2021 Biology PhD Admissions Results

[justwanttogosomewhere]

I actually interviewed with BU for MCBB graduate program on 25th Jan. I think prospective students for CM program were also invited the same day! 

I remember them telling that they might interview few more people in Feb before making final decisions on all the applicants. I don't know if this only applies to MCBB program or even the CM program.  Fingers crossed for all of you!! 

[StemR]

Hi! Has anyone received their UT Austin CMB acceptance? If so, do you have any idea if they are done making decisions? 

[battylilthang]

On 2/7/2021 at 10:34 PM, behavioral_ecology said:

Rejections from: UC Davis, U of Minnesota, U of Illinois, Stanford, UT Austin, and UCLA

Interview: BU

Unknown: U of Oklahoma

 

Also, feel free to DM me, too! I'd love to chat about Ecology stuff and hear about your thoughts on schools

I also applied to U of Oklahoma! 
 

DM me if you wanna chat! I heard the grad college should be sending out decisions within the next week. 

[Naijaa]

On 2/10/2021 at 6:59 PM, justwanttogosomewhere said:

I actually interviewed with BU for MCBB graduate program on 25th Jan. I think prospective students for CM program were also invited the same day! 

I remember them telling that they might interview few more people in Feb before making final decisions on all the applicants. I don't know if this only applies to MCBB program or even the CM program.  Fingers crossed for all of you!! 

I  interviewed with BU CM program and got offer yesterday!

[SY21]

16 hours ago, Naijaa said:

I  interviewed with BU CM program and got offer yesterday!

Congratulations!!!!! Will you be accepting their offer or are you waiting for your other program decisions?

[L-Dopamean]

20 hours ago, Naijaa said:

I  interviewed with BU CM program and got offer yesterday!

Congratulations! Are you an international applicant?

I am an international student who applied to the CM program at BU. I did not receive an invite/rejection yet! Do you have more information on the timeline?

[Naijaa]

6 hours ago, SY21 said:

Congratulations!!!!! Will you be accepting their offer or are you waiting for your other program decisions?

I'm waiting on other program decisions before accepting any offer

[Naijaa]

2 hours ago, L-Dopamean said:

Congratulations! Are you an international applicant?

I am an international student who applied to the CM program at BU. I did not receive an invite/rejection yet! Do you have more information on the timeline?

Thank you! I'm an international student without a US degree. I'm not sure about the timeline to be honest. I'm sorry I can't provide more info.

[L-Dopamean]

8 minutes ago, Naijaa said:

Thank you! I'm an international student without a US degree. I'm not sure about the timeline to be honest. I'm sorry I can't provide more info.

Thank you very much! 

[justwanttogosomewhere]

On 2/12/2021 at 3:03 AM, Naijaa said:

I  interviewed with BU CM program and got offer yesterday!

Congratulations!! I also got an admit from MCBB program at BU!! Good luck with all other interviews

[SY21]

15 hours ago, Naijaa said:

I'm waiting on other program decisions before accepting any offer

Ahh!! Still so exciting! Good luck for the rest of this tumultuous applications cycle!???

[Naijaa]

8 hours ago, SY21 said:

Ahh!! Still so exciting! Good luck for the rest of this tumultuous applications cycle!???

Thank you ??? and good luck to you too. We all need it!

[Naijaa]

14 hours ago, justwanttogosomewhere said:

Congratulations!! I also got an admit from MCBB program at BU!! Good luck with all other interviews

Heyyy congratulations!! Is it your top choice?

[justwanttogosomewhere]

On 2/14/2021 at 3:03 AM, Naijaa said:

Heyyy congratulations!! Is it your top choice?

Hi!! Thanks ?... One of my top choices but will still be waiting for other offers before deciding on BU!! But I am excited nonetheless!! 

[battylilthang]

Just got an interview with University of Oklahoma for EEB PhD. I hope other OU applicants get their notifications soon! 

[rgbist]

Has anyone heard from Duke's CMB program after interviewing yet?

[ProspectiveGrad21]

Has anyone who hasn't interviewed for Harvard BBS and Yale BBS heard back yet?

Edited February 20, 2021 by ProspectiveGrad21

[jakeperalta]

2 hours ago, ProspectiveGrad21 said:

Has anyone who hasn't interviewed for Harvard BBS and Yale BBS heard back yet?

Nope, wasn't invited for Harvard BBS interview. Last year they sent rejections the first week of March so perhaps that will be it. they are doing rolling admissions this year but I don't know if that means anything for the people that didn't get offered an interview.

good luck for your NYU interview! You got this!

[__Wreckingball__]

Has anyone heard back from UTMB? I'm assuming with the terrible storms in Texas we can be looking at Texas decisions being delayed by an extra 1-2 weeks. 

Applied: Columbia SoM (Biosciences), Boston University SoM (PiBS), University of Texas Medical Branch (M&I), UCSF (TETRAD)

Accepted: 0/4

Rejected: 2/4

Waitlisted for Interview: BU PiBS

[ProspectiveGrad21]

19 hours ago, jakeperalta said:

Nope, wasn't invited for Harvard BBS interview. Last year they sent rejections the first week of March so perhaps that will be it. they are doing rolling admissions this year but I don't know if that means anything for the people that didn't get offered an interview.

good luck for your NYU interview! You got this!

Ah okay, glad to know I'm not in this boat alone. 

Thanks! I hope NYU works out, if not then it's no grad school for me (unless being on the waitlist for BU actually means anything). 

Hopefully things work out for you too! 

Edited February 21, 2021 by ProspectiveGrad21

[Lower sean]

20 hours ago, jakeperalta said:

Nope, wasn't invited for Harvard BBS interview. Last year they sent rejections the first week of March so perhaps that will be it. they are doing rolling admissions this year but I don't know if that means anything for the people that didn't get offered an interview.

good luck for your NYU interview! You got this!

When you say ‘rolling admissions this year’ do you mean the Department is still open to accept applications?

 

I would like to send in an application if the deadline of December 1 isn’t applicable for this year. 

[jakeperalta]

1 minute ago, Lower sean said:

When you say ‘rolling admissions this year’ do you mean the Department is still open to accept applications?

 

I would like to send in an application if the deadline of December 1 isn’t applicable for this year. 

Oh no, they're not taking any more applications. Just that they most likely have a waitlist and they're sending out a couple of offers, waiting to see how many people accept, and then based on that, they will send out another round of offers until their target is met. 

[Lower sean]

1 minute ago, jakeperalta said:

Oh no, they're not taking any more applications. Just that they most likely have a waitlist and they're sending out a couple of offers, waiting to see how many people accept, and then based on that, they will send out another round of offers until their target is met. 

Alright. Thank you. 
 

 

Do you know of any biomedical program with applications deadline still open? 

[jakeperalta]

Just now, Lower sean said:

Alright. Thank you. 
 

 

Do you know of any biomedical program with applications deadline still open? 

I'm pretty sure all PhD deadlines have passed, I think some MS applications may be open till April or so

[helpert]

On 2/20/2021 at 4:13 PM, ProspectiveGrad21 said:

Has anyone who hasn't interviewed for Harvard BBS and Yale BBS heard back yet?

I received my official Yale BBS rejection on the 18th. (Email to check app portal for decision) nothing from Harvard yet..probably soon