Bioenglover Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Hi All! Me again :) I opened the same thread last year and ended up not applying since I decided to dedicate more time for research. Applications season is coming up and I would love to know which programs/schools you're considering and what are your stats. Here's the template: Undergrad Institution (approx. rank/reputation in STEM): Major(s): Minor(s): GPA in Major: x.xx/4.00 Overall GPA: x.xx/4.00 Demographics/Background: GRE Scores: Q: xxx (xx%) V: xxx (xx%) W: x.x (xx%) LOR: Research Experience: Publications/Abstracts/Presentations: Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Fellowships/Funding: Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments: Anything else in your application that might matter (faculty connections, etc.): Research Interests: Institutions/Programs: Comments: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bioenglover Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 (edited) Undergrad Institution (approx. rank/reputation in STEM): Undergrad: Tel Aviv University, Israel Grad: Columbia University Major(s): Biomedical Engineering Minor(s): N/A GPA in Major: 3.8/4.00 Overall GPA: 3.2/4.00 MS GPA: 3.4/4.00 Demographics/Background: White female, International student, First Gen, Women in Engineering, Mom GRE Scores: Not great, hoping most of the programs will not require LOR: 1 from Columbia University previous PI (vice president bioengineering), 1 from current PI at Mount Sinai, 1 from undergrad PI Research Experience: Undergrad - almost two years. 3 years industry experience (research), grad school thesis in biomaterials Associate Researcher at Mount Sinai School of Medicine for one year - Metabolism and diabetes Publications/Abstracts/Presentations: 1 oral presentation, 1 conference, 1 pending review paper, 1 pending first-author paper Awards/Honors/Recognitions: none Fellowships/Funding: none Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Summer internship, 3 years as a project manager at a biomed startup Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments: GRADSWE vice president Anything else in your application that might matter (faculty connections, etc.): reached out to several PI - interviewed with two (positive) Research Interests: Tissue and cell engineering Institutions/Programs: so far considering: (all biomed) Rockefeller University UCLA MIT Harvard UMich NYU Columbia University Edited July 9, 2021 by Bioenglover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeytheCactus Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 HiiII, Thank you for creating the thread. I am also international, so definitely wish to start early as well. Honest (brutal) feedbacks are appreciated! Undergrad Institution (approx. rank/reputation in STEM): Top5 Engineering in the USA Major(s): Bioengineering Minor(s): N/A GPA in Major: 3.85/4.00 Overall GPA: 3.85/4.00 MS GPA:N/A Demographics/Background: Asian/Female GRE Scores: good enough LOR: 2 from undergraduate research PIs, and 1 from industry research boss (who has previously been a faculty at one of the schools I wish to apply) Research Experience: Undergrad - almost 3 years at two different labs: studies cancer and the other microbial metabolic engineering. 6 months industry experience in clinical sciences, currently working on individual honors thesis. Publications/Abstracts/Presentations: 1 publication (4th author), and 1 oral presentation Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Nothing major Fellowships/Funding: none Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 2 summer internship at a mid-cap biotech company in research position Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments: Honor societies etc Anything else in your application that might matter (faculty connections, etc.): Recommenders are well-connected and know some of the PIs that I am interested in working with. But does it really help? ? Research Interests: Synthetic biology Institutions/Programs: so far considering: (all BioE) MIT, Harvard, Berkeley-UCSF, Caltech, Stanford, UPenn, BU, UW, UChicago, Johns Hopkins Am I being too ambitious/optimistic? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernt Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Posting this on behalf of a friend in my program; if you're interested in applying to MIT BE definitely check it out! "Considering applying to MIT's Biological Engineering PhD program or even just considering a PhD in BE / BIOE? Join the MIT Biological Engineering Application Assistance Program on Thursday, Oct. 21st, from 11 AM – 12:30 PM EST to hear from current students about the program and get your questions answered! The webinar is anonymous and is open to all, even those who may not need one-on-one mentorship through the BEAAP program. Please register at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8EUayfQFTNCsh0PgdBgbRAand add questions & upvote questions you have on the webinar Slido (https://app.sli.do/event/fcd7b6uy) anytime between Friday, Oct. 15th, and the webinar. Contact beaap-webinars@mit.edu with any questions!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pls_take_me Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 (edited) Also an international student Undergrad Institution: Univ Wisconsin Madison Major(s): Chemical Engineering Minor(s): Biology GPA in Major: 3.5/4.00 Overall GPA: 3.6/4.00 Grad Institution (masters): Top BME program Grad Major: BME MS GPA: 3.91 Demographics/Background: Indian/Male LOR: 1 from undergrad PI, 1 from grad PI, one from internship boss, 2 others from from professors I have done research projects with Research Experience: Undergrad - 2 years at wet-lab. 3 month data science research internship, 1.5 years computational biology research during masters Publications/Abstracts/Presentations: 1 publication (middle author), 1 preprint (first author), 1 first author in prog, 2 middle author in prog. 1 national conference presentation, many in house presentations Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Nothing Fellowships/Funding: none Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 1 summer internship at a biotech startup Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments: Anything else in your application that might matter (faculty connections, etc.): Research Interests: cancer sys bio Institutions/Programs: so far considering: MIT, Harvard, Stanford, MEMP Edited December 5, 2021 by pls_take_me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sincerely_anxious Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Anyone heard back from Caltech? I think we are supposed to be getting emails about interviews around this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xksk Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 On 12/23/2021 at 5:11 PM, sincerely_anxious said: Anyone heard back from Caltech? I think we are supposed to be getting emails about interviews around this time. Yeah I heard back from caltech bioengineering around 12/21 ish for a virtual interview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sincerely_anxious Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 10 hours ago, xksk said: Yeah I heard back from caltech bioengineering around 12/21 ish for a virtual interview ? congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cilantrosauce Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 I just heard back from the Georgia Tech/Emory Biomedical Engineering PhD program for their hybrid recruitment event! Also, has anyone heard anything from these programs? - UW BioE - Stanford BioE - UC Davis Biomedical Eng - Berkeley/UCSF BioE - Pitt BioE - Northwestern Biomedical Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelShaw Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I got an interview from UW madison, and the prof said it's rolling 1 and then rolling 2 Have any information about - U Washington Seattle- Yale U- Ohio state- U Maryland- Rice U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mothgirl Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Has anyone heard from the UCSB BMSE (biomolecular science and engineering) program? Deadline was Dec 15th but haven't heard anything since then and they didn't respond to my email asking if interview invitations had been sent out. Undergrad Institution (approx. rank/reputation in STEM): Oxford Major(s): Biochemistry (Molecular and Cellular) Minor(s): NA GPA in Major: 3.5/4.00 approx Overall GPA: same ^ Demographics/Background: international, asian, lgbt etc GRE Scores: Did not take LOR: 1 from Masters project PI, 1 from a short undergrad summer internship Research Experience: Um... see above. Very little Publications/Abstracts/Presentations/Awards/Honors/Recognitions/Fellowships/Funding: Basically none, except some funding from my college (St Hilda's) for part of my undergrad/grad projects (see above) Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Also none, to be honest - none directly related to hands-on research Other Miscellaneous Accomplishments: Literally irrelevant Anything else in your application that might matter (faculty connections, etc.): PI for my masters project is a famous biophysicist, but I have no connections within specific US university faculties. Research Interests: Bioengineering, biomolecular/cell biology (kind of straddling both) Institutions/Programs: UCSB, UCSD + SDSU joint program, USC Comments: Arvin24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fionaapplebottomjeans Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) I just heard back from UC Berkeley-UCSF's joint BioE PhD program! The virtual visit days are 2/10-2/11 and 2/24-2/25. Has anyone heard back from Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Harvard, BU, Northeastern, UCSD, UVA, or UW yet? Edited January 12, 2022 by fionaapplebottomjeans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sincerely_anxious Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Anyone know what the post interview acceptance rate is like for JHU BME? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qq2 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 3 hours ago, sincerely_anxious said: Anyone know what the post interview acceptance rate is like for JHU BME? Apparently it varies by year according to this: https://bme.phd.council.students.jh.edu/?page_id=158. Also apparently the interview is kinda challenging ? On 1/12/2022 at 5:21 PM, fionaapplebottomjeans said: I just heard back from UC Berkeley-UCSF's joint BioE PhD program! The virtual visit days are 2/10-2/11 and 2/24-2/25. Has anyone heard back from Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Harvard, BU, Northeastern, UCSD, UVA, or UW yet? Hopkins sent out interview invites earlier today, they have 3 interviews from faculty they choose based on your research interests who you schedule with separately, virtual visit days are 1/20 and 1/22 and interviews have to be completed by the 2/4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sincerely_anxious Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 1 hour ago, qq2 said: Apparently it varies by year according to this: https://bme.phd.council.students.jh.edu/?page_id=158. Also apparently the interview is kinda challenging ? Hopkins sent out interview invites earlier today, they have 3 interviews from faculty they choose based on your research interests who you schedule with separately, virtual visit days are 1/20 and 1/22 and interviews have to be completed by the 2/4. Thanks for letting me know ? btw, were all the profs who are interviewing you relevant to your research interests/background? Only one of mine is. The other two seem totally random which is weirding me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qq2 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 26 minutes ago, sincerely_anxious said: Thanks for letting me know ? btw, were all the profs who are interviewing you relevant to your research interests/background? Only one of mine is. The other two seem totally random which is weirding me out. Just messaged you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pls_take_me Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 just got a Stanford interview. anyone else? anyone know how to prepare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fionaapplebottomjeans Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 7 hours ago, sincerely_anxious said: Thanks for letting me know ? btw, were all the profs who are interviewing you relevant to your research interests/background? Only one of mine is. The other two seem totally random which is weirding me out. Got the JHU interview as well, and one of my interviewers is also totally random! 2/3 were listed in my SOP, but my last interviewer has nothing to do with my specialization. Maybe they are trying to get a more balanced perspective by introducing reviewers unrelated to our research interests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cilantrosauce Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, pls_take_me said: just got a Stanford interview. anyone else? anyone know how to prepare? Yeah I did as well. Do you know how many people they interview/accept? Edited January 20, 2022 by cilantrosauce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pls_take_me Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 no idea. trying to find out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sincerely_anxious Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 10 hours ago, fionaapplebottomjeans said: Got the JHU interview as well, and one of my interviewers is also totally random! 2/3 were listed in my SOP, but my last interviewer has nothing to do with my specialization. Maybe they are trying to get a more balanced perspective by introducing reviewers unrelated to our research interests? I was wondering the same! Seems like many people are getting interviewers unrelated to their background. Thanks for letting me know, and good luck! fionaapplebottomjeans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sincerely_anxious Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 anyone heard from MIT BE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemicalbiology Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 13 hours ago, sincerely_anxious said: anyone heard from MIT BE? no, website says decisions are sent out late january/early february Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sincerely_anxious Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 hours ago, chemicalbiology said: no, website says decisions are sent out late january/early february so presumably no formal interviews before decisions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mt_etna Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) Any updates from MIT BE? Should someone call a welfare check on the admissions committee? Edited January 27, 2022 by mt_etna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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