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What do you mean your friend was not on a fellowship track? Is that different from the regular application?

Does your decision have anything to do with being in a long-term relationship? You mentioned your partner did not get into school there- did she get in somewhere else? If so, that should be mentioned as a factor. If you apply again next year, will you have anything substantial to add to your application from the past year? Will you have better letters of recommendation? I wouldn't be worried about having your career pigeon-holed by the type of research you do during your PhD. A postdoc would be where the research subject matters more, as you will be developing your own line of research to extend into your career. However, you mentioned wanting to go into industry. As long as you are learning useful techniques, have a good mentor, developing teamwork and communication skills...you should be fine. If your objections with the school have to do with finances or how students are treated, ect., then I would think about the decision much more thoroughly. You also mentioned that students are graduating with one paper in a top journal- you do realize that these journals require much more effort, and 1 paper would equal 2 or 3 lower-impact papers. One new faculty member here only had 1 paper from his 5 year postdoc, but it was a Nature paper. TLDR; Your cons don't really sound like reasonable cons, unless there is a LDR decision involved. Go.

It depends on what kind of work you're doing. If you need extensive training, which is likely for a "real job", you should be prepared for the consequences of burning that bridge for good. If it is the kind of job with a high turnover with minimal training, it's not as much of an issue.

I know what you mean. My boyfriend and I both applied to 12 programs each. We both had 4 interviews, and I've had two acceptances so far and he's gotten 1 so far. (BTW, how long after your interviews did you get rejected? This month of waiting is driving me insane!) After spending so much time and energy and money on applications, I'd hoped to be in a better place than I am now, with more options. It might be because we have both been out of school for 6 yrs+ and adcoms are looking for 22 year old superstars. Who knows. Everyone says that you only need one acceptance, but we are trying to plan a life around this decision and have a lot to think about. It would be nice to have more options available at the moment.

Has anyone who had an interview at Georgetown Biochem/Molecular Bio heard anything yet?

It depends on the school and type of funding. My friend at OSU has a 50% TA appointment (20hrs a week) and is allowed to have 10 hrs/week of outside employment. On a related note, does anyone have experience with a side business during a funded Phd? More along the lines of making and selling things, ect.

From what I've heard, it depends on the school whether you are allowed to receive other financial aid or not (read: loans). I highly doubt anyone with a stipend is eligible for more grants/scholarships/etc, but several current students I met while interviewing also took out student loans while receiving a stipend that is supposed to cover living expenses. To receive any student loans, you have to apply for financial aid for the school. Hope this helps!

My SO is also waiting to hear from this program. It's driving me insane because I was accepted into the IBS PhD program in January and he still hasn't heard! He emailed the program director 2 days ago and received a reply yesterday, saying that they are still working out the finances for all of the students and he should hear in the next week or two.

Sorry, I don't know anything about those other schools. For Montana, when was the application deadline? Even if you applied early, they might not review applications until after they are all submitted. I know MS deadlines are usually later. If all the applications have been in for a while, maybe email the department and ask when you will hear. SCellNeuro is right- I doubt any PhD programs are still accepting students who haven't had an interview yet.

Hey, I also got accepted on friday. I am still waiting to hear from other places before I decide. Personally, there aren't many faculty in the area I'm interested in so I'm going to email those profs and see if they will take grad students for rotation and if they can take on a PhD student. That will help me decide. I do like the fact that there is a med school and a vet school there. The vet school sounded like it had some cool seminar opportunities and stuff. I also like how the program pays for a meeting every year. I heard some bad news about funding from the current students when I was there- I'm not sure if we would have any of those issues since they didn't start in the Neuroscience program and they've changed the rules since then, or if there still might be problems. I talked to one girl who had to pay her own tuition because the med school PI's aren't required to pay tuition (just highly suggested).

I had an interview at Texas A&M in February but haven't heard from them since then. I'm not sure about international applicants- there weren't any at the interview weekend, so I don't know if they would call to set up a skype interview or what. Unfortunately, out of all the current students we met none of them were international students. You stats seem on par for applicants there- I'm not sure what else you could do except make sure you apply to programs with a history of accepting international students. Georgia Health Sciences University used to be Medical College of Georgia, right? One of the grad students in my lab got accepted there, but moved when our PI switched universities. She said there were a lot of international students there, so good luck! If you do have to apply again, which I hope you don't, it might be worthwhile to find out how schools handle student's tuition. For example, in Georgia the program waived tuition so PIs didn't have to pay extra for international students compared to American students. At a school where PIs pay tuition for students once they join the lab, they may not accept as many international students because they are more expensive. (I know at Texas A&M that tuition is not waived, and in some instances in the med school, students might have to pay their own tuition.)

I personally would not recommend this for grad students. East of High Street is undergrad central with partying, frats, and is a less safe neighborhood in general. If you want to live close enough to walk/bike, stay west of High Street south of campus.

Has anyone heard from their 2nd choice program at Baylor? I'm wondering if anyone has ever gotten an interview after their app has been rejected by their 1st choice program or if it's just a formality to give us false hope.

I haven't heard anything from Baylor yet, but my online status says my application has been transferred to my 2nd choice program. My SO has an interview next weekend for a different program there, so my interest in this school has intensified. Since I originally applied to my choice 1 program (obviously), I want to email the 2nd choice prgram to say I'm very interested in their program and ask about my status. I'm just not sure if I should email the administrator like any other application status request, or the grad director since I want to emphasize how much I like the program even though it was my choice #2. To make it worse, the program has 2 co-directors. Should I email the program administrator, choose one grad director, both grad directors?

I am not 100% sure about all fields of psychology, but a professor should want the last author on a paper, not the first author, if they are up for tenure. The last author spot is reserved for the head of the lab that oversees the research project. This is much more desirable for tenure-track faculty. In terms of a more well-known university, it matters more outside of academia where people aren't familiar with individual researchers or programs. Keep in mind a highly ranked department may be at a not-so-highly-ranked school. Employers should know this if they are hiring for a position specifically related to your degree. For a more general position where multiple degrees could prepare you for the job, the overall name of the university may be more important. The most important thing when finding a job, however, is going to be the connections you make through your advisor/program. Where have previous graduates ended up?

Albert Einstein: Jan 12-13, Jan 26-2 Baylor COM (MCB): Mar 1-4 Brandeis University (Neuro): Feb 3, Feb 17, Mar 3 Boston University (GPN): Mar 4-6 Case Western Reserve University (BSTP): Feb 3-4, Mar 2-3 Columbia (Biological Science) March 1-3 Columbia (Integrated CMB): Jan 20-22 Columbia (Neurobiology & Behavior): Feb 8-10, Feb 29-Mar2 Columbia (Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine): Feb 3-5 Cornell (Weill): February Cornell Tri-Institutional (Weill/Cornell/Memorial Sloan Kettering) Computational Biology and Medicine: March 4-6 Dartmouth (PEMM) March 2-3 Duke (Toxicology and Environmental Health) February 2-4 February 16-18 Emory (PBEE): February 2-4 Emory (IMP): Feb 2-4, March 1-3 Emory University (neuro): Feb 9-11 or Feb 23-25 FSU (Molec. Biophysics): Feb 16-18 Georgetown (Biochem): Feb 27 Harvard (BBS): Jan 26-29 and Feb 9-12 Harvard (MCB): Feb 1st - 4th, Feb 15-18 Harvard (neuro): Jan 19-22 Harvard (BPH): Jan 26-27 Indiana University - Bloomington (Biology): Feb. 16-19 Marquette University (Biological Sciences): Feb 1 MIT (Biology): Feb 11-14, Feb. 25-28, Mar 10-13 MIT (CSBi): Feb 9-11, Feb 16-19 Mount Sinai (Biomedical Sciences PhD): Jan 9-10, Jan 17-18, Jan 24-25 or Feb 13-14 MSU: Jan 5-8 MSU (Zoology): Feb 2-3 Northwestern (IBiS): Feb 13-14 or Feb 27-18 Northwestern (Neuro: NUIN): Jan 19-20, Feb 2-3, Feb 23-24 NYU Sackler: Jan 19-20, Jan 26-27, Feb 9-10 Ohio State University (IBGP): Feb. 9-11 Ohio State University (Neuro): Jan 18-20 OHSU: Feb 1-4 OHSU (neuro) feb 5th- 7th Princeton (neuro): Feb 16-18 Princeton (EEB): February 8-10 Rockefeller: March 1-2 and 8-9 Scripps Research Institute-CA campus: Feb 24-25, Mar 2-3 Sloan Kettering: 1/17-1/19 Stanford (SCBRM) feb 29th - mar 3rd Stanford (Biology) feb 29th - mar 3rd Thomas Jefferson (neuro): Jan 26-27 Tufts-Sackler (Integrated Studies): Jan 27 Tufts-Sackler (Genetics and ISP) Feb 10th Tufts-Sackler (Molecular Microbiology) Feb 2-3 Tufts-Sackler (Neuroscience) Feb 17th USUHS: Feb 27 UAB (BMS): Jan 19-21 University of Arizona (Medical Pharmacology): Feb 9-12 University of Arizona (Physiological Sciences) Feb 16-17 University of Cambridge (UK): Jan 18th-20th University of Chicago (BSG): Feb 23-25 University of Chicago (Molecular Biosciences): Feb 16-18 University of Chicago (CEB): Feb 15-19 UC Berkeley (Biophysics): Feb 14-16 UC Berkeley (MCB): Feb 5-7, Feb 26-28 UC Berkeley (MBN): Jan 26-27 UC Davis (BMCDB): Mar 1-2, Mar 5 UC Davis (GGG): Feb 16-17 UC Davis (neuro): Feb 9-10 UC Irvine (CMB):Jan 26-28,Feb 2-4 UCLA ACCESS: Jan 28-30, Feb 11-13, Feb 25-27 UCLA ACCESS (Molecular and Medical Pharmacology): Dec 22 UC Riverside: Feb 24 UC San Diego (Biomedical Sciences): Feb 9-12 UCSD Biological Sciences: Feb 1-2, Feb 22-23 UCSD (Bioinformatics and Systems Biology): March 1-3 UCSF BMS: Jan 26-28 OR February 9-11 UCSF iPQB: Feb 9-11 UCSF iPQB (Bioinformatics): Feb 16-18 UCSF Tetrad: Feb 2-3 OR Feb 24-25 UC Santa Barbara MCDB: Feb 23-25 or Mar 1-3 UChicago (neuro): Feb 10 or Feb 13 (but travel times drag it out several days before and/or after) U Colorado - Denver (BSP): Feb 2-5, Feb 9-12 U Illinois Urbana-Champ (neuro) - Feb 16-19 U Iowa (Micro): Feb 23-26 U Iowa (Neuro) - Jan 26-28 U Kentucky (IBS)- Jan 12-13, Jan 26-27 UMASS Worcester: Feb 2-4 and Feb 16-18 U Maryland - Baltimore - Feb 3 U Miami (RSMAS): Feb 3-4 U Mich (PIBS): Jan 27-28 (Cancer Bio), Feb 3-4 (general) U Mich (EEB): Feb 16-18 U Minnesota (MICaB): Feb 9-12 or 16-19 U Minnesota (neuro): Feb 23-26 UNC Chapel Hill (BBSP): Feb 2-4, Jan 26-28, Feb 9-11, Feb 23-25 UPenn (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics): Jan 19-21, Feb 9-11 UPenn (CAMB): Jan 12-14 UPenn (neuro): Jan 20, Feb 10 UPitt (IBGP): Jan 20-22 URochester (BMB): Feb 3-4, March 2-3(environmental medecine) Feb 2-4 University of South Carolina (Biomedical Sciences) Feb 6-7 USC/Univ of Southern California (MEB) Feb 26-28 UT Austin (CMB): Jan 26-28, Feb 16-18 UT Austin (MSI): Feb 10-11 UVa (BIMS): Jan 12-14 or Feb 2-4 UVA (Biology): Feb 23-25 UW-Seattle (Biology): Jan 13 or Jan 20 UW-Seattle (MCB): Jan 25-27,Feb 8-10 UW-Seattle (GS): Feb12-14, Feb 26-28 UW-Seattle (Neuro): Jan 24-25 U Wisconsin - Madison (Biophysics): Mar 1-3 U Wisconsin - Madison (CMP) : Feb 27th, March 5th Vanderbilt (IGP): Jan 12-14, many others (just got back from the 1st weekend, they said there would be 8-9 other weekends) Virginia Commonwealth University (Biomedical Sciences Doctoral Portal): Feb 3rd or Feb 17th, Feb 24 or Mar 2 Washington University in St. Louis (DBBS-MCB): March 1-3 WashU (neuro): Jan 27-28, Feb 3-4 Yale (B.B.S.): Feb 2-5, Feb 9-12

I had 1 interview so far and only one guy was wearing an actual suit. Most girls wore slacks and a blazer, but not a matching suit. I wore boots with a slight heel because it was cold, and saw others wearing flats as well. If you're going on a tour, there will be a lot of walking, and now is not the time to wear heels unless you wear them all the time. Oh, I should mention that our interview day was "Business dress" and still suits weren't very prevalent. The day before was business casual, and all the females wore sweaters/cardigans I think.

Undergrad Institution: Average State School Major(s): Biology Minor(s): Chemistry, Psychology GPA in Major: 2.8 Overall GPA: 3.1 Position in Class: middle I think Type of Student: domestic GRE Scores (old version): Q: 740 (86%) V: 600 (80%) W: 4.5 (67%) Research Experience: A few months in 3 different undergrad labs; 2 years post-graduation with several abstracts, 1 pub; 1 year at current job Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list a few times- that's pretty much it Pertinent Activities or Jobs: undergrad TA 1 quarter, several years FT research after college Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: worked in industry a bit Special Bonus Points: Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I took several years off after undergrad to gain a lot more research experience to offset my low GPA. At the one interview I had so far, several interviewers mentioned my GPA, but didn't seem too concerned. One didn't even want to hear an explanation- just told me I should think of one for future interviews. BTW, my GPA had a huge increase at the end of my junior year- explained by taking classes I was more interested in, plus getting involved in research helped me understand course material much better. My advice for those with lower stats is to gain more experience to really understand how research works. Most undergrads are shielding from the worst parts of politics and funding issues and troubleshooting for months. I should also mention that I took the GRE 5 years before, and my score jumped from 1210 to 1340 with almost no additional studying, other than maturing as a scientist.

Albert Einstein: Jan 12-13, Jan 26-2 Baylor COM (MCB): Mar 1-4 Brandeis University (Neuro): Feb 3, Feb 17, Mar 3 Boston University (GPN): Mar 4-6 Case Western Reserve University (BSTP): Feb 3-4, Mar 2-3 Columbia (Integrated CMB): Jan 20-22 Columbia (Neurobiology & Behavior): Feb 8-10, Feb 29-Mar2 Columbia (Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine): Feb 3-5 Cornell (Weill): February Dartmouth (PEMM) March 2-3 Duke (Toxicology and Environmental Health) February 2-4 February 16-18 Emory (PBEE): February 2-4 Emory (IMP): Feb 2-4, March 1-3 Emory University (neuro): Feb 9-11 or Feb 23-25 Harvard (BBS): Jan 26-29 and Feb 9-12 Harvard (MCB): Feb 1st - 4th, Feb 15-18 Harvard (neuro): Jan 19-22 Harvard (BPH): Jan 26-27 Indiana University - Bloomington (Biology? Feb. 16-19 MIT (Biology? Feb 11-14, Feb. 25-28, Mar 10-13 Mount Sinai (Biomedical Sciences PhD): Jan 9-10, Jan 17-18 or Jan 24-25 MSU: Jan 5-8 MSU (Zoology): Feb 2-3 Northwestern (IBiS): Feb 13-14 or Feb 27-18 Northwestern (Neuro: NUIN): Jan 19-20, Feb 2-3, Feb 23-24 NYU Sackler: Jan 19-20, Jan 26-27, Feb 9-10 Ohio State University (IBGP): Feb. 9-11 Ohio State University (Neuro): Jan 18-20 OHSU: Feb 1-4 OHSU (neuro) feb 5th- 7th Princeton (neuro): Feb 16-18 Princeton (EEB): February 8-10 Rockefeller: March 1-2 and 8-9 Scripps Research Institute-CA campus: Feb 24-25, Mar 2-3 Sloan Kettering: 1/17-1/19 Stanford (SCBRM) feb 29th - mar 3rd Stanford (Biology) feb 29th - mar 3rd Thomas Jefferson (neuro): Jan 26-27 Tufts-Sackler (Integrated Studies): Jan 27 Tufts-Sackler (Genetics and ISP) Feb 10th Tufts-Sackler (Molecular Microbiology) Feb 2-3 Tufts-Sackler (Neuroscience) Feb 17th UAB (BMS): Jan 19-21 University of Arizona (Medical Pharmacology): Feb 9-12 University of Cambridge (UK): Jan 18th-20th University of Chicago (BSG): Feb 23-25 University of Chicago (Molecular Biosciences): Feb 16-18 UC Berkeley (MCB): Feb 5-7, Feb 26-28 UC Berkeley (MBN): Jan 26-27 UC Davis (BMCDB): Mar 1-2, Mar 5 UC Davis (GGG): Feb 16-17 UC Davis (neuro): Feb 9-10 UC Irvine (CMB):Jan 26-28,Feb 2-4 UCLA ACCESS: Jan 28-30, Feb 11-13, Feb 25-27 UCLA ACCESS (Molecular and Medical Pharmacology): Dec 22 UC Riverside: Feb 24 UC San Diego (Biomedical Sciences): Feb 9-12 UCSD Biological Sciences: Feb 1-2, Feb 22-23 UCSF BMS: Jan 26-28 OR February 9-11 UCSF Tetrad: Feb 2-3 OR Feb 24-25 UC Santa Barbara MCDB: Feb 23-25 or Mar 1-3 UChicago (neuro): Feb 10 or Feb 13 (but travel times drag it out several days before and/or after) U Colorado - Denver (BSP): Feb 2-5, Feb 9-12 U Illinois Urbana-Champ (neuro) - Feb 16-19 U Iowa (Micro): Feb 23-26 U Iowa (Neuro) - Jan 26-28 U Kentucky (IBS)- Jan 12-13, Jan 26-27 UMASS Worcester: Feb 2-4 and Feb 16-18 U Maryland - Baltimore - Feb 3 UMich (PIBS): Jan 27-28 (Cancer Bio), Feb 3-4 (general) U Minnesota (MICaB): Feb 9-12 or 16-19 U Minnesota (neuro): Feb 23-26 UNC Chapel Hill (BBSP): Feb 2-4, Jan 26-28, Feb 9-11, Feb 23-25 UPenn (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics): Jan 19-21, Feb 9-11 UPenn (CAMB): Jan 12-14 UPenn (neuro): Jan 20, Feb 10 UPitt (IBGP): Jan 20-22 URochester (BMB): Feb 3-4, March 2-3(environmental medecine) Feb 2-4 UT Austin (CMB): Jan 26-28, Feb 16-18 UVa (BIMS): Jan 12-14 or Feb 2-4 UW-Seattle (Biology? Jan 13 or Jan 20 UW-Seattle (MCB): Jan 25-27,Feb 8-10 UW-Seattle (GS): Feb12-14, Feb 26-28 UW-Seattle (Neuro): Jan 24-25 U Wisconsin - Madison (Biophysics): Mar 1-3 U Wisconsin - Madison (CMP) : Feb 27th, March 5th Vanderbilt (IGP): Jan 12-14, many others (just got back from the 1st weekend, they said there would be 8-9 other weekends) Virginia Commonwealth University (Biomedical Sciences Doctoral Portal): Feb 3rd or Feb 17th Washington University in St. Louis (DBBS-MCB): March 1-3 WashU (neuro): Jan 27-28, Feb 3-4 Yale (B.B.S.): Feb 2-5, Feb 9-12

Albert Einstein: Jan 12-13, Jan 26-2 Brandeis University (Neuro): Feb 3, Feb 17, Mar 3 Boston University (GPN): Mar 4-6 Case Western Reserve University (BSTP): Feb 3-4, Mar 2-3 Columbia (Integrated CMB): Jan 20-22 Columbia (Neurobiology & Behavior): Feb 8-10, Feb 29-Mar2 Columbia (Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine): Feb 3-5 Cornell (Weill): February Dartmouth (PEMM) March 2-3 Emory (PBEE): February 2-4 Emory (IMP): Feb 2-4, March 1-3 Emory University (neuro): Feb 9-11 or Feb 23-25 Harvard (BBS): Jan 26-29 and Feb 9-12 Harvard (MCB): Feb 1st - 4th, Feb 15-18 Harvard (neuro): Jan 19-22 Harvard (BPH): Jan 26-27 Indiana University - Bloomington (Biology? Feb. 16-19 MIT (Biology? Feb 11-14, Feb. 25-28, Mar 10-13 Mount Sinai (Biomedical Sciences PhD): Jan 9-10, Jan 17-18 or Jan 24-25 MSU: Jan 5-8 MSU (Zoology): Feb 2-3 Northwestern (IBiS): Feb 13-14 or Feb 27-18 Northwestern (Neuro: NUIN): Jan 19-20, Feb 2-3, Feb 23-24 NYU Sackler: Jan 19-20, Jan 26-27, Feb 9-10 Ohio State University (IBGP): Feb. 9-11 Ohio State University (Neuro): Jan 18-20 OHSU: Feb 1-4 OHSU (neuro) feb 5th- 7th Princeton (neuro): Feb 16-18 Princeton (EEB): February 8-10 Rockefeller: March 1-2 and 8-9 Scripps Research Institute-CA campus: Feb 24-25, Mar 2-3 Sloan Kettering: 1/17-1/19 Stanford (SCBRM) feb 29th - mar 3rd Stanford (Biology) feb 29th - mar 3rd Thomas Jefferson (neuro): Jan 26-27 Tufts-Sackler (Integrated Studies): Jan 27 Tufts-Sackler (Genetics and ISP) Feb 10th Tufts-Sackler (Molecular Microbiology) Feb 2-3 Tufts-Sackler (Neuroscience) Feb 17th UAB (BMS): Jan 19-21 University of Arizona (Medical Pharmacology): Feb 9-12 University of Cambridge (UK): Jan 18th-20th University of Chicago (BSG): Feb 23-25 University of Chicago (Molecular Biosciences): Feb 16-18 UC Berkeley (MCB): Feb 5-7, Feb 26-28 UC Berkeley (MBN): Jan 26-27 UC Davis (BMCDB): Mar 1-2, Mar 5 UC Davis (GGG): Feb 16-17 UC Davis (neuro): Feb 9-10 UC Irvine (CMB):Jan 26-28,Feb 2-4 UCLA ACCESS: Jan 28-30, Feb 11-13, Feb 25-27 UCLA ACCESS (Molecular and Medical Pharmacology): Dec 22 UC Riverside: Feb 24 UC San Diego (Biomedical Sciences): Feb 9-12 UCSD Biological Sciences: Feb 1-2, Feb 22-23 UCSF BMS: Jan 26-28 OR February 9-11 UCSF Tetrad: Feb 2-3 OR Feb 24-25 UC Santa Barbara MCDB: Feb 23-25 or Mar 1-3 UChicago (neuro): Feb 10 or Feb 13 (but travel times drag it out several days before and/or after) U Colorado - Denver (BSP): Feb 2-5, Feb 9-12 U Illinois Urbana-Champ (neuro) - Feb 16-19 U Iowa (Micro): Feb 23-26 U Iowa (Neuro) - Jan 26-28 U Kentucky (IBS) - Jan 12-13, Jan 26-27 UMASS Worcester: Feb 2-4 and Feb 16-18 U Maryland - Baltimore - Feb 3 UMich (PIBS): Jan 27-28 (Cancer Bio), Feb 3-4 (general) U Minnesota (MICaB): Feb 9-12 or 16-19 U Minnesota (neuro): Feb 23-26 UNC Chapel Hill (BBSP): Feb 2-4, Jan 26-28, Feb 9-11, Feb 23-25 UPenn (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics): Jan 19-21, Feb 9-11 UPenn (CAMB): Jan 12-14 UPenn (neuro): Jan 20, Feb 10 UPitt (IBGP): Jan 20-22 URochester (BMB): Feb 3-4, March 2-3 UT Austin (CMB): Jan 26-28, Feb 16-18 UVa (BIMS): Jan 12-14 or Feb 2-4 UW-Seattle (Biology? Jan 13 or Jan 20 UW-Seattle (MCB): Jan 25-27,Feb 8-10 UW-Seattle (GS): Feb12-14, Feb 26-28 UW-Seattle (Neuro): Jan 24-25 U Wisconsin - Madison (Biophysics): Mar 1-3 U Wisconsin - Madison (CMP) : Feb 27th, March 5th Vanderbilt (IGP): Jan 12-14, many others (just got back from the 1st weekend, they said there would be 8-9 other weekends) Virginia Commonwealth University (Biomedical Sciences Doctoral Portal): Feb 3rd or Feb 17th Washington University in St. Louis (DBBS-MCB): March 1-3 WashU (neuro): Jan 27-28, Feb 3-4 Yale (B.B.S.): Feb 2-5, Feb 9-12