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10 minutes ago, gabster said:

wow i must have missed them saying that the majority of applicants would be waitlisted, that's insane. thank you for the update! did they give any reasoning as to why?

The program director said “it’s most likely” that majority will be waitlisted. They did say they’ll communicate rejects as soon as possible so applicants can accepts other offers they have. 
 

According to the presentation, they are interviewing 58 candidates but want the incoming class size to be ~15. So they can’t give out too many offers and not have enough spots, right? I guess that is true for most schools, just that some make you wait in silence and BCM might be more communicative. That’s my hunch! 

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36 minutes ago, RegenApp said:

Anyone know when we should expect to hear back from Mount Sinai?
 

Also, I never heard back from NYU Vilcek (neither rejection nor interview). Would have assumed silent R, but many people received R’s a while back. Anyone else experiencing this? 

Based on last year's timeline I guess Mount Sinai will send out updates sometime between late Feb and early March..

Also I got rejection letter from Vilcek so maybe you can check your portal

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3 minutes ago, hp0809 said:

The program director said “it’s most likely” that majority will be waitlisted. They did say they’ll communicate rejects as soon as possible so applicants can accepts other offers they have. 
 

According to the presentation, they are interviewing 58 candidates but want the incoming class size to be ~15. So they can’t give out too many offers and not have enough spots, right? I guess that is true for most schools, just that some make you wait in silence and BCM might be more communicative. That’s my hunch! 

I just got rejected from BCM and I don't quite understand why, I got offers from some other schools with higher prestige though...... and they transferred my application to QCB, wtf...?? 

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4 minutes ago, darklings said:

I just got rejected from BCM and I don't quite understand why, I got offers from some other schools with higher prestige though...... and they transferred my application to QCB, wtf...?? 

Is this after the interview? 

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15 minutes ago, hp0809 said:

The program director said “it’s most likely” that majority will be waitlisted. They did say they’ll communicate rejects as soon as possible so applicants can accepts other offers they have. 
 

According to the presentation, they are interviewing 58 candidates but want the incoming class size to be ~15. So they can’t give out too many offers and not have enough spots, right? I guess that is true for most schools, just that some make you wait in silence and BCM might be more communicative. That’s my hunch! 

If a school wants to ensure their incoming class size, also usually enrolled rates are ~40-60%, they will send out 2x offers so here I guess they would offer ~30 applicants

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Just now, darklings said:

If a school wants to ensure their incoming class size, also usually enrolled rates are ~40-60%, they will send out 2x offers so here I guess they would offer ~30 applicants

Yes, typically programs end up offering 2x offers but I believe they also do it slowly until April, as there are many moving parts for applicants with other offers.

I’m sorry BCM outcome is not as expected. May be they thought your fit was better for QCB based on your interests communicated during the interview? It is a bit shocking. 
I hope you have an offer from your top choice schools! 

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7 minutes ago, hp0809 said:

Yes, typically programs end up offering 2x offers but I believe they also do it slowly until April, as there are many moving parts for applicants with other offers.

I’m sorry BCM outcome is not as expected. May be they thought your fit was better for QCB based on your interests communicated during the interview? It is a bit shocking. 
I hope you have an offer from your top choice schools! 

Yea maybe my background is too dry... thanks for your good words T_T tbh I like the labs at BCM more than other schools... I don't know what's going on lol

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14 minutes ago, darklings said:

Yea maybe my background is too dry... thanks for your good words T_T tbh I like the labs at BCM more than other schools... I don't know what's going on lol

My advice: Try not to think of it as something you did wrong. Its more likely that you did great, but so did the other candidates. And they can only choose but a few. I'd say its not that they didn't like you - they probably did. It may simply be that they liked a few other candidates better, given their backgrounds and research interests.... 

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1 hour ago, IamPokemon said:

My advice: Try not to think of it as something you did wrong. Its more likely that you did great, but so did the other candidates. And they can only choose but a few. I'd say its not that they didn't like you - they probably did. It may simply be that they liked a few other candidates better, given their backgrounds and research interests.... 

Yeah thanks for the advice, but when you got rejected by a program you like thats such a real bummer, and the brain just keeps thinking about what I did wrong... 

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4 hours ago, m114rh.02 said:

Anyone heard from Columbia CMBS (specifically the Integrated Program)? I'm pretty sure they're done with interviews and I expected to hear by now.

Applied (11): UNC Chapel Hill BBSP, University of Virginia BIMS, Columbia CMBS, UChicago Molecular Biosciences, Boston University PiBS, UPenn CAMB, Mt. Sinai Biomedical Sciences, Northwestern DGP, Tufts GSBS, NYU Vilcek, Jefferson GGCB

Interview (5): UNC BBSP, UVA BIMS, UPenn CAMB, Columbia CMBS, Tufts GSBS, Jefferson GGCB

Rejected: UChicago, BU PiBS, Mt. Sinai, Northwestern, NYU

Accepted: UVA BIMS, UPenn CAMB

hi, they told us we'd hear back early March!

 

Rejected: Harvard MCO, MIT Bio, MSK

Accepted: UPenn CAMB, Einstein, Weill Cornell BCMB

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3 hours ago, gabster said:

i also interviewed 2/04 and have not heard back but i am assuming rejection as my interviews did not go well. i hope you hear back good news though!

I also interviewed 2/4 and have not heard either! My interview went okay but not the best so I have also been wondering if they already sent out all the acceptances! 

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5 hours ago, RegenApp said:

Anyone know when we should expect to hear back from Mount Sinai?
 

Also, I never heard back from NYU Vilcek (neither rejection nor interview). Would have assumed silent R, but many people received R’s a while back. Anyone else experiencing this? 

Also wondering when we might hear back from Sinai. I remember a director saying within three weeks of your interview? 

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On 2/11/2022 at 2:30 PM, Bestluck2022 said:

Thanks for the update! I also didn’t get it. Good luck!

Actually just got a waitlist from Weill. I wonder if they just put all interviewees they didn’t offer on the waitlist. Went to my junk so check yours FYI. 

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10 minutes ago, RegenApp said:

Actually just got a waitlist from Weill. I wonder if they just put all interviewees they didn’t offer on the waitlist. Went to my junk so check yours FYI. 

Also just got waitlisted by Weill unfortunately

Currently also waiting to hear back from Sinai, at this point I'm going crazy from the wait!

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9 hours ago, RegenApp said:

Anyone know when we should expect to hear back from Mount Sinai?
 

Also, I never heard back from NYU Vilcek (neither rejection nor interview). Would have assumed silent R, but many people received R’s a while back. Anyone else experiencing this? 

Hi~ What is your track? I also interviewed with Sinai two weeks ago and contacted with one of the interviewer this week to ask about the results but she didn't reply to me. (I guess they are still discussing with the list? ) I choose immunology MTA at Sinai. 

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9 hours ago, darklings said:

Based on last year's timeline I guess Mount Sinai will send out updates sometime between late Feb and early March..

Also I got rejection letter from Vilcek so maybe you can check your portal

The coordinator said final decisions will be made by March on the presentation session. 

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1 hour ago, RegenApp said:

Actually just got a waitlist from Weill. I wonder if they just put all interviewees they didn’t offer on the waitlist. Went to my junk so check yours FYI. 

Oh, that hurts. I don't know your track at Weill Cornell but I was rejected by IMP after two rounds of interview. So...actually they didn't put all the candidates on the waitlist. At least there is still hope on the waitlist.

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