2013 Applicant Profiles and Admission Results

[hopefulfall2013]

Undergrad Institution: Small liberal arts; well respected in the region, but not well known nationally- BS in 06/2011

Major(s): Psychology

Minor(s): Business Admin

GPA in Major: 3.8

Overall GPA: 3.6

Position in Class: Above average

GRE Scores (revised):

Q: 150

V: 151

W: 3.5

Research Experience: Lab manager/junior specialist (1.5 years-current job); Research intern (big university hospital 2.5 years); research assitant at undergraduate univ (1 year)

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list and president's list while I was in college, all-american student athlete

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Lab manager at a high-end university

Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: High impact references; multiple publications and presentations; faculty contacts; great clinical experience

Hoping my experience will overshadow my average GRE scores.

Applying to Where:

UT Dallas- Cognition and Neuroscience

Washington University in St. Louis (WashU)- Clinical Psychology

Temple University- Clinical Psychology

Northwestern University- Brain, Behavior, and Cognition

UCSD- Cognitive Science

UC Davis- Cognitive Psychology

Applications (6): UT Dallas, WashU, Temple U, Northwestern, UCSD, UC Davis

Interviews:

Accepted:

Rejected:

[flat_rhino]

Undergrad Institution: Ohio State University

Major(s): Biochemistry

GPA in Major: 3.3

Overall GPA: 3.5

Position in Class: Average

Type of Student: Domestic, Male, Asian

GRE Scores (revised/old version):

Q: 163 V: 161 W: 5

Research Experience: Research assistant at two domestic universities, one in Nanjing, one fully-funded study abroad experience

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's List for several semesters, 2x full-ride merit-based scholarships, 2 poster presentations, 1 poster prize, 1 summer undergraduate fellowship, 2nd author paper

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: 2 strong student mentoring experiences, 2 years as research assistant/lab manager in high ranking Children's hospital, tutor of at-risk youth, mentor for K-12 science fairs

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: I haven't died yet? Suffered serious compression fractures to my spine that ruined my work with the fellowship. Took two years off to work to gain more insight and experience.

Special Bonus Points: Two very strong recommendation letters.

Applying to Where:

UCSF - TETRAD

Berkeley - MCB

UW-Madison - IPiB

Northwestern - IBiS

UNC-Chapel Hill - BBSP

UWashington - BPSD

Johns Hopkins - Biochemistry Program

So anxious! I don't even care if I'm rejected, I just want to know! Good luck to everyone

[biotechstudent]

I am quite new to this system and am also applying to the Integrated program at Columbia. Do you think that's it with interviews or they'll be sending some more out?

They did not indicate any other interview dates in the email. They said if I can't make the interview weekend I will have to arrange an appointment during the week, Monday through Thursday. They probably don't want people trying to switch interview dates.

[HandsomeMirror]

Will programs be sending out interview requests over the winter break or do they usually wait until the next school session begins?

[Biohopeful]

Congrats everyone!

 

@biotechstudent:  Did you send your subject GRE scores to Columbia?  I know you were worried about those...

[thej-hizzle]

Michigan PIBS Bioinfo (Not sure of the dates yet) came down Tuesday and UCLA Bioinfo (Feb 6-8) came literally 25 minutes ago for me!

[bamafan]

Michigan PIBS Bioinfo (Not sure of the dates yet) came down Tuesday and UCLA Bioinfo (Feb 6-8) came literally 25 minutes ago for me!

 

Very cool, those are the two I got so far as well. The Michigan dates are 1/24-26 and 1/31-2/2. 

[Looking to the horizon]

Did anybody get anything back from Princeton Mol Bio or UCSF TETRAD? I'm so anxious. x.x

[Looking to the horizon]

Undergrad Institution: Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Major(s): Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Minor(s): Chemistry
GPA in Major: 3.71 (no separate GPA)
Overall GPA: 3.71
Position in Class: Average?
Type of Student: Domestic female, not minority

GRE Scores (revised/old version): Revised
Q: 167
V: 157
W: 4.0
Biochemistry/Cell Bio/Mol Bio:  570

Research Experience: Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology. Publications, presentations, grants, and fellowships received.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Within school

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Tutor, Biochemistry TA, FIGS Instructor

Applying to Where:
Princeton - Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, Biological Chemistry

UCSF - TETRAD

Yale - BBS MCBGD

Rutgers/RWJ/UMDNJ - Molecular Biosciences

Rockefeller - Graduate program

Brown - Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

[Looking to the horizon]

Congrats everyone!! I'm still waiting for the miracle...

You're applying to Princeton too? Glad I'm not the only one who hasn't received a call yet.

[Winteriscoming]

Yep, Jenn Sun. I guess we'll have to wait until past winter break to hear from them... 

[Looking to the horizon]

What department did you specify in your app for Princeton?

[MicroB2012]

Guys I am also waiting for the Princeton MB.

[biotechstudent]

Congrats everyone!

 

@biotechstudent:  Did you send your subject GRE scores to Columbia?  I know you were worried about those...

 

So I wasn't planning on sending my scores, but I had already requested them to be sent before my scores were posted. The send out date for the scores was 12/21 on the website so I figured I could just cancel if I didn't want them to see my scores. It turns out they sent out my scores on 12/8, before I got to see my scores! I don't know if Columbia received them before making their decisions, which is making me really paranoid about the other schools now!

[biotechstudent]

I know UCSF Tetrad has already sent out interview invites. Does anyone know if they send out everything at once or do they send out a few rounds of invites?

[Looking to the horizon]

I know UCSF Tetrad has already sent out interview invites. Does anyone know if they send out everything at once or do they send out a few rounds of invites?

I agree. I am equally as anxious. I sent in my application on December 13th, since the admissions committee saw my nearly finished app and highly encouraged me to finish it. I hope that was a good sign. But I know they would need more than 7 days to give me a response...

[Looking to the horizon]

Guys I am also waiting for the Princeton MB.

Did you happen to list additional departments on your Princeton application? I know I put Mol Bio as my main choice, but I listed several other choices in Chemistry. I hope this is why there is a delay. My friend applied only to Mol Bio and got the call on Monday.

Edited December 20, 2012 by Looking to the horizon

[mop]

Interview from UNC Chapel Hill BBSP by phone today

[flat_rhino]

mop, did you submit your applications well before deadline? just curious.

[mop]

I submitted all my apps on Nov 31 or Dec 1, so the day before the deadline in some cases, or about a week or two before the deadline in others

Edited December 20, 2012 by mop

[MicroB2012]

Did you happen to list additional departments on your Princeton application? I know I put Mol Bio as my main choice, but I listed several other choices in Chemistry. I hope this is why there is a delay. My friend applied only to Mol Bio and got the call on Monday.

I applied directly to the molecular biology program, not through the biology@ Princeton. If you look at last year's record, people got interview offers in late Jan too. GL

Edited December 20, 2012 by MicroB2012

[flat_rhino]

I submitted all my apps on Nov 31 or Dec 1, so the day before the deadline in some cases, or about a week or two before the deadline in others

 

Gotcha, gotcha. I submitted very late. Right up to deadlines.

[bamafan]

I can't speak to specific programs, but most schools will do multiple rounds of interview invites as some people will decline due to conflicts or interest. I have heard that early submission *can* be (not necessarily is, but can be) helpful as many schools starting reviewing applications ahead of the deadline. I got my Michigan invite  before the grad committee had finished their first meeting (so says the professor who called) and I submitted my app about a month early. I also know of cases where superstars get full acceptances before the deadlines even are reached.

[scienceowl]

Are you sure it's this friday? Do they send out the offers in one wave?

I checked the results board for 2012 and 2011 stats, and Sloan-Kettering always sent their invites on the friday before the week of Christmas. Which means they should be sending them out tomorrow. Yikes.

[parafilm]

scienceowl-- yep, noticed that too. I'm SO anxious. I don't expect to get in, but I just want to get through tomorrow so at least if I don't hear I can move on!