<p>Has anyone who interviewed with the IBGP at Ohio State heard anything back yet?</p>
<p>Anyone else going to Einstein’s re-visit on Sunday? Just wondering if anyone has done this at a different school and if it helped them decide. Also in terms of atmosphere, more casual than an interview? about the same? awkward if you’re still considering other schools? I think its come down to Einstein or UNC for me.</p>
<p>Hey I got my rejection letter from Harvard BBS today in the mail. That was a 90 dollars well spent.</p>
<p>Harvard BBS rejection by mail. Pretty ruthless too… “We had more applications than number of offers we could give out”… Yeah… I knew that.</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>Backflip,</p>
<p>I revisited one of my top choice schools after I got accepted. I emailed the associate director of the program and asked if I could sit-in in classes. He arranged me to sit-in in a core class for first year students and a presentation in an elective class. At lunch, he also arranged me to go to (free) lunch with 2 current students who are in the department I’m interested. I paid my own travel expense which was not expensive (I live just few hours driving from that school). It was very casual and relaxing though I was in a lecture class. Everybody understood that I had choices in choosing school to attend. It was just one day but certainly helped in making decision. I eventually accepted an offer from the school I revisited.</p>
<p>Is anyone here going to Stanford for Biophysics/Structural Biology? I just accepted their offer yesterday.</p>
<p>Thanks virion! I am really hoping that the revist makes it easier to decide, and it was good to hear that yours did.</p>
<p>Backflip, I like the program when I had an interview. Revisiting reinforced my interest in that program. I hope you have a good time at Einstien.</p>
<p>Question about the offer from Stanford: do they send a hard copy of the acceptance letter? I’m ready to accept their offer, but I’m still waiting for the official letter of acceptance. Do you do it via an online form, by email, or by snail mail? Thanks.</p>
<p>I’m an international student… just got my rejection letter from Harvard MCB today in the mail… How are the other international students doing… I’ve got rejections from UMich and Duke as well… Now I have just 4 schools left, out of the 11 i applied to. 
Hope something comes out of those apps atleast!!</p>
<p>I’m international… applied to 9 schools: 7 rejects, 1 MIA (Brandeis), 1 interviewed and very hopeful to get in! (UVM)</p>
<p>The people who interviewed me at UVM were remarking how this year is especially difficult for international applicants because of the economy, especially since now there is a drive towards giving more places to US applicants in order to boost the economy, but also because a lot of people who a couple of years ago would have started looking for a job, now just go straight for grad school because there are very few jobs. However I’m not sure if this is as big a problem in the biosciences as in other fields, since people generally won’t commit to a PhD in this field unless they are serious about it.</p>
<p>The grueling decision process is over.</p>
<p>Research interests: Biology of aging with a focus on brain aging, neurodegeneration, and systems biology of aging</p>
<p>Applied: Harvard BBS, Stanford Biosciences Genetics, UCSF Neuroscience, UW-Seattle MCB, Baylor COM MCB, UTHSCSA IMGP Biology of Aging Track, UW-Seattle Pathology, Wisconsin-Madison Genetics
Received interviews from: all
Declined interviews at: Baylor COM, Wisconsin-Madison, UW-Seattle MCB
Received acceptances from: Harvard BBS, Stanford Biosciences Genetics, UCSF Neuroscience, UTHSCSA IMGP Biology of Aging Track, UW-Seattle Pathology</p>
<p>Attending: Harvard BBS!!!</p>
<p>Anyone else going to Harvard BBS?</p>
<p>I am international too</p>
<p>applied: 18
accepted: 3 (UConn Health Center, UMass Med, Stony Brook-CSHL shared program)
rejected: 8
pending: 5 Case (BSTP), Cincinnati, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Einstein (post-interview),
wait-listed: 2 Mount Sinai (post-interview), Rutgers (post-interview)</p>
<p>I look forward to choosing among Stony Brook, UMass Med, and Mount Sinai.</p>
<p>brain_aging, I look forward to seeing you and the other G1s in the fall! :)</p>
<p>Cannot make up my mind.</p>
<p>Question:</p>
<p>Do people think it is an important factor to hop coasts for undergrad to graduate school? I have been on the east coast essentially my whole life. Wondering if that is enough to tip things to west coast schools… </p>
<p>It’s down to 3.5 schools now: This would allow me to pick more easily.</p>
<p>I feel like I am playing Guess Who with fate…</p>
<p>i’ve known a lot of people to hop coasts (poor midwest), but you should keep in mind that it’s a significant distance to bridge. if you know you’re going to get homesick a lot, it’s probably good to take that into account. (your stipend, while enough to allow you to live comfortably in your new city, isn’t designed for cross-country jetting every other weekend)</p>
<p>i’ll be a californian girl until the day i die, but i applied near-exclusively to east coast schools. it’s been tough at points, but i’ve really learned a lot from living in NYC … and that said, can’t wait to snag my PhD and go back home. :)</p>
<p>@ shu:
Stanford sends a hard copy, I got mine in today. You’re supposed to respond online, I believe.</p>
<p>Spicethyme,</p>
<p>I have jumped coasts for graduate school and work two years before that. The two coasts are completely different, so I think you would get a lot out of the move. </p>
<p>I have heard that you should switch school (and maybe states) for grad school, but I do not think you need to switch geographic regions. I do not think you should factor it into your decision. You should factor in the costs of living far away. I can spend almost $1000 to go home for xmas alone! Traveling across country takes me at least two day by itself, so I will not take trips that are less than 1 week long. It is also really difficult to get across country for emergencies. I sincerely hope nothing happens to my family or friends while I am far away, since there is no way to get back there quickly. That being said, I am happy that I get to explore many areas of the country.</p>
<p>^ two days? do you live in two rural areas on both sides of the country?</p>
<p>my travels back to california are pretty straightforward; about 8 hours from doorstep to doorstep. coming back, though, is a different issue. i almost always take redeyes from CA –> NYC and am pretty much a zombie for the rest of the day.</p>