yikesonbikes
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Just got an offer from Harvard BBS! They said they’re sending out acceptances on a rolling basis this year. (I was in the second interview weekend.)
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1 minute ago, scifiafac said:
Do you think they sent them for all tracks? Have not received a response yet!
anecdotally (from reddit) have seen a few people who've said they got invites for the second round but it's all about the umbrella track so they may be doing it track by track! I think it's definitely sometime this week though
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Does anyone know when Columbia (CMBS/umbrella track) is supposed to get back to us about second round interviews? ?
Edit: nvm—just got the invite two seconds after posting haha
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5 hours ago, puddingislovely said:
Still waiting to hear from Northwestern, Mt. Sinai, Stanford, Weill Cornell, and USC. Has anyone heard or NOT heard back from these schools? Both pieces of info are useful.
Which programs at those schools? They’re all on different timelines. Here’s the master doc from reddit: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wZ97YulhFeNUil4K0_UqSv6YrikCTwA7HT0LlRuPZ0c/edit
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10 hours ago, bmorr said:
Has anyone heard back from MIT biology yet/know when we might hear back? Looking at last year's results it looks like interviews should be announced soon...
Just got an interview!!
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Are there any stats on gradcafe/reddit/whatever about what the acceptance rate is post interview for programs? Having such a hard time finding this info on the websites!
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Anyone know if all invites for Yale tmmpp are out? ?
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maybe this is annoying to ask but how do y'all chill out and forget about this stuff?? do you?? I know I'm lucky since I've gotten interview invites but like as soon as I get the invite it's about 30 seconds of "yay!!!" and then it's immediately on to stressing about the interview. Just dealing with a ton of imposter syndrome I guess and would love some advice (or at least commiseration!!) if you all have any
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out of curiosity—what was the wording of your Columbia interview emails? I thought it was a little weird so just curious if we all got the same form letter.
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4 minutes ago, Coconut Matrix said:
Where did you see that? Can you post a link?
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14 minutes ago, क्रीं said:
@coloredimagesThey are random in my case....none of them are from the department I applied to.
mixed bag for me—some are related (ish) and some are random. Like the guy in my first slot works with T-cells (I'm in CAR-T therapy/cancer bio) BUT he's a neurologist lol I I know nothing about the brain
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y'all I saw on reddit that apparently Harvard BBS is sending out invites tomorrow. Fingers crossed for all of us!!
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Just got an interview for the Weill Cornell BCMB Allied program!
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Just got an interview invite for Columbia's Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies (cancer bio track)!!! So excited!
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Just now, Mustang_97 said:
Doing something now might turn against you as you said. You can ask them now whether they would transfer your application to biomed program if you get rejected here (like getting accepted for a Masters if PhD is rejected). Other thing you can do is, If you get accepted to Biology program, email the grad coordinator asking whether there is a way to transfer to Biomed program.
If the programs are offered by two different schools in NYU, it might be a long shot.
oof yep that's what I was thinking. Guess I'll just go with it for now and hope I can do something later after a decision! Thanks for the advice
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omg I just realized I'm an idiot and I accidentally applied to just the NYU biology program and not the biomedical program. Is there anything I can do?! Does anyone know if I'll be able to rotate in biomedical labs even as a biology phd student? I can't believe I'm so dumb wow. I feel like I should email the admissions people but then will that look bad that I didn't double check? Oh my god I'm so screwed lol pls help
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Anxious by nature but cautiously optimistic.
2 second author papers, 1 middle author. 3 very strong letters of rec. Seven years of research experience (mostly full time) at University of Washington, MIT, and The Rockefeller University (letters are from department heads of these schools). Two undergrad theses. Undergrad GPA 3.87 (major GPA 3.97). NCAA varsity athlete.
Applied to 12: Rockefeller, MIT, Harvard, Yale, Icahn/Mt Sinai, Sloan Kettering, University of Washington, Stanford, Columbia, Weill Cornell, UCLA, NYU
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5 hours ago, totoblabla said:
For those that applied to Yale BBS, did you receive a supplemental questionnaire with 2 additional questions via email? I saw people talking on Reddit about it and they assumed everyone will receive it, but I did not receive any email from Yale at all.
I got it! I didn't think it was anything important though. They specifically said in the email that our answers would not be visible to admissions.
Fall 2023 Biomedical Sciences U.S. Ph.D. Program Applications
in Life Sciences
Posted · Edited by yikesonbikes
Hi all! Now that I have all but one decision back I thought I'd share my personal timeline of decisions for future cycles of applicants in case it's helpful! Heads up of course that this is subject to change in future years!
I submitted all applications the week before/up until the day before the deadline with the exception of both Hopkins programs (I decided to apply after the deadline and they graciously let me).
Results: applied: 13, interviews: 12, accepted: 10, waitlist: 1, rejected: 2
Harvard BBS: Interview invite: 12/16, Interview: 1/31, Accepted: 2/7
Yale BBS: Interview invite: 12/21, Interview: 1/9-1/13, Accepted: 1/21
Stanford Cancer Bio: Interview invite: 1/10, Interview: 2/14-2/16, Accepted: 2/23
MIT Bio: Interview invite: 1/6, Interview: 2/11-2/14, Accepted: 2/24
Columbia CMBS: Interview invite (1st round): 12/13, Interview: 1/9-1/13, Interview invite (2nd round): 1/17, Interview: 2/24-26, Accepted: 3/9
Sloan Kettering: Interview invite: 12/22, Interview: 1/10-1/12, Accepted: 1/30
Rockefeller: Interview invite: 12/22, Interview: 1/10-1/12, Accepted: 1/30
Johns Hopkins BCMB (late application): Interview invite: 1/13, Interview: 2/2-2/5 , Accepted: 2/14
Johns Hopkins CMM (late application): Interview invite: 1/17, Interview: 2/16-2/17, Waitlisted (1st on list)
UCLA GREAT: Interview invite: 12/20, Interview: 1/23-1/26, Accepted: 2/16
University of Washington MCB: Interview invite: 12/21, Interview: 2/8-2/10, Accepted: 2/15
Weill Cornell BCMB: Interview invite (1st round): 12/5, Interview: 1/4-1/5, Rejected: 1/11
Mt. Sinai: Rejected: 1/9