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Very surprised to see E/E, E/E, E/E -- awarded. To anyone wondering about the process, one of the profs at my school served as a reviewer two years ago. They said that the ratings help separate all the applicants into piles, but afterwards the reviewers will conjoin and speak about the applications at length, deciding who to award and who not to, so what you see in the comments is not all they talked about regarding your app.

Broad, rotation, not sure

One of my interviewers at hop indicated that the PIs need to have their interview comments in by today

I heard back yesterday but the email seemed a little customized (they listed and cc'd the professors I listed in my SOP, but maybe they're still rolling them out?). I have no idea though. Yes haha, though I don't think any formal interview invites have been sent out yet. I thought that email was a nice gesture from the department.

Same lol, and no problem! Good luck to you too!

You can find the approved subjects for the concentrations here https://hst.mit.edu/sites/default/files/media/files/MEMP TQE Concentration Subjects_1.pdf to get a better feel for them! Photonics is under EE, ME, and Mat Sci

I indicated Biological Engineering in my essay because it's closest to my undergrad major, but honestly I would be down for (a) any concentration that I'm qualified for and (b) will help me build the skills that I need I do what I want to do, which is broadly to leverage microfabrication techniques to study, modulate, treat neuronal and neuromuscular disorders. This is turning into my elevator pitch lol but now I'm wondering if Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering would be a better fit for me. I wish I signed up for the application assistance program lol

I did and received an interview invite yesterday (yay!) It's definitely my top choice program, but it's also hella selective so... here's hoping. I also applied to MIT's Biological Engineering program, but given insight from this forum, I feel like I am most likely rejected to that program, which I feel doesn't bode well for my chances in MEMP? Ah well, I'll try my best.

Thank you! I really appreciate the information

Holy heck just got offered interview at Berkeley and I am in complete shock and like can't even process what is happening rn I just got a prelim interview invite from Columbia and accepted to Cornell too in a span of less than 30 minutes they really decided to bomb me right now and I have a doctor's appointment so I can't even REACT

I was contacted this morning for an informal interview with a Hopkins PI. They indicated that professors are supposed to let the depart. know by tomorrow which candidates to push forward in the interview process so I hope to hear back about formal interviews soon and I hope that this informal interview is a good sign rather than an indication that I'm on the edge .~.

Hi I had my interview (it turns out it was THE interview) and just wanted to provide a lil information to anyone interested in Harvard's interview process! So this year there are ~5000 applications for the SEAS graduate program, so really only the 3 people you list in your application will have the time to thoroughly review your materials. I was asked to give an overview of my research and then I asked some questions about the PI's research and their future directions. I was asked why Harvard in particular, and what I want to focus my graduate school research on. In late Jan the greater committee will convene to decide on your application (the council will decide your fate...) and if they like you and the PI you interviewed with likes you then you're p good! The PI said that my background for their lab's future directions so I am feeling pretty good about the status of my application, but also I realized that one of my letter writers has yet to submit their letter so I need to email them and remind them, and hopefully this doesn't hurt my chances with the committee. _______________________ Also here are my stats and such: Undergrad Institution (approx. rank/reputation in STEM): well-regarded Biomedical Engineering undergraduate program Major(s): Biomedical Engineering, an arts and humanities subject Minor(s): None GPA in Major: 3.97/4.00 (undergraduate) Overall GPA: 3.93/4.00 (undergraduate) Demographics/Background: Mixed-race, female GRE Scores: 169 V | 166 Q | 5.5 W (only submitted to my freebie schools because no one cares about GRE) LOR: 2 research mentors and one professor + department chair that I did an extended finite element analysis project with and biofluidic coursework Research Experience: nanomaterials and biomaterials characterization, microfabrication. Also a ton of translatable academic projects in cell culturing, FEM, VICON, etc. Cancelled internship at national lab summer 2020 that I will hopefully do this summer, leading to a little more than 8 months of research before entering grad school. Publications/Abstracts/Presentations: 3 posters at BMES, oral presentation at REU Convocation. No publications! Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Goldwater, honor societies, several awards in my arts and humanities field Fellowships/Funding: Applied for NSF Pertinent Activities or Jobs: TA for 3 courses, STEM tutor, volunteer K-5 STEM tutor, Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments: BMES executive board, president of prosthetics club, lots of STEM teaching experience and STEM outreach. Senior project in RF ablation probe design Anything else in your application that might matter (faculty connections, etc.): I reached out and received replies + video calls from Harvard and Columbia PIs. Short reply from Johns Hopkins PI. Did REU at UPENN. My humanities degree will set me apart, probably? Also intensive coursework to finish double major in 4 years because I was not going to spend extra money on tuition... Research Interests: microfabrication, organoids, neural interfaces. Institutions/Programs: 1. Harvard 2. MIT - Biological Engineering 3. Harvard-MIT - Health Science and Technology (I am kind of a history nerd and would love to live around Boston oKAY) 4. University of Pennsylvania 5. Columbia 6. Johns Hopkins 7. Cornell 8. Vanderbilt 9. UCSF/UCBerkeley 10. Georgia Tech

That's a great question-- I reached out to this professor about 2 weeks ago and he said that my background matched his research and that he would take a look at my application when I submit it! In the application I listed him as someone I had been in contact with so maybe as soon as I submitted it got sent to him? I also submitted a couple days before the deadline, so maybe that had something to it with it?

Hey everyone, I'm applying for Fall 2021 admission and I recently received an interview invite for Harvard Bioengineering. Interview slated for December 20th (happening way faster than I anticipated!) From what I read online the interview process seems pretty decentralized so I'm not sure if this is THE interview or just an informal chat-type deal. I'm also really interested in the joint HST program so maybe that'll help me there? I don't know ach Good luck everyone