YourNeighborBob

Thanks! Time to read up on the professors again haha. And, yes, no word on that.

Just got my interview invite to the UW neuroscience program! Here are some useful information I thought I'd share: Good luck everyone! February 8-9 Feb 8: Interview Day – brief overview of program; interviews with faculty; virtual events with faculty & students Feb 9: Program presentations/orientation; poster session with faculty; graduate student social February 9-10 Feb 9: Program presentations/orientation; poster session with faculty; graduate student social Feb 10: Interview Day – brief overview of program; interviews with faculty; virtual events with faculty & students NOTE: We have tentatively scheduled our interview days to start at 8:00am PST and end at 4:30pm PST. We wish to respect everyone’s time for our interviews, to recognize that for some prospective students they may have time zone differences (since we are on the West Coast), and finally to recognize the real issue of Zoom and gather.town fatigue that may occur. Our goal is to make sure that you have sufficient time and opportunity to learn about our program and interact with our faculty and students but not to make this an arduous process at the expense of your well-being.

ooof that is very intimidating... UW had my priority because of its location and science, and that I thought it wasn't as competitive. Thanks for the heads-up. Yes, I have heard of CNBC. I like how the program positions itself. Since the application is concurrent to CMU app, I think I'd apply to both. Thanks again for the rec and advise!

Thank you for the recs! I really appreciate it. I'm surpried that UW is harder than Brown/CMU. I saw on Petersons that UW Neurobiology has an acceptance rate of 30%. Maybe that's not accurate then... Didn't know that Tim Gardner is now at UO. I talked to Tim Otchy who's in the Gardner lab when I was at BU. He was super supportive and their lab seemed to have a great vibe all around. I might apply to UO just for him. I saw that you were admitted to UO with fellowship. Did you end up accepting the offer?

Thank you for the recs! I really appreciate it. I'm surpried that UW is harder than Brown/CMU. I saw on Petersons that UW Neurobiology has an acceptance rate of 30%. Maybe that's not accurate then... Didn't know that Tim Gardner is now at UO. I talked to Tim Otchy who's in the Gardner lab when I was at BU. He was super supportive and their lab seemed to have a great vibe all around. I might apply to UO just for him. I saw that you were admitted to UO with fellowship. Did you end up accepting the offer?

Undergrad Institution: Boston University Major(s): Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Math, with honors in Bio Overall GPA: 3.76 Major GPA: Bio around 3.9 Math around 3.3 (flunked hard in sophmore year when taking grad level math classes with orgo and cellbio... hopefully they'd ignore this) Type of Student: Asian male GRE Scores: won't take Research Experience: - 2 years undergrad researcher in a neurotherapeutics lab at BU (histology, animal behavior, network analysis) - 1.5 year as a biostats tech in an immology/genomics lab in a Harvard affiliated hospital (high through sequencing) - Coauthor on five or six papers on Q1 journals; one first/second author paper in preparation Other Relevant Experience: - hired as an outside consultant for more network analysis - coding + server managing experience Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's List + a scholarship + honors thesis (?) Applying to Where: Lottery: MIT, Stanford, Harvard, CIT, UCSF, Princeton Stand a chance: CMU Bio/CNBC, UCSD, Brown, Duke Safety but would gladly go: UW, WUSTL LoRs: 2 from past PIs and 1 from adviser. My PIs are very respected/well-known in their fields. I would really appreciate any comments on my school list! I am having a hard time positioning myself. I made the tentative list based on the admission percentages. I am interested in applying ML in brain signal processing.