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  1. Congratz on the Mayo interview, I guess I will be seeing you there in Feb for our interviews!
  2. My question pertains to the admission rate of international students that seems to vary wildly between different graduate schools I am looking at. Harvard's BBS program seems to have roughly ~25% international students and U Michigan's Biology program somewhere closer to 50% based on its latest intake. On the flipside, most of the programs at UCSF seem to have <5% international students while MCB at Berkeley admitted only a single international student in its 2018 entering cohort (3%). Thus I would like to know if there is a simple way to find out what the admissions rate for international applicants in graduate programs or their proportion within the cohort. Furthermore, does it thus make sense for international applicants to simply skip applying to schools with a significantly lower intake of international students?
  3. Indeed! I was looking at MCDB degree offered by the LSA (admittedly because it shows up the first upon googling) but PIBS seems to offer a lot more flexibility. Would you know what the competitiveness of these respective programs are?
  4. Thank you for the feedback! I am primarily interested in the process of senescence and ageing in general but am still finding labs and P.Is that have research in that area. Other than trawling though realms of papers and the respective faculty lists is there a more efficient way of finding such information?
  5. Hi I would like to get a sense of my odds of getting accepted into some of the schools I currently have in mind Furthermore, I am afraid my lack of publications might hold back my application although I have a decent amount of research experience (close to 2 years). Undergrad Institution: UC San DiegoMajor(s): Biology, LiteratureMinor(s): MusicGPA in Major: 4.0Overall GPA: 3.9+Position in Class: Summa cum laude (top 2%) Type of Student: Asian American GRE Scores Q: 170 V: 169 W: 6 Research Experience: Will have done almost 2 years of research in 3 biology labs but no publications yet Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Summa cum laude, Provosts honors every quarter and Phi Beta Kappa. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Did some TA work and independent research studies in various fields (e.g. musicology) Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: My interests so far has been pretty diverse although I do want to make a career in research in Biology. What might be a good way to showcase how this diverse background might benefit my suitability as a PhD candidate? LORs should be fairly strong coming from 3 PIs at the head of their respective fields. Special Bonus Points: Will have finished undergrad and graduated in 3 years! Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I might hold the school record for taking the most classes in a quarter. Applying to Where: Harvard - BBS Stanford - Biology UCSF - Biology JHU - Biology U Michigan - Biology WashU - Biology U Penn- Biology UCSD- Biology
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