz New York is too expensive to live in. But the class size is my major reason too. Having had studied in such a big class before, I definitely want my Masters experience to be a lil personalized.
Yeah I completely understand about the class size. I did consider it, but also though bigger class size is more chance of acceptance (maybe?) haha and 25-30 is not uncontrollably large but def. not the same. The program I am in now has a class size of 4 and we have all our professors numbers and sometimes just text them for help
pretty funny and nice to be close with them
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7 minutes ago, katiespencer said:
That is so exciting!!! Hope it goes well!
Hey! Out of curiosity. I noticed you applied for Mt. Sinai but not Sarah Lawrence. Is there a specific reason you chose Mt. Sinnai over SLC?
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3 minutes ago, Nefelibata said:
I think Baylor will have what it needs to be a successful program. There are TONS of genetic counselors in Houston alone (I think I heard 80+ as a number once?), and the students at UThealth already do their lab rotation through Baylor so it seems like they have a pretty solid foundation. My PI is a big fan of Baylor and the research they do down there so I've only heard positive things about it.
Yeah I think it would be great but since I am already in Houston I am looking for programs where I can do out of town rotations or even out of the country if possible and the program doesn't have those connections just yet! But I have received some emails from them asking for some application material recently and feel hopeful
Stay in touch for any responses from Houston or SLC!
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3 minutes ago, Nefelibata said:
Your transportation to the interview is for sure out of pocket. Some places offer to let you stay with a student instead of making you pay for a hotel, but not all programs do that. In my experience, they typically feed you lunch the day of your interview, and a dinner either the night before or the night of your interview if they choose to host a dinner with the current students.
Wow (fingers crossed) If i do get interviews it is going to be lots hahaha
By the way I also applied for UTH, Baylor, and Sarah Lawrence. How do you feel about Baylor being a brand new program?
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For those of you who have previously interviewed,
Are the travel expenses when going for the interview all out of pocket? (Flight, Hotel/Stay, Food, etc.).
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Hi everyone! Just finding out about this gradcafe website thanks to a friend. I have applied to Stanford, CSU-Stanislaus, Sarah Lawrence College, UTH, and Baylor(brand new program).
Has anyone else applied to these schools or received interview invites? I live in Houston and started looking up flights and hotels in San Fran & NY. The interview process will be expensive ( if I get some) but definitely worth it. Looking forward to hearing from you guys
Genetic Counseling Fall 2018 Applicants
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Same! I checked my Baylor status just now. I'm a little nervous bc I felt confident about Baylor. We'll see. Let me know if you hear anything from them
Also waiting to hear back from Stanislaus I hate that its taking soooo long!! 