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I hope this doesnt get taken down. But here we go. A while ago I met some people through interviews at schools during my graduate school cycle (2020-2021). For some reason we stayed friends, and came up with the idea to record our journeys at some America's top schools (Stanford and Weill Cornell). In the podcast we talk about our journey, particularly the struggles we faced then and currently. We also have guests join the show to teach us something about their paths in STEM and their hopes and dreams For episode 1: we interviewed Udoka. Udoka used to be in a PhD program at Tufts but decided to leave and pursue a MD/PhD at UChicago. Listern to his story here.

Here is episode 2 of the podcast: https://youtu.be/XAQZYTAVng4

BUMP- second ep will be on interviews tips and much more

Hi all! Me and some friends started a podcast about out PhD journey at Weill Cornell and Stanford. We are minorities chatting about our paths to grad school. In our first episode we briefy chatted about what made our application stand out. Here is the link for anyone who want to check it out:

Only you can make the best out of both situations! May our phd journey be fun and fruitful!

Which program did you end up picking?

The program only funds 1st and 4th year. I think The rest is by the lab.

I think the funding with the UIC GEMS is a bit iffy. But if they are about the same, UIC offers a large variety of research. Living in Chicago vs Providence is also something to take into account. Prestige wise: it doesnt matter, UIC is holding its own against Uchicago and Northwestern.

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I got into my program!! Peace out!

If you not going to do anything with it, then you dont need it. People have been saying that there is an increase in application based on proffessors mentioning increase applications on twitter. Some schools have mentioned the amount of people who applied in the rejection/acceptance letter. If you are curious about a school, you should email them. I suggest that you DONT try to use these numbers to justfiy some of your admission results. **Schools will have more info on their website about how many applied but that wont be availble until next fall. Good luck -GÏD

what are you going to do with that info?

Because that would put the blame on him/herself instead of others

If you want people reviews about on campus housing, try youtube. Keep in mind that ther atmostphere might be very different ( I think freshman/sophmores arent allowed on campus). If you have a department, try to get in contact with the grad students there(they can answer questions like this, plus you are making friends for when you move to Palo Alto). I hope to see you around campus! take care

They have a grad student housing website. I would start there. Also, you can always email them. Unless you are planning to move this summer, I would wait a bit with the Stanford housing situation because there might be drastic changes due to Covid/vaccines availability.