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Mistakes that occurred when sending invitation I was waiting for my invitation if I ever got one from Caltech for the Feb 14-16 visit. I saw that people received them on Jan 25 and I was like, I never got one! Will I get it? Because I had a skype interview with a POI. I was not sure if I made a good impression with him because my interview was about 20 minutes which was short in my opinion. So today, I emailed the PI, asking if I will get an invitation, if not, please let me know so I can consider other options because I really like Caltech. Turned out, he assumed that I have gotten one but I never did and he contacted the department. The manager resent me a new one. Turned out, my email was copied wrong. If I never emailed them back, chances are I would not have been invited at all because I don't think they would go back and follow up with students who did not RSVP.

lol, I would chicken out after I already tried it once. Basically, I just emailed him like so "Did the admission committee send out an interview invitation to their preferred candidates already? and he sounded nice when he replied back

I feel you. My fav is Caltech but I'm too scared of emailing the director of the program to ask if he already sent out a campus visit invitation or not. I already asked one time so I don't want to ask again. Can you also ask him? He sounded friendly but I just don't want to persistently ask the same question

Did anyone apply to Caltech's BioE program? When was the invitation sent out and when was the actual campus visit? I didn't apply to BioE but I applied to MedE and I'm waiting to see if I get an invitation or not because the director said campus visit is Feb 15-16. I already interviewed via Skype but have not heard back. That is my top school

can you post it up here? I think everyone who applied wants to know

Yes. They sent out invitations a while ago

I don’t think so. I didn’t get an interview either

Yea. The faculty needed to submit evaluation by Jan 28 so they have to interview applicants before that.

another stanford interview was up on the results page today

Does anyone have a different confirmation date? I'm not sure who confirmed it. The college? Because I submitted mine on the last day. And the confirmation is somehow 1AM a day later.... The application was due Dec 4...

I saw that too. My transcript is listed as unofficial but I sent in an official transcript a while ago. So I'm not sure.

That is so strange lol. But that person is not American

Stanford said the interview decisions are out in early March so I guess the interview dates would be later March then. Can anyone tell me if they will have dates to pick like Berkeley and JHU do? I have an international conference and an oral presentation on March 8-10 ?? can’t back out

true, I was like . why are you giving me an interview in 3 weeks. I hate overlapping interviews.

Here's my profile when I applied Undergrad Institution (approx. rank/reputation in STEM): In-state local university that is considered R1 Major(s): BME Minor(s): Mathematics GPA in Major: 4.00/4.00 Overall GPA: 3.96/4.00 Demographics/Background: First generation college student, Asian GRE Scores: Q: 56% V: 88% W: 92%  LOR: 3 - Two PI's, 1 job manager Research Experience: I'm an undergrad so I started lab freshman year. Also interned for a tech company in Palo Alto where I developed my invention Publications/Abstracts/Presentations: 3 papers (all 2nd author) from a BME lab. Was going to write one as the first author from vasculature lab but she keeps saying, your paper is next but my PI takes forever. 1 Patent. Over 11 conference posters/abstracts (either 1st or co); I lost count Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's List, full-ride scholarships 30k/year. Lots of random scholarships recognition. 2nd place best presentation in a conference. Grants to those 2 labs I mentioned above Fellowships/Funding: I applied to zero before I applied to the school. I thought the school can just give me an internal fellowship. Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Those research were jobs, I always got paid. Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments:  Anything else in your application that might matter (faculty connections, etc.): No faculty connections. I didn't reach out first to any school before applying. Research Interests: biosensors, microfluidics

don't worry. My PI said GPA and GRE aren't as important as publications. I have a very bad GRE, good GPA though and I got interviews in several schools.

I asked Dr. Tai and their interview is Feb 15-16. Same date as UMich. Caltech has not sent out any invitations. Btw, same dates as UMich visit.

Anyone knows about medical engineering for Caltech? I didn’t apply to their BioE, Just the MedE. It doesn’t say when the interview or invitation should be

I don’t know about UCSD but UCLA sent their interview offer out today and I saw that you also applied

I just got accepted to UMich

I don't know but I got the interview invitation today too. There are 73 invitations for over 500 applicants. I would love to know the stats for admission once offered an interview

Last year they had about 50 slots for admission. So now it will depends on how many applicants they interview

I got an interview invitation today from Kristin Olso. They are scheduled either Feb 9-10 or Feb 25-26