Fall 2023 Biomedical Sciences U.S. Ph.D. Program Applications

[tptrizo]

Certainly some outstanding individuals here! I'd like to present myself as a fairly, normal candidate (which I think most of us are). 

BS/BA: Biology and Psych. Undergrad GPA:3.2 

Postbac certificate in Bioinformatics. GPA: 3.8

Two years of academic research experience (full time). Last 8 months have been as a lab manager at a UC. One publication/poster as a third author at SITC. International work/outreach in West Africa for a year (after undergrad). Under-represented minority is every facet: Hispanic, first-get American, first-get college graduate, and grew up with next to no resources/very low socio-economic status. 

Strictly applied to UW under 4 programs: Genome Sciences, Immunology, MCB and M3D.

Personally chose not to apply to mid-tier or safety schools because I think the idea of it is ridiculous and truly a sign of a backwards higher education system that pressures you into a box if you don't have certain resources. 

 

I wish you all the best of luck and hopefully the same for me!

[Prayforphd]

5 hours ago, Mustang_97 said:

These programs (as I have heard from students who are in those programs) usually evaluate applications separately. Each division will have separate evaluation and send out invites. Which division did you apply to?

@tiredgrad congrats! Similar profile as yours, but applied to Microbio, Immunology and infection division.

Statistics say 33% interview rate (300 applicants and 100 invites sent). Fingers crossed.

I applied to cancer biology in the integrated program and hope invitations can be sent out soon. It's good to know they work separately to review the application and send interview invitations. 

[genomics-gal]

Hey all! I might be a little late, but I wanted to introduce myself. ?

Profile:

• Domestic Student
• 4.0 master's GPA, 2.9 bachelor's GPA
• ~3 years of research experience, 2 pubs (1 first and 1 middle author), and 2 pubs in preparation. Numerous poster/oral presentations and a few research awards. 
• Some significant leadership experience with national STEM organizations and involvement in DEI and outreach projects!

I applied to: Penn State Bioinformatics and Genomics (interviewed last week), Harvard BBS, Cornell Microbiology, UW-Madison MDTP and CMB, Vanderbilt IGP, CWRU BSTP and MM, UCSD Biomedical Sciences, Pitt IBGP, CU Denver Biomedical Sciences, Tulane Biomedical Sciences, Johns Hopkins BCMB, and Utah Biosciences.

Would love to hear from people who have applied to or gotten interviews from any of those programs. Good luck to everybody!

Edited December 13, 2022 by genomics-gal
Submitted accidentally before finishing

[totoblabla]

On 12/9/2022 at 9:13 PM, newtoCMB said:

Just got an email for virtual preliminary interview for 15mins at CU Anschutz.

Hey, I also got it. Which day will you do the interview? Mine is this Wednesday. 

[newtoCMB]

4 hours ago, totoblabla said:

Hey, I also got it. Which day will you do the interview? Mine is this Wednesday. 

Hi there, mine is on thursday morning. What other programs did you apply?

[Mustang_97]

Emailed Micro Immuno division of Columbia CMBS. They said they haven't sent out invites yet. Review is still going on. Not sure about other divisions

[totoblabla]

9 hours ago, newtoCMB said:

Hi there, mine is on thursday morning. What other programs did you apply?

Harvard, Yale, WUSTL DBBS, NYU, Sloan, Pitts, MD Anderson, Baylor, Emory, Columbia, Weill Cornell, Mayo, Penn, UT Southwestern (interview), Brown pathobiology (interview). All are immunology programs. 

How about you? Finger crossed for us. 

[Mustang_97]

8 minutes ago, totoblabla said:

Harvard, Yale, WUSTL DBBS, NYU, Sloan, Pitts, MD Anderson, Baylor, Emory, Columbia, Weill Cornell, Mayo, Penn, UT Southwestern (interview), Brown pathobiology (interview). All are immunology programs. 

How about you? Finger crossed for us. 

Nice set of univs. Which division in Columbia? Mind sharing profile?

[totoblabla]

50 minutes ago, Mustang_97 said:

Nice set of univs. Which division in Columbia? Mind sharing profile?

Microbiology and Immunology for Columbia. I can only share that I am international student, doing undergrad in US. 

[yikesonbikes]

Just got an interview invite for Columbia's Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies (cancer bio track)!!! So excited!

Edited December 13, 2022 by yikesonbikes

[coloredimages]

I also got an interview for Columbia's Integrated Program (no specialization)! So excited it's my first in person interview, see you all there ?

Also I did hear back from Vilcek for an interview after all ?

Edited December 13, 2022 by coloredimages
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[क्रीं]

@yikesonbikes Congrats!! Is your interview virtual or in-person?

@coloredimages Congrats!!

Do they have different kind of interviews for domestic and internationals, hmmmmm

[Angela211]

1 hour ago, coloredimages said:

I also got an interview for Columbia's Integrated Program (no specialization)! So excited it's my first in person interview, see you all there ?

Also I did hear back from Vilcek for an interview after all ?

Would you mind sharing which track you applied for Vilcek?

[coloredimages]

3 minutes ago, Angela211 said:

Would you mind sharing which track you applied for Vilcek?

Genes, cells and organisms was my first interest I think

[Angela211]

11 minutes ago, coloredimages said:

Genes, cells and organisms was my first interest I think

Thanks. I am an international applicant and applied for Cell Biology (including in Genes, cells and organisms). But I have not heard anything yet.

[newtoCMB]

2 hours ago, Angela211 said:

Thanks. I am an international applicant and applied for Cell Biology (including in Genes, cells and organisms). But I have not heard anything yet.

I am also an international applicant. I haven’t heard back either from Vilcek.

[newtoCMB]

7 hours ago, totoblabla said:

Harvard, Yale, WUSTL DBBS, NYU, Sloan, Pitts, MD Anderson, Baylor, Emory, Columbia, Weill Cornell, Mayo, Penn, UT Southwestern (interview), Brown pathobiology (interview). All are immunology programs. 

How about you? Finger crossed for us. 

I applied for Harvard BBS, NYU Vilcek, WUSL, Sloan Memorial, CU Anschutz, Umass T. Chan, Mount Sinai. Best of luck!!

[newtoCMB]

On 12/12/2022 at 8:41 PM, totoblabla said:

Hey, I also got it. Which day will you do the interview? Mine is this Wednesday. 

Hi how did it go?

[totoblabla]

It was really quick. They just asked very basic question like your research, why you want to do PhD in CU Anschutz. 

[newtoCMB]

3 hours ago, totoblabla said:

It was really quick. They just asked very basic question like your research, why you want to do PhD in CU Anschutz. 

Thank you and you have got this!

[newtoCMB]

18 hours ago, totoblabla said:

It was really quick. They just asked very basic question like your research, why you want to do PhD in CU Anschutz. 

I just did my interview and I think I got nervous and botched it. Lets hope for the best.

[Mustang_97]

Got rejection from UMaryland Neuro PhD. Expected one.

Saw that invites were sent from Emory Immunology program. So probably that too ?

[yikesonbikes]

Just got an interview for the Weill Cornell BCMB Allied program! 

[क्रीं]

Just got request for first round of virtual interview for the Weill Cornell BCMB Allied program! Excited!!!

Edited December 15, 2022 by क्रीं

[Chill_Researcher]

Has anyone received interview invites for the Neuroscience track at Mayo Clinic? I see a couple of invites for Regenerative Medicine and Immunology. 

Also please let me know if you have received any communication from Penn BGS (NGG), Northwestern University (NUIN), Yale BBS (Neuroscience track), Harvard BBS, Princeton (Mol Bio), Boston University (Biology), UIUC (MCB).

Best of luck!