lepetite89 Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I just got an interview at Yale (BBS)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alleycat393 Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 (edited) I just got an interview at Yale (BBS)! Congratulations! How did you get notified and when did was your application complete? Edited December 14, 2010 by alleycat393 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepetite89 Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Congratulations! How did you get notified and when did was your application complete? I completed my application pretty close to the deadline... They just sent me an email on Sunday night. Immunology... !!! I am so excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecoffeebuzzbuzz Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Here are my wonky stats: The Good: - NSF Fellowship - 2 manuscripts in peer review as first author - 2 awards for science poster (1 international conference, 1 national conference) - Research experience around the globe - 2 salaried + full benefits research positions (three years of experience) - 2 research internships - Multiple merit based scholarships + research grants as a undergrad The Bad?: - College: small obscure school w/o grades that no-one has heard of - GPA (when you can count it...?!?): 3.5ish - Credits: 320+ credits and counting... - Major: um ... self designed mix of sugar and spice and everything nice The Ugly: - GRE - 550 verbal / 600 quantitative / 5 writing (taken five time already! I really really hate exams...) - Pre-req's - never took basic chem, bio, calc, or physics (just talked my way straight into upper level courses in my area of focus...) - eight schools attended... (curiosity to take classes where ever I live...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cogneuroforfun Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Here are my wonky stats: The Good: - NSF Fellowship - 2 manuscripts in peer review as first author - 2 awards for science poster (1 international conference, 1 national conference) - Research experience around the globe - 2 salaried + full benefits research positions (three years of experience) - 2 research internships - Multiple merit based scholarships + research grants as a undergrad The Bad?: - College: small obscure school w/o grades that no-one has heard of - GPA (when you can count it...?!?): 3.5ish - Credits: 320+ credits and counting... - Major: um ... self designed mix of sugar and spice and everything nice The Ugly: - GRE - 550 verbal / 600 quantitative / 5 writing (taken five time already! I really really hate exams...) - Pre-req's - never took basic chem, bio, calc, or physics (just talked my way straight into upper level courses in my area of focus...) - eight schools attended... (curiosity to take classes where ever I live...) That is a wonky profile If you're applying to programs/labs where your past research and skills are relevant, I think you have a decent shot, as long as there isn't a hard GRE cutoff to even get your app looked at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Bio Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 I was recently accepted into the University of Virginia Chemistry PhD program. Wahoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eklavya Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I was recently accepted into the University of Virginia Chemistry PhD program. Wahoo! sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compbio2011 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 @coffeebuzzbuzz Where are you applying? I also was in this first round of UMich interview invites. Bioinformatics is my program choice. I will be interviewing the last weekend in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecoffeebuzzbuzz Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 (edited) @coffeebuzzbuzz Where are you applying? I also was in this first round of UMich interview invites. Bioinformatics is my program choice. I will be interviewing the last weekend in January. I am applying a bunch of places... including UMich. However I have not yet been invited to an interview. This could be because I applied to a different department (not PIBS but same deadline), my wonky background, totally bombing the second phone interview that I had about two months ago, or the prof that I want to work with being friends with one of the profs at a different school that rejected me after the in-person interview. ugh... today I am feeling a tad rejected (cumulative series of events....) Or maybe they just haven't looked at my application quite yet... Edited December 18, 2010 by coffeecoffeebuzzbuzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compbio2011 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I would not get down at all. I was feeling all dejected yesterday as I saw people were getting calls from Mich, but it seems as they are definitely doing it by department not all Mich applicants at the same time. Besides way too early in the game to get down! I was just curious what subdiscipline you were in since you keep referring to the wonky interests! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecoffeebuzzbuzz Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I would not get down at all. I was feeling all dejected yesterday as I saw people were getting calls from Mich, but it seems as they are definitely doing it by department not all Mich applicants at the same time. Besides way too early in the game to get down! I was just curious what subdiscipline you were in since you keep referring to the wonky interests! Here are my various points of curiosity that have been squished together... - Plants - Insects - Islands - Fine Art - Ecology - Evolution - Statistics - Informatics - Endemism - Biogeography - Landscape Ecology - Conservation Biology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soramimicake Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I agree about the Michigan thing--I think they're doing it by department because I got an invite as well and the first thing she said was that she was from the microbiology department. In fact, she didn't even mention PIBS. Also, I got the phone call on Thursday and she said I should be getting the e-mail soon, but I haven't...do you think I should e-mail them asking about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labrat-t Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Has anybody heard back from Columbia Biomedical Sciences (medical center) yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intothenight1 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Hi everyone, Has anyone received any news of interviews yet from any schools that they applied to? I haven't heard from any but then again I"m also living abroad (but a US citizen on a Fulbright in Germany). Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eklavya Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I haven't heard of interviews yet, but NCState updated my status to 'admitted' this morning. I hope the dept will send me an email in days to come - hopefully within this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecoffeebuzzbuzz Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I haven't heard of interviews yet, but NCState updated my status to 'admitted' this morning. I hope the dept will send me an email in days to come - hopefully within this week. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eklavya Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Congrats! Thanks! But I wasn't expecting a decision this soon... Good luck to you/us all!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reverdy Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Congrats everyone! Heard from Scripps California (Immunology Track) and Gerstner Sloan-Kettering today by e-mail. Hopefully I can turn down the crazy now and just enjoy my holiday. Good luck everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Bio Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 Congrats everyone! Heard from Scripps California (Immunology Track) and Gerstner Sloan-Kettering today by e-mail. Hopefully I can turn down the crazy now and just enjoy my holiday. Good luck everyone! Congrats on Scripps! Makes me a bit nervous...but hopefully I will hear from them. I applied for the Chemical Biology track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Bio Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 Heard from Princeton Molecular Biology today by phone that I had been invited for an interview! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reverdy Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Congrats on Scripps! Makes me a bit nervous...but hopefully I will hear from them. I applied for the Chemical Biology track. Thanks! Congrats on Princeton! The only people I know of who got Scripps invites applied for Immuno, so I wouldn't lose hope yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krypton Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Heard from Princeton Molecular Biology today by phone that I had been invited for an interview! I LOVED the Princeton MolBio faculty. I hope you have a great time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soramimicake Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Heard from Princeton Molecular Biology today by phone that I had been invited for an interview! Congratulations! I got one too so maybe I'll see you there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmm Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 (edited) Invited to interview -- UW (Seattle) Immunology! Edited December 23, 2010 by emmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eklavya Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Invited to interview -- UW (Seattle) Immunology! sweet!! i have been invited to university of minnesota for interview, plant sciences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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