blc073 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 @biomednyc I'm really happy for you! I think you will have a great graduate school career, and I know a lot of fantastic scientists at Penn. As a Harvard student, I think it behooves me to make a few points: 1) We have over 800 faculty from which to choose, so you will find someone who fits your needs at Harvard, 2) I never feel isolated or like I'm just a number. The BBS office treats every student like it's a program with five students, 3) There is no evidence of high faculty turnover at Harvard. I asked about that when I was choosing a graduate program and I was given data that suggest nearly, if not every, junior faculty member at Harvard gets tenure. To corroborate, see this opinion piece. 4) You can, without doubt, get a place in many Boston cities/neighborhoods (e.g., Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Dorchester, Revere, Medford, Allston, Mission Hill) by yourself on the Harvard stipend. Again, this is not aimed toward you to make you feel like you made a bad decision. Simply liking one program over the other is sufficient to make a decision. However, it is important to keep the facts on record straight for future applicants and recruits. Harvard's reputation for being snobby or whatever comes from people perpetuating misinformation. When I told my undergraduate PI of four years that I got into Harvard, he spent thirty minutes trying to convince me to go elsewhere using misinformation like faculty are always leaving, the city is awful, they will look for any reason to kick out a student and save money. None of that is true. Anyway, good luck at Penn! For real, I see a lot of good research coming from faculty in CAMB. Microburritology and Kaede 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dresdencodak Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Committed to Cornell BBS! Been living on the West Coast my whole life so gotta get used to the colder weather for sure! Cervello, Bioenchilada and Kaede 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Precambrian Rabbit Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Stanford Genetics! Anyone else going to Stanford? Nomad1111, BlueNahlchee, SysEvo and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanoschanos Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 On 4/6/2017 at 2:40 PM, biomednyc said: I seem to be one of the only one on this thread crazy enough to say no to Harvard. I'll be attending Penn CAMB in the fall Penn State? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuro15 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, chanoschanos said: Penn State? Penn CAMB is UPenn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FailedScientist Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Well this thread is quite intimidating. So many Ivy level schools. I'll be heading to Baylor in the fall. Good Luck to everyone! BlueNahlchee, Bubbles_L, Nomad1111 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquamarine Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Emory Molecular and Systems Pharmacology! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CozyEnzymes Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 1 hour ago, aquamarine said: Emory Molecular and Systems Pharmacology! I interviewed for Emory's BCDB and two of my friends are joining the molecular biology and genetics programs. I was really impressed with the quality of education and research opportunities that students at Emory had access to - I'm really happy for you! Best of luck in the fall!! BlueNahlchee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueNahlchee Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 ECU Biology! sinistra and shikkui 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zavier Sami Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Great thread. I am doing Bachelor’s Completion Program (BCP) at Southern California School of Health Sciences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shikkui Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 9 hours ago, Zavier Sami said: Great thread. I am doing Bachelor’s Completion Program (BCP) at Southern California School of Health Sciences. Are you just starting or are you currently in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zavier Sami Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Sorry for late reply. I am currently in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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