idealhelium Posted January 7, 2020 Posted January 7, 2020 Thought it might be useful to create a thread for those applied to Stanford. They're releasing interview invites this week so comment here if y'all hear anything! Feel free to talk about yourselves too - I'm an international student who doesn't know anyone else applying so it'd be nice to hear some voices out here!
idealhelium Posted January 7, 2020 Author Posted January 7, 2020 Undergrad Institution: foreign, top 10 in Canada, but not top 100 in the worldMajor(s): Biochemistry HonoursMinor(s): N/AGPA in Major: N/AOverall GPA: 3.86Type of Student: InternationalResearch Experience: 2 summers, a 4-month project course, currently doing full-year honours thesis. (all of these in different labs) Volunteered with a lab in highschool and first-year and got a middle author publication.Awards/Honors/Recognitions: a small departmental one for summer student presentations, some in highschool (but those probably don't help anymore lol)Pertinent Activities or Jobs: departmental student association co-presidentAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: noneAny Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: none
Walfred Posted January 7, 2020 Posted January 7, 2020 It is very hard for international applicants to be accepted by top rank institutions in Biomedical fields without publication or exceptional shining recommendation. Stanford bioscience receives around 1000 international applicants all programs add up each year, about 10% has decent grades, recommendations, and publications vs Less than 10 will be granted an offer. balisticFeanor and jmillar 1 1
NegativeCation Posted January 8, 2020 Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) On 1/7/2020 at 3:36 PM, Walfred said: It is very hard for international applicants to be accepted by top rank institutions in Biomedical fields without publication or exceptional shining recommendation. Stanford bioscience receives around 1000 international applicants all programs add up each year, about 10% has decent grades, recommendations, and publications vs Less than 10 will be granted an offer. Expand Yeah... This is true. I emailed the Director of the biophysics program at Stanford, and his reply was "If you are an international student, I highly recommend applying through BioE if you think that that program will be a good match. Both Biophysics and Biochemistry have a limited number of slots (1) for international students, while BioE’s funding has no constraints." I don't know if it applies to the other biosciences programs, but I would think it's somewhere similar. I guess it's not impossible (and always worth a shot, part of it is definitely luck), but it's a little hard. Edited January 8, 2020 by NegativeCation
anxiousinternational Posted January 9, 2020 Posted January 9, 2020 Just got email invite for Biology Biosciences
Blood Type C8H10N4O2 Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/9/2020 at 12:24 AM, anxiousinternational said: Just got email invite for Biology Biosciences Expand Congratulations! Can you mention which specific Home Program it was for?
oceanofowl Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 1:02 PM, anxiousinternational said: Biology Expand what's your track/sub-field? I wonder whether eco-evo track starts to send invitations.
anxiousinternational Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 I thought they do it as a whole regardless of the "sub-fields? Not so sure..
AnnieM Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) Has anyone heard from the Biomedical Informatics (BMI) home program? Edited January 13, 2020 by AnnieM
thelilypad Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 I just contacted them and received this response (from BMI) "Regarding your application status: In the coming week, we will start to contact those applicants who have been selected for an interview (sorry this is taking a while, but we appreciate your continued patience and interest in BMI). The selected applicants will be invited to interview, at our expense, arriving on Wednesday, March 4 and departing on Sunday, March 8, 2020. This is our only interview session. Applicants who are not selected for an interview will receive a letter which states that no further action will be taken on their application by the Committee on Graduate Admissions and Policy." balisticFeanor and ydzhu 2
AnnieM Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 On 1/13/2020 at 9:33 PM, thelilypad said: I just contacted them and received this response (from BMI) "Regarding your application status: In the coming week, we will start to contact those applicants who have been selected for an interview (sorry this is taking a while, but we appreciate your continued patience and interest in BMI). The selected applicants will be invited to interview, at our expense, arriving on Wednesday, March 4 and departing on Sunday, March 8, 2020. This is our only interview session. Applicants who are not selected for an interview will receive a letter which states that no further action will be taken on their application by the Committee on Graduate Admissions and Policy." Expand Awesome, thank you!
PPenguin Posted January 14, 2020 Posted January 14, 2020 Has anyone heard back from Biochemistry? No results posted on GradCafe yet.
appcs2020 Posted January 14, 2020 Posted January 14, 2020 Has any internationals heard back from Immunology? (Not Microbiology & Immunology, they're different programs) Thanks!
thelilypad Posted January 14, 2020 Posted January 14, 2020 Just got invited for the PhD interview at Stanford BMI! So excited! AnnieM and balisticFeanor 1 1
AnnieM Posted January 14, 2020 Posted January 14, 2020 On 1/14/2020 at 11:51 PM, thelilypad said: Just got invited for the PhD interview at Stanford BMI! So excited! Expand Congrats!!! thelilypad 1
giffy11 Posted January 15, 2020 Posted January 15, 2020 Hi all! Anyone heard from the Cancer Biology program for interviews? Im dying from the anxiety. Thank you!
microbiome_bum Posted January 15, 2020 Posted January 15, 2020 Aside from the one human who heard back from Chemical and Systems Biology, has anyone had an update since? It seems like they're slightly behind compared to previous years... ? Secondary choices were: Immunology and Cancer Biology ?
meowsical Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 Received an interview offer from Biosciences - Biochem. Anyone have any idea what the selection rate for admissions post interview is?
bio_person Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 Also wondering if anyone knows anything about cell/molecular phys home program?
idealhelium Posted January 16, 2020 Author Posted January 16, 2020 On 1/8/2020 at 2:47 PM, NegativeCation said: Yeah... This is true. I emailed the Director of the biophysics program at Stanford, and his reply was "If you are an international student, I highly recommend applying through BioE if you think that that program will be a good match. Both Biophysics and Biochemistry have a limited number of slots (1) for international students, while BioE’s funding has no constraints." I don't know if it applies to the other biosciences programs, but I would think it's somewhere similar. I guess it's not impossible (and always worth a shot, part of it is definitely luck), but it's a little hard. Expand Honestly wasn't aware of how challenging it is for international applicants until learning it the hard way this year haha.. I saw your post on the larger biology thread - congratulations on your Harvard BBS interview! Your profile seemed really outstanding, would you mind if I pm you some specific questions?
NegativeCation Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 7:03 PM, idealhelium said: Honestly wasn't aware of how challenging it is for international applicants until learning it the hard way this year haha.. I saw your post on the larger biology thread - congratulations on your Harvard BBS interview! Your profile seemed really outstanding, would you mind if I pm you some specific questions? Expand Yup sure, would be happy to!
bio_person Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 5:54 AM, international_female said: Received an interview offer from Biosciences - Biochem. Anyone have any idea what the selection rate for admissions post interview is? Expand When did you get your offer? I hear about 50%
meowsical Posted January 20, 2020 Posted January 20, 2020 On 1/17/2020 at 7:02 PM, bio_person said: When did you get your offer? I hear about 50% Expand Got it around 3rd week of December
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