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Hey there! Also an international student applying to genetics programs. Thought I had a decent shot too and applied to some of the programs you did with no interview invites Rip. In my emails with them, seems like across the board, most biomed programs were INUNDATED with applicants this season with some receiving almost 2x the average # of applicants. Definitely in part due to COVID's effects on last year's cycle, and it seems that the competition was fierce this year while the available # of slots remained constant.

To those asking who I contacted. I emailed David L. Van Vactor who is the directors of Harvard's BBS PhD program (https://bbsphd.hms.harvard.edu/people/david-l-van-vactor). You can email him using the address in the link.

Varies by program. Some like Yale uploaded a status update on their admissions portal. Some like Harvard tend to send official rejections later but not receiving an interview invite is basically the same thing sadly ://

See my post above

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but I just emailed the admissions director for Harvard's BBS program and he indicated that all interviews were already sent yesterday. Definitely bummed out but on to other things!

Anyone hear from Weill Cornell?

Hahaha feels bad man. Oh well, on to the others! Where are you waiting to hear back from?

Received a big fat "R" from Yale BBS lel...

Anyone receive invites from Yale's BBS program and in particular, from the MCGS track? Saw 2 new posts updated on the results page by international students! Crying inside :')

Not sure about immuno. I applied to the MCGD track and haven't received any emails from them.

Woohoo!!! Congrats

Oh geez alrighty! Will keep a lookout for the email if it comes!!

Oh wow, interesting! You must've been a stellar candidate for your professor to reach out to you before official invitations were sent!

Congratulations!! Damn, so interview invites for MCDG were out already huh ? also applied to the MCDG track and haven't heard back anything yet.

That's still a pretty good yield rate in terms of interview invites assuming that all 500 or so prospective candidates will be reviewed in the coming phase.