biochemtess

I did a preliminary interview with Emory. I got on a Zoom call for 10-15 minutes with the director of the program and he just asked me general questions (therefore, I didn't really prepare). I was asked questions like: why do you want to attend graduate school? What are your career goals? Why attracted you to that specific school and program? Who's research are you most interested in, in the program? What are you looking for out of a graduate school? We probably also spent 5 minutes talking about me in general. I used to live in PA and so did the director so we had that connection to speak on. The next day, I received an email saying I was moving on in the interview process for formal recruitment. It is just a means to weed more people out so they are interviewing less people but also people they feel more strongly about in terms of fitting well into their program.

I am not! Most schools just want to make sure you can describe your research well and speak in a scientific manner. My PI at home institution (who is on their admissions committee) said his best interviews he's had feel like conversations! You are interviewing them, just as much as they are interviewing you! Just be yourself and let the conversation flow. That being said, I am not preparing slides or anything regarding my research. I just planned out a "road map" of what I want to say and how it will flow sequentially! Hope this helps. Good luck in all your interviews.

I am not sure if they're done or not, but I haven't heard anything from them either ?

Hi! Thank you, and I hope you hear back soon! On the research interest part of the application, I chose biochemistry, pathology, and molecular & translational medicine. Hope this helps!

Hello! I heard from BU (PiBS) on Monday (1/4) about an interview! This was after receiving the email that stated they would send more emails after the new year as they hadn't gotten through all the applications. My interview is set for February 8th. The only schools I am left waiting on are Yale MMPP program, Harvard BBS, Vanderbilt IGP, and Georgia State IBMS (my safety). I already have heard back and received interviews from UAB (Jan 13-15), Emory (Jan 27-29), FSU (Jan 29-30), UMich (Feb 4-6), BostonU (Feb 8), Baylor (Feb 11), and WashU STL (Feb 25-26)! Good luck everyone! I am so glad I found this site this morning; I was unsure if schools would even reach out if they didn't offer you an interview/were rejected. Thanks for all the insight and feedback from everyone!