2011 Official Biosciences Interviews and Results

<p>Here’s my wrap up!</p>

<p>Undergrad GPA: 3.34
GRE: 1280
1 semester of research, stellar internship (top 20 company)</p>

<p>Applied: UIllinois, Indiana, Notre Dame, IUPUI
Interviews: IUPUI, Indiana
Accepted: IUPUI, Indiana
Unknown: Notre Dame, UIllinois (can’t afford them anyways)</p>

<p>Attending: Indiana!
I decided to continue at my undergrad school for one more year and pick up a Biotechnology masters in order to ensure that I want to get my PhD. Plus, even if I decide not to continue on, the masters will get me a better starting salary at my internship company</p>

<p>Has anyone heard from Tulane yet?!</p>

<p>Hey everyone,</p>

<p>I’m just wondering the major differences between PhD programs that are within the School of Medicine vs. School of Public Health. I want to focus on virology or infectious diseases.</p>

<p>example: PhD in biomedical at UPitt in the school of medicine or PhD in infectious disease and pathology in school of public health. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>my wrap up:</p>

<p>international student
2nd year of MPhil
undergrad GPA: 3.65/4, first class honor
One manuscript in preparation as coauthor
2years of reseasrch
GRE verbal: 620 (89th percentile); quantitative: 770 (87th); writing: 3.5 (26th)
GRE biology: 850 (95th percentile)</p>

<p>Results:
Accepted after interview: NYU, Baylor college of medicine
Rejected after interview: UChicago
Rejected without interview: Stanford, Rockefeller
Haven’t heard anything: Upitt
Attending: BCM! </p>

<p>I thought I messed up the interview with BCM but ended up accepted. I now still think my interviews with uchicago were pretty good and smooth, but just received an email from my interviewer saying that the competition was particularly intense this year. so…you’ll never know ;)</p>

<p>hey congrats!! when did you get your official acceptance from NYU?</p>

<p>@neuromodel,</p>

<p>did you apply to NYU sackler? if so, they get back to you about 2 weeks after interview, whether you’re accepted or not.</p>

<p>Here’s a recap:</p>

<p>Citizenship: USA
University: Top-15, Large, Private Research School (applied as a senior)
Major: Genetics & Molecular Biology
GPA: 3.84
GRE: 800Q, 670V 5.5 writing
3 years of genomics/mol bio research in a high-impact lab
1 year of cognitive psych research as a freshman
No papers (yet)</p>

<p>Applied: UMass Medical School, UCLA ACCESS, UC Berkeley, Rockefeller, MIT, UCSF, Stanford (Cancer Biology), Harvard BBS</p>

<p>Interviews: UMass (declined), UCLA (declined), UC Berkeley, Rockefeller, MIT, UCSF, Stanford, Harvard</p>

<p>Accepted: UC Berkeley, Rockefeller, MIT, UCSF, Stanford, Harvard</p>

<p>Rejected: nowhere</p>

<p>Attending: Harvard BBS!!!</p>

<p>Does anyone know when the columbia pharmacology interviews were?</p>

<p>hi.I am an applicant
Been accepted for the IUPUI-IBMG program.
has anyone been accepted to IUPUI- IBMG program.
How good do you think the program is? I haven’t heard from the other universities i applied to. keeping my options open.</p>

<p>@neuromodel: I got their (GSAS) reply through email on 23 Feb and have sent my formal decline yesterday.</p>

<p>@mclouis and eyesonly6587: thanks so much for your replies, guys! i applied to neural science, so i guess it’s a bit different when it comes to notofications. thanks again and congrats to you!!</p>

<p>has anyone heard from BU Molecular Medicine?</p>

<p>@meddreams i’m still waiting to hear from BU Cell Bio :-/</p>

<p>Does anyone know if it’s possible to get rejected after an interview if you have been accepted to a program before your interview? I got accepted to a school about two weeks before my interview (this Friday), and now I can’t see my decision online anymore (it won’t load). Is this some sort of freak and untimely coincidence, or do you think they changed their minds?</p>

<p>I suppose they could revoke the offer of admission if someone acted truly heinously during recruitment. But that would be exceedingly rare, so I wouldn’t worry about it.</p>

<p>Finally made my decision, so here’s a recap if it helps anyone:</p>

<p>Undergrad: Biochem at a small liberal arts university
GPA: 4.00
GRE: Quant 770 Verbal 610 AW 6.0
GRE Subject (Biochem, Cell, and Genetics): 91% (I completely bombed the Cell Biology)
Research: One internship and two main projects at my university. Published in an undergraduate journal, textbook chapter, and had posters at a few conferences.
Interests: Regeneration</p>

<p>Applied: Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Stanford, Berkeley, Chapel Hill, Carnegie Mellon University, Caltech, MIT</p>

<p>Interviews/Accepted: Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Yale, UPenn, Pitt, UNC, CMU</p>

<p>Rejections: MIT, Berkeley, Stanford, and Caltech (haven’t heard from them yet)</p>

<p>Where I am going: Harvard BBS!</p>

<p>Hopefully those scanning these pages next year will find this helpful…I applied to all neuroscience PhD programs where the option was available</p>

<p>GPA: 3.02 from small highly ranked LAC, additional courses taken at multiple other schools
GRE: 660-V 740-Q 4-W
Research: 2 summers at a lab in a biotech company, 1.5 years in a lab post-grad with 1 first author paper accepted, another first author paper submitted and one more on the way. 1 conference paper talk.</p>

<p>Applied: Harvard, BU, Tufts, Northeastern, Brandeis
Interviews: Tufts, Northeastern, Brandeis
Wait list: Brandeis, Northeastern
Accept: Tufts</p>

<p>Just took myself off the waiting lists and am going to Tufts! Obviously, my GPA is on the low end but my research experience was able to overcome that so I hope that’s comforting to those in a similar situation.</p>

<p>Just sent in my official decision! </p>

<p>Undergrad: Cell Bio and Genetics at large state university
GPA: 3.86
GRE: 710 V, 650 Q, 5.0 W
Subject GRE (Bio): 850 (99th percentile cell bio/genetics subscore)
Research: 3 years on undergraduate thesis project, no papers, 3 posters, High Honors awarded to thesis dissertation/defense</p>

<p>Applied: Brown MCB, Mt. Sinai, Weill Cornell BCMB, Columbia, Albert Einstein, U. Penn CAMB, Hopkins BCMB, Hopkins Human Genetics, UMD College Park, UMB</p>

<p>Interviews: All except Columbia. Turned down interviews to Albert Einstein and UMD CP.
Accepted: Everywhere Interviewed. </p>

<p>Attending: U. Penn CAMB!!!</p>

<p>@neurosam</p>

<p>congrats on tufts. Is it the ISP program? I’m currently deciding on schools. Did we meet at the interview day? Which one did you go to? I wonder who else I met that decided to go there!</p>

<p>Any movement on the UCSF waitlist these days?</p>