peachypie Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 11 minutes ago, Earl said: this school is totally unable/unwilling to accommodate alternate interview dates and not allowing partial attendance of the interview weekend. i tried, but they are so strict and it seems like they don't care either. they don't understand that i can't just cancel on my other confirmed interviews. so frustrating very sorry to hear this earl. maybe this isn't the best school for you? I feel like a school that unable to work with a student is going to have a similar patterns in the future regarding their students. I also hate to say this but what if they were this inflexible and then you cancelled your other program interview to accommodate them and then didn't even get in to this school? there are no guarantees in this process and it would also suck if you bent over backwards for them and got burned in the process. How much are you willing to risk/put on the line for this school? biotechie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biosci Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 15 minutes ago, Earl said: this school is totally unable/unwilling to accommodate alternate interview dates and not allowing partial attendance of the interview weekend. i tried, but they are so strict and it seems like they don't care either. they don't understand that i can't just cancel on my other confirmed interviews. so frustrating I'm sorry. That really sucks. Maybe you should take it as a sign that they may not be willing to accommodate your future needs and therefore don't deserve you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouCantBcereus Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) I've been lurking this thread for a good month but I think I should probably contribute now! Undergrad Institution: Large state Public research university (R1). Pretty strong in biology/microbiology Major(s): MicrobiologyGPA in Major: 3.65Overall GPA: 3.80Position in Class: Above average/near top? Type of Student: Domestic, White Middle Class FemaleGRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 161 (80%)V: 165 (94%)W: 5.5 (98%)B: N/AResearch Experience: 1.5 years undergrad research assistant in a lab using C. elegans*. Did my honors thesis project here (spent about 30-40 hrs/week over the summer doing benchwork, then doing stats and writing it up all throughout this fall). I'll be first author (of 3) on a paper in the process of being written using the data I obtained. I'll be 2nd author (of 3 or 4) on two more papers currently being written. Presented posters at 2 conferences. Assisted in writing one review article that's submitted for publishing (2nd author out of 3). Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list for several semesters, Member of my university's honors college, Graduated Fall 2015 Magna Cum Laude.Special Bonus Points: One of my LOR writers is pretty well known in his field. I have a very very strong LOR from my undergrad research lab's PI. Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I took a genomics class and learned how to perform phylogenetic analyses and use relevant software and programs. I also learned how to use some statistics software.Applying to Where: UGA - Department of Microbiology UNC Chapel Hill - BBSP Vanderbilt - IGP in Biomedical Sciences UVA - BIMS Emory - GDBBS UMich - PIBS *which my computer likes to refer to as C. elegant... Edited December 22, 2015 by YouCantBcereus mwgskol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouCantBcereus Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I have interviews at Vanderbilt Jan 28th-30th, UGA Feb 4th-7th, and UVA on Feb 18th-20th! Got an email from Vanderbilt on the 14th, UVA on the 16th, and UGA on the 18th! I was out of town and had no internet access the 13th-20th of this month so I was crazy nervous that whole time. I also got an email yesterday that I was rejected from UMich PIBS. However, I got an email about 4 hours later from one of the professors on the adcomm that's in the MCDB faculty. She really liked my application and suggested to switch it to that department so they can look over it. Which after looking over the program I figured there was no harm in doing it so I'll be reviewed by them now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachypie Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 14 minutes ago, Torbjornen said: I can relate to the scheduling difficulties being expressed. I can say that for Duke Immunology I have been offered weekends of February 11-14th and February 25th-28th And for Washington University in St louis (Immunology) I have been offered jan 21-23 and Feb 4-6. I hope that helps. Does anyone know about weekends for Emory Immunology or University of Washington Immunology? Emory IMP should be Jan 28-30 (don't quote me on it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicsy Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 9 minutes ago, YouCantBcereus said: Research Experience: 1.5 years undergrad research assistant in a lab using C. elegant. Can't tell if typo or if you just really love nematodes mythologyking, Gram Positive, partydon'tstarttillIwalkin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneWeaver Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 16 minutes ago, Torbjornen said: Does anyone know about weekends for Emory Immunology or University of Washington Immunology? For University of Washington Immunology I was offered the weekends of Feb 11-13 or Feb 18-20, hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouCantBcereus Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 3 minutes ago, bicsy said: Can't tell if typo or if you just really love nematodes It may or may not be the latter partydon'tstarttillIwalkin, GeneWeaver and bicsy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbjornen Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Thanks Peachypie and GeneWeaver, that does help. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicsy Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 @YouCantBcereus HA I knew it. C. elegant would make a great profile picture for your gradcafe account YouCantBcereus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthebaconandeggs Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 18 minutes ago, peachypie said: Emory IMP should be Jan 28-30 (don't quote me on it) Emory IMP is actually Jan 21-23 with an optional date of Feb 16-17. At least that's what I was offered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple93 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Do you guys know if Columbia CMBS is willing to schedule a separate interview? I have conflicts on both interview dates.. I asked them but they haven't responded yet. They're my top choice so it would be really sad if I can't schedule a separate interview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachypie Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 3 minutes ago, allthebaconandeggs said: Emory IMP is actually Jan 21-23 with an optional date of Feb 16-17. At least that's what I was offered. You know it better than I do! I was going off of last year's schedule. Sorry for any confusion and thanks @allthebaconandeggs for clearing it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biosci Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 stupid question, but what does POI stand for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicsy Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 4 minutes ago, biosci said: stupid question, but what does POI stand for? Person/professor of interest. Not a stupid question at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biosci Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Just now, bicsy said: Person/professor of interest. Not a stupid question at all! thanks. that's what I figured, just checking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero_Mustbethefeeling Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I got an official rejection from the University of Washington Genome Sciences program. No worries though it just means Seattle is not in my future. Ill definitely check out the city though at some point, never been there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrase Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I just called UW MCB and UCSF Tetrad. Both programs aren't done sending out interview invites yet, but UW is interviewing from 1/27-1/30 and from 2/10-2/13... and UCSF is interviewing on 1/29 and 2/25 (no date ranges given)! Hope this helps anyone who is still twiddling their thumbs Torbjornen, jordy_protein and pot8o 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroMetro Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 4 minutes ago, bicsy said: Person/professor of interest. Not a stupid question at all! Wait, you mean that when everyone here is talking about POI, that they aren't referring to traditional Hawaiian cuisine?! bicsy and Effloresce 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouCantBcereus Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 34 minutes ago, bicsy said: @YouCantBcereus HA I knew it. C. elegant would make a great profile picture for your gradcafe account Done! Took me a while to figure out how to do it, It's been a good 7-8 years since I've used forums like this one. NeuroMetro and Gram Positive 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaganSmash Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Have any of you (lurkers included) been rejected from UW Immunology or know of anyone who has? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dro133 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 19 minutes ago, Nero_Mustbethefeeling said: I got an official rejection from the University of Washington Genome Sciences program. No worries though it just means Seattle is not in my future. Ill definitely check out the city though at some point, never been there Ditto -- and this one hurts a bit, because I've lived in the PNW for the past year and would have liked to continue living up here. But, at least they sent out an actual rejection instead of making us wonder. You have a couple of interviews at great programs -- you'll end up somewhere great! Nero_Mustbethefeeling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy_protein Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 15 hours ago, gyrase said: UC Irvine CMB response today - interview weekends are Jan 21-22 and Feb 4-5! I got the invite as well! But both interview sessions conflict with other interviews I have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferroportin Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 8 minutes ago, jordy_protein said: I got the invite as well! But both interview sessions conflict with other interviews I have In the same boat. I emailed the program coordinator and she said that they keep a running list of students interested in Skype interviews. She'll contact everyone on the list if/when the adcom decides to allow for Skype interviews. So here's to hoping there's enough of us with scheduling conflicts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goliath Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Cornell Biochemistry gave me a call today! Has anyone else heard from them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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