2015 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results

[person5811]

I'm dying!!!!

Berkeley MCB is my top pick right now!!!

When did they call you?

One of my POIs (!!!!!) called at 3:30 pm (PT). I missed it though, she left me a voicemail.

[Farafeelo]

Was told by a harvard bbs admin a few days ago that successful applicants will be notified no later than tomorrow Saturday via email.so still some hope

[Farafeelo]

Oops don't know how to reply, I'm still new to this forum (and I'm on a phone) .... But thank you, expredator!!! Super helpful to know!

[blinchik]

Thank you everyone! And congrats!!

 

Is it considered rude or inappropriate to ask the grad admin/advisor if they know roughly what percent of interviewees get accepted? 

 

Nope, I did that for every program that invited me.

[nutellarain]

Got a call for an invite from Berkeley MCB!

Congrats! Just out of curiosity, when did you submit your application?

[shadowclaw]

12/14 of my schools are not done with invites yet. A couple have sent early invites, but are not finished. The rest of them, probably 9 of them wont send anything until January. So I am in the same boat and am jealous of all the good news going on in here.

I second this. I'm super jealous and can't wait for January to roll around when most of my programs will start sending out invites.

[ForScience!]

Does anyone know what percentage of interviewees from Mt. Sinai actually end up getting accepted from the first batch of interviews? Or do they just have 1 batch?

[eeee1923]

Invites from Vanderbilt NGP, Utah, OHSU, and Pittsburgh (all neuro) today. Busy day for invites!

 

Congrats - one more left and you have all the interviews!

[canuck02]

^sorry to reiterate, but just wondering whether anyone has heard anything from Caltech way?

[Poutinerie]

Congrats! Just out of curiosity, when did you submit your application?

 

Thanks!  And I submitted mine on Dec. 1st, the deadline.

[rbear91]

2 UCSD Biol. Sciences invites on the results page. 

 

O.m.g.

[endosymbiotic]

Was told by a harvard bbs admin a few days ago that successful applicants will be notified no later than tomorrow Saturday via email.so still some hope

 

But is it likely that invites would go out on a Saturday?

[Enhydra]

I second this. I'm super jealous and can't wait for January to roll around when most of my programs will start sending out invites.

 

Add me as a third. Hopefully next month will bring good news for us all.

[mop]

Yes, my interview weekend with them is Jan. 29-31, but I think they separated them by interest and faculty. (mine is neurobiology)

There will be 5-6 interview weekends, though research interests are broadly grouped in certain weekends

[abluefox]

OMG!! Received invitations from Harvard MCO, Harvard BBS, Berkeley MCB and UCI CMB today!! Somebody pinch me!!!!

Congrats! What are the interview dates for Berkeley MCB? I might also see you at UCI CMB Weekend

[ERR_Alpha]

Last year I remember Harvard BBS invites going out on a Saturday, so theres hope!

[person5811]

Congrats! What are the interview dates for Berkeley MCB? I might also see you at UCI CMB Weekend

They have 2 options, Feb 1-3 & March 1-3. I think I'm gonna go for the second one. Congrats on your interviews!

[omoplata]

University of Oregon Biology sent out some interviews. Interview date is 02/11 - 02/14. 

 

Is anyone else getting interviews to institutions for which they spent less time on application materials, while not hearing back from the schools they super polished their SOPs and research histories for? 

Edited December 20, 2014 by omoplata

[blinchik]

University of Oregon Biology sent out some interviews. Interview date is 02/11 - 02/14. 

 

Is anyone else getting interviews to institutions for which they spent less time on application materials, while not hearing back from the schools they super polished their SOPs and research histories for? 

 

Absolutely - but I spent more time on the applications for programs that have a very low acceptance rate/are very competitive, but that's unfortunately pretty much all of mine!

[expredator]

Last year I remember Harvard BBS invites going out on a Saturday, so theres hope!

Would they work usual office hours though?

[Farafeelo]

Lol have you all seen that meme of a skeleton waiting?? That's what I look like waiting for Harvard BBS to email me an interview lmao

[expredator]

same here lol

[brainnetwork]

anxiously waiting for ucsd biological science…looks like they have send out some interview yesterday does anyone know whether they send out at different time for different research fields? Will they send invitation on weekends? I REALLY love that program and congrats to everyone who got an interview I am so jealous ;_;

[person5811]

anxiously waiting for ucsd biological science…looks like they have send out some interview yesterday does anyone know whether they send out at different time for different research fields? Will they send invitation on weekends? I REALLY love that program and congrats to everyone who got an interview I am so jealous ;_;

I haven't heard from them either, and I was actually really pleased with my SOP for UCSD, so I'm a little bumped. I looked at last year's results and some people got interviews really late, like January. Maybe there's still hope?

Edited December 20, 2014 by person5811

[brainnetwork]

I haven't heard from them either, and I was actually really pleased with my SOP for UCSD, so I'm a little bumped. I looked at last year's results and some people got interviews really late, like January. Maybe there's still hope?

yeah let's hope for the best;_; looks like somebody posted interview that was received today! I'm going nuts…