micromachines Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) Got a preliminary interview at the University of Wisconsin, Madison! I'm not sure if interviews were conducted last year though, so either I just scraped by and that's why they're interviewing me, or this is a new introduction to their application process. Edited January 6, 2021 by micromachines biomaterials 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biomaterials Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 46 minutes ago, micromachines said: Got a preliminary interview at the University of Wisconsin, Madison! I'm not sure if interviews were conducted last year though, so either I just scraped by and that's why they're interviewing me, or this is a new introduction to their application process. Congrats! After your interview could you let us know what you find out about the process? I'm still waiting to hear back from Wisconsin - Madison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emglass Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I was contacted by a bioengineering professor at UVA who told me over the phone that I will be invited for an interview! Apparently official interview emails will be sent out in the coming days/ weeks according to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoees Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Just got an invite to have a "conversation" with a UMich professor! One of the profs I mentioned on my application reached out to me today and we will be speaking this week. No clarification on whether or not this is the interview but it's the first I've heard from any program and I will take it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdogs20 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 On 1/6/2021 at 8:36 PM, zoees said: Just got an invite to have a "conversation" with a UMich professor! One of the profs I mentioned on my application reached out to me today and we will be speaking this week. No clarification on whether or not this is the interview but it's the first I've heard from any program and I will take it! Same thing happened today with a POI at UCSD. Congrats and good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwig31 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Hey guys! Any news from UC-Berkeley ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learnerbio Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I got accepted to Cornell BME this morning ! micromachines 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerozero1 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 16 hours ago, Learnerbio said: I got accepted to Cornell BME this morning ! Congrats!!! Was it an official letter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micromachines Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 On 1/8/2021 at 6:40 PM, bobdogs20 said: Same thing happened today with a POI at UCSD. Congrats and good luck! That's great! Any insight as to how the UCSD admissions process works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdogs20 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 51 minutes ago, micromachines said: That's great! Any insight as to how the UCSD admissions process works? No idea. I had emailed this person like a 1.5 months ago, and they responded just recently. Apparently they haven’t even seen my application, but just the CV I attached to the original email. They also said that they were unable to find my application in the pool, so they would be reaching out to the admissions officer to find it. I found this weird because my application is indicated as submitted on the portal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020bioE Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, micromachines said: That's great! Any insight as to how the UCSD admissions process works? I'm a current UCSD PhD candidate. I emailed professors beforehand but never heard back for informal interviews, etc. although we did have a short conversation. I received an invite for official invitation on Jan. 20, 2020, and the interview weekend was Feb. 13 and Feb. 14. UCSD had two interview weekends; I believe the second one was two weeks later on Feb. 27 & 28 but I could be wrong. The first interview weekend was for more wet-lab based stuff and the second weekend was for more computational-related people. I don't know whether the interview invitations were all sent out at the same time. Hopefully these data points from last year are helpful or help quell the anxieties, keeping in mind that I have no idea how things are going to go this year because of COVID! I know the graduate student organization is preparing a virtual interview agenda though. If you have any questions, let me know, and I'll try to give you an answer Edited January 11, 2021 by 2020bioE micromachines 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learnerbio Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 9:38 AM, zerozero1 said: Congrats!!! Was it an official letter? No , it was email from the Director of the Graduate Program in BME . He told me that they will be sending the official letter soon . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummybears Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Invited to the University of Florida's Virtual Spring Visit Feb 25-27! Not sure if this counts as an unofficial acceptance or not. Edited January 12, 2021 by gummybears Typo micromachines 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohboyherewegoagain Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I was contacted this morning for an informal interview with a Hopkins PI. They indicated that professors are supposed to let the depart. know by tomorrow which candidates to push forward in the interview process so I hope to hear back about formal interviews soon and I hope that this informal interview is a good sign rather than an indication that I'm on the edge .~. Learnerbio and micromachines 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micromachines Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Has anyone heard back from/about MIT BE and BU BME yet? Learnerbio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learnerbio Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Did anyone hear from Columbia BME ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbbk Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 41 minutes ago, micromachines said: Has anyone heard back from/about MIT BE and BU BME yet? I saw some people in the result page got interview, both american and international Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020bioE Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Learnerbio said: Did anyone hear from Columbia BME ? Last year I heard back on Jan. 24 from a mass email from the chair of graduate studies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learnerbio Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 1/6/2021 at 6:34 PM, emglass said: I was contacted by a bioengineering professor at UVA who told me over the phone that I will be invited for an interview! Apparently official interview emails will be sent out in the coming days/ weeks according to him. UVA professor reach out to me for a zoom call about her research this week emglass 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catastrophe Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 9 hours ago, micromachines said: Has anyone heard back from/about MIT BE and BU BME yet? Received an interview invite on Monday for MIT BE, haven't heard anything from BU yet micromachines 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micromachines Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 13 minutes ago, catastrophe said: Received an interview invite on Monday for MIT BE, haven't heard anything from BU yet Wow, congratulations! Would you care to share a little about yourself? (if not, totally understandable!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catastrophe Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, micromachines said: Wow, congratulations! Would you care to share a little about yourself? (if not, totally understandable!) Sure, will try to share a little but not a ton for privacy reasons: BioE/BME major at a top R1 institution (think HYPSM), with a 3.95/4.00 GPA. ~4+ years of research experience (no internships/industry experience). Did not take GRE, and LORs were probably good as I knew all of my recommenders very well, but I trusted their judgement so I don't really know if they're considered "strong" or anything. No pubs (1 in preparation), several poster + oral presentations, and a handful of awards and research grants from my undergrad institution. Research interests in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. Edited January 13, 2021 by catastrophe privacy reasons micromachines 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learnerbio Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 2 hours ago, catastrophe said: Received an interview invite on Monday for MIT BE, haven't heard anything from BU yet Congrats !! Was it official interview invite from department or professor contacted you for interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catastrophe Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 12 minutes ago, Learnerbio said: Congrats !! Was it official interview invite from department or professor contacted you for interview? Department! (email came from professor, non-POI, in department inviting to interview weekend with detailed info soon to follow from dept. admin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerozero1 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, catastrophe said: Sure, will try to share a little but not a ton for privacy reasons: BioE/BME major at a top R1 institution (think HYPSM), with a 3.95/4.00 GPA. ~4+ years of research experience (no internships/industry experience). Did not take GRE, and LORs were probably good as I knew all of my recommenders very well, but I trusted their judgement so I don't really know if they're considered "strong" or anything. No pubs (1 in preparation), several poster + oral presentations, and a handful of awards and research grants from my undergrad institution. Research interests in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. Congratulations! Wow you are really a strong candidate! I also see else where that someone got the MIT BE interview (not the same undergrad as yours) with interests in syn bio as well. Edited January 13, 2021 by zerozero1 catastrophe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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