2021 Biology PhD Admissions Results

[Blood Type C8H10N4O2]

Has anyone heard back from Duke DSCB, UW MCB and WashU DBBS?

 

[Neuromantic]

Nope. Did you heard from UNC yet? 

[wacharak]

DBBS sent out invites mid last week.

[Blood Type C8H10N4O2]

Just now, Neuromantic said:

Nope. Did you heard from UNC yet? 

Yes! I received an invite on Friday. The interview dates are Feb4-5th. It was in my spam folder!

[Blood Type C8H10N4O2]

Just now, wacharak said:

DBBS sent out invites mid last week.

Did the program matter or was it just to all applicants?:/

[wacharak]

24 minutes ago, TiredandBroke said:

Did the program matter or was it just to all applicants?:/

as far as I've heard, it was the entire program

[devcby]

1 hour ago, TiredandBroke said:

Has anyone heard back from Dukes DSCB, UWs MCB and WashUs DBBS?

 

Nothing from Duke DSCB for me either ?

[devcby]

2 minutes ago, devcby said:

Nothing from Duke DSCB for me either ?

Literally hit post then got a call from them for an interview! 

[Blood Type C8H10N4O2]

35 minutes ago, devcby said:

Literally hit post then got a call from them for an interview! 

Congratulations! Keeping my fingers crossed haha

[Shannon3942]

Has anybody heard from Harvard BBS? If so, does anyone know if they send out offers in waves based on the track or have they already finished with sending out their invitations? I noticed some entries on the results page but most of them didn't specify a BBS track. 

[stem_ness]

Just now, Shannon3942 said:

Has anybody heard from Harvard BBS? If so, does anyone know if they send out offers in waves based on the track or have they already finished with sending out their invitations? I noticed some entries on the results page but most of them didn't specify a BBS track. 

What results page?

[stem_ness]

Just now, stem_ness said:

What results page?

Nvm, I think you mean this one: https://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=harvard&t=m&o=&pp=25

[Shannon3942]

Just now, stem_ness said:

Nvm, I think you mean this one: https://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=harvard&t=m&o=&pp=25

Yeah that's what I meant! Sorry that I wasn't more specific. I just thought it was weird that there were so many entries on that page but no one had reported getting an interview offer from them on this page (so far!). They started sending out invitations to Immunology so I was wondering if they were doing other BBS tracks separately as well?

[ChagyrskayaNeanderthal]

1 hour ago, Shannon3942 said:

Has anybody heard from Harvard BBS? If so, does anyone know if they send out offers in waves based on the track or have they already finished with sending out their invitations? I noticed some entries on the results page but most of them didn't specify a BBS track. 

Yes, I got an interview from Harvard BBS last Friday!

[Shannon3942]

4 minutes ago, ChagyrskayaNeanderthal said:

Yes, I got an interview from Harvard BBS last Friday!

Congrats! Out of curiosity (and if you don't mind me asking...) what track/research interest did you note on your application? 

[dejosco]

3 hours ago, wacharak said:

as far as I've heard, it was the entire program

 

Edited December 22, 2020 by dejosco

[dejosco]

3 hours ago, devcby said:

Nothing from Duke DSCB for me either ?

Do you know whether Princeton Mol Bio is still working on sending out offers?

[ChagyrskayaNeanderthal]

34 minutes ago, Shannon3942 said:

Congrats! Out of curiosity (and if you don't mind me asking...) what track/research interest did you note on your application? 

Thank you! I listed computational biology, genetics/genomics, and human biology & disease mechanisms. From what I've heard on other threads, Harvard BBS typically comes out in one batch, but not sure if things are different this year. Fingers crossed!!

[devcby]

12 minutes ago, dejosco said:

Do you know whether Princeton Mol Bio is still working on sending out offers?

I am sorry but I do not know, I got a call from them this evening. I would assume sending offers until wendesday then a break till after the new year? 

[jakeperalta]

Has anyone here [international/international with US degree] received an invite from Weill Cornell IMP? And if so, when did you submit your app?

[StemCells4Lyfe]

Got an invite from Penn State BMS! There are quite a few interview dates and time options, so maybe they'll be super selective after the interviews?

[Molec157]

On 12/21/2020 at 1:23 PM, TiredandBroke said:

Has anyone heard back from Duke DSCB, UW MCB and WashU DBBS?

 

I got an invite from UW MCB earlier today! Fingers crossed that you hear from them! ?

[Naima77]

I was invited for Penns program back in 2017. The city was very depressing, but they are very open and cool there! Nice research 

[Naima77]

Anyone hear back from Emory?

[Shannon3942]

1 hour ago, Naima77 said:

Anyone hear back from Emory?

I heard back from Emory Cancer Biology on December 18th, last Friday. I don't know about other Emory programs though and if they send out all of their invitations at once (versus rolling basis). Good luck with everything!