Natural Killer Cell

Aww thank you so much! Congrats to you as well, you're killing it!  I hope you also get your top choice! 

I am a first gen half cuban/half palestinian american. Ivy League grad in Microbiology, 3.26 gpa. 2 years of undergraduate research w/ honors thesis. 1.5 years (continuing) of post-graduate research at two labs at Yale. No pubs, 1 poster. 3 very strong LORs.
Where I applied(mostly microbiology programs): Harvard (no invite), Yale, Rockefeller, NYU, Weill Cornell, Pitt (rejected), Penn State BMS (interview invite 12/21), Tufts (interview invite 12/22), UCSD (nothing :(), Stanford, Maryland Baltimore, UMass
hoping for more and good luck to everyone! And y'all seem very amazing and qualified!

Hello! Nice to meet you both! And wow NKC, that's a lot of invites already! 
 
About myself: Filipino first-generation immigrant. I attended community college after HS to offset financial difficulties. There, I finished 3 AS degrees in biology, life science, and natural sciences (3.83) then transferred into UC Berkeley (3.91). I did research my last 2 years in Cal and then will end up finishing 2 years of post-bacc research at UCSF.  I did not take the GRE, I have 3 publications 2 are primary co-author and 1 is secondary. I managed to squeeze 1 poster presentation before the pandemic. 
I received interviews from: Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, UCSF, and Yale. I'm still waiting on Harvard, Rockefeller, Princeton, Columbia, Stanford, Brown, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and Cold Springs Harbor! some of my interviews already have overlaps but I'm glad that the admissions programs are very flexible with rescheduling conflicts. 
Nice to know about y'all's stats and Gluck to us! 

OMG I am so excited for you! Excellent credentials! I hope you get into your dream school!

Thank you! No don't say that! There's still a lot of time, and I feel like schools may not be operating as they would other years due to COVID. It isn't easy, so you shouldn't be too hard on yourself. I've had a rollercoaster ride to get to this point and took a third gap year off to do research to strengthen my application, so I know it can be rough. It isn't a reflection on you or your abilities, it may just be a tough year and there is still time! Keep your head up, you got this!  

Thank you!  The email did have my name at the top, but I just received this email at 4:17 today, so I would just keep an eye out on your email and maybe check junk in case. I really hope you hear back and goodluck!