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  1. Got an email from her saying I'm waitlisted (and the only person on the systems waitlist). Ah well! If anyone is planning to say no to Columbia, please do so sooner rather that later!
  2. Strange, though. I just got this response from one of the co-directors when I asked. "The Co-Directors are meeting this week. Hope to let you know shortly but I don't think we have a meeting day/time yet."
  3. Has anyone who got an interview at Columbia received the interview schedule yet? It's this coming week and I've still not heard anything after selecting my POIs.
  4. Definitely reach out directly to lab PIs for a RA position. I read up on every PI's research, then wrote a little paragraph about what I love about their work, my interests and that I'd love to join their lab. I tailored it to each PI, and applied to over 10 labs. I ended up with two interviews, and finally was offered an RA position. I used my time RAing to save up money to apply to 8 universities this round. Being international, it's especially a numbers game.. I applied to 3 last year and got 0 interviews. This time around I got 3 interviews out of 7 applications.
  5. International applicant here, and this is my second round applying (got 3 interviews this time around, none last year). I do have a Bachelors from the US, a Masters from the UK, and 2.5 years RA experience at NYU. My PI did mention that it's particularly hard for international students at NYU this time around because a lot of funding got slashed, so they've reduced their international student intake / interviews. Really a bummer. To those who are applying from abroad who didn't get interviews, I'd suggest finding a RA position at a university in the US.. I think having LoR from here really really helps. Also, my stats aren't great. I have 0 pubs and 2 in prep, and didn't even do neuro for undergrad. I think it comes down to LoRs that people recognize, and then a lot of luck. At 2/3 of the places that I got an interview, I reached out to PI's for a meeting and had a half hour chat about their research and my interest in it. Sort of like a pre-interview.. and I think that that really helped put a face and a human behind a random application on a pile.
  6. Ouch, yeah interview pressure can really mess you up. Fingers crossed for you this time around! I'm sure it'll be easier now that you've done it once through and know what to expect.
  7. Anyone else thinks that UCSD's statement of purpose and "research experience" statement is way too confusing compared to the rest of the schools? It's hard to know what exactly they want in the SOP that isn't already in the research experience statement. It makes it so difficult to adapt what you've already written and you have to write something almost completely to fit their prompts. Bleh
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