hsjkim Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Anyone receive invites from Yale's BBS program and in particular, from the MCGS track? Saw 2 new posts updated on the results page by international students! Crying inside :') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsjkim Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Received a big fat "R" from Yale BBS lel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NitroCoolBrew Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 36 minutes ago, hsjkim said: Received a big fat "R" from Yale BBS lel... Same… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsjkim Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 28 minutes ago, NitroCoolBrew said: Same… Hahaha feels bad man. Oh well, on to the others! Where are you waiting to hear back from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larche14 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Got a Notre Dame Biological Sciences interview invitation today:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QWERTYMNB97 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Anyone received interview from UNC BBSP, Vandy IGP, Harvard BBS? Do univs send invites first to domestic and then international?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklings Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 21 minutes ago, QWERTYMNB97 said: Anyone received interview from UNC BBSP, Vandy IGP, Harvard BBS? Do univs send invites first to domestic and then international?? Some universities have separated batches for domestic & international students like UPenn, some send out mixed (domestic + intl) invites gradually in one day or last for a few weeks - looks like UNC BBSP & BCM (& Harvard BBS?) do so, not sure about Vandy QWERTYMNB97 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuaizh117 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 16 hours ago, larche14 said: Got a Notre Dame Biological Sciences interview invitation today:) Vandy IGP sends waves as well, and mixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yutian Zhang Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 41 minutes ago, darklings said: Some universities have separated batches for domestic & international students like UPenn, some send out mixed (domestic + intl) invites gradually in one day or last for a few weeks - looks like UNC BBSP & BCM (& Harvard BBS?) do so, not sure about Vandy Does anyone happen to know UCs like UC Davis and UCB? Do they send out interview invitation all at once or in a rolling basis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larche14 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 hour ago, shuaizh117 said: Vandy IGP sends waves as well, and mixed 1 hour ago, darklings said: Some universities have separated batches for domestic & international students like UPenn, some send out mixed (domestic + intl) invites gradually in one day or last for a few weeks - looks like UNC BBSP & BCM (& Harvard BBS?) do so, not sure about Vandy @darklings I think this response is for your post!:) darklings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hp0809 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 @darklings I received an email saying BCM interview will be virtual and dates are Feb 10-11. 4 faculty members will be interviewing did you receive the dates/ any other information yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklings Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 2 hours ago, hp0809 said: @darklings I received an email saying BCM interview will be virtual and dates are Feb 10-11. 4 faculty members will be interviewing did you receive the dates/ any other information yet? Same! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANJALIPANIGRAHI Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Heya guys, it seems this thread for PhD Aspirants for Fall 2022 is the most active. I am applying for Pharmaceutical sciences program to some universities. I hope people can connect if they are on the same boat. Keep notifying ur interview calls updates. Wish uh all the best! And I hope everyone gets the university or stream they dream of getting into!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buy lottery Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) @darklings hi, I still didn't get any updates about BCM, may I know that how many 'under review' email did you get before the invitation for interview and how long after it? Edited December 21, 2021 by buy lottery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazyzebra Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 On 12/18/2021 at 3:17 AM, Yutian Zhang said: Does anyone happen to know UCs like UC Davis and UCB? Do they send out interview invitation all at once or in a rolling basis? What's your major or research interests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yutian Zhang Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 3 hours ago, lazyzebra said: What's your major or research interests? Neuroscience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hp0809 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Got an interview invite email from UC Irvine! I applied to their Cell and Molecular Biology Program. Interviews are in the second half of January. Submitted application Nov 21, deadline was Dec 1 Anybody else applied to the program? AChinLitNerd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklings Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 22 hours ago, buy lottery said: @darklings hi, I still didn't get any updates about BCM, may I know that how many 'under review' email did you get before the invitation for interview and how long after it? someone on reddit said more interview invites from BCM will be sending out till January, hang in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoe966 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Did anyone receive an interview for the UCI Pharmacological Sciences program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QWERTYMNB97 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 11:51 PM, biomed69 said: applied to 19 programs as international applicant with no US degree. Those are - 1. harvard Viro 2. UTSW 3. Duke Micro 4. UNC Chapel Hill BBSP 5. Dartmouth Molecular cell biology 6. Albert Einstein 7. Weill Cornell Medicine 8. U of R 9. Notre Dame 10. Michigan State 11. UAB Birmingham 12. UT Health San Antonio 13. U Miami 14. WSU 15. UNMC 16. Tulane 17. Upstate 18. U at Buffalo already received rejection from case western on 22 November. Hopefully someone offers me an invitation. lol Hey! Is it IGPBS in UNMC? Did you hear back from them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazyzebra Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 On 12/21/2021 at 9:24 PM, Yutian Zhang said: Neuroscience. Did you have any information afterwards? Well I did have an interview but I am humanities program at UC Davis. So I don't know your program a lot. But It seemed the board have showed they had an interview on Neuroscience. Anyways, Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pls_take_me Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Hey guys, I guess going into the application cycle I didn't know that admissions chances for international students were that much more difficult. What are your experiences on this? QWERTYMNB97 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hp0809 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Unfortunately, international students have far fewer PhD slots than domestic students. Even domestic students consider PhD admissions very very competitive, so imagine our chances. I did my Master's in the US at Brandeis University. It's a small school/ program but has great reputation (even being in the Boston area). The PhD program admits 7 to 8 students on average and only ONE international student is among them each year! This might be true for any programs admitting less than 10 students. I have also seen many people say that the number of students applying has increased more than the schools anticipated (especially since the pandemic began), even though the number of available slots are the same. Having seen the numbers at Brandeis University, I decided I have to work on my skills and experience to stand out and be more competitive. That's what I tried to do with work experience and working on different projects, learning as many skills as I could. I don't have any publications or poster presentations at conferences but my recommendation letters are from people who have seen me in research settings (almost everyday) for at least 10 months to two years. I think that helps corroborate your story from your essays. Keep working on yourself and that will show on your CV and application as a whole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBite Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Finished filling out my last application today. Applied to 14 statistics PhD programmes, and some are definitely ambitious. Hope I get into one, and that some life signs will show in January since I hate this waiting game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mothgirl Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 On 12/31/2021 at 11:57 PM, pls_take_me said: Hey guys, I guess going into the application cycle I didn't know that admissions chances for international students were that much more difficult. What are your experiences on this? I haven't received any interview invitations (yet?) so it remains to be seen if my approach worked, but I looked up the specific admission rates for internationals at each place before deciding whether or not to apply. For schools that didn't provide a breakdown rate for internationals, i just estimated it by halving their usual acceptance rate. Some resources:https://nglscoalition.org/coalition-data/#close https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/doctoral-program You can also find those stats on the individual uni's page sometimes. hp0809 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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