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Harvard applicants/interviewees: Are you putting your fall 2015 grades into the application? I'm thinking about not adding mine since my application has already been reviewed and I've been offered an interview (stupid 2 A-'s -- insignificant I know, but they bring my GPA down ever so slightly).

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I got my first acceptance. This is my 3rd time applying. I've worked really hard to get myself into this position, and I'm really excited to finally have the opportunity. Oh man... 

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I just have to share this with someone... Accepted at Vanderbilt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG so excited.  I love that they do rolling acceptances because now all the other schools are competing to wow

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Dude.  You're speaking kinda out of your butt.  I think it's horrible to tell the people that they should go for a masters instead of a phd for something such as GPA.  I mean, I'll always encourage pe

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  On 12/24/2015 at 3:58 AM, bicsy said:

Harvard applicants/interviewees: Are you putting your fall 2015 grades into the application? I'm thinking about not adding mine since my application has already been reviewed and I've been offered an interview (stupid 2 A-'s -- insignificant I know, but they bring my GPA down ever so slightly).

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I put mine in

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  On 12/24/2015 at 1:59 AM, Earl said:

I have the same problem... Just FYI, UCLA is pretty unaccommodating when it comes to alternative interview dates.  Which one would you drop if you had no choice?

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Ah good to know. I think at this point I'm going to drop UCLA in favor of TSRI and just hope I get an Stanford invite. For the UCLA MCIP program I applied to, based on their incoming student profile from last year it seems like the majority were MSTP or people with MDs anyways...

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  On 12/24/2015 at 3:58 AM, bicsy said:

Harvard applicants/interviewees: Are you putting your fall 2015 grades into the application? I'm thinking about not adding mine since my application has already been reviewed and I've been offered an interview (stupid 2 A-'s -- insignificant I know, but they bring my GPA down ever so slightly).

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I applied to bioengineering instead of biology, but I'm not planning on putting mine in, I don't think. I made my first B this semester, and I'd rather not showcase that right before they review my application! But I'd love other people's thoughts on this. They're the only school that lets me put in Fall 2015 grades. 

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  On 12/24/2015 at 3:58 AM, bicsy said:

Harvard applicants/interviewees: Are you putting your fall 2015 grades into the application? I'm thinking about not adding mine since my application has already been reviewed and I've been offered an interview (stupid 2 A-'s -- insignificant I know, but they bring my GPA down ever so slightly).

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Congrats on the Harvard interview!

If you've already been offered the interview, I don't think there's much  point to add fall grades at this point unless you want to. I went ahead and added mine because I'm still hoping they will offer me an interview come January. But imo an A- is really good, and I doubt it would hurt your application at all, even at a school like Harvard. They just want to make sure you aren't failing classes:P

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I was really starting to lose hope after not hearing from UPenn or WashU, but I woke up in the middle of the night last night with an interview at my top choice- Scripps Florida!!! 

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when did they submit their applications? i did sumbit them on the last day... did you apply to Cornell University?

 

 

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  On 12/24/2015 at 2:59 PM, Caffeine Junky said:

I was really starting to lose hope after not hearing from UPenn or WashU, but I woke up in the middle of the night last night with an interview at my top choice- Scripps Florida!!! 

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Congrats!!

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For those waiting on Cornell Weill (BCMB Program, at least), they responded to me saying they were "finalizing details" for alternate interview on Feb. 10-12! 

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  On 12/24/2015 at 2:13 AM, Cellfie said:

Hi everyone! Long time lurker with a question – has anyone tried asking for an alternate interview date for Cornell Weill? They only offered me Jan 20-22 and I have a conflict. Thanks!! 

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I asked and they responded to me. They said they won't know until after January 4th if any alternate interview will be offered. (I guess they want to give everyone a chance to complete the survey form and then decide if an alternate date is necessary.) They're a top school for me though so at that point I just told them I could make it to Jan 20-22 and decided to forgo my interview at the other school that it conflicted with....

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  On 12/24/2015 at 5:21 PM, Cellfie said:

For those waiting on Cornell Weill (BCMB Program, at least), they responded to me saying they were "finalizing details" for alternate interview on Feb. 10-12! 

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Oh, interesting! Ok sorry just saw this. Mine was for PBSB and I talked to them yesterday evening, so not sure what's up with that

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I noticed some people posted that they got accepted to UC Berkeley Chemistry recently :o anyone have any news on that? The posts said they were contacted by PIs but the application website says that they don't start contacting applicants until January. Was this like an early acceptance or is there no hope for Berkeley anymore? :( #feelingpessimistic lol.

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Does anyone know how much late LORs can affect your application? I've gotten some interviews (UCSD, UCLA, UW Seattle, Caltech), but it's kinda distressing that people are hearing from Harvard BBS (and I haven't yet). I was wondering if it's possible that they didn't consider my application because one of my recommender's letters is marked as being received 12/2/15 (past the 12/1/15 deadline). Is this something I could email them to ask about? Or should I just continue waiting until I'm officially rejected?

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