pexygalax

Looking for housing to rent/roommates in Boston/Cambridge area for 8/1 lease. Let me know if anyone is interested!

no decision yet? you must be on the wait list then!

Thank you for your input dejosco!

It means they liked you a lot and probably gave good words to the admissions director. Good job! Hope you get in to the program.

How is the gay and music scenes in Boston/Cambridge areas like? And specifically what about Harvard University and SoM?

crafting personal statements that tailor to each program and asking three recommenders that can testify to your independent research abilities or general skills that a grad student needs to possess are keys to a great application. The rest will likely become footnotes if these two sections are top-notch. And of course, make sure you can live up to it in interviews. Having a first-author publication will be the cherry on top. Also, almost no biology or biomedical programs require GRE anymore. I will check with the specific programs tho

Any pros and cons of these programs/schools/cities would be greatly appreciated!!

They only have two interview weekends as far as I know and they didn't mention plans of interviewing any more people so I would move on at this point. But who knows, I've heard stories of some programs offering interviews even after the April 15th deadline. Keep your options open at this point. Edit: but since you're an international applicant, I'm not sure if they would offer skype interviews and such later on.

how is the gay scene in bmore like?

I believe Harvard BBS already sent out all invites to everyone. I think Chapel Hill also did the same. Not sure about the other two programs though. Best of luck!

Yes, someone I know received an acceptance. He was a recruit during the first interview weekend.

Yes, just received the interview itinerary/schedule from them earlier. Do you mean that or do you mean the travel itinerary? I received my travel itinerary in December shortly after completing the form confirming the interview.

It depends on the school and usually they let you know in the invite email. But to be on the safe side just wear business casual (chinos or slacks based on your preference and button-up shirt or a more casual dress shirt should suffice, for men). A cardigan (or a blazer if you wanna appear more formal) can be added if you think you'll be outside for quite a bit.

Apparently earlier this afternoon EST. There were 2 posts in the Results section.

Congrats!!!

Congrats to the person who received an MIT Bio invite!

I got one from her as well but about the reimbursement, not my registration. I registered the Wednesday before the break so I don't know if they are still looking through registrations or they just forgot/overlooked my registration. I will definitely email her again then. Thank you for the response! Edit: now i'm freaking out that somehow they missed my registration and thought i wasn't coming (the deadline to submit registration was Jan 2)... ughhh

Has anyone who requested Feb 7 interview weekend with Harvard BBS got a confirmation response?

who else is interviewing next week??

worries: being sick before interviews/having to miss interviews

If you have a few specific interests, definitely state them as best as you can. Because it's an umbrella program, they want to know that you are interested in or at least knowledgeable on a few areas of research. But definitely state your specific interest(s). If you do not have a specific one, go with a general/fundamental biological question that interests you, e.g. protein structure/function relationship, pathogenesis, disease treatment, etc. But I would also research on specific hot topic areas that fall within these fundamental questions. On the other hand, if you are interested in specific things, I would maybe begin your interest description with a general question and then dive into the specifics. The faculty wants to see that you are thinking about biology and biomedical science in a holistic manner. Out of curiosity, which interview are you going to?

Rockefeller and MIT Bio invites next week then?

Great! Thank you!

Just checked my spam emails and saw one entitled "BBSP Interview Weekend" and it's sent by BBSP Admissions bbspadmissions@unc.edu via adminliveunc.onmicrosoft.com on Dec 21. Is this legit or spam? I wanted to contact them but they are out of the office until Jan 2 and thought it might be easier to get an answer here.

I hope to continue exploring music