<p>I have an interview in pathology University of Rochester in Feb 4-7th. What is the suitable clothes for girls to wear? Black suits? Any suggestions?</p>
<p>@jms362:</p>
<p>I am an international myself, and have only one interview offer now (which fortunately paid for flight and hotel expense). I applied to 10+ and was rejected by UT Houston, but ALL the others (10+) have no response, rej or ad, nothing. </p>
<p>From what I conclude from faithfully reading this forum I would say that schools fall into 2 categories:
one type review domestic and internationals together, so if you havent heard from them it’s because you are not good enough to make the initial interview list but not bad enough to get an immediate rejection (surely enough, some of my friends got rejections already), so you are on something like a wait list and when they screen out applicants ahead of you (I assume after the interview weekends some applicants will be rejected, and some applicants will reject the offer), you get called in for an interview. That would explain the main stream of interviews in Feburary and March from last year.</p>
<p>The other type simply reviews internationals separately and it is usually after the initial recruiting of domestic applicants are over. </p>
<p>Either way, I believe the financial status plays a big factor. Take a look at the interviews already handed out on Gradcafe. Financially desperate schools such as UC systems hand out interviews solely to Americans so far. I wouldnt be supprised if this year they give offers to 1-2 international students per school, or even zero. And in any case the majority of schools will tend to interview internationals over the phone/skype.</p>
<p>On a side note, there is really a crowd for neuro applicants this year from my opinion. Therefore for an international I think your stats have to really stand out, instead of being strong. One of my friends applying for neuroscience has 2 interviews on hand: Baylor and Columbia. He is international but has a near perfect GPA, iBT, GRE and sGRE score. I know standardized scores are of the least relevant when it comes to research potential, but when you have competitors that show up with REALLY STRONG stats, it still might or might not make a difference. </p>
<p>Just my personal opinion and a lot of speculation, so I could be flat wrong. But I am with everyone in this anxiety game.</p>
<p>@trachemysscripta
Micro
Thanks for the support :)</p>
<p>@jms362
I think that if the int’l applicant is in the US, then I don’t think there would be any financial constraints, at least not for the visit (however, for tuition and fees, that’s different). And, I assume that some schools do look int’l applicantions later. That has happened to me in U Maryland Baltimore, and I know people here have posted that info somewhere in this thread.</p>
<p>This isn’t technically biosciences, but in case there are some neuro people who, like me, are also applying to psychology programs: UCLA psyc should be making final admissions decisions soon, once they determine how many slots they can offer based on funding.</p>
<p>@kryptonsa36:</p>
<p>That is a great news… but are there particular programs that you are referring to at Stanford?</p>
<p>No, I didn’t ask anything specific.</p>
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Wear what makes you feel confident and professional. Not many people will be wearing suits, but if you’d like to wear one and feel that it would make you feel sciency, then by all means wear one.</p>
<p>Most of the other girls who were interviewing with me wore sweater/skirt combos or sweaters and dress pants. One step up from normal, but not overdressed.</p>
<p>Interviews so far: University of Maryland, Baltimore (neuro), University of Miami (PIBS),
University of Texas, Austin (neuro), NYU Sackler (open program), VCU (pharmacology), Florida State (neuro)</p>
<p>Rejections: Princeton, UCSF</p>
<p>@thetsb
I emailed a professor at Berkeley because at one point I was interested in going there and I was visiting my parents in the Bay Area. He actually responded quite quickly and even invited me to visit him and gave me a tour of his lab. </p>
<p>However, the other professor I emailed at Berkeley never responded at all, so YMMV.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if Weill Cornell Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis program has started sendin out invites? If so, are they over?
What about Emory Microbiology & Molecular Genetics? Any information?
Domestic or int’l applicants, has anybody heard from or know someone who has been contacted by these programs?</p>
<p>@neurohopes</p>
<p>still nothing from unc? Sigh… They are holding out on us. On a different note I accepted an interview for this weekend. See ya tomorrow night @ CAH :)</p>
<p>Cool, dendritic!!! I love the pharm program there. What track was your first choice? </p>
<p>Nothing from UNC either. Oh well. Don’t think I could handle a small town anyway…</p>
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<p>Ah; my apologies! I’d only heard of people receiving dates on Jan. 15-16 and 25-26, so my fault for assuming. </p>
<p>As for my schools…I feel reasonably confident in giving a ‘final tally’ of interviews vs. rejections.</p>
<p>Final stats for interviews:</p>
<p>Stats:
Undergrad at CSU East Bay (Tier 3)
Cum. GPA: 3.33
GRE: 770Q/640V/4.0A; no subject test.
Research experience: 9 months in C. elegans neuroscience lab, 5 in a genetics lab.</p>
<p>Interviews:
12/17-UMich PIBS (1/28-1/30)
12/26-Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1/15-1/16)
1/5-Duke University CMB (2/5-2/6)
1/6-UMN Twin Cities Neuroscience (3/5-3/7)
1/11-University of Rochester Neuroscience (Phone interview)</p>
<p>Rejections:
(Official)
1/6-UW Madison
1/14-UCSF
(Unofficial)
UC Berkeley (Neuroscience)
Columbia (Neurobiology and Behavior)
Johns Hopkins (Neuroscience)</p>
<p>Glad I can finally start focusing on interviews: something I actually have some control over!</p>
<p>I got Cal Neuro 2 days ago, don’t give up hope!!</p>
<p>@serric: Tell UMich PIBS to give your spot to me if you don’t want it…My fiance wants to go home to Michigan :P</p>
<p>Trying to keep my mood “light” in lieu of no interviews or rejections so far :(</p>
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<p>Sorry, but UMich is my top choice…I’m trying my best to give the other schools a fair shake, but UM has had my heart since I went there for Preview.</p>
<p>If you don’t get in, though, I remember them telling us something about a program essentially designed to get you into a Ph.D. program. You do research for around a year, they pay you a salary ($25k or so, if I remember properly), they pay for GRE preparatory courses/the GRE, and essentially forge you into a super competitive applicant for the next year. You can even forward your application materials from PIBS for this program, since the deadline for it is in March.</p>
<p>Darned if I can remember the name of it (or find it on the website), though. Shoot me a PM to remind me, and I’ll ask while I’m there.</p>
<p>This could be a stupid question but can we (guys) wear jeans (dark) during interviews?</p>
<p>@RIO2016
I received an invite from Weill Cornell IMP on 12/28 and had until Jan 15th to respond about attending their recruitment days of Feb 18-19. I did not see another weekend available.</p>
<p>No, you definitely should not wear jeans. Period. It’s never a problem when you overdress, but it looks incredibly unprofessional when you under dress. I suggest you wear a suit or at least nice pants, shirt, tie, and jacket.</p>
<p>So is it safe to say that if you haven’t gotten an email from these schools you won’t be accepted?</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Vanderbilt University
University of Texas Southwestern</p>