isruyuki Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Very confused right now. I need some suggestions on picking up the right school. JHU cell molecular developmental bio, Boston University Biomedical Engineering have already gave me offer, I am going to interview with Baylor soon and thinking that I have a high chance of getting in. JHU asked me to decide before mid-Feb, and that's a difficult choice!!! JHU CMDB is great. Faculty there are professional, high chance of publishing high IF papers, solid training, very prestigious program. The several things I am hesitating about it is that 1) I went into BIOE with an initial goal to perform transnational studies, and JHU CMDB seems like far away from my starting point. 2) The cohort will be very competitive, I am not sure if I can fit in. 3) Baltimore is not a very pleasant city to live in, I guess. Baylor SOM sounds like a 'fit' for me. The good things are: 1) many labs to choose , topics ranging from clincial to pure biology. And the atmosphere there I guess is less cutthroat(?) 2) Houston is a nice place, strong research community with other institutions around, nice and cost-efficient to live in. But I guess JHU provides more serious(?) training than it? BU BME: Very engineering, fits my background. There are several labs there working on neural imaging, which I am interested in. Boston is a great city. I spent my undergraduate years there and really love its convenience. One bad thing about it: except that several labs I would want to work in, I am actually not very interested in other labs. I am still not sure about whether to go to industry or continue as a post-doc after phd. Post-doc may be more likely for me. I treat phd as a job and I do need work-life-balance. Please tell me what you think. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill1997 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Hi, I'm an applicant this year and I have the three schools you mentioned in my application list. I think you must be strong in your application package since I believe these schools are quite competitive. I'd like to learn your final choice and if possible, more info about your background. I think your information will help me with my application process and I will really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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