[2012 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results]

They have five interview weekends, one of which is March 17th. I'm not sure how late they send out invites, but perhaps it's still possible for that last weekend. I received my invite about a month before my January interview.

And just FYI, I see that you always call it Pitts - I don't think anyone there does. Sounds kind of negative maybe? So it's just Pitt.

Thanks for the information and correction...I guess that I never noticed that until you pointed it out.

[Biological Sciences interview questions thread 2012]

I agree. If you can communicate the design and significance of your research projects verbally, it shows much better scientific communication skills . If you do bring figures, I feel like you should make sure they're very simple -- no complex gels or charts. I would only want to use a figure if I was trying to communicate that's something difficult to describe verbally.

Thanks for the advice! I am not planning to show any data but just a figure about my hypothesis. I will copies with me in case they are interested to see it.

[2012 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results]

@hyt5009... Saw a post on grad cafe today for Pitt IBGP.. seems like that person emailed the program co-ordinator and got the reject.. I wonder if I should do that.. part of me wants to know finally (even if its a reject) part of me wants to still wait.. Anyway goodluck with the Baylor interview.. hope u rock it!!

Thanks! And I hope we both will get interview invitations from Pitts. I did also email the program coordinator but never got any response so at least no news is good news? I think I may email them again...

[2012 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results]

I just interviewed there for the TBMM program. I had a really great time and I hope they say yes. I'm not sure how I feel about living in TX, but the cost of living is great. I heard they were interviewing about 40 students for a class of 12 or so (TBMM, not sure about Immuno). They were very nice though so just be yourself and it should work out. Good luck!!!

Thanks! I hope that we both make it! My interview will be 2/23-2/25 so I am anxiously preparing for it. >< I also just got in contact with a current grad student in the program and hopefully she can provide some useful information/hints for interviewing there. I think Immunology is a smaller program and usually just takes 5 students a year (so they invite 12-14 applicants for on site interview each year...at least that's what it said on the website but I think that they also do phone interviews for international students). Hopefully the professors in the program won't be too difficult during the interview!

[2012 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results]

@ snehapotdar,

At this point, I am actually loosing hope for Pitts. I will be having interview with Baylor College of Medicine next week, and I will put all my hope in that...but it would still be nice if I can hear from Pitts though, whether it's a rejection or an interview invitation. Anyway, fingers crossed for both of us!!

[2012 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results]

@ hyt5009.. U applied to IBGP rite? I havent heard from them either.. they have interviews till March.. This was from the Dept of Biological Sciences; the MCDB program. I had to applyu to both due to my limited choice of Pittsburgh only.. Did you also apply to Biological Sciences in Pitt?

Yes, I applied to IBGP but did not apply to Biological Sciences. I actually wrote a few emails to the administrative person and directors inquiring about my application status/interview invitations but no response at all from any of them. Not sure if we are being wait-listed or forgotten...

[Johns Hopkins]

I went to the School of Public Health 2 years ago, and I would say the it is very competitive but students are mostly pretty nice (at least in my department). Having living in Baltimore since 2009, I would say that yes there are quite a few negative things (i.e. bad neighborhoods, bad traffic,etc.), but you get used to it. The engineering school is located in a safer area of Baltimore (I am currently living near homewood campus where lots of JHU students live), unlike the medical campus, which is surrounded by very bad neighborhoods. The city itself is quite old, but it is still a city (many good restaurants, bars, etc. but don't compare it to cities like NYC or LA). Also it is quite close to DC and not too far from Philly and NYC (easy to catch a bus to go there). If you are really concerned, I would suggest you pay a visit and see the city yourself. For me, I am already used to living in Baltimore.

[2012 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results]

I am still waiting to hear from U of Pitts...

[2012 Interview Dates]

Albert Einstein: Jan 12-13, Jan 26-2

Baylor COM (MCB): Mar 1-4

Baylor COM (Immunology): Feb 23-25

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 (MCIP): March 2-3

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

[2012 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results]

@ hyt5009...

which programs did you apply at Northwestern and Boston University... I applied to Biophysics and have not heard form them yet.

I applied to the Integrated Graduate Program in Life Sciences (IGP) at Northwestern and Microbiology (Immunology track) at BU. I emailed the directors to ask about interview invitations and they told me that I was not selected.

[Biological Sciences interview questions thread 2012]

@ coonskee ~ Thanks for the response.

I am thinking about printing out a few figures regarding my hypotheses (potential signaling pathways. etc.). Thought that visuals would really clarify things, but I will certainly practice taking about it out loud in case they don't allow people to bring anything during the interview process.

[Biological Sciences interview questions thread 2012]

Is it appropriate to bring power-point slides to present/summarize my past research projects? I think figures and bullet points would really help me and the interviewers understand what I did.

[Once you get an interview...]

Does any one know what Baylor College of Medicine's acceptance rate from interview？ Is it over 50%? On the website of the Immunology program, it said that usually they selected 12-14 applicants for interview, but I dunno how many spots they offer. I am just very anxious since this is the only interview invitation I have so far so I definitely wanna nail it.

[2012 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results]

@ hyt5009.. What program did you apply for at Upitt?

I applied to the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program (Immunology track) at UPitt. No response from them yet...

[2012 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results]

Got interview invitation from Baylor College of Medicine this morning (Yay!!!) for Immunology program. Has anyone gotten admission offer or an interview invitation from Baylor? I really want to know how selective and competitive the program is...cuz so far I got rejections from NYU Sackler, Hopkins School of Public Health, Northwestern and Boston University. Still waiting for responses from Mount Sinai, UVA, Hopkins School of Med for Pathobiology program, Penn State, University of Pittsburgh and UT Southwestern.