<p>I haven’t gotten my tracker ID from Columbia either. I applied right on the deadline though and have a feeling that it might take some time. It said it would take up to two weeks so I dunno. I guess I’ll email them in a couple of days if I don’t hear anything.</p>
<p>I applied to the Integrated program, btw.</p>
<p>Can I dick around my senior year i.e. get all B’s and C’s? Or will they rescind their offer if I do that?</p>
<p>Yes. They do not look at senior grades from what I understand, so I think you will be able to dick around. I don’t plan to get B’s or C’s myself, but I am only taking 6 credits next semester (half of a full-time student). I still get my full financial aid package, but half of my tuition will come back to me as an additional refund. Works out well for money and interviews!</p>
<p>PaRtY tImE!!!</p>
<p>Hey Guys, I just received my first interview invitation from Columbia Bioedical science program (Pathology and Molecular Medicine track) at uptown medical center. It was send by an E-mail. Good luck guys.</p>
<p>is there any reverse ageism in terms of which candidates grad schools like to select? i was looking at the statistics on peterson’s for some of the programs i’m applying to and the average ages of the incoming students was like 25 or 26…which i guess means a lot of people take a few years off to work/get a master’s before applying to phD programs? i’m in a master’s program right now (5-year BS/MS at my undergrad institution) and so i’ll only be 22 when i matriculate to a phD program…do programs not like this?</p>
<p>Mufamuslces: I’m applying now and I’m not even 21 yet. I was worried about that, but I got 2 interviews already so it doesn’t seem to matter?</p>
<p>And congrats davexuke! I applied to Pharmacology and Molecular Signaling but haven’t heard back yet. Hopefully they’re doing it by program.</p>
<p>@mufa, I was worried about the same thing too, but I think that’s because a lot of people go into industry to get research experience to balance out relatively lower GPAs and whatnot, and then are a little older when they apply. My PI said that if you have a good undergrad record w/ a lot of research then no admissions committee should count your age against you.</p>
<p>flutterfly_28: dont worry man, I am a Columbia student, I think that’s why I get this invitation so quickly.</p>
<p>@davexuke i was going to say…i applied to columbia’s pathobio/molec medicine program as well, and have been freaking out a bit since you posted your interview invite! (congratulations btw) i was contemplating emailing the administration contact, but maybe i’ll wait a day or two.</p>
<p>So when do people usually get rejections? Do they reject the complete idiots early, and then wait to reject the competitive ones after they do interviews in case they don’t meet their quota? Could someone explain this please</p>
<p>dietcokehead7: don’t worry man. it’s been only one week since the deadline and it is still early. I think the committee members are still reviewing apps, since there is an unusually high number of applicants this year, so it is going to take sometime to make decisions carefully.
P.S: I checked my application status this morning, and it showed that everything was not received but the application fee. so dont worry if your status showed that nothing has been received.</p>
<p>How do you know there is an unusually high number of applicants this year? That sucks!</p>
<p>I’ve been told by one of the admission stuff when I went to the office to check my application files.</p>
<p>Did anyone else get an email from Weill Cornell to check your application status today? Even though nothing appears to be different about it since the deadline two weeks ago… What was the point?</p>
<p>Got the same email from Cornell, as did my friend. I think they just sent out a mass email to all applicants (from every program, cause he applied to pharm and I applied to BCMB) to check they have all supplementary materials in the system. At least that’s my guess.</p>
<p>It seems that way. Kinda late in the game to get materials to them though.</p>
<p>BUMP:</p>
<p>So when do people usually get rejections? Do they reject the complete idiots early, and then wait to reject the competitive ones after they do interviews in case they don’t meet their quota? Could someone explain this please</p>
<p>I think it depends on the program. I knew people last year who got rejections in December from some programs but didn’t hear back from others until January/February.</p>
<p>Do most people hear back in January? Or are the people that hear back this early just STUDS?</p>