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Eme19

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  1. Academia's a small world. I'll meet these profs again at conferences and I don't want to be remembered as some arrogant egoistic applicant who lacked reading comprehension. Well anyway I think it's strange to offer congratulations for just a recommendation for admittance and not actual admission. Don't these POIs know that some applicants dissect every word? Why in the world would you write congratulations when there's only a chance?
  2. Not sure if this is under the right section but here goes. After interviewing at a school I received an email by one of the professors I had interviewed with stating that I had been recommended for admission and will get the details in the mail later. I emailed back saying how excited I was and the school was one of my top choices and he replied back saying they would be happy to have me here. Well I never got any official letter in the mail but in the meantime I was accepted at another school and liked it better so I went ahead and accepted it. I then called the original school and left a voicemail saying I was declining their offer. I also emailed the professor who emailed me with the news to be polite. Next thing I know the program coordinator emailed me back saying I was never offered admission in the first place so I didn't have to decline anything. I was really taken aback, it sounded a bit rude to me but I know tone doesn't translate well over email. So was it a case of me misunderstanding the Prof's email or did he lead me on? I've heard of departments recommending someone for admission but because the candidate didn't meet the minimum requirements of the school it didn't happen. I don't think that was the case with me since I met all the requirements.
  3. I live in Boston and it snows in March, and even April. And even if it's not snowing chances are it's frigid outside. You definitely need a coat and dress in layers. Also you would probably do a lot of walking so make sure your shoes are comfortable. I interviewed at Tufts and it was pretty casual. Most people were in khakis/dress pants and sweaters, and 2 in jeans. But when I interviewed at Northwestern, pretty much everyone was in suits. I think the NE and west coast is much more casual than the rest of the country but don't hold me to that, that's just been my feeling.
  4. I've seen it! Some chick knocked over a bottle of beer and started cackling. So one of the professors handed her some napkins and she drops it and falls off her chair. It was sort of funny. By that time I was trying so hard not to laugh but it couldn't be helped. Another applicant was complaining about the food. Granted it was catered, not like one of the professors cooked it but I thought that was rude.
  5. In undergrad everyone was always Dr. X for me except for my PI. I've been on 2 different sets of interviews and all the professors introduced themselves by first name only so that's how I addressed them. It would've been weird to use a title after that especially if you have no clue how to pronounce their last name since they didn't say it first. Also all the grad students currently in the dept. used first names only. But take your cue from them first. If it's a cold email you're writing with no prior contact it should always be formal anyway so use their title.
  6. That should be a relief for you then. I'm just telling people who think that committees won't meet until after the holidays is not always the case, so it's good to stay on top of procrastinating letter writers. In the biosciences/life sciences I know of a few people who have received interviews and the deadline was back in early December.
  7. Anything that's later than a week after the deadline and I say you should get on their asses and also call the schools you're applying to. Now maybe they give a bit more leeway than they told me, but one school point blank said that the letter cannot be later than a week at the latest, from the day I called them which was deadline day. The grad admissions officer said he understood that it was not in my control but that they would not review it if it was incomplete by the stated time. Lucky that my writer submitted it pretty soon after I told her this. Also some schools do not wait until after the new year to review applications. Some schools are already issuing out invites at this moment. It just depends on the school.
  8. I took the GRE for the first time in 2008 and those scores were not on the score report I received either and for sure they're not expired. So I don't know if the schools I listed to get the score report from the retest back in Sept. would get both sets or just the recent one. I remember someone said what you get in the mail should be exactly what the schools get except the more official form or something?
  9. Can you mention a submitted paper but not yet reviewed/accepted on CV? If not can I talk about it in my SoP? I'm a first co-author on it and we submitted it to Immunity so pretty high IF. I'm hoping that would help my very low GPA out some if I mention it but since it's not accepted yet I didn't want to jump the gun. Ad comms could potentially consider it bad form? Also I think my PI might have mentioned it in her LoR anyway so maybe there's no need in the first place to reiterate?
  10. Should you explain failing grades and if so how to do it without sounding whiny or making excuses? There is one specific school that asks for applicants to address any failing grades, probation etc. So I'll do it for that but how about the rest that don't ask? Basically I fell into depression junior year and failed 2 classes that had attendance policies. It was a death in the family but I don't want to "cheapen" it for lack of a better word by making it into a sob story for some adcoms.
  11. No they're not in the same field. First one was in Psychology with double minor in history and biology at a better ranked school. Second one is in the field I want to go into Biochemistry. I got 2 Fs which is why the GPA is so low but the 2 failing grades were not in my major, they were just required humanities at that school. I withdrew but the registrar said I didn't meet the deadline in time for withdrawals and would not budge. My major GPA from there which is what I'm hoping they'll take into consideration is a 3.4. I'm just worried because I've heard that if you have below a 3.0 they won't even bother looking at the rest of your app since its the cutoff.
  12. I have 2 undergrad degrees from 2 different schools. Basically I didn't know what I wanted to do and no one advised me that I should've just done a post-bac instead. My problem is now that I'm applying to grad school my first GPA was a 3.6. Second one was 2.95. I went through some traumatic times there. Most schools/programs have a required minimum of 3.0. Will they average the 2 GPAs? Can I round up the 2.95? Or am I up a creek w/out a paddle so to speak?
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