Fall 2020 Biology/Biomed International Student Applications

[anxiousinternational]

I just want to know how other internationals are doing in this application cycle. It would be great if you can post which schools you applied, interview invitations and your profile.

[CarpalTunnel625]

I applied to:

-University of Washington: Molecular Medicine & Mechanisms of Disease (M3D/Pathology), Pharmacology, Molecular & Cellular Biology (MCB), and Immunology

-Yale BBS, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology (MMPP) Track

-UT/MD Anderson GSBS

So far, I have scheduled interviews with UW M3D and pharmacology programs and received a rejection email from UW MCB. The notifications happened before this week, interviews scheduled for late Jan-early Feb. 

Applicant profile:

-Small private US university, good biology program reputation; GPA: 3.8/4.0

-Strong LORs: 2 from college profs, 1 from current PI

-Multiple and various research experiences throughout and ~2 years post undergrad

 

What about you??

 

[EvoDevoTW]

Hi, Thanks for starting this thread!

My application status is as my signature below.

As for applicant profile:

- Top tier biomedical university in Taiwan; GPA: 3.71/4.0 (Major: 3.90/4.0)

- Strong LoRs: 2 from my research mentors and 1 from a course instructor

- 3.5 years undergrad and ~1.5 years post-grad research experiences (including 3 months in a US research institute)

- One research paper (side project; 4th author) under revision

- Undergrad research grant from Gov. 

- Several academic and poster awards (including one honored in an huge international meeting)

Also want to ask if any international applicant has received invites from Harvard MCO, Princeton Molecular Biology, and UCSD Biological Sciences; would you mind to share your profile and do you think these programs would send another wave of invites after New Year?

[appcs2020]

On 12/27/2019 at 3:30 PM, EvoDevoTW said:

Hi, Thanks for starting this thread!

My application status is as my signature below.

As for applicant profile:

- Top tier biomedical university in Taiwan; GPA: 3.71/4.0 (Major: 3.90/4.0)

- Strong LoRs: 2 from my research mentors and 1 from a course instructor

- 3.5 years undergrad and ~1.5 years post-grad research experiences (including 3 months in a US research institute)

- One research paper (side project; 4th author) under revision

- Undergrad research grant from Gov. 

- Several academic and poster awards (including one honored in an huge international meeting)

Also want to ask if any international applicant has received invites from Harvard MCO, Princeton Molecular Biology, and UCSD Biological Sciences; would you mind to share your profile and do you think these programs would send another wave of invites after New Year?

Hey, international applicant from Taiwan too:) 

Haven't heard from a lot of programs, I also applied for Princeton (Mol Bio) and UCSD Bio.

I was wondering about your status now? Did you receive any invites or rejections, cause I haven't received either.  

[Anthony Tong]

Taiwan applicant here to say Hi.

Having apply to the following program.

1. BCM - QCB

2. USC - QCB

3. UPenn - GCB

4. MD Anderson - GSBS

5. UTH - GSBS (interview)

6. TAMU - BioChemistry and BioPhysic (interview)

11 hours ago, appcs2020 said:

Hey, international applicant from Taiwan too:) 

Haven't heard from a lot of programs, I also applied for Princeton (Mol Bio) and UCSD Bio.

I was wondering about your status now? Did you receive any invites or rejections, cause I haven't received either.  

 

[anxiousinternational]

No news from princeton molbio

[Samiraaaaf]

Hi all

I'm an international applicant as well

Applied to:

Baylor College of Medicine - Development, Disease Models and Therapeutics: Interview

MD Anderson- GSBS- Waiting

Rice University- BIOE, SSPB, and Bioscience- Waiting

UChicago- Bioscience- Waiting

UWashington- Biology- Rejected

UCSF- Bioscience- Rejected

UCLA- Pharmacology- Waiting

NYU Sackler- Rejected

UC Berkeley- Neuroscience- Waiting

UCSB- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology- Waiting

My Profile:

Undergraduate Degree in Psychology, Minor in Neuroscience 

GPA 3.0

2.5 years research experience in Bio engineering at Rice University

1 year as an undergrad and 1.5 years as a tech

1 Manuscript- Second Author submitting to Nature Biotech

1 Manuscript- First author - Undecided where we're submitting

2 Posters- 1 at Rice University, 1 at an international conference 

 

If anyone has heard from any of these schools/programs let me know! Im starting to get a little nervous.

 

Edited January 21, 2020 by Samiraaaaf

[cancerbio514]

Hey! Have any international applicants heard back from the following PhD programs? Starting to assume I have been rejected by all of them :(

Emory GDBBS (Cancer Biology)

UPenn CAMB (Cancer Biology)

UChicago Biosciences (Cancer Biology)

Northwestern DGP-Driskill Life Sciences

Scripps Research Institute Graduate Program

[worriedaf]

On 1/24/2020 at 1:41 PM, cancerbio514 said:

Hey! Have any international applicants heard back from the following PhD programs? Starting to assume I have been rejected by all of them 

Emory GDBBS (Cancer Biology)

UPenn CAMB (Cancer Biology)

UChicago Biosciences (Cancer Biology)

Northwestern DGP-Driskill Life Sciences

Scripps Research Institute Graduate Program

Am also waiting to hear back from UPenn CAMB (Cancer Bio)... but i'm definitely prepared for the worst.

I emailed Northwestern in the first week of January and was told that they had already sent out all their invites and that my application status would be updated by the end of the month.

Oh boy this admission cycle has been disastrous  

Programs I applied to:

NYU Sackler Cancer Bio (or Cell bio or something) - Rejected

UNC BBSP - Rejected

UW Madison Cancer Bio - Rejected

Northwestern DGP - Rejected

MD Anderson UT Health GSBS - Rejected (30 mins ago...)

Stanford Biosciences (Cancer Bio) - Rejected

Harvard BBS - Rejected

Gerstner Sloan Kettering - Rejected after interview.

UCSD Biomedical Sciences - Waiting

Vanderbilt IGP - Waiting

UPenn CAMP (Cancer Bio) - Waiting

Baylor Cancer Bio - Waiting

Johns Hopkins BMB - Interview in mid-Feb.

 

 

 

[anxiousinternational]

I thought that you won't get rejected after interview.... that's terrifying!

[REGGAE]

Any internationals who has heard from MD Anderson UT, Dartmouth MCB and Tufts?

[ApplicantF20]

Hi all, 

Have anybody heard from these programs? 

University of Cincinnati, Cancer Biology

Ohio State University, MCDB

Arizona State university, MCDB

Rutgers University, Genetics and Cancer

SUNY at Buffalo, Cancer Science 

Iowa State, Biomedical Sciences 

Feels like I'm ghosted, not a single response and update on gradcafe yet. Fingers crossed ?

Edited February 29, 2020 by ApplicantF20