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I also had a student led interview but they were mostly there to check the vibes. We bantered about research and we talked about the city. I think that those interviews are pretty low stakes but if you want to be prepared you can look into the labs they are in and ask research questions. The program asks for student feedback but it isn’t weighted heavily.

Hi guys! I am a first year phd student in the Harvard Virology program and I want to help answer any interview questions you may have! Please dm me! I hope you all have a successful admissions cycle

I just want to add this to the thread. Here are some programs that I know of that can give you additional research experience or just a research intensive job in between application cycles. PREP programs- 1 year program intended to better prepare you for admissions into a PhD https://www.nigms.nih.gov/training/PREP/Pages/PartInstPREP.aspx American public health labs post-bac fellowship (many of the labs are at the cdc) https://www.aphl.org/fellowships/Pages/default.aspx Bridges to the doctorate- nih funded masters degree (I did one of these!) participating https://www.nigms.nih.gov/maps/Pages/Bridges-to-the-Doctorate-Program-Participating-Institutions.aspx programs like these also exist at other schools under similar names I know the University of Virginia has one. If anyone else knows of similar programs please add them!

My friend interviewed with them the 3rd week of January and got an admissions offer 2 weeks later. Cancer cluster I believe

I got an official rejection from them so i think if you haven’t heard back that’s a good thing. Maybe waitlisted

That really sucks, sorry to hear that. If you don’t mind sharing what are your stats, where did you apply, and what’s the game plan for next cycle?

I just got into HARVARD! The virology program. It was my number 1 choice and i'm so excited. i would like to ask you guys opinion. I have 5 more interviews but is it better to decline the interviews and free up the waitlist? my mentor says i should see the interviews through so that i can make an informed decision. what do you think?

Personally I would just wait. Waiting sucks but you don't want to pester people.

UVA invites went out in december

If you already reached out what more is there to say?

This is me but with Harvard interview was last week current students said they heard back the week after interviews. I can't even care about my other interviews

just got rejected from UNC i attended their preview weekend and met several faculty members so this is a shock to me. shows why its important to apply to many schools

Rutgers multidisciplinary biomedical phd final deadline isn’t till Feb 1st and UNT is the university of North Texas

I know Rutgers, Howard, and UNT are still open

A friend of mine got an interview there it’s in early February