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Has anyone who interviewed with Yale CBB heard anything back yet? 

Has anyone who interviewed with Yale CBB heard anything back yet? 

It'd be great if everyone could briefly describe how their interviews went at each of the schools. Just general vibes, if you liked them, etc. 

Just to let the UPenn GCB people know - official offer letter is out (at least for me). 

Thanks! I wouldn’t worry - it was personal from PI

ACCEPTED TO UPENN GCB! Wow so excited. 

ACCEPTED TO UPENN GCB! Wow so excited. 

ACCEPTED TO UPENN GCB! Wow so excited. 

ACCEPTED TO UPENN GCB! Wow so excited. 

ACCEPTED TO UPENN GCB! Wow so excited. 

ACCEPTED TO UPENN GCB! Wow so excited. 

ACCEPTED TO UPENN GCB! Wow so excited. 

ACCEPTED TO UPENN GCB! Wow so excited. 

ACCEPTED TO UPENN GCB! Wow so excited. 

Harvard BIG
Stanford BMI
MIT CSB
HST MEMP
Columbia BMI
UPenn GCB [interview invitation 12/8]
Yale CBB
Dartmouth QCB [interview invitation 12/14]

If you have extensive research experience, a good GRE, and anything else that makes you stand out then you may not need to do a masters. If that isn't the case then yes I would recommend either doing a masters or you can do any type of post-bac research. In my opinion, post-bac research or job is better since you will get paid and develop experience instead of going into debt paying off your masters. 
Also depends on what your definition of a "good school" is. Many schools that aren't considered "top" have excellent PI's that are at the top of the field. I think it's best to first find PI's that you're really interested in and then apply to those schools. Ultimately, a PhD will be about your advisor as opposed to the school itself. 

Hard to say what the avg gpa is amongst us. Applications are reviewed holistically, so if you have other things that can offset a poor gpa then you may still be considered. But know things are very competitive and a lot of students have both great gpa’s as well as a lot of experience. 
 
Completing a masters before applying to PhD may be helpful if you feel like you lack research experience and/or are not ready to dive into a 4-6 year program. Although the largest downside is that masters programs can be expensive whereas phd programs are typically funded (or easier to get funding). 

Thanks for the response! I'll definitely be going to the session on the 29th, hope to see you there!
 
Happy new years!

Harvard BIG
Stanford BMI
MIT CSB
HST MEMP
Columbia BMI
UPenn GCB [interview invitation 12/8]
Yale CBB
Dartmouth QCB [interview invitation 12/14]

Just got an invite from Harvard BBS (although I feel like most others here who applied to Harvard did BIG rather than BBS?) and UCSC!
Penn State Bioinformatics and Genomics [interview request 12/7] UPenn GCB [interview request 12/8] Princeton QCB [interview request 12/11] UChicago GGSB [interview request 12/16] UCLA Bioinformatics [interview request 12/17] Harvard BBS [interview request 12/18] UNC BBSP [interview request 12/18] UCSC PBSE-BMEB [interview request 12/18] Harvard Human Evolutionary Biology UW Genome Sciences UC Berkeley CCB Stanford Biology UCSF BMI Emory PBEE

UPenn GCB [interview invitation 12/8]
Dartmouth QCB [interview invitation 12/14]
Yale CBB [interview invitation 12/17]
Harvard BIG
Stanford BMI
MIT CSB
HST MEMP
Columbia BMI

Congrats you guys!!! you guys are sweeping it !!! 

UPenn GCB [interview invitation 12/8]
Dartmouth QCB [interview invitation 12/14]
Yale CBB [interview invitation 12/17]
Harvard BIG
Stanford BMI
MIT CSB
HST MEMP
Columbia BMI

UPenn GCB [interview invitation 12/8]
Dartmouth QCB [interview invitation 12/14]
Yale CBB [interview invitation 12/17]
Harvard BIG
Stanford BMI
MIT CSB
HST MEMP
Columbia BMI

UPenn GCB [interview invitation 12/8]
Dartmouth QCB [interview invitation 12/14]
Yale CBB [interview invitation 12/17]
Harvard BIG
Stanford BMI
MIT CSB
HST MEMP
Columbia BMI