novicescientist Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Update: I called Washington University in St. Louis for the PhD in Immunology program. I was told that all decisions will be sent out in the next few days (hopefully by the end of the week). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythologyking Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) Hi guys, Didn't hear back from Penn Immunology, only to realize today that my application was 'incomplete' (according to the ApplyWeb page) because they couldn't match my GRE scores to my account ( I sent them out late October/ early November so I'm sure they have my scores - other schools got them anyways). Do you guys think this caused them not to review my application? Edited December 28, 2015 by mythologyking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novicescientist Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Just now, mythologyking said: Hi guys, Didn't hear back from Penn Immunology, only to realize today that my application was 'incomplete' (according to the ApplyWeb page) because they couldn't match my GRE scores to my account ( I sent them out in November so I'm sure they have my scores). Do you guys think this caused them not to review my application? In my experience, if you listed the scores in your app and then sent out your scores. The offical scores are to verifty AFTER the application has been succssful. All the schools I talked to said the same thing. The only thing about Penn was that they were steadfast about having my offical transcripts, all the other schools told me to save my money until I get an interview. You should call them to make sure. but in my expiernce you should be fine.. (minus Penn) all of my schools have my status as incomplete. mythologyking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythologyking Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 1 minute ago, novicescientist said: In my experience, if you listed the scores in your app and then sent out your scores. The offical scores are to verifty AFTER the application has been succssful. All the schools I talked to said the same thing. The only thing about Penn was that they were steadfast about having my offical transcripts, all the other schools told me to save my money until I get an interview. You should call them to make sure. but in my expiernce you should be fine.. (minus Penn) all of my schools have my status as incomplete. Oh okay, but that's cause you've finished your degree right? I know that for current students you just need to upload a copy, and send official ones to them after admission. I tried calling them but no one picked up. Guess they're still on break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novicescientist Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Just now, mythologyking said: Oh okay, but that's cause you've finished your degree right? I know that for current students you just need to upload a copy, and send official ones to them after admission. I tried calling them but no one picked up. Guess they're still on break Yes, I finished 3 years ago. The answer I got was that the offical scores are to verify what you have listed in the app to what is actually true, which is completed before you recieve a formal offer. The best advice I can give you is to call them. They won't be back till January. I work in a university and I don't go back till Monday. No need to worry about it now right? just make sure you know what went wrong when you call them so that you can explain everything properly. I wish you all the best! You have great interview invites, don't worry too much on 1 school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASD693 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Hi All, Long time lurker here- wondering if anyone's heard from any of these programs? -Stanford Biomedical Informatics -UCSD Bioinformatics -UCSF Bioinformatics -UC Berkeley Comp Bio -Pittsburgh Comp Bio So far I have interviews at Columbia Systems Biology, Michigan Bioinformatics, UW Seattle Biochemistry, and Cornell/Weill Cornell/MSKCC. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
levodopa Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 15 minutes ago, PASD693 said: Hi All, Long time lurker here- wondering if anyone's heard from any of these programs? -Stanford Biomedical Informatics -UCSD Bioinformatics -UCSF Bioinformatics -UC Berkeley Comp Bio -Pittsburgh Comp Bio So far I have interviews at Columbia Systems Biology, Michigan Bioinformatics, UW Seattle Biochemistry, and Cornell/Weill Cornell/MSKCC. Thanks! Congrats on your interview offers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASD693 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 4 minutes ago, levodopa said: Congrats on your interview offers! Thank you, levodopa! Now time to prepare- still a long way to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neuronerd2016 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Hi everyone! So I've heard back from most of my schools, but wondering if anyone has heard back from Harvard PiN or UC Berkley neuroscience? A little concerned about Harvard since they said we'd be notified in late December- haven't heard anything so about to give up hope on that one, although I've scoured this thread and haven't seen anyone say that they got interviews yet. Also on the off chance that anyone has heard from Stanford Biosciences (Neuroscience track)? They said they'd start sending out Jan 4th so not worried, just curious! Congrats on all the interviews so far!! Hoping to meet some of you on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroMetro Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) 16 minutes ago, neuronerd2016 said: Hi everyone! So I've heard back from most of my schools, but wondering if anyone has heard back from Harvard PiN or UC Berkley neuroscience? A little concerned about Harvard since they said we'd be notified in late December- haven't heard anything so about to give up hope on that one, although I've scoured this thread and haven't seen anyone say that they got interviews yet. Also on the off chance that anyone has heard from Stanford Biosciences (Neuroscience track)? They said they'd start sending out Jan 4th so not worried, just curious! Congrats on all the interviews so far!! Hoping to meet some of you on them Fairly sure that at least a first wave of PiN invites went out already, look through this thread: http://forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/71345-2016-neuroscience-phd-applicant-thread-people-thing/ Also Results search : http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=harvard+neuroscience Edited December 28, 2015 by NeuroMetro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neuronerd2016 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 1 minute ago, NeuroMetro said: Fairly sure PiN invites went out already, look through this thread: http://forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/71345-2016-neuroscience-phd-applicant-thread-people-thing/ Also Results search : http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=harvard+neuroscience Oh thank you that explains the lack of neuro posts recently! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuro PolarBear Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 10 minutes ago, neuronerd2016 said: Hi everyone! So I've heard back from most of my schools, but wondering if anyone has heard back from Harvard PiN or UC Berkley neuroscience? A little concerned about Harvard since they said we'd be notified in late December- haven't heard anything so about to give up hope on that one, although I've scoured this thread and haven't seen anyone say that they got interviews yet. Also on the off chance that anyone has heard from Stanford Biosciences (Neuroscience track)? They said they'd start sending out Jan 4th so not worried, just curious! Congrats on all the interviews so far!! Hoping to meet some of you on them I heard from UC Berkeley Neuroscience on Dec. 16th and from Harvard PiN on Dec. 17th. I haven't heard from Stanford yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicsy Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Received an interview invite today that I will be declining. This professor put a lot of work into reviewing applications, including personally Skype interviewing a few dozen applicants before extending invitations. So I feel pretty crappy about declining his offer, and am obsessing (unnecessarily) over the email I am sending in response to the invitation. Definitely not the worst problem to have, but it still sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroMetro Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 38 minutes ago, bicsy said: This professor put a lot of work into reviewing applications I'd say there is a good chance then that one or more very qualified applicants were in line behind you. By politely thanking this person, and declining, you likely just opened the door for someone else. No need to feel crappy. You're advancing your career, you have to prioritize, and that POI will have plenty of great recruits as well. Extra Espresso, mwgskol, bicsy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavitraviswanath Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 (edited) Did any international student get any response from the universities to interview yet? I'm freaking out cause I haven't heard back from any of the schools that i have applied to: UT Houston (Cancer Biology), Baylor College of Medicine, University of Minnesota Twin Cities (MICAB), UIUC (MIP) and University of Cincinnati (Cancer biology). I am freaking out! Edited December 29, 2015 by pavitraviswanath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvand92 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 37 minutes ago, pavitraviswanath said: Did any international student get any response from the universities to interview yet? I'm freaking out cause I haven't heard back from any of the schools that i have applied to: UT Houston (Cancer Biology), Baylor College of Medicine, University of Minnesota Twin Cities (MICAB), UIUC (MIP) and University of Cincinnati (Cancer biology). I am freaking out! Hi, I'm an International student and I have just received an interview invitation from USC, PIBBS graduate program at 23rd of Dec. We have some same schools in our applied list. I haven't heard back from UT Houston and Baylor College of Medicine either. I hope we will hear from them in January. be hopeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biosci Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 6 hours ago, pavitraviswanath said: Did any international student get any response from the universities to interview yet? I'm freaking out cause I haven't heard back from any of the schools that i have applied to: UT Houston (Cancer Biology), Baylor College of Medicine, University of Minnesota Twin Cities (MICAB), UIUC (MIP) and University of Cincinnati (Cancer biology). I am freaking out! I don't know, but you can always search for them on the survey: http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Effloresce Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Hey all, happy holidays. So I have a bit of a dilemma..so far I've gotten 4 interviews for programs, and I'm waiting for a couple more. But in the meantime, I'm trying to decide if I should attend a recruitment weekend for a school that has like, only 2 PIs that I would be interested in working with..and even then I'm not super excited about it. Should I decline (afraid to do this because if I go, then there's a bigger overall chance of admittance somewhere) or go anyway? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biosci Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Just now, Effloresce said: Hey all, happy holidays. So I have a bit of a dilemma..so far I've gotten 4 interviews for programs, and I'm waiting for a couple more. But in the meantime, I'm trying to decide if I should attend a recruitment weekend for a school that has like, only 2 PIs that I would be interested in working with..and even then I'm not super excited about it. Should I decline (afraid to do this because if I go, then there's a bigger overall chance of admittance somewhere) or go anyway? Thanks in advance. I would give some thought to what made you apply there in the first place and if anything has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Effloresce Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 1 minute ago, biosci said: I would give some thought to what made you apply there in the first place and if anything has changed. Okay this is weird because apparently some of the faculty weren't listed. I looked at the page and on the bottom it has revised 12/15. Okay, I'm more interested now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero_Mustbethefeeling Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 On 12/26/2015 at 11:29 AM, jordy_protein said: I have not heard back yet... hopefully they'll contact us this coming week I also received an invitation to the PBSB program that conflicts with another interview. I tried calling today but it went to voicemail. Keep me updated if you hear anything, hopefully they will add another interview date, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulPHD14 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 On 12/19/2015 at 8:18 PM, aaahhhmyfuture said: Has anyone heard from UCSB MCDB? They are supposed to let everyone here by Dec 31st, and I haven't heard yet. I'm feeling a rejection because it's close to the Christmas Holiday, and I have heard nothing. I heard back from them last week. I think emails went out on the 22nd. They told me they wanted me to respond within a week to let them know if I could attend the interview weekend. I responded to them but have not yet heard any additional information since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123hardasABC Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Oh look who's back. HopefulPHD14, majorlurker, watsonthatcucumberpatch and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bioenchilada Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Lol every time I hear the name Harvard now and BBS I get triggered, which is kind of sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biochemgirl67 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Bioenchilada said: Lol every time I hear the name Harvard now and BBS I get triggered, which is kind of sad. I've released my angst to the great beyond and am trying not to think about it. Doesn't help that Stanford starts up again next week. #firstworldproblems Edited December 30, 2015 by biochemgirl67 PlanB and Bioenchilada 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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