gp4100
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When you go to an interview, are you told ahead of time which 4-6 professors you'll be speaking with? I imagine that this would be useful information so that you've read up enough about them.
Also, I know there is generally a lot of socializing with current grad students. Do they actually have any bearing upon admission decisions? Or is it just a case of... if you do something truly horrendous in front of them (getting hammered, being a jerk, etc) then it will get back to the admissions committee informally?
Once I received my invitation to visit they asked my to send a list with 20 professors that I would be interested in talking to. A few weeks later they told me for which ones they had arranged meetings. I think I had a least 2 weeks to prepare or sth!
At least for my program, I know that there is current grad students in the ad-com (around 4 I think), so they can actually influence the decision. But I think most of em are just there to represent the program, get free food/drinks and have a good time
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Did you read 2-3 papers written by each of those professors to prepare, or were they other papers in your area of interest?
They were all specific for each PI. I either picked the latest or the most important ones. I also wrote down some questions to get the conversation going.
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On my interview weekend I had to talk to 6 different professors on the same day (for about 45 min each if I remember correctly). I read 2-3 papers to prepare and that worked out very well (I think they appreciate it a lot if you actually prepare
Some interviews were pretty general (asking about my research experience, how I like the city etc) whereas others were really focused on the PI's current research. The rest of my interview weekend was much more relaxed including dinner with current grad students, brewery tour, city/apartment tours and party/bar every night!
Good luck on your interview!
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, phd in Cellular and Molecular Biology.
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Welcome to Madison
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Can't speak generally, but I think it doesn't take too long. In my case my interiew was from Thursday to Sunday and they called two days later on Tuesday
Good luck to you!
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I like "pool" better than "poll"! Doesn't sound that academic
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I don't think there is a difference btw american and international students considering notifications for admission. But not 100% sure :?:
Anyone else?
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Sorry to hear about that. How can it take them 8 weeks to review an application, I think thats nuts :evil:
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I'm in Sociology. I've had one interview and one acceptance and didn't contact anyone. I thought about it, but didn't have any questions to ask so I was worried I'd sound unnatural if I tried to come up with something.
Can you tell us more about your interview, was it a whole weekend, how many other students showed up, how many interviews w/ professors did u have, stuff like that
I have a interview in 2 weeks and would love to have some more informations!
Thx a lot
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same for me as for latenight:
its a 5 day interview-program with 3 official dinners, meeting with faculty members and a city and appartment tour. Looks like a big effort, time- and money-wise, so that makes me a little more confident. But still there is gonna be a whole day reserved for interviews, so that should provide enough opportunity to screw up :-)
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Hey guys,
I recently got an email that my application was viewed very favorably and that I have been invited for an interview at UW-Madison.
I am really excited about that interview but not sure what it exactly means in terms of getting into the program?!
Has anyone had interviews and got rejected?
Thankful for any help!
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