bean1989 Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Undergrad Institution: Not so top in China Major(s): B.S. Biology GPA in Major: 3.85 Overall GPA: 3.80 Type of Student: International, top 10% class. GRE Scores (old version): Q: 800 V: 630 W: 4.0 Research Experience: 3 Years. 2 years in plant developmental biology with n-th author publication in a plant biology journal. 1 year in biochemistry, sort of epigenetics. Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Got nothing to be proud of... Applying to Where: Mainly MCB and Biomedical Sciences UPenn BGG UNC-BBSP UVa-BIMS MSSM-PhD KUMC-IGPBS NYU-Sackler SUNY-SB-MCB UMassMed Stowers BCM-Biochem WUStL-DBBS-MCB IU-MCDB Penn State-CDB Updates- Interviews: MSSM, UVa and WUStL. You guys scare me... As a not-so-top international, I think you all deserve offers from top institutions. Leave some offers for me, cheers. lol
kgumps2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 bean1989, your GPA and GRE scores are quite good. I think you still have a really good chance of getting into graduate schools. Good luck!
dhm0219 Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Undergrad Institution: Ivy Major(s): Biology GPA in Major: 3.55 Overall GPA: 3.60 Position in Class: mid? Type of Student: white male GRE Scores (new test): Q: 174 (91%) V: 174 (94%) W: 5.0 (87%) Biology Subject test: (95%) Research Experience: 3 years as an undergrad, 2.5 years full time since graduation in academia Awards/Honors/Recognitions: graduated with honors, two first author papers (small journals), one submitted second author paper, presented posters at three conferences Pertinent Activities or Jobs: two summer internships at school, 2 jobs post-bac as a research assistant in academic labs Special Bonus Points: recommendations from three PIs and one industry rep, one of the PIs is a psuedo-big-shot in NMR Applying to Where: MIT - Harvard - Tufts - interview Stanford - UC Berkeley - interview UCSF - interview UCSD - interview Scripps - interview UC Santa Barbara - UCLA - Edited January 4, 2012 by dhm0219
bluebla Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Congrats on all the interviews, dhm! May I ask what departments at Berkeley and UCSF you heard back from?
kgumps2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Has anyone heard from Drexel biosciences, OSU integrated biomedical sciences or rochester microbiology yet?
helicase Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Has anyone heard from Drexel biosciences, OSU integrated biomedical sciences or rochester microbiology yet? A friend of mine that applied to OSU's IBGP heard via email yesterday afternoon. She had a 3.0 GPA, ~80% Q GRE, and recently published as second author on a first-tier journal publication. The email said they'd follow up via phone in the next few days.
kgumps2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 thanks going2gradschool. I feel a little better now. I get all jumpy and excited whenever I get an email and I am always disappointed when it isn't a graduate school. Waiting is going to drive me insane.
dhm0219 Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Congrats on all the interviews, dhm! May I ask what departments at Berkeley and UCSF you heard back from? Thanks for the kind words, I count myself pretty lucky. Berkeley was MCB and UCSF was TETRAD. I'm new to the forums and am still finding my way around. Anyone know if Stanford has issued interview invites yet? And is there an easy way to look something like that up on the forums?
obot Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 bean1989 I agree with kgumps2012, you have fantastic stats. You'll do great!
starstuff Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 @dhm0219: The toolbar up top right under the GradCafe banner has a tab "Results Survey". You can search by school and/or program to see whether anyone here has reported receiving interview invites yet. Since previous years' results are included, you can also get a good idea of when the school/program typically sends them out.
SCellNeuro Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Has anyone heard from Drexel biosciences, OSU integrated biomedical sciences or rochester microbiology yet?
SCellNeuro Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 ^^^sorry trying to post from my iPhone . Yes - I heard from OSU Dec 16th with an interview invite.
SCellNeuro Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Congrats on your interviews! I got a phone call from Stanford Dec 19th inviting me for an interview. Waiting on Harvard and NIH oxcam now! Thanks for the kind words, I count myself pretty lucky. Berkeley was MCB and UCSF was TETRAD. I'm new to the forums and am still finding my way around. Anyone know if Stanford has issued interview invites yet? And is there an easy way to look something like that up on the forums?
Aquasplash Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Hey! Has anyone heard from the Havard BBS Cancer Biology program? I know someone on the Neuro track heard back. I am freaking out because it's the 5th already and their website says that if you don't hear back from them by the 20th - basically you're rejected.
goldenbuff Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Hey! Has anyone heard from the Havard BBS Cancer Biology program? I know someone on the Neuro track heard back. I am freaking out because it's the 5th already and their website says that if you don't hear back from them by the 20th - basically you're rejected. I'm in the same boat you are but staying optimistic because I haven't heard of ANYONE hearing back from Harvard who wasn't Neuroscience.
obob Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Is anyone else having problems checking the application status for Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Science? I submitted my application November 28th for the biological sciences PhD program and no updates yet.
hunterbear Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) Is anyone else having problems checking the application status for Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Science? I submitted my application November 28th for the biological sciences PhD program and no updates yet. Hi! I did the same for the Microbiology and Immunology program. I did not and still haven't gotten a confirmation or a tracking number to check the status of my application , but a POI did contact me last week with an interview invite. So I'm guessing they have an awful lot of apps to go through and will get back to you soon. Hope that helps! Also, a question to anyone who received a call from Harvard's BPH program- may I know what track it was from? Although if there is only one recruitment weekend, I doubt I'll hear back now. Edited January 5, 2012 by hunterbear
manofhonor Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 I'm in the same boat you are but staying optimistic because I haven't heard of ANYONE hearing back from Harvard who wasn't Neuroscience. Actually a friend of mine who is applying to the Immunology PhD program of Harvard received an interview invite from them in mid-December.
greenertea Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Actually a friend of mine who is applying to the Immunology PhD program of Harvard received an interview invite from them in mid-December. I know a friend who also heard from Harvard Immuno. But I've only heard of results from Immuno and Neuro, no other departments, so I think there's no need to worry for everyone else.
wyan Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 I called Harvard BBS right before Christmas and they said they'd start sending emails out hopefully by January 13 and that no more invites will be sent after January 20. If anyone is wondering about MIT Biology, they emailed me back saying: "The faculty admissions committee is in the process of reading applications now. This continues until the first week of January when they will meet and make admissions decisions." dhm0219 and alexng 2
virion Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) U Minnesota MICaB email today - Feb 9-12 or 16-19! Edited January 6, 2012 by virion
kgumps2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Good Luck virion! U Minnesota MICaB email today - Feb 9-12 or 16-19!
dhm0219 Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Just got an invite for an MIT Biology interview!
elem3nt Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Just got an invite for an MIT Biology interview! Me too! I'm super pumped!
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