HopefulPHD14 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 1 minute ago, RaganSmash said: Same boat as all of you. From Memphis, got a BS and MS near Chicago, then landed a biotech job in Seattle. Gotta have a PhD to get where I want to be, but I am really tired of moving and starting over so this year only applied to UW Immunology and UW Bioengineering. GPA of ~3.4 and ~3.6. So yeah, go non-traditionals! I'm totally in the same boat as you. I'm from California and I stuck with CA schools because I really like where I live and I don't want to have to leave quite yet. I have a 3.25 GPA, but a 3.4 in my Jr/Sr. year. I have publications and all sorts of posters/orals and great LORs. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by my lack of contact from schools yet, but I am hoping that I get an interview or two in the second round once some others have turned them down. RaganSmash 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaganSmash Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 6 minutes ago, pandorse said: Should you respond to the email which states that you are invited to an interview, or just RSVP in the provided link and that should suffice? The interview e-mail didn't seem personalized towards me. I'd like to respond with a thank you, but the e-mail was sent via their admissions email address so I'm not sure what to do Please advise! I'd reply with a thank you, worst case scenario no one reads it. Best case you make a good impression. pandorse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parafilm Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) 8 minutes ago, HopefulPHD14 said: I'm totally in the same boat as you. I'm from California and I stuck with CA schools because I really like where I live and I don't want to have to leave quite yet. I have a 3.25 GPA, but a 3.4 in my Jr/Sr. year. I have publications and all sorts of posters/orals and great LORs. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by my lack of contact from schools yet, but I am hoping that I get an interview or two in the second round once some others have turned them down. man, yeah, we're all the same ;). I'm in NYC and would love to stay, so I'm keeping fingers crossed for albert einstein or a magic late invite from cornell. It definitely gets harder to pick up and move as you get older. My GPA was a 3.06, but I also have a master's (3.6, which is still mediocre because you really have to screw up to get below a B in many grad programs, haha). I'm pretty happy with the work I do now, but I really don't want to max out in a few years. And one of my undergrad interns applied to PhD programs last year and had a handful of solid acceptances. He was just a mildly intelligent guy with good grades, and I taught him everything he knew about research. So once that happened, I was like jeez now I really need to go back, because this guy CANNOT be my boss one day! Edited December 21, 2015 by parafilm Neuro PolarBear, Plan A and RaganSmash 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcmazer Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 UMich just emailed me a rejection email, relatively early, nice to not be left in the dark for a few more months. Congrats to others who got interviews there! They have fantastic research going on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinito Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 1 hour ago, mwgskol said: just got invited to Wisconsin CMB interview!!!! I'm soooooo excited right now I can't stop talking 58 minutes ago, biosci said: Me too Congrats! Hoping they will let me somehow combine it with my cellular & molecular pathology visit... Congrats. Me three. Except all three weekends are already booked for me so :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farafeelo Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 On December 20, 2015 at 8:58 PM, tempbiostud said: Does anyone know the status of the following schools and programs? Emory - PBEE PhD UWash - Microbiology PhD UCSD - Biomedical Sciences PhD Baylor CoM- Molecular Virology and Microbiology PhD UPenn - Genomics and Computational Biology PhD I'm thinking I got rejected across the board. uw micro has not sent out invites yet Agent Orange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focus Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 33 minutes ago, parafilm said: Don't think there are any other posters here applying for UColorado Anschutz cancer bio, but in case of lurkers/future applicants, I got an interview(my first!!! phew!!!) via email today. Congrats! When is your interview weekend? I'm interviewing for UColorado's immunology program on 1/10-1/13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parafilm Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 6 minutes ago, Focus said: Congrats! When is your interview weekend? I'm interviewing for UColorado's immunology program on 1/10-1/13. Nice! Cancer Bio isn't until Feb 5, I've got some time to kill. I actually grew up in Denver, and it's a really nice place to live, so I wouldn't hate going back! Seems like there's some solid research going on there, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneWeaver Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 44 minutes ago, parafilm said: Don't think there are any other posters here applying for UColorado Anschutz cancer bio, but in case of lurkers/future applicants, I got an interview(my first!!! phew!!!) via email today. Congratulations!! I'm applying to Cancer Bio there too and also got an invite today. I also got an email for an interview at University of Washington Immunology today. Very good day! RaganSmash 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pot8o Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I'm surprised no one's heard back from UCSF tetrad yet on the forum. I only see a handful on the survey. Either they're taking their sweet time, or they are being more selective than Harvard BBS for the first cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metbio2016 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Wisconsin CMB to finish of my universities. Gonna have to end up declining unfortunately. Good luck to all those still waiting and to all those who just got acceptances! Can't wait to meet some of you at these interview weekends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaganSmash Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 3 minutes ago, GeneWeaver said: Congratulations!! I'm applying to Cancer Bio there too and also got an invite today. I also got an email for an interview at University of Washington Immunology today. Very good day! Congratulations! I still haven't heard anything from UW Immunology...in 2011/12/13, they sent out rejections before interview invitations, but no one reported rejections in 2014. So I have no idea what's going on. =\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bioenchilada Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 A friend of mine just got an interview from Scripps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxgoal100 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 7 minutes ago, pot8o said: I'm surprised no one's heard back from UCSF tetrad yet on the forum. I only see a handful on the survey. Either they're taking their sweet time, or they are being more selective than Harvard BBS for the first cut. I agree. Seems like their interviews have been trickling in on the acceptances page. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniolabtest Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Just heard back from Dartmouth's PEMM program! Bummed I may not be able to go on their main interview weekend, already schedule another on that ends on the first day of PEMM's... Gonna see what's up with their alternate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biosci Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 1 minute ago, Bioenchilada said: A friend of mine just got an interview from Scripps Yay. Which weekend are they going? Superres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdnf_13.1 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 For those who didn't hear from Brown Neuro last week, the invites are going out gradually. Bourbaki 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biosci Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Congrats @GeneWeaver @Metbio2016 @daniolabtest Edited December 21, 2015 by biosci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulPHD14 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 So excited (and relieved). Just heard back from my first school! Got an interview. It's on a popular weekend for the schools I applied for but I am going to take it since its the first school I heard back from and since it's one of my top 3! laxgoal100 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biosci Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 1 minute ago, HopefulPHD14 said: So excited (and relieved). Just heard back from my first school! Got an interview. It's on a popular weekend for the schools I applied for but I am going to take it since its the first school I heard back from and since it's one of my top 3! Yay!!! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForScience! Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 20 minutes ago, daniolabtest said: Just heard back from Dartmouth's PEMM program! Bummed I may not be able to go on their main interview weekend, already schedule another on that ends on the first day of PEMM's... Gonna see what's up with their alternate. If you don't mind me asking, when did you submit your application? I submitted mine on November 3rd (my last recommendation went out on November 30th though), and I haven't heard back from them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniolabtest Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Just now, ForScience! said: If you don't mind me asking, when did you submit your application? I submitted mine on November 3rd (my last recommendation went out on November 30th though), and I haven't heard back from them yet. I submitted mine on Dec. 15. I did make some connections with the program at a conference I went to and focused my application for the neuroscience track, so I don't know how much either had to do with the quick turnaround. The deadline is the 31st so I wouldn't worry too much about the radio silence right now! And seeing where you have interviews you're probably a pretty good applicant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusin Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Received an Interview to the Tri-Institutional PhD program!!! Thank you all for the updates! Its the thing that kept me sane throughout all of this lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForScience! Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 1 minute ago, daniolabtest said: I submitted mine on Dec. 15. I did make some connections with the program at a conference I went to and focused my application for the neuroscience track, so I don't know how much either had to do with the quick turnaround. The deadline is the 31st so I wouldn't worry too much about the radio silence right now! And seeing where you have interviews you're probably a pretty good applicant Ah! Thanks for letting me know. I applied to the Cancer Biology and Molecular Therapeutics track, and since the deadline is January 15th, I guess I am just being a bit paranoid. Thanks for the compliment! After only getting 1 interview invite during the last application session (Fall 2015), and being waitlisted and ultimately not making it, I am glad I am getting interviews at a lot of places this year. Let's hope I end up getting accepted in at least one of these programs though (Fingers crossed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biosci Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 3 minutes ago, crusin said: Received an Interview to the Tri-Institutional PhD program!!! Thank you all for the updates! Its the thing that kept me sane throughout all of this lol! That's awesome! Congrats! crusin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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