[2021 Biology PhD Admissions Results]

On 1/3/2021 at 1:05 AM, The Kimster said:

Got rejected from Cornell's Plant Biology program last week! 

Here are my stats: 

3.62 UC GPA from 2 years of undergrad at UCSD and 1.5 years at UC Berkeley (I transferred from UCSD to UCB after 2 years). 

1 year research experience at Zymo Research Corp in Irvine California 

No Publications 

Applied: UCLA, Cal, Yale, Brown, MIT, Stanford, UCD, Cornell, Duke, UCSB

Rejected: Cornell 

Interview Invites: None 

If you don't mind me asking, as a fellow plant person what made you apply to ucla, cal , yale, brown, hit, Stanford and ucsb?

[2021 Biology PhD Admissions Results]

On 1/10/2021 at 5:51 PM, L-Dopamean said:

I still have not heard back from any of the schools I have applied to. 

I am an international applicant.

Does this mean that I am rejected or waitlisted for the next wave of interviews?

Where did you apply?

Applied (13/13)

Boston U, Duke, UC Davis, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, UIUC, Chicago, Arizona, WUSTL, Berkeley, Ohio State, Michigan State

Interviews(4/13)

Arizona, WUSTL, UIUC, Ohio State

Accepted (0/13)

[How to improve ecology application?]

For reference,  I am applying t plant pathology, microbiology, and biology programs. When it comes to plant sciences or ecology field I believe your best bet to prepare a more competitive application I would focus on experience through internships and tangible research/volunteering. Not only will this provide you better experience in the field, but allow you have better letter writers in your field. I have many friends in the ecology field and plant science field , who had similar GPAs and were able to be accepted to top universities through multiple internships, publications, and research presentations. Focus on experience so you have something tangible to talk about in SOP and to give weight to your application.

[2021 Biology PhD Admissions Results]

On 12/4/2020 at 12:50 AM, pipettingerror said:

Now that the Dec 1 deadline has passed, where did you guys end up applying?

Checking my email 5 times a day ??‍♂️. Applied to Michigan State, Duke, UC Davis, UTK, Boston U, U of Florida, WUSTL, U Chicago, UIUC, U of Arizona, Berkeley, Ohio State, Ford fellowship, and SMART fellowship . Good luck to everybody  process is  gunna be long, but worth it in the end !