Yav Friendly Posted January 7, 2016 Author Posted January 7, 2016 33 minutes ago, tbaran said: Is it MIT CSB? Yes, I'm also waiting on that Yeah it should come next week according to history. Getting impatient. May I ask who is your POI?
Yav Friendly Posted January 7, 2016 Author Posted January 7, 2016 15 minutes ago, tbaran said: Haha, same! My POI is Ed Boyden. Who is yours? B Tidor
Yav Friendly Posted January 9, 2016 Author Posted January 9, 2016 On 1/7/2016 at 6:13 PM, tbaran said: Is it MIT CSB? Yes, I'm also waiting on that So Biology and Bioengineering both came out.
tbaran Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 Yeah, I feel like we will hear from CSB soon (probably next week). Apparently no one else has heard from them either. Also it seems like MIT sends out the invites for a program all at once.
Yav Friendly Posted January 9, 2016 Author Posted January 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, tbaran said: Yeah, I feel like we will hear from CSB soon (probably next week). Apparently no one else has heard from them either. Also it seems like MIT sends out the invites for a program all at once. But historically CSBi's invitation does not necessarily came on the same day. tbaran 1
tbaran Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 Oh, I didn't pay attention to that. Also people were saying that post-interview acceptance rate is very high in MIT BE. Do you think it would be the same for CSB? Is there any current CSB students in the forum who can give us some idea about it?
Yav Friendly Posted January 9, 2016 Author Posted January 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, tbaran said: Oh, I didn't pay attention to that. Also people were saying that post-interview acceptance rate is very high in MIT BE. Do you think it would be the same for CSB? Is there any current CSB students in the forum who can give us some idea about it? I saw a CSB student posted that post-interview acceptance rate is high. So tell me, what is synthetic neuroscience?
tbaran Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 12 minutes ago, Yav Friendly said: I saw a CSB student posted that post-interview acceptance rate is high. So tell me, what is synthetic neuroscience? Well, although the term gives the impression of brain simulations, neuromorphic chips etc. a little bit, the group in MIT is huge on developing novel tools for faster recording from brain like new microscopy techniques, automated patch clamp recordings etc. and better stimulation of neurons. What kind of reaearch do you want to get into in grad school?
Yav Friendly Posted January 9, 2016 Author Posted January 9, 2016 4 hours ago, tbaran said: Well, although the term gives the impression of brain simulations, neuromorphic chips etc. a little bit, the group in MIT is huge on developing novel tools for faster recording from brain like new microscopy techniques, automated patch clamp recordings etc. and better stimulation of neurons. What kind of reaearch do you want to get into in grad school? Cool. Is your background also close to that? I am mainly into understand design principle of cellular systems using tools from engineering math.
Yav Friendly Posted January 13, 2016 Author Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, phy_evo said: Any news yet about MIT CSB? No. And I think it can be as bad as the end of next week. Let me ask you a question. I noticed a lot of other programs in MIT send interview invitation directly by POI. However they are sent at the same time. So it seems like they had a meeting and all the POIs are ordered to send invitation. Why can't some of the POIs send before hand? Edited January 13, 2016 by Yav Friendly
phy_evo Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 43 minutes ago, Yav Friendly said: No. And I think it can be as bad as the end of next week. I had mailed them last week and they said that invites will be sent next week. So I am still hopeful. I have little idea about whether this program sends invites collectively or do POIs send them in their own time. Since MIT generally invites people to Cambridge for interviews, I guess the invites are sent by the program admin and not POIs. Yav Friendly 1
Yav Friendly Posted January 13, 2016 Author Posted January 13, 2016 45 minutes ago, phy_evo said: I had mailed them last week and they said that invites will be sent next week. So I am still hopeful. I have little idea about whether this program sends invites collectively or do POIs send them in their own time. Since MIT generally invites people to Cambridge for interviews, I guess the invites are sent by the program admin and not POIs. You mean they will send by the end of this Friday? That's informative. Thanks! May I guess from your Program information that your POI is J. England?
phy_evo Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 3 hours ago, Yav Friendly said: May I guess from your Program information that your POI is J. England? Yes! Yav Friendly 1
Yav Friendly Posted January 13, 2016 Author Posted January 13, 2016 Just now, phy_evo said: Yes! Sorry if I sound anxious. But have they indicated that all the invites will come out by the end of this week (Jan 15th)? If one did not receive invite this week, does this mean rejection?
phy_evo Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Yav Friendly said: But have they indicated that all the invites will come out by the end of this week (Jan 15th)? If one did not receive invite this week, does this mean rejection? I don't know. They just said that all applicants will be contacted via email regarding the status of their applications next week.
Yav Friendly Posted January 13, 2016 Author Posted January 13, 2016 3 hours ago, phy_evo said: I don't know. They just said that all applicants will be contacted via email regarding the status of their applications next week. Oh gosh! Thank you! But I am sorry that I need to clarify. I am pushed by the travel agency of my other interview and have to answer her about my return date by Friday. So you mean you contacted them last week and they said next week. It means applicants will be contacted by Jan 15th, Friday. Is that correct?
phy_evo Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 4 minutes ago, Yav Friendly said: It means applicants will be contacted by Jan 15th, Friday. Is that correct? Yes, I think so. Yav Friendly 1
Yav Friendly Posted January 13, 2016 Author Posted January 13, 2016 2 minutes ago, phy_evo said: Yes, I think so. OK! Thank you very much!
phy_evo Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 Seems like somebody got an interview invite from MIT CSB. Any news on your side? None here.
Yav Friendly Posted January 13, 2016 Author Posted January 13, 2016 4 minutes ago, phy_evo said: Seems like somebody got an interview invite from MIT CSB. Any news on your side? None here. Yeah I saw that. "No good news is good news" for several hours I guess. Did you contact your POI beforehand?
phy_evo Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 1 minute ago, Yav Friendly said: Did you contact your POI beforehand? No, I didn't.
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