flippase
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May I ask what programs you applied to? I'm also waiting on a few biomedical programs so I wanted to see if we had any in common
As far as chances go... I've been told to prepare for the worst at this point.
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Just in case anyone else also applied to JHU BCMB... I emailed the admissions office a few days ago and was told yesterday that the program was still extending interview invites for February. Hope this helps!
P.S. the person I emailed also told me she will ask the program director about my application tomorrow and let me know my status (did not ask her to do that) so I am terrified ?
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16 minutes ago, atm14834 said:
UNC Chapel Hill (BBSP): Rejected
UGA (ILS): Rejected
UVA (BIMS): Waiting
Vanderbilt (IGP): Waiting
UPenn (CAMB): Waiting
UAB (Microbiology): Waiting
Duke (Molecular Genetics and Microbiology): Waiting
Emory: Waiting
Hang in there! The wait is truly painful...
And fingers crossed for UPenn (for both of us hahaha)
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Current status:
Notre Dame IBMS - interview
USC Molecular Bio - interview
UPenn CAMB Cancer bio - waiting
Columbia GSAS - interview
Johns Hopkins BCMB - waiting
Does anyone know if UPenn CAMB (specifically the cancer bio program) and/or JHU BCMB have sent out all of their invites? My hope is dwindling so any info is much appreciated!!!
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On 1/8/2020 at 9:35 PM, Kay13 said:
Did anyone get an interview invite from any of these for Biology?
I am waiting to hear from UPenn Cell and Molecular Bio...
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22 hours ago, neurolog said:
applied to 8, rejected by all
I am so sorry to hear that... Please don't let that shake your confidence in your abilities, skills, and reasons for applying. Keep your head up and acknowledge that you gave it your all and more importantly had the courage to try.
P.S. Where are you from? Neurolog is a word from my language so I was just wondering
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6 minutes ago, Genom3 said:
To chime in on the sorrow, interview invite for only 1 program out of 9 (US ones). Most likely I'm rejected from 2, no clue about the rest 6. Please let us know if you end up mailing any programs. I guess its has become more competitive overall this year while the funding situation remains the same.
I was looking at your list of schools below and I also applied to UPenn BGS and USC...
Hope we hear something in January!
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1/6 ...
Does this happen every application cycle or is this year out of the norm?
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Today I received an email from Johns Hopkins starting with: " Congratulations..." and my heart stopped. Opened email and it turned out to be just a thank you for filling out an inquiry form on their website to receive more info on their program (which I completed days ago).
I'm going to go and curl up in a ball in the corner of my room until the holidays are over.
Have only heard back from one of my programs so far. RIP grad school.
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18 hours ago, DRMF said:
If you're currently located in the US and presumably interested in an in-person interview, (to my knowledge and from my personal experience) you should receive interview invites the same time/way domestic students do (obv if the program sends different batches, you'd never know which one yours would be in).
If you're outside the US and expecting Skype interviews, the timeline might vary quite a bit (no personal experience there). I imagine some may do these earlier b/c the logistics is easier and can be scheduled anytime, while others do those later b/c they're waiting to see a financial report in order to figure out how many international students they can afford next year.
You shouldn't expect to get rejections from most schools at this point; those typically come in Feb/March after schools send out offers to those who interviewed.
Thank you for your advice!
Actually a lot of programs started sending out rejections already (according to the results page at least). The timeline difference with international students has more to do with your second point, not with scheduling interviews. Programs usually have only a few sport reserved for non-US students while at the same time have comparable numbers of international and domestic applicants. This means that the review process for international students might take more time (many qualified applicants only several spots)...
That does not mean that I'm not hearing from my programs for this reason. They could have very well rejected me and are waiting until later to send out notifications like you said.
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On 12/22/2019 at 2:40 AM, M246 said:
Hi flippase,
Thanks for replying! good to know that someone else is wondering the same. Out of the 11 schools I have applied to, I have gotten an interview from the mayo clinic. No rejections or interviews from the rest..
Nice! The only interview invite I received so far is from Notre Dame. Slowly losing hope for the other programs ? and slowly breaking the refresh button in my inbox
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58 minutes ago, hippyresearcher said:
On the application portal for the program I applied, the following is stated: For Fall 2020, interview invitations will be sent by December 23rd. I still haven't heard anything...does anyone think it's possible I could still hear on Monday? I am trying to prepare for the worst, but I'm hoping there is still hope
It is quite possible since they probably took a break over the weekend. They might send a bunch out tomorrow!
GOOD LUCK and may the force be with you
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48 minutes ago, tbk86 said:
just checked penn state website .It stated that interviews for international students will be through skype
This is what got from Yale's website
Applicants whom the admissions committees intend to invite for on-campus interviews will be contacted in December or early January. Applicants who reside overseas will be contacted in February or March to schedule Skype interviews.
Each Track has a slightly different timeline in reviewing applications and making admissions decisions. Applicants may receive a decision as early as January or as late as April
Do you think its the same for all.
Do you think all December interviews have been sent out already? I know many programs used to send invites on December 21st the latest but this year its a Saturday...
Should we just hope/pray we have better luck in January?
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5 hours ago, M246 said:
Hi,
I have applied for admission to biomedical sciences graduate programs (PhD) and was wondering if international students are notified about interviews in the same cycle as domestic students? Or do schools send out interview invites for domestic students first.
Thanks!
Hi M246!
I am also an international applicant and wondering the same thing... I only received one interview invite and nothing else (not even rejections) and I did notice on the results page that in previous years many schools sent out interview invites to domestic students before they sent them to international applicants...
If you don't mind sharing, have you heard back from any of your schools yet?
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On 12/20/2019 at 8:41 PM, nt1219 said:
Has anyone heard back from UPenn BGS Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics?
I'm also waiting on UPenn BGS. Can you let me know if you hear anything???
The only reply I got so far is from Notre Dame IBMS (interview invite).
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Thank you for replying!
Unfortunately I didn't apply to any of your programs so I don't have specific information about them... however I emailed both of the schools I am waiting on and one of them got back to me saying that they were still extending interview invites for February (also biomedical program) so I would say do not lose all hope but definitely start exploring other options. If you want to have some piece of mind about where you stand currently, do what I did and just email them! You have nothing to lose. Plus, I had this annoying and completely irrational fear that they just never received my application in the first place which disappeared after sending those emails hahaha.