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18 hours ago, Liyuan said:
An unrelated question: Is it typical for schools to interview international students by Skype rather than fly-in visit? So far I have received 3 interviews, all via skype. Is this normal and would they ask me to fly in later or not at all?
If it matters the schools I received interviews from are Northwestern, CMU and CNBC
If you live overseas (except Canada maybe?) , it’s not likely to get a on-campus visit after the Skype interviews because most of the programs will have the “open-house” soon. Even I did see a few programs offered international trip for the candidates but those invitations should be sent very early, like in Dec.
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18 hours ago, Liyuan said:
I have also received a rejection from stanford. This was surprising though, since I emailed one of the profs I was interested to work with and he replied to acknowledge my email. In the email he said something like happy to hear from you, glad you are interested, glad you worked on something related, we will likely meet as part of the admissions process. I thought this meant that I would likely get interviewed.. He wasn't on the grad committee though. Did I read too much? Should I check with him now I have already received the rejection?
The reply from the professor seems to be a very standard and general one, it indeed does not guarantee anything especially he was not on the committee. I would see it as a POSITIVE response if it’s about potential projects or researches under their future grants.
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1 minute ago, Polar said:
I am currently in US with student visa, so probably going to work on F-1 OPT. Yes I have seen someone posted in this thread working on J-1 visa. I'm not sure how difficult it is procedurally, but I know that many postdocs (with or without US PhD degree) can work with J-1 visa. I also know a few international students work on F-2 or J-2 or H-4 in US (if you are married). Is it possible to apply for RA jobs in Europe?
Hopefully interviews are not done yet, and sometimes people can get an offer in March or April even without an interview. Good luck!
(Now I have 2 rejections and 6 silent applications... It's probably theoretically too early to give up, but maybe I should consider alternative plan. Actually feeling better now)
As an international student, I totally understand your feelings right now. This year is different as many programs waived the GRE so it may take longer than usual. If you have OPT for your currently pursuing degree, applying an RA job in a school you really want to go is a good choice. I know some people did so and in the next year they got interviews and offers. Anyway, wait patiently and also get yourself prepared for the job market. Wish you the best luck!
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Interview invitation from UC Davis Integrative Genetics and Genomics (IGG) program today via Email.
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6 hours ago, PathHopeful said:
Undergrad Institution: Cal State Long Beach (undergrad)/UCLA Extension (post-bacc)
Major: Molecular Cell Biology & Physiology/Pre-Med & General Science Certificate
Minors:Chemistry, Pure Mathematics/none
GPA in Major: 2.76/3.35
Overall GPA: 2.97/3.48
Type of Student: Domestic, female, non-minority
GRE Scores:
Q: 161
V:155
W: 4.0
Research Experience:- 2.5 years in two different CSULB labs as an undergrad
- 9 months full-time employment in a UCLA lab post-grad
- current (3 months so far) full-time employee in a UCI lab
Applying to Where & Results so far:
- UC Irvine - Cellular and Molecular Sciences Gateway - interview
- UC Irvine - Environmental Health Sciences - interview
- University of Washington - Physiology & Biophysics - rejected
- University of Washington - Molecular Mechanisms of Disease (M3D) - rejected
- UCLA - Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology - still waiting
- UC Davis - Integrative Pathobiology - still waiting
Is the ddl of the Integrative pathobiology program at UC Davis Jan 15th? Thanks
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I am currently in a graduate program and have got involved in the recruitment process. Just needed to move to another city so I applied again.
During this application season, almost every program who waived the GRE received a lot more applications than before. I have heard some biomedical sciences programs had unusually large (like double in size) and strong applicant pool this year. Congrats to the ones who already got interview invitations! To those who still not heard from the programs, don’t be too panic. A good amount of programs are sending the invitation in early January. In addition, some very competitive applicants will definitely get offers from multiple but they can only choose one. After March, there could be chance for the students who are waitlisted. Once you get the offer you want the best, decline the others, the programs and other applicants will definitely appreciate it. -
I saw someone has heard from UC Davis Neuroscience program. Just wondering if they sent the email one by one or sent to the whole groups of applicants? Thank you.
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21 hours ago, pipettestan said:
This! I applied to 11 schools last year and got rejected from all of them. Got one interview so far and I'm already pretty happy!
Hi, I was wondering if you heard from UC Davis neuroscience program? Thank you.
13 hours ago, Claire_98 said:Any international applicants here got any notifications yet? Is this week the final chance of getting interview before January? I cannot stop refreshing my email every ten minutes......
The same. I am an International student form China
2020 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results
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This year is somewhat slower than before due to the large size of the applicants pool. Even most of the programs have sent out all the invites, a few programs are still reviewing the application.