<p>I applied to Rockefeller, Penn, Columbia, NYU Sackler, Weill Cornell, Albert Einstein, and Mount Sinai.</p>
<p>I’ve been offered interviews at Penn, Columbia, NYU Sackler, and Albert Einstein.</p>
<p>Considering that Penn, Columbia, and NYU are the programs I am most interested in (excluding Rockefeller, which I’m not counting on…) would it be a bad idea to turn down the interview at Albert Einstein? I don’t want to count my chickens before they hatch, etc…</p>
<p>lajfdgi,</p>
<p>What programs did you apply to at Columbia, NYU Sackler, and Einstein? And when did you turn them?</p>
<p>Columbia CMBS, Sackler Open Program… and are there programs at Einstein? I don’t remember… I submitted them all around nov. 20 I guess, although my application to einstein wasn’t complete until a few days before christmas and NYU’s wasn’t complete until about a week into December, because one of my recommenders was being slow.</p>
<p>Mollie, in response to your comment “They don’t really care whether you’ll choose them or not for admission – PhD programs aren’t really concerned with yield or demonstrated interest. You should absolutely ask questions to determine whether the program is right for you. There’s no advantage to being a cheerleader for the program.”</p>
<p>It’s true that during an interview you should ask questions to determine whether a particular program is right for you. But if you are truly interested in being admitted, you need to let the interviewer know of your enthusiasm for the program and the school. Be prepared to say why you think it’s a good fit for you in scientific terms, not just personal ones. But on the flip side, you don’t have to give false impressions, and it’s deeply appreciated if you do not. But consider this: many schools are budget-challenged and can only admit a finite number of students per year. I have known several students who were not admitted because they indicated what was perceived to be a lack of interest, or were unwisely open about only being there for the free trip (a rather anxiety-filled free trip, but nonetheless…). Schools want to admit bright, talented students with high potential who are enthusiastic about being there, and they don’t want to waste an offer on someone who has shown they will most likely go somewhere else. But again, enrolling in a PhD program represents several years of your life, and it goes without saying, it’s a decision that will deeply impact your life. You need to ask questions that will help you decide if a particular program is the right place for you.</p>
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>So I applied to PhD programs at UCSF, UCSD, UT Southwestern, Baylor, UNC-Chapel Hill, Rutgers, Weill Cornell, NYU-Sackler, Mount Sinai, UMass-Worcester, and Yale.</p>
<p>So far, I’ve received interview invitations at UT Southwestern and Baylor, and rejection from Rutgers.</p>
<p>If anybody here on this forum is interviewing w/ the 2 schools I mentioned above, good luck, and I hope to see y’all there.</p>
<p>Hey out of curiosity, what are considered good questions vs. bad questions that show that you haven’t really researched the school enough? I feel like a lot of programs have pretty thorough websites. Would good questions be like about how the mentoring program is?</p>
<p>If anyone has any questions about life at UT Southwestern or the interviews there, feel free to ask me (PM me if you want). I’m currently a first year student so I was in your shoes just last year.</p>
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I agree that it’s unwise to be rude, but I don’t think it’s necessary to pretend every program is an applicant’s number-one choice. It doesn’t cost the school money to extend offers – they extend a certain number of offers every year, and if more students turn them down than usual, they’ll extend a few more. A student who’s accepted but doesn’t come doesn’t cost them money beyond the interview weekend.</p>
<p>Hi guys… Haven’t been on the forum for a while… Good to see so many of you getting invites. Congratulations!! </p>
<p>I wanted to ask (even though it might already have been asked a million times)- When do international students, who are not in the US, hear from the adcoms??</p>
<p>Vanderbilt IGP interview! Seems that they don’t have a “formal” interview weekend planned, but instead fly you out and have you meet with professors etc. </p>
<p>Has anyone made plans to visit, or have any thoughts from a visit to the program during a previous year?</p>
<p>Applied: USC, Colorado-Boulder, Johns Hopkins, Minnesota, OHSU, Alabama-Birmingham
Interview: UPenn, UW-Seattle, Vanderbilt</p>
<p>Just received a call this morning from Princeton Dept. of Molecular Biology! Interview date set for Feb. 20.</p>
<p>I will be there (Vanderbilt) in a couple of weeks. I was surprised by their setup, but I am excited nonetheless.</p>
<p>Does anybody know when Berkeley MCB or Stanford Biosciences notifies?
I think UW Genome Sciences has already scheduled interviews.</p>
<p>dhlawrence</p>
<p>Did you already get invitation from UW genome sciences?</p>
<p>Update: first rejection! from UCSF BMS :(</p>
<p>Sorry to hear about the rejection. Did it come by email?</p>
<p>On a side note, has anybody else been getting emails from schools they didn’t apply to with suggestive subject lines? I have gotten several “you have been invited” emails only to discover that they came from schools I didn’t apply to and wouldn’t attend.</p>
<p>Has anyone received a request from WashU to submit a Faculty RIB list but then not heard anything about actually getting an interview? I received the first email right before the holidays, so I’m hoping that’s why I haven’t heard anything else yet, but I’m starting to get nervous…anyone else apply to WashU and know how long it takes for you to hear back after you’ve submitted the list of faculty members?</p>
<p>Anyone heard from these schools yet (for Neuroscience)? I’m really hoping no. Thanks.</p>
<p>brainlab, I haven’t heard anything from UCSD yet, didn’t apply to programs at the other two schools so not sure. I thought I might hear from UCSD before the holidays since their deadlines were so early but guess not.</p>
<p>TWOJumbo2007, I had to complete the faculty list for WashU early Dec and they got back to me 3 days after. Don’t worry, if they sent you the list right before holidays, they probably won’t get to it until maybe later this week.</p>