ChagyrskayaNeanderthal Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 Just got UChicago GGSB email, as well. Congrats to everyone on all of the exciting updates!! Penn State Bioinformatics and Genomics [interview request 12/7] UPenn GCB [interview request 12/8] Princeton QCB [interview request 12/11] UChicago GGSB [interview request 12/16] Harvard BBS Harvard Human Evolutionary Biology UW Genome Sciences UCLA Bioinformatics UC Berkeley CCB Stanford Biology UCSC PBSE-BMEB UCSF BMI UNC GDBBS Emory PBEE Sky_china, Crucial BBQ, sea_cactus and 1 other 2 2
tzenst Posted December 16, 2020 Author Posted December 16, 2020 That's awesome, congratulations on those interviews everyone!! ChagyrskayaNeanderthal and Sky_china 2
sea_cactus Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 Just curious - did everyone reach out to professors individually beforehand? I know there are mixed opinions on doing this.
Sky_china Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, sea_cactus said: Just curious - did everyone reach out to professors individually beforehand? I know there are mixed opinions on doing this. For me, its mixed. I didn't reach out to every program and every professor I am interesed, especially some big professor with tons of fundings and a really big lab. I don't really want to bother them until I got an invite or admitted maybe. But if I am really interested what an AP is doing I will sent out an email detailing my experience and interest, as they are most likely looking for talent and less busy then the establisted professor.
sea_cactus Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 Just now, Sky_china said: For me, its mixed. I didn't reach out to every program and every professor I am interesed, especially some big professor with tons of fundings and a really big lab. I don't really want to bother them until I got an invite or admitted maybe. But if I am really interested what an AP is doing I will sent out an email detailing my experience and interest, as they are most likely looking for talent and less busy then the establisted professor. That makes sense!
Chip, Potato Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 4 hours ago, sea_cactus said: Just curious - did everyone reach out to professors individually beforehand? I know there are mixed opinions on doing this. I am similar to the other response. I only sent out emails to the PIs that were especially interesting to me and with whom I wanted to speak. I did this mainly with the schools that were my top priority. The responses from PIs were nice and usually amounted to "Thanks for the interest. If you get an interview, we will be in touch." This made me decide it was best to wait until after interview invitations to send out more emails. It doesn't seem like reaching out the professors beforehand greatly impacts your application. It has the possibility of giving you a leg up, but there's no guarantee. It seems that experience in the field is normally prioritized, and reaching out to professors is ancillary unless otherwise stated by the program. If you didn't reach out to many professors, I wouldn't worry. Good luck, and I wish you the best! compbioinfo 1
sea_cactus Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 UPenn GCB [interview invitation 12/8] Dartmouth QCB [interview invitation 12/14] Yale CBB [interview invitation 12/17] Harvard BIG Stanford BMI MIT CSB HST MEMP Columbia BMI nkid, Sky_china, ChagyrskayaNeanderthal and 1 other 3 1
Chip, Potato Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 Duke CBB [Interview Invitation 12/16] Yale CBB [Interview Invitation 12/17] Princeton QCB [Interview Invitation 12/12] MIT CSB MIT Biology University of Washington MCB University of Colorado Denver Computational Biosciences Georgia Institute of Technology- Bioinformatics ChagyrskayaNeanderthal, Sky_china and nkid 2 1
Chip, Potato Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 Just now, sea_cactus said: UPenn GCB [interview invitation 12/8] Dartmouth QCB [interview invitation 12/14] Yale CBB [interview invitation 12/17] Harvard BIG Stanford BMI MIT CSB HST MEMP Columbia BMI Congratulations!
sea_cactus Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 Just now, Chip, Potato said: Congratulations! Thanks! You as well.
Sky_china Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 Congrats you guys!!! you guys are sweeping it !!! sea_cactus 1
kwikzodik Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) Interview Requests: Princeotn QCB [received: 12/12] Caltech BMB [received: 12/10 & 12/16] JHU PMB [received 12/17] Edited December 17, 2020 by kwikzodik Sky_china, Chip, Potato and nkid 2 1
ChagyrskayaNeanderthal Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 Just now, kwikzodik said: To people getting QCB interviews from Princeton, what are they like? I was only invited to the visit/interview day in February. February 5th? Yep, that's the interview day as far as I know - congrats!! To clarify my previous posts, I haven't interviewed yet, just got the invite.
kwikzodik Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 Yeah I was confused but I got it now haha ChagyrskayaNeanderthal 1
ChagyrskayaNeanderthal Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 Has anyone heard any rumors about certain programs sending invites this week vs. next week (for those programs that tend to send invites before holiday school closures)?
Sky_china Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 I have seen an invite of UCLA bioinformatics on the grad cafe earlier... UNC seems to sent invites pretty eraly.... Harvard seems always late. UW Genome should be before Chrismas based on past years. @ChagyrskayaNeanderthal ChagyrskayaNeanderthal 1
yehet219 Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 Been a lurker, but so far I have gotten interviews from: Penn GCB [12/8] UCLA Bioinformatics [12/17] Chip, Potato, Sky_china, ChagyrskayaNeanderthal and 1 other 4
ChagyrskayaNeanderthal Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 33 minutes ago, yehet219 said: Been a lurker, but so far I have gotten interviews from: Penn GCB [12/8] UCLA Bioinformatics [12/17] Congratulations!!
yehet219 Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, ChagyrskayaNeanderthal said: Congratulations!! Thank you! And belated congratulations on your interviews to you too! ChagyrskayaNeanderthal 1
Sky_china Posted December 18, 2020 Posted December 18, 2020 4 hours ago, Chip, Potato said: Duke CBB [Interview Invitation 12/16] Yale CBB [Interview Invitation 12/17] Princeton QCB [Interview Invitation 12/12] MIT CSB MIT Biology University of Washington MCB University of Colorado Denver Computational Biosciences Georgia Institute of Technology- Bioinformatics Also I just saw you applied to Gatech. I applied last cycle and they seems to require you to contact a professor for you to be accepted. They seems to send out accptance and dont have much interview. ( its the bioeningeering and cs department) but you should ask the admin this time.
Chip, Potato Posted December 18, 2020 Posted December 18, 2020 Just now, Sky_china said: Also I just saw you applied to Gatech. I applied last cycle and they seems to require you to contact a professor for you to be accepted. They seems to send out accptance and dont have much interview. ( its the bioeningeering and cs department) but you should ask the admin this time. Thanks! Yeah I saw that in their application information as something they prefer. They were the only school I applied to where they really encouraged contacting a professor.
just_fine Posted December 18, 2020 Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, yehet219 said: Been a lurker, but so far I have gotten interviews from: Penn GCB [12/8] UCLA Bioinformatics [12/17] Congratulation!! Are you a international student? I also applied to UCLA bioinformatics but didn’t receive an invitation. Quite nervous
yehet219 Posted December 18, 2020 Posted December 18, 2020 Just now, just_fine said: Congratulation!! Are you a international student? I also applied to UCLA bioinformatics but didn’t receive an invitation. Quite nervous Thank you! And no, I'm a US Citizen - sorry I should have made that clear. just_fine 1
Simaiinox Posted December 18, 2020 Posted December 18, 2020 Hello! I just discovered this thread in the midst of admissions anxiety! I applied for PhD to: Stanford BMI Berkeley CB Harvard BIG UW Genome Sciences CMU-Pitt CB UCSF BMI Sky_china, 564654899865, nkid and 1 other 3 1
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