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Yeah, kinda crappy. Especially because no follow-up doesn’t absolutely mean rejection – it could mean an informal waitlist, where you’re the next person they’ll admit if they don’t have enough people accept their offers. But it probably means rejection.</p>
<p>But it is really nice to know you’ve been accepted so soon after interviews, on the other hand.</p>
<p>Microbial: did you apply to a specific track, or just the program overall? Do you know if the interviews are track specific?</p>
<p>Darn, I was hoping that Yale wasn’t scheduling interviews yet.</p>
<p>Was just looking over at TheGradCafe, and apparently two people have received invites to U Michigan, Ann Arbor Neuroscience (BBS-Neuroscience track).</p>
<p>No word yet on PIBS invites, though (different program within the school).</p>
<p>NeuroApp: I applied to the Microbiology track.</p>
<p>The interviews are track specific - interview dates have already been determined for all tracks, they are listed here [FAQ</a>, Biological and Biomedical Sciences: Yale School of Medicine](<a href=“http://bbs.yale.edu/apply/faq.aspx]FAQ”>Frequently Asked Questions < Biological & Biomedical Sciences) under “Interviews and Decisions”.</p>
<p>RIO2016- In my experience with Baylor, I received the same thing as you when I contacted the individals for help who are listed within the application satus page. I got the help that I needed and had great interactions with the senior administrative coordinator for the department I applied to, I think this person has the greatest control over your application once it has been sent to your department. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Seems there is no BBS program in Umich…There’s only PIBS in Umich.</p>
<p>By the way, has any domestic student received the interview invitation for Wash U-DBBS?</p>
<p>regarding WashU:</p>
<p>I haven’t nor have I heard of any others who have received an invite. Last year, they started going out on December 17 so it should be soon.</p>
<p>Microbial: thanks for the info!</p>
<p>gerrybio & xxxxxxx: I was told that Wash U will start sending out invitations in late December…meaning…next week!?! (it has to before xmas/new years, right?)</p>
<p>hello everyone… got a call from UNC BBSP today. im sooo excited!!!</p>
<p>Woo! Congratulations Hamster09!</p>
<p>Cytometry
Thanks! I will try to contac someone else.</p>
<p>Congratulations Hampster and everyone else who has been getting interviews over the past week!!</p>
<p>I got a WashU DBBS invite!!! </p>
<p>(overwhelming shock and joy)</p>
<p>oh, and I never got that “tell us the 10 people you would want to interview” email, for those who are wondering.</p>
<p>congratulations everyone!</p>
<p>I got a call from UNC bbsp today, and an email from UPenn Biochem & Molecular Biophysics. Yay! So exciting! Congratulations to everyone else!</p>
<p>Exciting day everyone!</p>
<p>I received an email to interview for UCLA ACCESS interview weekend is Jan 23-25.
I received a phone call from UNC Chapel Hill BBSP 10 minutes later for an interview invite as well.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone!</p>
<p>With people starting to get notices for interviews I have started to get nervous about my chances to get in anywhere. </p>
<p>My Stats:
undergrad at a top 30 Liberal Arts College
Overall GPA: 3.48, Math/Science GPA: 3.55,
GRE: 730Q (79%), 530V (70%), 5.0W (81%)
GRE Bio of 770(77)% (only sent that to schools that required it)
research in a bio-organic lab studying catalytic peptides for 2.5 yrs now (no publications but two presentations at national meetings) </p>
<p>I was wondering what you guys think my chances are at places like UMass Med, Brandeis, and BU Med for biochemistry. I applied to some reach schools too in the hope that they find something they like in my application but I kinda doubt that they will accept me. Thanks for your thoughts</p>
<p>anyone heard from columbia? yale? nyu? cornell? ucsf?</p>
<p>kinda hard to say since the process i think for most programs is holistic. publications are not required though. it all boils down to your research experience (if can you talk about it intelligently on ur SOP), SOP and most importantly your letters of rec. I also applied to UMass and so far I have not heard from them. They may take awhile since the interviews are often department based so some departments may have made their decisions while others have not. I am sure you’ll get in somewhere. =)</p>
<p>Invited for an interview at Yale (Immunobiology) by e-mail on Dec. 15th. I submitted my application on the 5th- quick turnaround!</p>
<p>Undergrad: small HBCU
GPA: 3.69
GRE: 630V (90%) 640Q (57% YIIIIIKES!!!) 5W (81%)</p>
<p>Experience
*1.5 years experience at a large state university (plasmid vector constructions/molecular, cell culture…nothing exciting) a year off for AmeriCorps service
*summer internship at NIH- biochem-heavy project in cell biology
*followed up the summer position with a one year paid NIH internship during my junior year (getting a fellowship during the academic year took A LOT of string-pulling); started out with more plasmid vector constructions, moved on to using quantitative confocal microscopy projects. My funding was renewed through the end of this summer. I’ll be an author on four papers (first author on one) by the time I leave- two papers being submitted this month, the other two in January or February. Both of my NIH mentors are big names in their fields. One is a Yale Immunology alum.</p>
<p>I know, I’m being vague about my work, but I want to maintain a LITTLE anonymity and mentioning what I’m working on is a little too “google-identifiable.”</p>
<p>Other Schools:</p>
<p>Harvard
MIT
U Penn
Weill Cornell
NYU
Princeton
Mount Sinai
UVA
U Chicago
Tufts
SUNY Stonybrook
CUNY
U Illinois- Chicago</p>