<p>OMG I interviewed at MIT biology two weeks ago and they still haven’t accepted me.
Did anyone interview at MIT bio?
What the hell is the hold up?
It’s almost April.
Are they even going to give us an offer in time?</p>
<p>Or have they already accepted everyone?</p>
<p>AstarothCY - as an international student…depends on what you are going to do…you are eligible for Department of Defense funding and Komen (for cancer)…am i correct?</p>
<p>Final Update:</p>
<p>Applied: Sloan-Kettering, Yale, Rockefeller, Columbia, Weill Cornell, Stanford, Berkeley, NYU, MIT, Harvard BBS, U Chicago
Accepted: All but Harvard Double BS ;)</p>
<p>Destination: MIT Bio!!!</p>
<p>sk9ter, you might wanna email Janice to check on the status. I know a lot of accepted interviewees as well as those waitlisted.</p>
<p>Actually F31 is out of the picture unless you are a member of the minority</p>
<p>NINDS provides National Research Service Award (NRSA) training fellowships to outstanding predoctoral candidates from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented, including underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. The intent of this program is to increase the number of scientists from underrepresented populations in biomedical research. Award recipients will receive up to five years of research training leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent research degree, a combined M.D./Ph.D. degree, or another formally combined professional and research doctoral degree in biomedical, behavioral, health services, or clinical sciences. Support is NOT available for individuals enrolled in medical or other professional schools UNLESS they are enrolled in a combined professional doctorate/PhD degree program in biomedical or behavioral research. Potential applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Michelle Jones-London in the NINDS Office of Minority Health and Research for additional information.</p>
<p>No, it’s not – I’m applying for an F31 right now, and I’m white.</p>
<p>There are diversity F31s (called Kirschstein NRSAs to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research), but there are also standard F31s (Kirschstein NRSAs for Individual Predoctoral Fellows) – the program announcement is [url=<a href=“NIH Grants & Funding website | grants.nih.gov”>PA-07-002: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31)]here[/url</a>].</p>
<p>Applicants for NRSAs do have to be US citizens or permanent residents.</p>
<p>Oh okay. Thanks.</p>
<p>Program: Immunology or umbrella program where unavailable</p>
<p>Applied: Harvard, UCSF, U of Washington Seattle, Scripps, Rockefeller, Cornell Medical, U of Texas Southwestern, Tufts Medical, BU Medical, UMass Medical
Interviews: UW, Scripps, Cornell, UT Southwestern, Tufts, BU (declined interview), and UMass (declined interview)
Accepted: Scripps, Cornell, UT Southwestern, Tufts</p>
<p>Going to: Cornell IMP program in New York, New York! It was a very hard decision between Scripps and Cornell, but I’m staying in the east coast. REPRESENT! :)</p>
<p>Hi Guys, has any international heard from Dartmouth (MCB, sorry in the last post I wrote this as IGP), Northwestern (IGP), Albert Einstein (Biomed Sci.) and Vanderbilt (IGP)?
Any chance now that I might hear of a gud news from any of these four?
Btw got an admit from Mizzou for Molec. Micro and Immuno. But thats not much to rejoice after admits from UMASS Med and UPitt.
Also, anyone heard from Univ. of Utah and Univ. of Minnesotta (MICaB).</p>
<p>Also, Im confused between going to UMASS Med and UPitt. Though my research interests will be better met at UPitt, is there any other factor that I shud consider?</p>
<p>Hi there !</p>
<p>Did you take GRE Subject test ? If you did, what was your score, if not a secret ?</p>
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<p>PatchesBrownie, you a fan of terrible weather?</p>
<p>San diego is nice aint it?</p>
<p>I’ve been following these posts for the past four months and finally decided to write! It has been so helpful. </p>
<p>Anyway, I was wondering whether or not grad programs help with moving expenses. I know some programs do, but if they did not tell you they would, would it be appropriate to ask? For those in Ph.D. programs now that had to relocate out of state, did your program give you any financial assistance?</p>
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<p>@MasterMoe: Not to be presumptuous, but I think Patches has already explained why she chose Cornell over Scripps in a previous post (see above)…</p>
<p>(I just happened to remember that post and figured it was applicable here.) :p</p>
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<p>I think it never hurts to ask. Most programs don’t assist with moving expenses, but I’ve heard of a few that have done so in the past. I think UNC BBSP gave $1000 to assist with moving expenses last year.</p>
<p>Hi MasterMoe, San Diego is nothing short of amazing and so was Scripps - I really loved the people there too… Even the applicant group there was very cool. </p>
<p>It sure was a hard decision, but I am dearly hoping that it is the right choice for me.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>San Diego and NYC are very, very different cities. I appreciate the culture and vivacity of urban city life, but I really do miss the days that I’d skip out on lab for the afternoon, drag my surfboard to the beach, and spend the next few hours bobbing up and down in the water. </p>
<p>Haven’t found a comparable stress-reliever in NYC yet though … best of luck to you :)</p>
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<p>Try aimlessly riding the subway… it’s worked for me a few times here in Cambridge/Boston! :)</p>
<p>I think that most schools don’t help with moving expenses-- and to make it worse, many don’t pay you until the end of the month, so you aren’t paid until the end of september either. Even the ones that do help with moving expense (BBS), only gives you like $1000, which if you’re expecting it to cover all of your moving expenses, probably isn’t really enough.</p>
<p>You can deduct unreimbursed moving expenses from your taxes, though. 
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<p>The program I will join this fall offers $500 for moving expense.</p>
<p>(maybe a dumb question:) is there any way to deduct the costs of all these grad school application fees, GRE exams, extra interview travelling costs? :P</p>