I know it is kinda late, but I'm having trouble picking a primary field. For my proposal, I am doing a DNA nanotechnology project, which could fall under Chemistry of Life Science, Biochemistry, Bioengineering or Biomaterials. Does anyone have a suggestion under which it would be most appropriate? For background, I am in a Chemistry program, but my PI is in a Biochemistry department and also has a Bioengineering appointment.
Thanks!
Yeah, I had a first interview as well. It went okay, but we'll see if I get another interview. The competition is crazy, so I wish the best of luck to both of us!
What kind of questions were you asked? I was asked about the electromagnetic spectrum. Basically, just to convert units and talk about light and things like that. It was too difficult, the biggest problem I had was doing simple mathematics on paper. It is very stressful to know someone is looking over your answer as you are doing it...
I was accepted to MIT with the following research interests:
1) Biological Chemistry
2) Inorganic
3) Materials
I was called by a Biochemistry faculty member.
That being said, I don't think they are done with admissions. I think they have done 1st round admissions for some divisions, but not others. Hope this is helpful, and good luck
Hey, I was accepted to MIT too (on 12/28). I received a call from Brad Pentelute. I didn't mention him in my SOP because I'm thinking of going into materials (instead of Biochem, which I have been doing research in), but he mentioned that he might be working on some biomolecular materials in the future, which sounds very interesting.
Stats:
GPA: 3.96 (out of 4 at a top 3 liberal arts college)
GRE (V/Q/A): 159/170/4.5
Subject GRE: 820
Research: 3 years, several poster presentations and oral presentations, 2 publications and 1 first author publication under review currently