Neuro PolarBear Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 I applied to both, but pulled an allnighter to write my project proposal for Janelia since it was my last application. I think it was a little too tangential and outside the scope of the group leaders that I'm interested in, so they might not like it. But, then again, I didn't want to propose something that was just a slight iteration of what the teams there have already published, so I don't know.
Superres Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 Very true! Good luck! You may be surprised; I don't think that many people actually know about Janelia Farm, so you may have a really good shot!
NeuroMetro Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 20 hours ago, 4eyes said: Does anyone know roughly how admissions boards perceive Canadian schools like U of Toronto or McGill? McGill has a really strong neuro undergrad program but I'm unsure where it might stand internationally No idea, but I DO know that for a friend of mine, McGill is her dream grad school.
den-of-thieves Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 Finally got myself to start work on some final papers (at 2pm today...I've been pretty lazy today) only to check the results section on here and notice that one of my top choices (Penn NGG) started sending interview invites to at least one person on this site. Time to obsessively refresh email...
jayelko Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 Really glad this was posted, I've been wondering if a neuro thread would go up for this application season!
fr0sting Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 Anyone heard from UC Davis yet? I think results page has a few applicants who got invitations from Davis last year on Dec. 11 2014.. eh maybe not the same this year.
NeuroMetro Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 Fingers crossed for you @den-of-thieves, hang in there. Papers are a good distraction!
StrongTackleBacarySagna Posted December 11, 2015 Author Posted December 11, 2015 9 minutes ago, fr0sting said: Anyone heard from UC Davis yet? I think results page has a few applicants who got invitations from Davis last year on Dec. 11 2014.. eh maybe not the same this year. I have not. I wouldn't be too antsy about it yet. I think we'll start hearing back in a couple weeks.
StrongTackleBacarySagna Posted December 12, 2015 Author Posted December 12, 2015 More Penn people have posted on the results section, as well as some UNC-CH people
den-of-thieves Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 Did anyone who reads this thread get a Penn interview invite, and if so could you give some more info? Did the email come from an adcom member/program director or from a POI you specified? I haven't gotten anything yet but if the invites came from a POI, I'll be less worried, because I know from an email exchange we had that my POI (Tracy Bale) isn't the fastest at sending out/responding to emails.
jaesango Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) 6 minutes ago, den-of-thieves said: Did anyone who reads this thread get a Penn interview invite, and if so could you give some more info? Did the email come from an adcom member/program director or from a POI you specified? I haven't gotten anything yet but if the invites came from a POI, I'll be less worried, because I know from an email exchange we had that my POI (Tracy Bale) isn't the fastest at sending out/responding to emails. My interview for Penn BGS came from the director of the program, not a POI Edit: but it's more than likely that they send out invites in waves so I wouldn't worry too much right now Edited December 13, 2015 by jaesango NeuroMetro 1
den-of-thieves Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 Blah. Thanks for the insight @jaesango
RM17 Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 Anyone here get one of the interviews for the Wisconsin NTP posted on the results page??
Chocolosaurus Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 Hi! I didn't post it on the results page, but I received one of the interviews (I also have no idea how to use this site..)
StrongTackleBacarySagna Posted December 15, 2015 Author Posted December 15, 2015 My PI was complaining today that the applications he's getting are all shit haha. Don't worry, probably none of you.
NeuroSC Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 Anyone here heard back from Washington University in St. Louis DBBS Neuroscience Program?
NeuroMetro Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 3 hours ago, StrongTackleBacarySagna said: My PI was complaining today that the applications he's getting are all shit haha. Don't worry, probably none of you. I hope my potential PIs feel that way about all the OTHER applications. Neuro2016 1
den-of-thieves Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 12 hours ago, StrongTackleBacarySagna said: My PI was complaining today that the applications he's getting are all shit haha. Don't worry, probably none of you. Haha! That's good to know considering some people in the other thread were saying they heard some programs had had record application numbers -- I guess quantity doesn't always come with quality. What school are you at?
Neuro2016 Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 10 hours ago, NeuroMetro said: I hope my potential PIs feel that way about all the OTHER applications. LOL ! NeuroMetro 1
Edotdl Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 1 hour ago, StrongTackleBacarySagna said: Oh wouldn't you like to know. I can't say but I doubt many people here are applying there, and even if they are, they'll definitely be fine. However, I will say this: I think this message board underestimates the importance of GPA and GRE. Some people might not care as much about those, and they're definitely negotiable to an extent, but people here act like they're used solely as cutoffs then never looked at again. That's not always true, especially if you came from a place with no reputation. I think the last sentence is the key here.
NeuroMetro Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 2 hours ago, Edotdl said: I think the last sentence is the key here. Indeed. Such is the case with my school. Hence, I am hanging my hat on the stats and extracurriculars.
gs1992 Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 29 minutes ago, StrongTackleBacarySagna said: Did any of you post that Princeton invite by any chance? If so, did you already submit your fall semester grades? I'm also curious about this Princeton posting. I'll just keep telling myself it's someone trolling...
peachuzz34 Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 Anyone know if Harvard sent out invitations yet ? Or when they may be sent ?
gs1992 Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 Harvard adcom is meeting today at noon (according to their website's calendar), so I'm assuming they'll be sent out later this week.
kokobanana Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 24 minutes ago, gs1992 said: Harvard adcom is meeting today at noon (according to their website's calendar), so I'm assuming they'll be sent out later this week. woah, that's some serious sleuthing.. I'm impressed! 17 minutes ago, StrongTackleBacarySagna said: One person posted for Harvard on the results page. Could be any time. Edit: Another Princeton posting. I know it's one of you mofos I didn't apply to Princeton, so it wasn't me. Actually I haven't heard from any of the neuro programs I applied to.... but I haven't seen anyone post anything about those programs either. Seems like the bio people are hearing back non stop now. If I hear anything, I'll post it.
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