2012 Official Biosciences Interviews and Results

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<p>@FiveBoro: was this for all of your schools or just one? I don’t think it’s a huge difference between cell bio and cellular and molecular bio, but I completely understand the worry. I also made an error on one of my applications (switched first and last name, extremely embarrassing) but I think that on the recommendation form your writer submits, they ask for the information to be self-reported so it might have already been corrected by the professor him or herself!</p>

<p>PS: Anyone else kind of enjoying the interim between submitting applications and the panic that will undoubtedly ensue when others start posting their interviews?</p>

<p>Blissful ignorance…</p>

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<p>Interviews have already been offered. There is no interim. HAHA.</p>

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<p>Well, for the majority of programs, this is not yet the case. So I won’t worry yet! :)</p>

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<p>@Nanodrops I’m not enjoying it at all, lol. An hour after I submitted my last application, I was already thinking, “Y U NO EMAIL ME BACK, SCHOOL?!”</p>

<p>I guess I will stop lurking and contribute. </p>

<p>Undergrad: Berkeley
Major: Molecular and Cell Biology
GPA: 3.84
Years of Research Experience: 3yrs + a summer

  • a couple of summers in a hospital research lab, one abstract
  • 3 years in lab at Berkeley, one paper in preparation (first author), one abstract
  • senior honors research thesis
  • one summer research internship at university in Switzerland
    GRE Scores: 780Q 730V 5.0AW
    Prospective Graduate Program: Molecular Bio/Cell Bio/Biochemistry
    Prospective Graduate Schools:</p>

<p>UCSF (tetrad)
Scripps (Kellogg, california campus only)
MIT (biology)
Stanford (biochemistry)
UPenn (CAMB)
U of Chicago (CMB)
UT at Austin (CMB)
Weill/Cornell (Allied program)
Columbia med (integrated program)</p>

<p>Good luck all! I hope everyone finds where they’re meant to be :)</p>

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<p>May have seen this before, but I thought it was interesting to read how this school does admissions decisions.</p>

<p>[The</a> Other Side of Graduate Admissions | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine](<a href=“http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/01/29/the-other-side-of-graduate-admissions/]The”>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/01/29/the-other-side-of-graduate-admissions/)</p>

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<p>Got an interview at Northwestern Neuroscience!! :)</p>

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<p>Congrats cypress9! This is making me so nervous already…they’re starting to come in and my phone is not ringing :(</p>

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<p>Just got an invite from UT at Austin (Cell and Molecular Biology), for everyone’s info.</p>

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<p>For those of you who tell everyone you got an invite to interview can you please post your stats</p>

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<p>(or invited)</p>

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<p>and program please</p>

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<p>^ i second AliG89, please post stats…</p>

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<p>Numerically speaking, I am not that impressive.
3.5 GPA from small private liberal arts college
Major:Neuroscience
93%V/65%Q/72%W
Applying: genetics programs
So far, I have heard back from WashU DBBS and UNC BBSP.
My research experience is what carries my application. And, of course great LORs.
I have 2 years, 1 summer–and a couple publications/posters/awards.</p>

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<p>how many of you contacted the PI’s you want to work with? And what mode did you use (ie email, phone call, etc)?</p>

<p>just curious.</p>

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<p>I contacted them months ago by email. But if you’re asking if you should do this, at this point, don’t bother. It’s just a bad time. Not only are deadlines close or passed, but admissions committees are deep in applications and with holidays near, professors are deep in finals/classwork. </p>

<p>Also, another member pointed out that it’s merely cyber-greeting and will have no impact on your application.</p>

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<p>Do admissions check people’s facebook?? I want them to see how good looking I am so I didn’t change my name. Good idea or will they not bother to look?</p>

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<p>^are you a chick? If you’re a dude I doubt they’d even bother checking.</p>

<p>link a pic and let’s see…</p>

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<p>MODERATOR’S NOTE: Link to photo deleted (not allowed on CC).</p>

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<p>I think if it is in the public sphere you can’t discount the possibility. And if that’s your profile pic, well it would certainly be an interesting interview…</p>

<p>In any case I would be very careful, and use the profile privacy settings.</p>

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<p><3.0 GPA, applied to top programs. anyone else in this boat? :)</p>