So I heard today that the POI I'm interviewing in-person with in a couple weeks invited 13 other people for an in-person interview. Isn't this pretty rude considering the program does not reimburse travel expenses and this gives me a <10% chance of getting an offer? Apparently this is not the norm for this school and this PI is a special case. Would this give anyone else red flags? Like you really couldn't whittle your choices down to even a top 6? I don't even know how I could stand out from 13 other probably very talented people. How does this help the PI make a decision? The whole thing seems so bizarre.
any update about UVA (non-curry school)? I got an email last Tuesday about my placement on their short list and I haven't heard anything. I'm dying here.
Gotcha! Well I guess you and I should take comfort in the fact that we have both not heard anything so it's less likely that others have heard something haha
I have also not heard anything back yet! Is she your POI? I ask because I know she is the DCT, so I'm wondering if she sent the follow up questions to all applicants to the program, or only people applying to her lab.