2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results

[Pinot Meow]

I just got a phone call and interview invite from Duke Genetics and Genomics!

[BasicBinImmunology]

Just got a call from Johns Hopkins CMM program saying I got an interview! Good luck to everyone still waiting to hear. They said they would send out the emails later today. 

[Maze]

10 minutes ago, Pinot Meow said:

I just got a phone call and interview invite from Duke Genetics and Genomics!

OMG I applied to the same program! have not heard anything though

[BasicBinImmunology]

1 minute ago, Maze said:

OMG I applied to the same program! have not heard anything though

You will! Don't worry

[Pinot Meow]

15 minutes ago, Maze said:

OMG I applied to the same program! have not heard anything though

I'm sure it'll come soon! My phone call came from the PI I'm specifically interested in so maybe it was a little quicker that way.

[Maze]

2 minutes ago, Pinot Meow said:

I'm sure it'll come soon! My phone call came from the PI I'm specifically interested in so maybe it was a little quicker that way.

That sounds great! Congratulations to you

[Neuro15]

5 minutes ago, Pinot Meow said:

I'm sure it'll come soon! My phone call came from the PI I'm specifically interested in so maybe it was a little quicker that way.

Congrats!! Just curious what was the content of the call? Did you talk research at all?

Edited December 8, 2016 by Neuro15

[Pinot Meow]

3 minutes ago, Maze said:

That sounds great! Congratulations to you

Thank you!! Best of luck to you!

1 minute ago, Neuro15 said:

Congrats!! Just curious what was the content of the call? Did you talk research at all?

We'd emailed back and forth about research earlier this year so didn't talk much in the call. I'm not a great auditory learner so I don't remember exactly, but she mentioned seeing my application and being the one to call, the interview dates, and that I'd be contacted by email as well.

[aquamarine]

6 hours ago, Neuro15 said:

I suspect next week will be even worse in terms of frequency of checking emails! @DGD4L

 

Side note, any fellow neuro app buddies in here?

hi, neuro here!

[Janiejoneswoah]

2 minutes ago, britt2017 said:

hi, neuro here!

Me as well. 

[pepmochaa]

Has anyone heard from Vandy IGP? I know last year they started their first wave right around this time. 

[asdfghjkl1]

Hey all, just got an email from Emory IMP.

[lmb123]

Question for those of you who went through this last year: did most schools give you a few dates to choose from for interviews or did they just tell you which weekend you would be attending?  Just got my first invite (!) and I'm not sure if I should choose a weekend or ask if I can let them know next week...

Edited December 9, 2016 by lmb123

[Bioenchilada]

33 minutes ago, lmb123 said:

Question for those of you who went through this last year: did most schools give you a few dates to choose from for interviews or did they just tell you which weekend you would be attending?  Just got my first invite (!) and I'm not sure if I should choose a weekend or ask if I can let them know next week...

Some schools gave me freedom to choose (Dartmouth), others chose for me (Penn).

[KR_ChemIntern]

Is there any news for chemistry Ph.D applicants???

[aquamarine]

hi, new question. The paper my lab has been working on finally was submitted today, and I'm a co-author on it. I had the paper listed as in prep on my CV, do I need to submit a new CV or send an email just updating it to submitted, or is that not necessary?

[Bioenchilada]

4 minutes ago, britt2017 said:

hi, new question. The paper my lab has been working on finally was submitted today, and I'm a co-author on it. I had the paper listed as in prep on my CV, do I need to submit a new CV or send an email just updating it to submitted, or is that not necessary?

I wouldn't do anything about it, it's not going to be a game changer.

[aquamarine]

Just now, Bioenchilada said:

I wouldn't do anything about it, it's not going to be a game changer.

that's what I was thinking, plus knowing me I'd forget to do it for a lot of schools, lol

 

[Ferroportin]

3 hours ago, lmb123 said:

Question for those of you who went through this last year: did most schools give you a few dates to choose from for interviews or did they just tell you which weekend you would be attending?  Just got my first invite (!) and I'm not sure if I should choose a weekend or ask if I can let them know next week...

Some let me choose and some only gave one interview date. Scheduling was one of the big issues for me last year and I ultimately turned down a few interviews as there were only so many weekends available during interview season. If you can get your hands on potential interview dates for each school, I would recommend pulling up a calendar and trying to see if you can fit all the interview dates of the schools you really want to attend. This will end up helping a lot if you have a bunch of schools that offer two interview dates.

Edited December 9, 2016 by Ferroportin
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[yaybrains]

13 hours ago, Neuro15 said:

Side note, any fellow neuro app buddies in here?

I'm a little late to the party...but I also applied for neuro!

Edited December 9, 2016 by yaybrains

[Neuro15]

Great!! Good to see all you guys, best of luck to you all! 

[DGD4L]

Happy Friday everyone! Hope everyone hears about interviews soon!

For everyone in the midst of finals, good luck! 

[Browncoat5871]

11 hours ago, lmb123 said:

Question for those of you who went through this last year: did most schools give you a few dates to choose from for interviews or did they just tell you which weekend you would be attending?  Just got my first invite (!) and I'm not sure if I should choose a weekend or ask if I can let them know next week...

I'm going through the process now, but all of the post-docs and PhD students I know say that it depends both on the school and when they invite you.  When I got the invite from BU, they had two weekend options.  I was told for Rutgers they only have one, though.

[Nomad1111]

1 hour ago, Neuro15 said:

Great!! Good to see all you guys, best of luck to you all! 

Neuro here

[spiffscience]

21 hours ago, Neuro15 said:

Side note, any fellow neuro app buddies in here?

Most of my apps are to Biomedical or Developmental programs but I did sneak in one neuro app to UW