KevAquarius Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Did you just get an email? I'm not applying this year, my girlfriend is. She got a call from them.
Ragneo Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Just got an interview from Yale BBSB! Whoop whoop. I'll be going from Feb 12-15.
Farafeelo Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 What do you all think of Duke? the only thing I'm put off by is its location ...
Farafeelo Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 when are harvard bbs interviews? the website says jan 29 - feb 1 and feb 12 - feb 15. Is that correct? I wanna make sure it doesn't conflict with my other interviews before i accept
peachypie Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Farafeelo- what exactly is the idea of NC/Duke that puts you off?
expredator Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Did u Receive the harvard bbs Interview Today?what time exactly?
person5811 Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 when are harvard bbs interviews? the website says jan 29 - feb 1 and feb 12 - feb 15. Is that correct? I wanna make sure it doesn't conflict with my other interviews before i accept yeah those are the weekends. the email i got said the only thing you do the first day is have dinner with current students and then the last day a student takes you to the airport
Farafeelo Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Did u Receive the harvard bbs Interview Today?what time exactly? no i didn't ... i just wanted to accept my other interviews but i wanted to make sure they don't conflict with harvard before i accept them. I'm going crazy waiting though. I seriously doubt they will send out any today, its after 5 in boston. They may have sent all the invites yesterday, or they will continue on monday. Im sad lol.
Farafeelo Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 yeah those are the weekends. the email i got said the only thing you do the first day is have dinner with current students and then the last day a student takes you to the airport i heard that in previous years on the last day, everyone has dinner on top of the prudential center. it is the prettiest, most breathtaking view ever. i love boston!
Farafeelo Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Farafeelo- what exactly is the idea of NC/Duke that puts you off? Just the fact that its located in a small town. But the only plus side to that is I bet rent will be cheap. Would you rather go to Duke over, for example, UCSF?
expredator Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Did anyone get a harvard bbs interview today or was everything sent out yesterday?
endosymbiotic Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Did anyone get a harvard bbs interview today or was everything sent out yesterday? Haha yeah I'm quite anxious as well
glow_gene Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Just the fact that its located in a small town. But the only plus side to that is I bet rent will be cheap. Would you rather go to Duke over, for example, UCSF? I wouldn't consider Raleigh/Durham a "small town"; I liked the area when I visited. And that cheap rent thing doesn't sounds like much, but it can make a BIG difference.
ss2player Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 I wouldn't consider Raleigh/Durham a "small town"; I liked the area when I visited. And that cheap rent thing doesn't sounds like much, but it can make a BIG difference. Agreed, the Research Triangle is a pretty active area, don't knock it! Low cost of living makes a huge difference; I ended up getting a raise AND a cheaper/better apartment here compared to my previous job in a major East Coast city. Matters for postdoc too! Would I love to be at UCSF? Absolutely. Would I love living in SF on $42K? HELL NO. The NIH scale is not cost of living adjusted, so I plan to target places like UNC, WUSTL, and UMN if I go the academia route. No need to be poor while doing good science. eeee1923 and Vene 2
Farafeelo Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Agreed, the Research Triangle is a pretty active area, don't knock it! Low cost of living makes a huge difference; I ended up getting a raise AND a cheaper/better apartment here compared to my previous job in a major East Coast city. Matters for postdoc too! Would I love to be at UCSF? Absolutely. Would I love living in SF on $42K? HELL NO. The NIH scale is not cost of living adjusted, so I plan to target places like UNC, WUSTL, and UMN if I go the academia route. No need to be poor while doing good science. thanks everyone who answered... you made some great points!
Vene Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Agreed, the Research Triangle is a pretty active area, don't knock it! Low cost of living makes a huge difference; I ended up getting a raise AND a cheaper/better apartment here compared to my previous job in a major East Coast city. Matters for postdoc too! Would I love to be at UCSF? Absolutely. Would I love living in SF on $42K? HELL NO. The NIH scale is not cost of living adjusted, so I plan to target places like UNC, WUSTL, and UMN if I go the academia route. No need to be poor while doing good science.I'm 100% with you there. The cost of housing in California freaks me out.
NWFreeheel11 Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 I'm 100% with you there. The cost of housing in California freaks me out. Its expensive, but doable. I lived in Palo Alto for a year and have a friend who is a 4th year PhD students at UCSF and one at Stanford. Rent is expensive but LOTS of grad students do it and love it. University housing in those areas are the best option. Stanford has so much grad housing you wouldn't believe, and the grad housing at UCSF is pretty nice. I managed to find a place to live and enjoy life initially on a salary that was equivalent to about $18,000/year. I eventually got a real job and made money, but had fun the whole time.
ss2player Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 Its expensive, but doable. I lived in Palo Alto for a year and have a friend who is a 4th year PhD students at UCSF and one at Stanford. Rent is expensive but LOTS of grad students do it and love it. University housing in those areas are the best option. Stanford has so much grad housing you wouldn't believe, and the grad housing at UCSF is pretty nice. I managed to find a place to live and enjoy life initially on a salary that was equivalent to about $18,000/year. I eventually got a real job and made money, but had fun the whole time. I looked up UCSF's housing: 1BDRM is a range of 1600-2200 in Mission Bay. It might be doable but that's still insane. I pay less than half that for a huge 1BDRM in Houston, can bike to lab in 10 mins, and our stipend is 29K v. 32.5K for them. Also no state income tax here. Let's just say my savings and retirement accounts are much happier. The Bay Area is quickly becoming a plutocratic metropolis.
Farafeelo Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 Its expensive, but doable. I lived in Palo Alto for a year and have a friend who is a 4th year PhD students at UCSF and one at Stanford. Rent is expensive but LOTS of grad students do it and love it. University housing in those areas are the best option. Stanford has so much grad housing you wouldn't believe, and the grad housing at UCSF is pretty nice. I managed to find a place to live and enjoy life initially on a salary that was equivalent to about $18,000/year. I eventually got a real job and made money, but had fun the whole time. do you know if the grad housing are dorm rooms? or apartment style?
Appsitude Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) I looked up UCSF's housing: 1BDRM is a range of 1600-2200 in Mission Bay. It might be doable but that's still insane. I pay less than half that for a huge 1BDRM in Houston, can bike to lab in 10 mins, and our stipend is 29K v. 32.5K for them. Also no state income tax here. Let's just say my savings and retirement accounts are much happier. The Bay Area is quickly becoming a plutocratic metropolis. That...is not true. The graduate student housing at Mission Bay runs from 950-1400 depending on your room. At Parnassus, it falls in the same price range. All graduate housing is apartments/houses. I'm able to save money each month, you just have to be smart about your expenses. Sure SF is expensive, but it is not undoable by any means. Edited December 21, 2014 by Appsitude NWFreeheel11 and amertume 2
NWFreeheel11 Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 do you know if the grad housing are dorm rooms? or apartment style? Apartment style with options. You can have an efficiency apartment (Bath, BR, and kitchen) or regular style apartments. That...is not true. The graduate student housing at Mission Bay runs from 950-1400 depending on your room. At Parnassus, it falls in the same price range. All graduate housing is apartments/houses. I'm able to save money each month, you just have to be smart about your expenses. Sure SF is expensive, but it is not undoable by any means. Agreed. Its all about priorities in spending. My point was that while it is more expensive, it is doable while still having a great time.
ForScience! Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) Does anybody know if all the invitations for Princeton molecular biology program have been sent out already? Edited December 21, 2014 by ForScience!
ERR_Alpha Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 All I remember about when Harvard BBS invites went out was that it was the Saturday before Christmas and I was working a day shift at my *fabulous* mall job at Hickory Farms when I checked gradcafe. If you're super ambitious you could dig through last years thread.
Poutinerie Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 Hey y'all, Anyone hear from UChicago Molecular Biosciences?
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