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    2020 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results

    in Biology

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    20 hours ago, BeachFossils said:

    Thank you very much for your information! That helps me a lot. IBSC is indeed a very cold program, I can rarely find any app result of this program. I submitted my app in early Nov. and got no reply from it for this long. And may I ask whether you were assigned with any advisor in the admission letter or, there's a lab roation in the first year? Thanks!

    Might be because people are reporting their results under BME, but IBSC BME is a pretty small sub-population of BME. I was not assigned an advisor in the admissions letter, but had an assigned faculty host for the interview/visit. With regards to rotations, I'm pretty sure that there is no formal rotation system.

    2020 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results

    in Biology

    Posted

    On 2/29/2020 at 2:46 AM, BeachFossils said:

    Hello! It's really exciting to see your post. I also applied for the IBSC program at Purdue but haven't received any update yet, would you mind to sharing some information about this program, e.g., when did you take the interview and did you contacted specific professor before applying? Thanks a lot!

    Hi! I kind of "interviewed" at Purdue last winter as part of their Graduate Diversity Visitation Program, and was looking at Biochemistry/PULSE/IBSC and associated faculty, although I only interviewed with one faculty member in BME. I was accepted in early January and flew out last weekend for their interview weekend for students that were nominated for internal fellowships, so I got the chance to interview with a few more faculty members in the program! This was for both BME and IBSC students, but all the other prospectives I talked to were BME -- IBSC is much smaller in comparison. I am not sure if they have sent out all acceptances, or are waiting for the results of the fellowships to determine how many other offers to extend. Either way, best of luck! 

    2020 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results

    in Biology

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    Undergrad Institution: UC Santa Barbara
    Major(s): Chemistry and Biochemistry            Minor(s):
    GPA in Major:     3.8                                                Overall GPA: 3.8
    Type of Student: Domestic, female, minority (LGBTQ+ and disabled)

    GRE Scores:
    Q: 163    V: 161    W: 4.5     B: N/A


    Research Experience: (At your school or elsewhere? What field? How much time? Any publications (Mth author out of N?) or conference talks etc...)

    1. 3 yrs Computational Chemistry Research Group (ongoing): Independent project with a notoriously "difficult" professor, 1st author pub in progress, 5+ poster presentations, 3+ associated fellowships/grants
    2. Summer 2019 Neuroscience Research Group: Worked with a respected prof in Boston, 2+ poster presentations, 2+ poster presentations, 1 associated grant, potentially a 4th author pub someday LOL
    3. 0.5 yrs Scientific Programming work for Ecology Centre on campus

    Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?)

    • Summer Research Programs 2018 (McNair @ UCSB), 2019 (Tufts) 
    • Summer Research Programs 2019 (3 @ UCSB, declined due to other offer)
    • Summer Research Fellowship 2019 (UCSB)
    • GRE Scholarship & Course 2019 (McNair)
    • Travel Award to ABRCMS 2019
    • Research Internship Grant 2019 (UCSB)
    • Pre-App Graduate Visitation Programs (PSU, Purdue, RPI, GaTech)


    Pertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, SPS officer etc...)

    • Board Member of UCSB ASBMB Chapter
    • 4 yrs part-time exam proctor and course notetaker
    • 2 yrs part-time graduate research storeroom assistant (shipping and distributing chemicals, glassware, etc.)
    • Developed high school programming for scientific outreach program
    • Mentoring students in STEM via 3+ orgs


    Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:

    • Well-maintained personal website, GitHub, etc.

    Special Bonus Points: (Such as connections, grad classes, famous recommenders, female or minority status etc...)

    • Minority in STEM, participated in lots of programs/mentoring positions that focused on diversity in STEM
    • Took way more physics classes than I needed 


    Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:

    • Lots of programming experience, but no formal coursework 


    Results:

    • UCB Chemistry                                                      - Accepted January 17th, 2020
    • UCSF Chemical Biology                                      - Rejected    December 24th, 2020 (**My PI never submitted his LOR because he thought UCSF was ONLY A MED SCHOOL smh)
    • Scripps Chemical Biology                                   - Interview   December 20th, 2020
    • UW Seattle Medicinal Chemistry                       - Interview   January 15th, 2020
    • Purdue Biomedical Engineering                         - Accepted January 15th, 2020
    • Penn State Bioengineering                                  - Accepted January 15th, 2020
    • MIT Computational & Biomedical Sciences    - Rejected   January 24th, 2020
    • MIT Bioengineering                                              - Rejected   Febuary 1st, 2020
    • UCSD Biomedical Sciences                                 - GHOSTED LMAO  ?
     

    Biomedical Science PhD Applicants (Fall 2020)

    in Biology

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    On 1/19/2020 at 11:36 AM, Exalted said:

    Any word on UCSD BMS invites? Anyone know approximately how many more invites will be sent out through mid-February? 

    None here (((((:

    I am considering emailing the adcomms, but I'm lowkey scared to because when I emailed the adcomm at UCSF I got rejected a day later

    Random aside - I guess in 2013, UCSD BMS sent out waitlists/rejections at the end of January, so hopefully we will hear soon!

    "I am writing on behalf of the Admissions Committee for the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program. Due to the overwhelming number of exceptional applications we received this year, we are unable to offer you an interview at this time. However, because you were ranked very near our cutoff, we would like to place your name on a short waiting list of qualified applicants.

    This year the BMS program received over 300 applications for fewer than 30 places, so competition was fierce. The committee was impressed by your research and letters of reference and scored them highly. This score and your GPA and GREs are taken into account to generate the final ranking of students. Students are invited to interview according to their rank order. We are sorry we are unable to offer an interview to all qualified applicants, but we will add students to the interview pool from the waiting list if and when space becomes available. Based on previous years, it is likely that we may make further invitations from this waiting list, so there is still a possibility of a place in the BMS Program.

    With your impressive background, I'm sure that you will receive offers from many other programs. If you decide to accept any of those offers, please contact the BMS Program so that we can take your name off the waiting list."

    Berkeley, CA

    in City Guide

    Posted

    On 1/6/2020 at 9:45 PM, OscarGon1234 said:

    Howdy everyone! I was recently accepted into UC Berkeley's chemistry program (yay!!) and my potential PI informed me that the stipend should be around $36,000. Is this a livable stipend for a year at Berkeley? It seems like too little to me but I was wondering if anyone else can chime in with their experience. 

     

    Also, if you have been accepted into Berkeley and will need a roommate please let me know :))

     

    Thanks so much!

    Same here! I can't answer for Berkeley specifically, but I find it to be a pretty decent offer as I'm currently surviving in SoCal on a similar yearly budget -- but the biggest costs for me are definitely tuition and rent.

    Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering Applications for 2020 Admission

    in Engineering

    Posted

    On 1/14/2020 at 4:32 PM, Cece333 said:

    Hi guys!

    I am a nervous reck because I have not heard from any of my schools yet and I don't know anyone that has applied for a PhD before, so I have no one to ask. Has anyone applied/heard back from the following schools? Do you have any info. on when we might get a reply? 

    Thank you....

    • Johns Hopkins University BME
    • Boston University BME
    • University of Southern California BME
    • UCB/UCSF Bioengineering
    • Stanford Bioengineering
    • Purdue BME

     

    I applied to Purdue BME (through IDGP) as well. They asked for my official transcript today ASAP (oops), so I am guessing that they are working on reviewing apps and we should hear soon!

    2020 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results

    in Biology

    Posted

    On 12/30/2019 at 2:45 PM, epigenome said:

    Undergrad Institution: University of Notre Dame
    Major(s): Biology and Spanish Double Major
    Minor(s): Bioengineering
    GPA in Major: 3.95
    Overall GPA: 3.94
    Type of Student: Domestic Male

    GRE Scores (revised/old version):
    Q: 164
    V: 168
    W: 4.0

    Research Experience: 2.5 years in genomics/bioinformatic research lab at the University of Notre Dame (1 coauthor - published, 1 1st author - in prep), Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) in Pharmacology at the University of California San Diego (1 coauthor - in review)

    2 oral presentations, 2 poster presentations

    Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Basic Stuff 

    Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA - Introductory Biology Laboratory - 3 years

    TA - Genetics Lecture - 2 years

    Tutor - General Chemistry - 3 years

    Tutor - Organic Chemistry - 2 years

    Tutor - Physics - 2 years

    Special Bonus Points: Started a science outreach and education program, 2 very strong letters of rec from my PIs at both ND and UCSD, 1 very strong letter of rec from the professor that I have TAed for for 3 years

    Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: My main interest is Epigenetics and epigenomics research particularly as it applies to regulation of gene expression in health and disease

    Applying to Where:

    UPenn - CAMB - yet to hear

    UNC Chapel Hill - BBSP - interview (1/30-2/1)

    UCSD - BMS - interview looking for alternate date (same as Duke and UNC)

    Duke - UPGG - interview(2/20-2/22) 

    Vanderbilt - IGP - yet to hear 

    Columbia - Genetics and Development - interview (1/23-1/26)

    Pitt - IBGP - interview (1/9/20-1/12/20) 

    UT Southwestern - BBSP - yet to hear 

    Boston University - Pharmacology - interview (2/6-2/7)

    University of Miami - PIBS - interview (3/5-3/7)

    Wake Forest - MCB - interview looking for alternate date (same as Columbia)

    Congrats on your invite to UCSD BMS! Does it seem that they're still sending any invites out? (Crossing my fingers as this seems it's going to be my only chance to stay in CA lol)

    Scripps FL Interview

    in Interviews and Visits

    Posted

    I was offered an interview for Scripps FL campus. However, the only PIs and centers I mentioned interest in on my application are associated with the CA campus...There is one group in my area at the FL campus, but I'd imagine I would just be rejected if they don't have funding available.  I've heard that other applicants were given an option between the FL and CA campuses, so this result almost seems like I was sent the wrong email template...

     

    Would it be appropriate for me to ask the adcomms why this decision was made and if I am still eligible to interview at the CA campus? I am scared to do so because I feel this will indicate that I am inflexible and result in closing what is (so far) appearing to be the only option for me, but I also feel like I am setting myself up for failure.

    2020 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results

    in Biology

    Posted

    Undergrad Institution: UC Santa Barbara
    Major(s): College of Creative Studies (basically a small honors college separate from L&S) Biochemistry
    Minor(s): N/A
    GPA in Major: 3.8
    Overall GPA: 3.8
    Type of Student: Domestic, female/nonbinary, I think I'm technically considered a minority because I am disabled (?)

    GRE Scores:
    Q: 163 (86%)
    V: 161 (82%)
    W: 4.5 (81%)
    No Subject GRE (too much $$$)

    Research Experience: 

    • 2.5 yrs Computational chemistry project working one-on-one with a professor, working on a 1st-author pub, lots of poster presentations, funding sources, etc.
    • Summer research at Tufts in Neuroscience, lots of poster presentations, one poster funded at a national conference
    • Recent work as a software developer within an Environmental Science lab


    Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?)

    • Summer research via UCSB McNair Scholars Program
    • GRE prep scholarship via UCSB McNair Scholars Program
    • Several offers for summer research at other universities as well as a prestigious local fellowship (Declined because it required me to be a full-time student)
    • Summer research at Tufts via NIH grant
    • Summer research fellowship via UCSB grant
    • Research grant via UCSB Grant
    • Travel award for ABRCMS
    • Accepted to pre-application visitation programs for graduate schools (Purdue, Penn State, Georgia Tech, RPI)


    Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 

    • Board member for a newly-founded chapter of ASBMB
    • Helped develop/implement a week-long science outreach program for high school biology students and recruit volunteers
    • Mentored students in STEM majors through a few different orgs
    • Volunteered at local STEM conferences
    • Two part-time jobs, one involves shipping and receiving of chemicals/lab supplies


    Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:

    • Stressed in my SOP that my "main" research project has been pretty much independent (PI runs upper-div biochemistry lab so he has no time to help most of the time)
    • Lots of unofficial programming experience
    • I was able to fit in 2 summer research "experiences" last summer by choosing a program that started while my school was still in session, then did a local program after the first program ended....and still did decently in my classes, so I'm hoping this will show the adcomms I have work ethic


    Special Bonus Points: 

    • Spoke to POIs in person due to diversity visitation programs at some universities


    Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:

    • I accidentally ended up with 5 LORs because my PI decided he was going to submit his super late *sigh*


    Applying to Where:

    1. MIT - CSB (Computational & Systems Biology)
    2. MIT - BE (Bioengineering)
    3. UCSD - BMS (Biomedical Sciences)
    4. Scripps - BMS (Biomedical Sciences)
    5. UCB - Chemistry
    6. UCSF - CCB (Chemistry & Chemical Biology)
    7. UW - MCMP (Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology)
    8. Purdue - IBSC (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Science)
    9. Penn State - BE (Bioengineering)
    If anyone else is applying to the same places, PM me and we can suffer together LMAO
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