AnUnladenSwallow Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 I thought this could be a good way to find out who will be attending which visits. In my case, I'm trying to spend extra time during each visit to get a feel for the city, so if anyone happens to be there on the same days as me, let me know if you want to meet up to explore! So far, here are the days I'll be in particular places: Brown: evening of February 8th - morning of February 11th Minnesota: evening of February 16th - afternoon of February 19th North Carolina: (flying straight from Minnesota) evening of February 19th - morning of February 23rd. I've been invited to some other places, but I either haven't decided if I'll attend them or don't know much information about them yet. mhnaomi 1
mhnaomi Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 I thought this could be a good way to find out who will be attending which visits. In my case, I'm trying to spend extra time during each visit to get a feel for the city, so if anyone happens to be there on the same days as me, let me know if you want to meet up to explore! So far, here are the days I'll be in particular places: Brown: evening of February 8th - morning of February 11th Minnesota: evening of February 16th - afternoon of February 19th North Carolina: (flying straight from Minnesota) evening of February 19th - morning of February 23rd. I've been invited to some other places, but I either haven't decided if I'll attend them or don't know much information about them yet. Hi I'm going to Brown too. But I'll get there on Sunday.
mhnaomi Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 I thought this could be a good way to find out who will be attending which visits. In my case, I'm trying to spend extra time during each visit to get a feel for the city, so if anyone happens to be there on the same days as me, let me know if you want to meet up to explore! So far, here are the days I'll be in particular places: Brown: evening of February 8th - morning of February 11th Minnesota: evening of February 16th - afternoon of February 19th North Carolina: (flying straight from Minnesota) evening of February 19th - morning of February 23rd. I've been invited to some other places, but I either haven't decided if I'll attend them or don't know much information about them yet. Btw when did you hear back from UNC? I was not invited to the recruitment event. Does it mean I don't have a shot anymore?
AnUnladenSwallow Posted February 3, 2014 Author Posted February 3, 2014 Are you going to that dinner on Sunday for Brown? Looks like I heard back from UNC January 13th. I'd say if you haven't heard back from them by now one way or another, you could be on the waitlist. There's still hope!
mhnaomi Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 Are you going to that dinner on Sunday for Brown? Looks like I heard back from UNC January 13th. I'd say if you haven't heard back from them by now one way or another, you could be on the waitlist. There's still hope! Yes I'm going to the dinner on Sunday. I'll see you there!
AnUnladenSwallow Posted February 3, 2014 Author Posted February 3, 2014 Yes I'm going to the dinner on Sunday. I'll see you there! Great! I also heard something about a dinner on Monday for just the biostats prospective students and a few of the current students - are you going to stick around for that too?
mhnaomi Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 Great! I also heard something about a dinner on Monday for just the biostats prospective students and a few of the current students - are you going to stick around for that too? I won't go to the Monday one since I have to come back to Boston by 6pm.
AnUnladenSwallow Posted February 3, 2014 Author Posted February 3, 2014 I won't go to the Monday one since I have to come back to Boston by 6pm. Ah, bummer. Regardless, hopefully the dinner on Sunday will be fun!
mhnaomi Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 Ah, bummer. Regardless, hopefully the dinner on Sunday will be fun! hope so~! See you there
adagietto Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) Were any of you guys at the Harvard or Hopkins events? In any case, I'll be at the UNC event as well. Hope to meet you there. EDIT: I'm also flying in from Boston. Maybe we'll be on the same flight! Edited February 3, 2014 by adagietto
AnUnladenSwallow Posted February 3, 2014 Author Posted February 3, 2014 Were any of you guys at the Harvard or Hopkins events? In any case, I'll be at the UNC event as well. Hope to meet you there. EDIT: I'm also flying in from Boston. Maybe we'll be on the same flight! No, I didn't apply to Hopkins and I'm assuming I didn't get in to Harvard. Are you spending extra time at UNC outside of the actual recruiting event?
adagietto Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 I'm just spending the time there (getting in Thursday early afternoon) and heading out on Sunday (spending the night with a friend after the event ends). Are you a current student there or something?
AnUnladenSwallow Posted February 5, 2014 Author Posted February 5, 2014 I'm just spending the time there (getting in Thursday early afternoon) and heading out on Sunday (spending the night with a friend after the event ends). Are you a current student there or something? Nope! I'm a prospective PhD student at the moment, so I'll be at the recruiting event to see if I want to go there. I was planning on checking out the town on Saturday to see if I'd like living there. You're welcome to join me if you'd like!
Lelouch Lamperouge Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Hey, I just got admitted to UNC Biostatistics PhD. I didn't receive any invitation from UNC before so I may not go there for visit. I'd like to see your comments about your visiting there! I'm just spending the time there (getting in Thursday early afternoon) and heading out on Sunday (spending the night with a friend after the event ends). Are you a current student there or something?
AnUnladenSwallow Posted February 5, 2014 Author Posted February 5, 2014 Hey, I just got admitted to UNC Biostatistics PhD. I didn't receive any invitation from UNC before so I may not go there for visit. I'd like to see your comments about your visiting there! Maybe they'll send it to you later this week if they just notified you that you're accepted? Though that does seem short notice since the visit is the 20th/21st. Are you going to any other visits? That's a good idea to share thoughts about the visits though! I feel like it could be helpful to know how different schools run their recruiting events, what the professors and current grad students are like, and things like that in case people can't make it to the visits or to just generally help others get a feel for how these things go. Not going to lie, I'm a little nervous for the visit at Brown since it'll be my first recruiting event!
Lelouch Lamperouge Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) Maybe they'll send it to you later this week if they just notified you that you're accepted? Though that does seem short notice since the visit is the 20th/21st. Are you going to any other visits? That's a good idea to share thoughts about the visits though! I feel like it could be helpful to know how different schools run their recruiting events, what the professors and current grad students are like, and things like that in case people can't make it to the visits or to just generally help others get a feel for how these things go. Not going to lie, I'm a little nervous for the visit at Brown since it'll be my first recruiting event! I was at JHU last weekend. I am busy doing my homework these days so haven't got chance to share my experience with anybody. Maybe later I will find some time to write something I feel. Anyway, JHU has a very very nice program and I really enjoyed the campus visit there. I will also go to Brown. See you at Brown! Edited February 5, 2014 by Lelouch Lamperouge
aridneptune Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 I was also at JHU, Lelouche & adagietto. I really enjoyed it. What are you all thinking as far as when they'll send out the acceptance letters now?
adagietto Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 Absolutely no clue, but the weekend was great. Everyone at the department was really friendly.
AnUnladenSwallow Posted February 12, 2014 Author Posted February 12, 2014 For those who also went to Brown - what did you think of the visit?
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