2014 Bioscience Admission and Interviews

ScaggsvilleScott
Mon, 30 Dec 2013 17:14:08 +0000

Hi gradapplicant5,
You might want to checkout the GradCafe site. Someone on this thread pointed me in that direction a week or two ago. They have a section where people report when they receive interview offers, and when they are officially accepted or rejected. Looking at the dates they in prior years might give you an idea of what dates they will be doing things this year (unless they changed the process since then).
I have seen interview offers from some of the schools you listed: U Penn, Harvard, Yale, Cornell and possibly MIT. But, it is possible that they are from different program areas in the biological/biomedical science programs. Plus, it is possible that some of these schools might initiate additional interviews at a later day. That just happened with one of the schools my daughter applied to. We saw that applicants to the same program she applied to were offered interviews about 10-12 days ago. However, that school sent her an interview offer this afternoon. So, some of these schools review applications on a flow basis, as they come in, or over a couple of waves. If you are concerned, you can always contact the grad schools you applied to and ask about the status of your application as well as their review and decision process. I suggest calling instead of emailing. Good luck!