2021 Computational Biology/Bioinformatics/Systems Biology PhD Admissions

[crchen]

  On 12/25/2020 at 7:14 AM, Sky_china said:

any future computational biologist and doctors want to do interview prep with each other ? I need to prepare for it ..

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we may talk via wechat

[crchen]

1	UT-Health, SBMI, biomedical info(interview 12/19)
2	UChicago, GGSB
3	Scripps, Skaggs-Oxford Program(interview 12/23)
4	UCLA, Medical Informatics(Bioinformatics)
5	UMich, Bioinformatics PIBS(rej 12/22)
6	Gatech, BME-Bioinformatics
7	UPitt, CPCB( CMU CBD)
8	UW, BIME, BHI
9	University of Waterloo, Computer Science
10	UCI, Information&Computer Science, MCSB
11	USC, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
12	TTIC
13	UCI, CS

 

Edited December 26, 2020 by crchen

[KellyTD]

I applied to PennState bioinformatic and comp Bio but I haven heard yet. I submitted on Dec 7th right at deadline. I think I will get rejected. Im US applicant 

[compbiodude]

Here's my update

I:

wustl DBBS, NYU comp bio UCLA Bioinformatics, UMASS

Rejection:

University of washington

in waitT:

tri i

harvard big

mit csv

 

does anyone know by any chance if interviews arre still being given for tri-i and big?

[JarJarRuss]

  On 12/26/2020 at 6:14 AM, Crescendo3883 said:

Congratulations! By the way, may I ask if you are domestic student? This year, it is so hard to see a international student who got invitation from Harvard BIG.

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I'm domestic. It seemed like a mass email from the letter but they may be sending out a second batch later specifically to international students.

[Crescendo3883]

  On 12/26/2020 at 4:33 PM, JarJarRuss said:

I'm domestic. It seemed like a mass email from the letter but they may be sending out a second batch later specifically to international students.

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Thank you for your response and your kind words!

[crchen]

  On 12/26/2020 at 3:03 PM, compbiodude said:

Here's my update

I:

wustl DBBS, NYU comp bio UCLA Bioinformatics, UMASS

Rejection:

University of washington

in waitT:

tri i

harvard big

mit csv

 

does anyone know by any chance if interviews arre still being given for tri-i and big?

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wondering which UW program did you apply for.

I have applied for UW BIME BHI

[compbiodude]

genome sciences

 

[yehet219]

  On 12/26/2020 at 12:49 AM, InferenceII said:

Anyone received interview from UCSD? 

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Not yet, I'm still waiting on UCSD too. 

[kaffeinatedkat]

I heard back from UCSD on the 24th, I got a call from a faculty, but the details are still to come. Since it seems like faculty are calling maybe they are not done yet? I might be special case though because I went to UCSD in the past. 

[bndrew]

For those of you that got invited to interview with Yale, what was the nature of the interview and has it happened yet? One of the faculty contacted me to meet, but explicitly told me that it wasn't an official interview. I was also invited to recruitment weekend yesterday. 

I saw some people getting interview requests from Yale on the 17th, but I hadn't heard anything from Yale's admissions until yesterday, so I am wondering if interviews are necessary for admission or at least invitation to recruitment events? 

It would certainly help put me stay hopeful, as I have yet to hear from any of the other schools I applied to. 

Edited December 29, 2020 by bndrew

[InferenceII]

  On 12/26/2020 at 12:49 AM, InferenceII said:

Anyone received interview from UCSD? 

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For the update: I received a call for the interview from the professor mentioned in my personal statement. The official notification would come in January. Also fyi: I am an international student applying for the BMI track.

[hello_gradschool]

  On 12/23/2020 at 7:17 PM, Sky_china said:

Got an interview at Baylor !!!! 

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Is it QCB? 

[Sky_china]

  On 12/30/2020 at 12:54 PM, hello_gradschool said:

Is it QCB? 

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Yes, but I applied before the priority deadline with all the rec letter arrive before that. They have like three interviews sessions tho

[InferenceII]

I was wondering has anyone heard back from UCLA medical informatics?

I also applied last year and was rejected post-interview. Last time I received interview via email on Jan, 1st from a professor that I mentioned in the application.  Have no idea whether they've sent out interviews this year...

[kaffeinatedkat]

  On 12/30/2020 at 6:30 PM, InferenceII said:

I was wondering has anyone heard back from UCLA medical informatics?

I also applied last year and was rejected post-interview. Last time I received interview via email on Jan, 1st from a professor that I mentioned in the application.  Have no idea whether they've sent out interviews this year...

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I haven't heard anything yet!

 

[sea_cactus]

  On 12/29/2020 at 10:49 PM, bndrew said:

For those of you that got invited to interview with Yale, what was the nature of the interview and has it happened yet? One of the faculty contacted me to meet, but explicitly told me that it wasn't an official interview. I was also invited to recruitment weekend yesterday. 

I saw some people getting interview requests from Yale on the 17th, but I hadn't heard anything from Yale's admissions until yesterday, so I am wondering if interviews are necessary for admission or at least invitation to recruitment events? 

It would certainly help put me stay hopeful, as I have yet to hear from any of the other schools I applied to. 

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From Yale I only heard from them on the 17th as an invite to their recruitment weekend, never heard from any individual professors. I think you should definitely be hopeful! As long as you got an invite to the recruitment weekend you are in as good of standing as anyone else who did and who knows it might even be better to get to speak to a professor individually. 

[bndrew]

  On 1/1/2021 at 12:49 AM, sea_cactus said:

From Yale I only heard from them on the 17th as an invite to their recruitment weekend, never heard from any individual professors. I think you should definitely be hopeful! As long as you got an invite to the recruitment weekend you are in as good of standing as anyone else who did and who knows it might even be better to get to speak to a professor individually. 

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Thanks for the response! I'll definitely be going to the session on the 29th, hope to see you there!

 

Happy new years!

[winterishere2020]

Did anyone here apply for JHU BME? Does anyone have any idea of when exactly they are going to send out invites?

[JarJarRuss]

  On 1/3/2021 at 6:00 AM, winterishere2020 said:

Did anyone here apply for JHU BME? Does anyone have any idea of when exactly they are going to send out invites?

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Don't know about BME but biostats is supposed to come mid-way January according to last year Grad cafe posts. Maybe similar dates? Don't know how reliable that is.

[Hisky]

  On 1/3/2021 at 6:00 AM, winterishere2020 said:

Did anyone here apply for JHU BME? Does anyone have any idea of when exactly they are going to send out invites?

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Just got an informal interview from a professor today. He asked to meet before Thursday so I'm guessing the formal interviews will come next week or so. 

[shingojira]

  On 12/26/2020 at 2:10 PM, KellyTD said:

I applied to PennState bioinformatic and comp Bio but I haven heard yet. I submitted on Dec 7th right at deadline. I think I will get rejected. Im US applicant 

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Did you mean the BG program? I received an initial interview invitation email on Dec 19th, and the official virtual recruiting event is on Jan 15th. 

[KellyTD]

  On 1/6/2021 at 2:48 AM, shingojira said:

Did you mean the BG program? I received an initial interview invitation email on Dec 19th, and the official virtual recruiting event is on Jan 15th. 

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PennState - bioinformatic and genomic program. Yes ???? I havent heard a word. @.@

[Gir2214]

For those who've applied to UCSD and received an interview invitation via phone, have you received any information through an email? I got the call on 12/24 but still have not received an email 

[Gir2214]

Received an email for a ~15 min interview at UW Medical Informatics earlier this week. Is this interview time rather short? Does anyone have experiences when the interview slots are similar to this time?