<p>Hey I applied to Sloan Kettering last year and was accepted so if you wanna know anything about the interview or application just shoot me a private message. It is a fairly competitive program but they don’t focus solely on cancer. There are quite a few good immunologists and developmental biologists and neuro people so although the focus is on cancer because the school is associated with Memorial Sloan Kettering, they have other things available. The grad students that I met with all loved the program and what I got from the interview was that the faculty and the staff for the school really care about their students. </p>
<p>I also applied to Harvard, MIT, and UCSF if you have questions about those programs. I do have to disagree with LAC operon about the admissions though. All of those schools definitely send offers of admission to more students than they intend to have, with the knowledge that if everybody says yes they’re still covered. Sloan interviewed 45 people last year and offered 15 spots, only 9 accepted (doesnt include internationals). Harvard BBS, the umbrella program, doesn’t do interviews they base acceptance on application only. Both UCSF and MIT interviewed more than 30 and offered close to 20. </p>
<p>I do agree that maybe a few safety schools could be added to your list though.</p>