nermah1 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 An hour before Skype interview!!! Super nervous I hope every one has good result from interview weekend!!! iheartplants 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartplants Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Freaking out about what to pack to wear... Email from Dartmouth said the event is "casual" and stressed not to wear dress shoes or business suits! Ugh. Any advice?? ERR_Alpha-- I definitely second the boots. If Dartmouth ay casual, they probably mean it. Go with dark pants that fit into the boots and a nice top. You'll look pulled together. However, even at Berekely last weekend (SUPER casual vibe) some people wore dress pants. Then again, I saw some people wearing Teva sandals and hiking shorts. Just do you! Whatever makes you comfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byt2104 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Does anyone know when I should be getting Columbia's Micro&Immuno itinerary/hotel info? They sent me an invite, asked for a faculty list, and then seemingly died. It's soon, so I'm getting worried. I applied to Pathobiology/Molecular Medicine. Still nothing and it's next week. Same story about Weill Cornell IMP. If I hear nothing from either by the end of the work day today, I'll follow up by e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Galdón Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Hi! Long time lurker here, but I have just seen in the result search that some international student has been accepted in the Molecular Biology PhD at the University of Utah. Did you get an skype interview previously? Getting really anxious about hearing from the American schools I applied to! LAguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nermah1 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Hi guys, I just finished a Skype interview with Cornell plant biology. Because I don't have much lab experience, I wanted them to ask more about my knowledge and interest in the department, not just entirely about my experiments. (which are futile :-S) But they just asked about my lab project and experiments......and after I answered then they simply said "Do you have any questions?" and I asked a few things......and end of the interview....!!! I was a bit disappointed because I read many articles from my PI and professors from the department. Well.....honestly, my feeling is that they don't have much interest with me. Hm.....!!! But now what....I just have to wait and wait again Edited February 6, 2014 by nermah1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartplants Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Phone/ Skype interviews can be weird, nermah1. Maybe it went better than you think! Good luck! elanorci and nermah1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nermah1 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Phone/ Skype interviews can be weird, nermah1. Maybe it went better than you think! Good luck! Hey, thanks. You've always been cheerful So you've been through with many interviews! Did you post about them? I really wanna hear about other's interview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molecularneuro Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Unusually long compared to last year. Next interview weekend starts tomorrow. I emailed the admin - i'll post what she says. UC Irvine CMB Acceptance! She was just waiting for graduate school approval. Road runner, LAguy, Sylvia88 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackF Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I don't think it is a budget constraint for the Penn Biology interviws. Most US schools typically accept about 80% of the domestic interviewees (there are expections, e.g. Columbia). In other words, most schools already invite close to the minimum number of students the they can for on-campus interviews (probably because of budget constraints). As such, these interview weekends are largely there for recruitment purposes. If they're going to do a pre-screening round on Skype, then that would actually add to the expenditures of the interview process (taking up several professors time is expensive). My guess is they really wanted to interview more people at least at a basic level before essentially admitting them by inviting them to the on-campus interview, so they added in this "first round" of Skype interviews. If they do some Skype interviews as the only round (like it sounds like they are doing at Syracuse), of course that would save some money. In that case I don't know what fraction of people would be accepted afterwards. They could keep the ratio similar to the on-campus numbers, but it could also be a more selective process because of the lesser cost per interview. Very weird that would give out 2 different types of invites to domestic applicants. Are you located really far from Syracuse, MackF? Edit: Nevermind just saw you listed PA in your sig. Strange about this, maybe its up to the professors that are doing the interviews. Could be you just happened to get matched to some PIs that prefer Skype interviews. Thanks for the input. I'm not intending on going there anyway unless all else fails. Their program isn't medical genetics but the others that I applied to are. I'm actually on a plane to Florida right now for an interview. Best of luck to everyone else out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdson Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Zebura, Seeing from your signature that you have interview invitation from Roswell park, when did you get the invitation? I am still waiting on that one. I called program administrator and was told international invitations are sent out later. So fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartplants Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Hey, thanks. You've always been cheerful So you've been through with many interviews! Did you post about them? I really wanna hear about other's interview haha thanks, I've tried to stay positive through this process. It's kind of fun if you embrace the awkwardness of the whole process. My interviews have been good so far. I had a very good interview at CU Boulder last summer--very relaxed and fun and met with my POI and the department. Last weekend I was at Berkeley, which was also fun. I prepared like crazy for faculty interviews, but when I got there it turned out to be a very relaxed/non competitive interview situation. All of the faculty I met with just wanted to talk about my interests and past work (really fun--no grilling). Today, I am on my way to Michigan State (Brr). This will be my first more "competitive interview." Should be a good experience. I've spent a lot of time at MSU nduring past studies. Also--have experienced a LOT of phone\skype interviews. I am hilarious on the phone, but it seems to be working out okay. You've just gotta laugh sometimes. I just try to convey my love of plants and research interests, and more importantly try to be myself. Keep on keeping on, Nermah1! Good luck! nermah1 and elanorci 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvp713 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Waiting to fly to Dallas for UTSW interview. It's my first ever interview and im trying to relax myself and prepare for a nice weekend talking science and trying not to worry about grilling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAguy Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Hi! Long time lurker here, but I have just seen in the result search that some international student has been accepted in the Molecular Biology PhD at the University of Utah. Did you get an skype interview previously? Getting really anxious about hearing from the American schools I applied to! Hope you don't mind if I piggyback on your comment - but have any domestic students heard an acceptance/watilist/rejection from University of Utah for MB or BC after the first interview weekend? IIRC they have new interviewees coming in this weekend and I haven't heard anything Edited February 6, 2014 by LAguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebura Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Zebura, Seeing from your signature that you have interview invitation from Roswell park, when did you get the invitation? I am still waiting on that one. I called program administrator and was told international invitations are sent out later. So fingers crossed! I got it on Jan 14th and I am domestic student. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persimmony Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Uc Irvine cmb acceptance! First one. Feels good. Monochrome Spring, LAguy, mop and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCN Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Freaking out about what to pack to wear... Email from Dartmouth said the event is "casual" and stressed not to wear dress shoes or business suits! Ugh. Any advice?? I just finished up the first Dartmouth MCB interview weekend on Sunday. Very few people wore dress shoes and even those with ties seemed slightly out of place. Only two or three people wore suits. Overall the atmosphere was quite casual and most interviewees were wearing nice pants with a sweater and a collared shirt while most faculty and grad students were simply wearing jeans and a hoodie or fleece jacket. Edited February 6, 2014 by JCN ERR_Alpha and nermah1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nns91 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 PENN CAMB!!!!!! Got my official email today, though I was notified by one of my interviewers last night (Still in disbelief mode) En route to Pittsburg now! Good luck everyone rexzeppelin and BostonBio153 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elanorci Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Congrats to the many acceptances rolling in!! Such an exciting time But of course don't worry too much if you haven't gotten one yet. Staying positive and calm probably has as good an effect on your interviews as on your mental health Iheartplants, you ARE super positive!! I too am very awkward on the phone - from now on I'm going to try to laugh at it and not stress, like you sqxz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicgirl Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Has anyone heard anything after the first weekend of Baylor Immunology interviews? (meaning acceptances?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERR_Alpha Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I just finished up the first Dartmouth MCB interview weekend on Sunday. Very few people wore dress shoes and even those with ties seemed slightly out of place. Only two or three people wore suits. Overall the atmosphere was quite casual and most interviewees were wearing nice pants with a sweater and a collared shirt while most faculty and grad students were simply wearing jeans and a hoodie or fleece jacket. Thanks so much! I'm thinking about wearing dark jeans, boots, a nice blouse and a jacket. I think my dress pants with the jacket would be too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science_Nerd Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Uc Irvine cmb acceptance! First one. Feels good. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science_Nerd Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 PENN CAMB!!!!!! Got my official email today, though I was notified by one of my interviewers last night (Still in disbelief mode) En route to Pittsburg now! Good luck everyone Congrats! and just curious, when did you interview at Penn State Hershey? if you dont mind asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcmazer Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Einstein is working on their 3rd wave of invites, should take 2-3 weeks. jl2782, CHM GIRL and MrsWizard 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcmazer Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Called San Antonio, said they can't extend an interview, fudge. Edited February 6, 2014 by tcmazer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrocide Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Called one of my programs to check on my app, discovered that the Grad office didn't forward my rec letters to the Bio dept with the rest of my application even though they were all in before I even submitted the app. I'm so happy they're still going to review my application. Finding out one of your last two applications has been compromised: feels, man. So many feels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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