girlbui
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NDSEG awardee here, did anyone ever change their research proposal from the original submitted one? NDSEG asks for an abstract now but my research has changed somewhat.
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5 hours ago, sgaw10 said:
If anyone reading this has an offer at Rice they'd be willing to pass up, I would appreciate. But needless to say, unless there's a miracle, I will be accepting my one and only offer from WashU on Monday.
WashU is a super great school tbh. Although I didn’t apply
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On 4/10/2019 at 1:40 AM, PotatoesInSeason said:
Hi y'all I know it's late and idk if anyone is still reading this - but I'm having a really difficult time choosing where to go and I don't even know if my rationale is valid anymore or what I want. I was super lucky and got accepted to MIT and UCSF-Berkeley. I initially wanted to go UCSF-UCB because a majority of my friends will be in state, my SO will be in cali and staying there for the next 7 years or so, had a better interview day experience (faculty/cohort/current grad students were all people I wanted to be friends with in contrast to MIT where I really felt uncomfortable and mostly quiet), and there's definitely more faculty/more established faculty there in my field (biomaterials). However MIT is much closer to home (my mom literally was sobbing that I didn't want to go), and I did find the biomaterials research they had more interesting and creative than UCSF-UCB although there was less research overall and with newer faculty. Last point would be that I really enjoy the outdoors and UCSF-UCB is perfect for that with the berkeley hills + national parks + weather while Boston doesn't appeal to me much (I've already lived in that area). Obviously there's a somewhat of a prestige factor (I know UCSF-UCB is amazing but anytime I've tried to talk about this with someone they immediately say it's a no brainier to go to MIT which frustrates me). Funding probably not an issue at either (thank u nsf).
Let me know your thoughts and I'll try to sleep now but probably won't!
I had the same problem: choosing a better school or choosing a school where I will enjoy even if the living expense is way more expensive and you know, I chose the latter. The reason is like you, despite the latter school is closer to home and my parents don’t care where I go as long as I enjoy it. I feel that I will have more social life
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Did anyone send an apology/regret letter to other POI? Please send me a template because I feel super bad. One POI literally called me and emailed me multiple times, saying I am the only one he accepts this year (although I thought the process is rotation and I may not even choose his lab at the end). I don’t know how I can word it properly
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1 hour ago, AnotherThrowawayAccount said:
I got the reimbursement. You have to activate your account and then it is filled.
You receive it as an online visa card balance. They let you transfer to a bank account, at a cost of $1.50 T_T
I figured out. They didn’t load my balance. My account is activated but my card said zero. I received a different email than my friend. Doesn’t say how much I got
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Had anyone get a reimbursement for the UCB/UCSF visit? I got an online prepaid card but it says $0.00 balance. The issuer said that I had to type in a Unique Identifier. When I was activating my card, I did not see a field for that.
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2 minutes ago, jtro37 said:
lol email from Gerogia Tech saying that a decision will be available after 5 today. Why can't they just let me know
Lol. Same thought. I for sure got rejected because I didn’t get an interview. Why be so secretive
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13 hours ago, Anxiously Hopeful said:
Did anyone get accepted to JHU and receive the welcome/funding letter from the department?
Not sure, I didn't receive anything. I know there is also a waitlist
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8 hours ago, namle said:
I got admitted to the PhD ECE program of the University of Iowa. I'm waiting for decisions from the Bioengineering program of UPenn and BME program of UVA to make my final decision. I'm so tired of waiting now. Because I'm an international student, I think I'll need to accept UI's offer so that the visa process can be done in time. If any of the remaining programs sent me a late admission offer, I think I'll have to reconsider my school choice. I'm thinking of declining UI's offer after accepting it if UPenn or UVA accepts me afterwards, even if it's not a nice gesture. In the end my choice of grad program matters the most, which affects my future 5-7 years. Any thought?
Like I said, if you consider a career in academia, this is a No No. If you only want to work in the industry and never affiliate with the universities again then that’s fine. I asked my PI and this is what he said
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6 hours ago, BrownEukaryote said:
Absolutely agreeing on UPenn. A friend of mine got acceptance on 25th of April last year. That's so unfair of them (I can't comprehend why would they do this after charging a good amount of application fees as well)
I didn't apply to UPenn but that is weird. The official commitment is Apr 15 and why is that a case? Did you friend withdraw from their other commitment to attend UPenn? That would look bad if they want to go to an academic career.
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4 hours ago, Ayub2306 said:
Nope! They are all Bio related.
I disagree, in fact, some schools I visit had fields in BME that I personally think has nothing engineering in it. Engineering is design and build so if they just build something (internal, external) without designing, it is not engineering either. My interest is designing and building devices but there are people who targets cellular level. I did some research in Biomedical sciences department and all i did was to find mechanism of how something affects something in the body (drug affects inflammation. Protein affects cell’s function, etc)
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Someone got accepted to Hopkins today, an international. I haven’t heard any news for me yet
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For those schools that gave me silent treatment and I had to pay for the application fee, I'm planning to call my credit card to settle a dispute. A graduate student told me that she did that and said that she didn't get the service she expected and got her money back.
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What's going on with Northwestern? No news whatsoever
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4 hours ago, treeaway said:
Can relate honestly. Also got the rejection email this morning.
I think the fact that UW knew some people are so smart they're not going to go there anyway so they don't bother wasting money flying them out.I can see that you got some interviews in very top schools
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9 hours ago, sgaw10 said:
I just don't have much hope because Penn doesn't really send out any rejections with their interview invites, so it makes more sense to me that I'm already rejected but won't hear back for several months. That's interesting about the government shutdown though. Thank you for sharing!
6 hours ago, Moods said:I just got rejected from UW Seattle, so everyone beware...
Did you both get the rejection on the same date? I think I will get a rejection too but I'm not sure why they didn't send the rejection out all together. I checked the results and someone got rejected Feb 4 or so.
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6 hours ago, Y_TheScientist said:
Hi! Has anyone heard from Cornell or TAMU?
I have not heard about acceptance yet but I did get an invitation to campus. Although the PI there already drafted two fellowship submissions for me. I guess it's a matter of time.
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4 hours ago, sgaw10 said:
Hopefully you'll be more fortunate than me!
Honestly, I don't think anyone who didn't get an interview with UCSD will get an offer at all. I think you got it early because you're international?
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26 minutes ago, dontor said:
Thanks guys! I sent a thank you email on the day of the interview. Results page shows Yale probably will let students know next week, so will see!
I’m not sure when Yale has their visit date bc I didn’t apply, but I got my invitation by Caltech on Jan 29 (technically Jan 25 ) and the date is Feb 14-16, literally in 2 weeks
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18 hours ago, Moods said:
@empress_empiria Thank you! I did a skype interview and just like everyone else, I hope I get accepted. My skype interview wasn't that great because my dad's dogs were barking in the background, which made me super nervous....
they haven’t sent an on site invitation yet I’d say. Because the professor who interviewed me said we’re most likely get an invitation unless you’re an extreme weirdo
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3 hours ago, dontor said:
It was a Skype interview actually that happened a couple weeks ago. could have gone better but oh well...
I'm not sure if this is too late but I always sent out a Thank You email to them and get a follow up question such as do I get an on-campus invitation, etc
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25 minutes ago, dontor said:
if we haven't heard from ucla yet, is that a no? I didn't get an interview nor info about visit.
I say that's a no because campus visit is Feb 8
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2 hours ago, treeaway said:
I guess that means if we hear nothing from Stanford this week then it's time to lose hope.
So basically, they're sending them out intermittently then. I wouldn't say if not by Feb 5 then you lose hope. One time, I received an interview invitation from UCLA way late. I checked the Results and people's RSVP deadline already passed (even before I got an invitation).
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37 minutes ago, Moods said:
Well, that's great! Good thing you emailed him!
Thanks
I think if you had an interview via phone, you should follow up with them regarding the estimated time a campus-visit will be sent out (if the school has one), just in case.
Accepting then declining Master's program offer?
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Hello all,
I'm from the US. I applied to some Master's programs in the US. One of the schools accepted me very early to my surprise (within 10 days of application submission). I didn't know if I would get into any school even. This school gave me 30 days to accept which is March 9. However, I'm still waiting to other schools (including my top choice) since the acceptance emails would not come until mid March or so. And this current school isn't on the Apr 15 Resolution. The program also did not give me any funding. I'm afraid of I don't accept it and I have no other offer then I will not go to grad school at all. But is it okay for me to accept it first and decline if another offer I like comes up?