2020 Computational Biology/Bioinformatics/Systems Biology PhD Admissions

[pangenome]

@kataegis Sameeeeeeeee!

[kataegis]

@pangenome congrats man, the Broad is a dream!!!!

[yakyu]

1 hour ago, kataegis said:

The UW rejection got me really scared .. but folks in same boat don't be discouraged!!

• EMBL-EBI [in-person interview Dec 2]
• University of Washington GS [rejected Dec 18]
• UCSD Comp Bio [Skype interview Dec 19]
• TRI-I Comp Bio [in person interview Dec 23]
• Havard BIG [in person interview Dec 23]
• Stanford BMI
• JHU CS
• MIT CSB
• Sanger Comp Bio

 

What UCSD comp bio program did you apply to?

[kataegis]

13 minutes ago, yakyu said:

What UCSD comp bio program did you apply to?

BISB

[Pnwbio]

Has anyone heard back from UC Santa Cruz Bioinformatics? I applied to the master's program -

[JesseSL]

35 minutes ago, Pnwbio said:

Has anyone heard back from UC Santa Cruz Bioinformatics? I applied to the master's program -

I got an invite on 12/18 for the BMEB PhD program, but I'm not sure if the masters program has the same recruitment weekend. 

[Rish41]

Anyone else who applied to TRI-I and has not heard back as of yet?

[rcon]

Has anyone gotten actual rejections from Yale CBB, Harvard, UPenn, or Columbia?

[balisticFeanor]

19 minutes ago, rcon said:

Has anyone gotten actual rejections from Yale CBB, Harvard, UPenn, or Columbia?

I don't think anyone has but based on previous years i think they send out the rejections in January (im assuming after people have responded to interview invites)

[potoooooooo]

Heard back from BIG!!

Harvard BIG [12/23]
MIT CSB
Tri-I CBM [12/23]
UCLA Bioinformatics [12/6]
UCSF Bioinformatics [12/20]
JHU BME
UC Berkeley Computational Biology  [12/20]
Yale CBB [12/17]
Princeton QCB
UCSD BISB  [12/19]
UChicago GGSB [12/12]
UCI MCSB (Didn't end up applying)
Penn GCB [12/10]

[Interview Notification] [Acceptance] [Waitlist] [Rejection]
(None means still waiting)

[JesseSL]

15 minutes ago, potoooooooo said:

Heard back from BIG!!

Harvard BIG [12/23]
MIT CSB
Tri-I CBM [12/23]
UCLA Bioinformatics [12/6]
UCSF Bioinformatics [12/20]
JHU BME
UC Berkeley Computational Biology  [12/20]
Yale CBB [12/17]
Princeton QCB
UCSD BISB  [12/19]
UChicago GGSB [12/12]
UCI MCSB (Didn't end up applying)
Penn GCB [12/10]

[Interview Notification] [Acceptance] [Waitlist] [Rejection]
(None means still waiting)

Congrats! 

[mcatamur]

A bit late but here's mine

Interview invitation:

• UC Berkeley Comp Bio (interview invitation from POI via phone 12/20, official email to follow)

Rejections:

• UW Genome Sciences (rejected via email 12/18)
• UCSF Biological and Medical Informatics (rejected via email 12/23)

No news so far:

• UCLA Bioinformatics
• Harvard Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics
• NYU Computational Biomedicine
• UCSD Bioinformatics
• Stanford Genetics and Cancer Biology (Computational Track)

 

Some stats for anyone that's interested:

• GPA: 3.2 Biomolecular Eng and Bioinf (Def not as competitive as I'd like ://///)
• Research: 2 years part-time undergrad research at home university (2 independent research projects supervised by PI); 1 research project from 8-wk summer internship for Comp Bio/Genomics at UCLA; all 3 projects genetics/cancer genomics related; no pubs
• Other/relevant experience: software optimization for bioinformatics tool developed by PI; low-cost electrocardiograph for bioeng design project
• Awards/Honors:
  • NSF-IMSD Fellow (1 yr appointment)
  • NSF REU (not sure if this counts but was told by PI that it does since I was specifically chosen to be funded by this reu for ucla summer internship; 50 participants, 10 of us were funded by this reu so I added it to my CV)
  • Best poster at symposium for ucla summer internship
  • Outstanding presentation of research SACNAS
  • Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative scholarship (covered conference and travel fees for ^)
  • Koret Undergraduate Research Scholarship (undergrad research funding for 1 yr)
  • Dean's Honors
• Posters/Conferences:
  • 2 posters (both first author); both won an award, 1 at national conference
  • 3 poster symposiums
  • 1 national conference

Edited December 24, 2019 by mcatamur

[yakyu]

@mcatamur that's pretty cool! I haven't heard from UC Berkeley CCB - I'm always curious about how and when institutions deliver invites / rejections. 

[mcatamur]

Just now, mcatamur said:

A bit late but here's mine

Interview invitation:

• UC Berkeley Comp Bio (interview invitation from POI via phone 12/20, official email to follow)

Rejections:

• UW Genome Sciences (rejected via email 12/18)
• UCSF Biological and Medical Informatics (rejected via email 12/23)

No news so far:

• UCLA Bioinformatics
• Harvard Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics
• NYU Computational Biomedicine
• UCSD Bioinformatics
• Stanford Genetics and Cancer Biology (Computational Track)

 

Some stats for anyone that's interested:

• GPA: 3.2 Biomolecular Eng and Bioinf (Def not as competitive as I'd like ://///)
• Research: 2 years part-time undergrad research at home university (2 independent research projects supervised by PI); 1 research project from 8-wk summer internship for Comp Bio/Genomics at UCLA; all 3 projects genetics/cancer genomics related; no pubs
• Other/relevant experience: software optimization for bioinformatics tool developed by PI; low-cost electrocardiograph for bioeng design project
• Awards/Honors:
  • NSF-IMSD Fellow (1 yr appointment)
  • NSF REU (not sure if this counts but was told by PI that it does since I was specifically chosen to be funded by this reu for ucla summer internship; 50 participants, 10 of us were funded by this reu so I added it to my CV)
  • Best poster at symposium for ucla summer internship
  • Outstanding presentation of research SACNAS
  • Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative scholarship (covered conference and travel fees for ^)
  • Koret Undergraduate Research Scholarship (undergrad research funding for 1 yr)
  • Dean's Honors
• Posters/Conferences:
  • 2 posters (both first author); both won an award, 1 at national conference
  • 3 poster symposiums
  • 1 national conference

Honestly surprised I have not received an invite from UCLA Bioinformatics to interview. I know they sent out invites 12/6 and 12/19. When I was there over the summer for my research internship, I met several PIs and personally talked to the Bioinformatics dept director about my interest in the program. Should I assume no news = rejection at this point? as well as with other programs I haven't heard from?

[mcatamur]

11 minutes ago, yakyu said:

@mcatamur that's pretty cool! I haven't heard from UC Berkeley CCB - I'm always curious about how and when institutions deliver invites / rejections. 

@yakyu It seems like everyone so far has been invited via phone from poi. Just saw that someone received invite via phone today for UC Berkeley CCB so looks like they're still sending out invites. Good luck!

Edited December 24, 2019 by mcatamur

[myoate]

Anyone heard back from Harvard Sysbio yet (aka ssQBio)??

[rtpstg673]

Has anyone heard back from UW Biomedical Informatics (BIME)? 

[VirtualCell]

1 hour ago, singlegenome said:

Anyone heard back from Harvard Sysbio yet (aka ssQBio)??

Nothing from SSQB yet, I don’t think! I’ve worked in a couple labs in SysBio, and they definitely have a wait-until-after-christmas vibe. (though looking at previous results, it looks like they released earlier in previous years? so maybe my impressions are off)

edit: looks like someone just posted an interview invitation to the results page! 

Edited December 24, 2019 by VirtualCell

[Anthony Tong]

Does anyone receive BCM's invitation letter?

[myoate]

5 hours ago, VirtualCell said:

Nothing from SSQB yet, I don’t think! I’ve worked in a couple labs in SysBio, and they definitely have a wait-until-after-christmas vibe. (though looking at previous results, it looks like they released earlier in previous years? so maybe my impressions are off)

edit: looks like someone just posted an interview invitation to the results page! 

Not sure if it’s possible to get multiple interview invites to Harvard HILS programs, so I was wondering if getting an interview invite to BBS means rejection from SSQB

[djii]

Has anyone received an outright rejection from UC Berkeley's Computational Biology program yet? I saw that some people have invites but I didn't see any rejections either.

Also my responses so far for curious people: (approximate dates) 

JHU CMDB invited 12/16

UCSF BMI invited 12/22

Stanford Biosciences (umbrella) invited 12/21

UVa BIMS invited 12/21

Northwestern DGP invited 12/17

UW Genome Sciences Rejected (I hear it's been a rough year for plenty of people)

[myoate]

25 minutes ago, djii said:

Has anyone received an outright rejection from UC Berkeley's Computational Biology program yet? I saw that some people have invites but I didn't see any rejections either.

Also my responses so far for curious people: (approximate dates) 

JHU CMDB invited 12/16

UCSF BMI invited 12/22

Stanford Biosciences (umbrella) invited 12/21

UVa BIMS invited 12/21

Northwestern DGP invited 12/17

UW Genome Sciences Rejected (I hear it's been a rough year for plenty of people)

What’s your Stanford Biosciences home program?

[forumcrawler27]

Hi, I have a couple general questions:

(1) Do schools typically send out rejection emails or just ghost you?

(2) If a school has already sent invites to people (e.g. people on this forum), does that mean they've sent out all their invites (or most)?

Thanks!

[djii]

27 minutes ago, forumcrawler27 said:

Hi, I have a couple general questions:

(1) Do schools typically send out rejection emails or just ghost you?

(2) If a school has already sent invites to people (e.g. people on this forum), does that mean they've sent out all their invites (or most)?

Thanks!

I thought it was ghosting but it looks like some schools are sending rejections this year. 

[djii]

2 hours ago, singlegenome said:

What’s your Stanford Biosciences home program?

I'm shooting for Stem Cell Biology