queerorpheus

I'm going business casual, but not fully formal. I got a blazer and am wearing a turtleneck top under it for the interview day, and then I'm planning to just wear a nice blouse for panels. I'm still planning on wearing nice pants too, just so I can feel confident and powerful lol. I heard someone say to at least wear a nice pair of jeans in case you need to get up for whatever reason during the interview.

Personally I wouldn't use slides. From what I've heard, interviews aren't going to go super in depth on your work, they just want to know that you can talk about what you did and its implications. You can talk about trends in the data, but having the specific data isn't necessarily helpful. Since interviews are online, I'm planning to have some notecards by my computer so I don't miss any talking points about my research. Hope this helps!

If you were to do an in-person interview would you bring an easel and posters?  I am not being cheeky here, but if you feel it may be difficult to talk about past research without visual aids I suggest to start practicing mock interviews to the question Tell me about your past research. 
The interview is just that, an interview.  You won't be giving any speeches.  Your past research is indicated on your CV, likely discussed in your SOP, and (hopefully) reinforced by an LOR or two.  You likely will not go in-depth over past research and in reality who ever is interviewing you won't care that much about it beyond that you did it, that you loved it, and that you want to do it for a living (but not necessarily the same research or the same project). 
 

Personally I wouldn't use slides. From what I've heard, interviews aren't going to go super in depth on your work, they just want to know that you can talk about what you did and its implications. You can talk about trends in the data, but having the specific data isn't necessarily helpful. Since interviews are online, I'm planning to have some notecards by my computer so I don't miss any talking points about my research. Hope this helps!

Personally I wouldn't use slides. From what I've heard, interviews aren't going to go super in depth on your work, they just want to know that you can talk about what you did and its implications. You can talk about trends in the data, but having the specific data isn't necessarily helpful. Since interviews are online, I'm planning to have some notecards by my computer so I don't miss any talking points about my research. Hope this helps!

No sense in paying $50-100 to apply to a school that doesn't have any research/labs you're interested in!

That's a terrible way to apply to graduate school.

What counts as middle and low tier??
Go big or go home I guess haha, I just picked good schools whose program I liked and would be happy attending 

Update: I got my first interview yesterday for Penn State's BMMB program. I'm really excited and I hope this is the first of many!

Anyone else spiraling into checking their email, the results page and forums every 10minutes? ?

Congrats!!!

Update: I got my first interview yesterday for Penn State's BMMB program. I'm really excited and I hope this is the first of many!

Update: I got my first interview yesterday for Penn State's BMMB program. I'm really excited and I hope this is the first of many!

Just received a phone call from UMich PIBS that I should be receiving an email shortly inviting me for the interview. My first interview invite......

You're not the only one, it's pretty early so I'm trying not to be too worried. Sending you lots of positivity! 

Im at the "Ill take what I can get" stage so I don't think this will cross my mind unless I get more than 1 acceptance haha

This week is ours, fingers crossed!

You're not the only one, it's pretty early so I'm trying not to be too worried. Sending you lots of positivity! 

You're not the only one, it's pretty early so I'm trying not to be too worried. Sending you lots of positivity! 

You're not the only one, it's pretty early so I'm trying not to be too worried. Sending you lots of positivity! 

You're not the only one, it's pretty early so I'm trying not to be too worried. Sending you lots of positivity! 

I haven't heard back from any program. Trying to be hopeful but low key terrified.

I attended virtual open houses with Pitt BioSci and JHU School of Public Health where they told us that interviews will be completely virtual. Pitt had a very organized plan where you'll essentially have a full day on Zoom doing all the traditional things like info sessions, meeting faculty, and all that jazz. They said we'd do small group interviews and then hop into breakout rooms to talk to the PIs we're interested in from our applications. I can definitely see a lot of people suffering from Zoom fatigue (if we aren't already from classes) but at least they're trying to maintain some sense of normalcy. Now to cross my fingers and hope to see some interview invitations by the beginning of the new year...

I know of one person who got an interview invite this morning. I'm crossing my fingers for one too!

12-15 seems like overkill to me, and a lot of people don't have that much money or time to drop on applications. Heck, I didn't even apply to that many schools for undergrad. I'm not stressing about trying to add more, especially when my academic advisor recommended against it. I guess it comes down to personal preference and the ability to actually pay for that many applications.