<p>sysbio-</p>
<p>I just called Caltech Bioengineering-all initial acceptances and interview invites have been sent out… Looks like chances are slim now…</p>
<p>yes 3 ppl from my school got interview from caltech bioe department.</p>
<p>anybody knows about MIT BE? I know people got interview already, but wonder if they send out all the invites at once.</p>
<p>"I just called Caltech Bioengineering-all initial acceptances and interview invites have been sent out… Looks like chances are slim now… "</p>
<p>@tensor</p>
<p>Thanks, and !@#$%.
<em>sigh</em></p>
<p>MIT BE sent out some interviews, huh?</p>
<p>-thumper99</p>
<p>yea i know at least 3 people got invites. Really freaking out right now since MIT’s kinda my top choice</p>
<p>Interesting. Well I hope you get an interview there! I applied, but it’s not my top choice. I’m indifferent about MIT. None of the research there really thrills me, at least in the BE dept. I did, though, apply to the MEMP program and that’s probably my top choice.</p>
<p>-thumper99</p>
<p>I did apply to memp too…called them and was told they will send out all invites mid-feb</p>
<p>Oh ok, thanks for the update! I figured MIT BE would be around the same time too, but I guess they are doing it early this year.</p>
<p>i called them too. they said they are still sending out invites until mid-feb. but I doubt they will take more than 3 from one school since their class size is only 20ish.</p>
<p>Hmm that’s interesting. I guess if you go to a top school it wouldn’t matter much. I wonder how many they typically invite for interview.</p>
<p>i went to top 3 engineering school, but still. I won’t expect they invite so many cause honestly how many people would turn down MIT.</p>
<p>I got an invite to MIT BE for a March 9-10 interview two weeks ago, but I’m technically under Applied Biosciences.</p>
<p>-Elysia</p>
<p>the 3 people i know all got invites yesterday. So I assume MIT’s not sending all of them at the same time. Can I ask which school you’re from?</p>
<p>I’m from UCSD, a human biology major. I applied to applied biosciences for the pharmacology program and got an invite from the chair of BE admissions.</p>
<p>umm interesting. Thanks</p>
<p>itisallforgotten, thanks for the kind post! I figure that there are at least a few people surfing these kind of forums that are mere mortals. </p>
<p>This being said, I am jealous of the 3.9+ gpas, 1st authors as undergrads, etc… If I don’t get accepted to really legit grad programs, that’s okay. It makes me feel better that there is excellent compition.</p>
<p>Competition, rather.</p>
<p>Yeah, the competition has significantly increased these past few years.</p>
<p>If you look at the results survey on the gradcafe website, it seems as if everybody has a 4.0 and near perfect GRE scores. Very competitive year indeed.</p>