T.J Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Hi, Lets keep in loop and be motivated. GRE: Domestic/International (TOEFL/IELTS): UG GPA: (If you did Masters) Masters GPA: Research experience: Research publications, patents, conferences: PHD intended specialization: University list: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.J Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 GRE: Q:160, V: 155, AWA-waiting. Domestic/International (TOEFL/IELTS): International; waiting UG GPA: 7.11/10 (top ranked school in my country) (If you did Masters) Masters GPA: 3.5/4 (Top ranked school; Materials science & Engineering) Research experience: 1 year internship during my masters and 2 years post masters research experience related to my intended specialization. Work experience in top cancer institutes in US. Research publications, patents, conferences: Conference presentations: 20 in total (5 first authored and I presented them; rest are second and third authored). Conference publications (published in peer reviewed journal as an abstract) : 4 (1 first, second, third and fourth author each) Research articles/journal publications: (1) - first author submitted to publisher and in review. 8 more - in preparation and 6 of which will be submitted to publisher by nov-dec 2013. PHD intended specialization: Tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and biomaterials. University list: (BME/BioE PhD programs) Georgia Tech University Johns Hopkins University University of Pennsylvania Cornell University Columbia university University of California San Diego Harvard University Northwestern university Univ of Pittsburg Purdue university Brown university University of California Davis Virginia polytechnic institute and state university TJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckbro Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 GRE: Q:169, V: 162, AWA 5.5 UG GPA: 3.96/4.0 Research experience: 3 years experience in University lab, 2 Summer REUs and one summer industry internship Research publications, patents, conferences: Conference presentations: 2 major. Conference publications: 1 peer reviewed journal as an abstract Research articles/journal publications: 1 in preparation PHD intended specialization: Tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and biomaterials. University list: (BME/BioE PhD programs) Duke Hopkins MIT UPenn Rice Columbia U Mich Wake Forest/Va Tech WashU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gungun1010 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 holy shit.. not sure why any school on earth would reject you ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrange Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 holy shit.. not sure why any school on earth would reject you ... Hate to be that guy...but those stats are pretty typical for some of the top schools. intirb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gungun1010 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Hate to be that guy...but those stats are pretty typical for some of the top schools. GPA and GRE scores are typical , sure, but how can a undergraduate student get to publish paper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrange Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 GPA and GRE scores are typical , sure, but how can a undergraduate student get to publish paper... Again, hate to be that guy, but in my experience last year most of the successful applicants will have published at least one paper. Depending on what subfield you work in, even 5 or 6 (computational work, for example, typically publishes faster). intirb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckbro Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I agree with TheOrange, besides I hear that the most important thing is "fit"...so we will see what happens. Good luck everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeamMeUp Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 GRE: 160 V/164 Q/ 3.0 AW (abysmal, I know. Previous: 4.0 which is also not that great) Status: International, TOEFL: 115 UG GPA : 70% (we have percentages). Roughly translates to 3.2-3.4 I guess PG GPA: 9.53/10 Research Experience: 1.5 years Computational work in Systems Biology. Intended Specialization: Systems and Synthetic Biology, Neuroengineering Universities in sight: U Minn Twin Cities Duke Johns Hopkins U Penn UCDavis UC San Diego Going for some top universities. I hope they do recognize, I have attended really some top universities in my country. Suggestions welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.J Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 UPDATE: Univs list changed in november. GRE: Q:160, V: 155, AWA-4.0. Domestic/International (TOEFL/IELTS): International; 110/120. UG GPA: 7.11/10 (top ranked school in my country) (If you did Masters) Masters GPA: 3.56/4 (Top ranked school; Materials science & Engineering) Research experience: 1 year internship during my masters and 2 years post masters research experience related to my intended specialization. Work experience in top cancer institutes in US. Research publications, patents, conferences: Conference presentations: 20 in total (5 first authored and I presented them; rest are second and third authored). Conference publications (published in peer reviewed journal as an abstract) : 4 (1 first, second, third and fourth author each) Research articles/journal publications: (1) - first author submitted to publisher and in review. 8 more - in preparation and 6 of which will be submitted to publisher by nov-dec 2013. PHD intended specialization: Tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and biomaterials. University list: (BME/BioE PhD programs) Georgia Tech University University of Pennsylvania Cornell University University of Washington-Seattle University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Carnegie Mellon University Univ of Pittsburgh Clemson University Rutgers University Virginia polytechnic institute and state university & Wake Forest University TJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghanada Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 UPDATE: Univs list changed in november. GRE: Q:160, V: 155, AWA-4.0. Domestic/International (TOEFL/IELTS): International; 110/120. UG GPA: 7.11/10 (top ranked school in my country) (If you did Masters) Masters GPA: 3.56/4 (Top ranked school; Materials science & Engineering) Research experience: 1 year internship during my masters and 2 years post masters research experience related to my intended specialization. Work experience in top cancer institutes in US. Research publications, patents, conferences: Conference presentations: 20 in total (5 first authored and I presented them; rest are second and third authored). Conference publications (published in peer reviewed journal as an abstract) : 4 (1 first, second, third and fourth author each) Research articles/journal publications: (1) - first author submitted to publisher and in review. 8 more - in preparation and 6 of which will be submitted to publisher by nov-dec 2013. PHD intended specialization: Tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and biomaterials. University list: (BME/BioE PhD programs) Georgia Tech University University of Pennsylvania Cornell University University of Washington-Seattle University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Carnegie Mellon University Univ of Pittsburgh Clemson University Rutgers University Virginia polytechnic institute and state university & Wake Forest University TJ haha I was wondering why University of Michigan wasn't on your original list. That is where I am now and tissue engineering and regenerative medicine is HUGE here. Anyways, if anyone wants to know more about UMich feel free to ask. Or even about UCLA (my undergrad) or Boston University (my Masters) that's cool too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.J Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 When do they usually send out Umich interviews? I just got an interview with Penn state - Biomedical sciences (i have also applied to 5 biomed sciences for research focus in developmental biology, regenerative medicine and stem cells ). So far i had an interview with an amazing prof from clemson - bioengineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghanada Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I think UMich finalizes interviews sometime in mid to late January. Last year, there were 2 interview weekends, one in mid-February and one in mid-March. I believe on average, they probably give out like 40-60 invites. Getting invited to interview is not match based as they form committees to rank each applicant. However, once interviews are set, it becomes match based in that you will only get acceptance if one of the profs you interview with commits to funding you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.J Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 Thank you! that gives a good perspective. Will keep my fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riton Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Hi I'm a little 'out of the loop' as 1) I'm international and 2) I've been working for 8 years in an unrelated domain: GRE: 169 Verbal 99% - 167 Quantitative 95% 4.5 Analytical 78% Domestic/International (TOEFL/IELTS): International, IELTS 8.5/9 UG GPA: Did top 'engineering school' in France, got in 8th but got average grades while there (Polytechnique) 2.68 GPA Masters GPA:Applied Math: 15.09/20 Research experience: none Research publications, patents, conferences: none - but 8 years being extremely succesful as a team leader in an unrelated domain. 2 great LOR from my boss and ex -boss 1 great LOR from the professor I did a one year research project with in applied math PHD intended specialization: biomechanics University list: MIT BME MIT medialab biomechatronics Columbia NYU-Poly Am I crazy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intirb Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) University list: MIT BME MIT medialab biomechatronics Columbia NYU-Poly Am I crazy? By MIT BME, do you mean the HST MEMP program or Biological Engineering? Edit: also, what was that unrelated field? Edited December 19, 2013 by intirb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riton Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 By MIT BME, do you mean the HST MEMP program or Biological Engineering? Edit: also, what was that unrelated field? MIT: Biological Engineering Unrelated field was derivative trading / finance (started in math-heavy derivatives then branched out into portfolio management of troubled assets) If I don't get in anything, some of my contacts suggested to get a job in a lab for a year, try to get my feet wet, maybe get LORs from the people in the lab and my name in a few papers - what do you think / what would be the best way to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intirb Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Yes, I would definitely recommend getting a research job at a lab first. It'll be pretty hard to get admitted to a PhD program without any research experience. There are lots of labs out there that could use some math expertise, so I'd start emailing professors or looking for job openings in labs, especially those nearby. Assuming you want to work with Hugh Herr, you're probably a lot better off applying to HST MEMP than BE, since the latter is more cells and molecules and synthetic biology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckbro Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Judging from last year, looks like I won't be hearing on any potential interviews until mid to late January for my schools, so I guess I'll just forget about it until after the holidays! So far I have only seen people post for interviews in BME at Cornell and Sackler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.J Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Got official email from Clemson - PhD in Bioengineering that they have recommended me to graduate school and an official letter will be mailed to me. Clemson has a good bioengineering department. Funding: No official funding yet. Had skype interview in early December and prof is interested in me. He is waiting on grants for funding and will then make a funding offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckbro Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Finally heard something! PI from UPenn emailed me today saying she was excited to see my application and wants to discuss her research with me. She also mentions an additional fellowship I might qualify for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.J Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Congrats tuckbro, I have applied for Tissue Engineering field as well. Haven't heard anything from Upenn yet. Looks like we have Upenn, Umich and Vtech in common. Good luck on your interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckbro Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Thanks TJ! I noticed our schools overlap. I know you will do well, you have great accomplishments! UPenn does not officially interview until after acceptances come out, so don't worry! This PIs research differs slightly in path from my goals so she wanted to make sure I was flexible. No official invite to interview or acceptance, but hoping its a good sign! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.J Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Thank you. You have a great profile as well. Like you said candidate fit to a program and POI matters a lot. So, keeping my fingers crossed. I suppose the engineering results usually start coming out by Jan end till Feb end. Thanks TJ! I noticed our schools overlap. I know you will do well, you have great accomplishments! UPenn does not officially interview until after acceptances come out, so don't worry! This PIs research differs slightly in path from my goals so she wanted to make sure I was flexible. No official invite to interview or acceptance, but hoping its a good sign! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckbro Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Received an invite to interview via email from MIT BE this morning! The interview weekend is March 7 and 8th. My first official one! guazhaochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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