2013 Bioscience Admission and Interviews

Graduate School
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<p>Undergrad: Rutgers NB
Major: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Minor: Chemistry
GPA: 3.71
GRE: V 157 Q 167 W 4.0
Years lab experience: 3 as undergrad, including summers. These included publications, presentations, grants, and fellowships.
Other experience: Biochemistry TA, Chemistry/Genetics/Biochemistry/Biology/PreCalc/Calc tutor, FIGS Peer Instructor.</p>

<p>Schools applied to (all PhD programs):
UCSF TETRAD
Princeton Mol Bio
Rutgers/RWJ/UMDNJ Molecular Biosciences
Yale BBS MCGD
Brown Mol Bio/Biochem
Rockefeller</p>

<p>Interviews:
Rutgers/RWJ/UMDNJ Molecular Biosciences
Yale BBS MCGD</p>

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<p>@hopingforadmis I heard from Princeton by phone today (MCB, applied through Biology@Princeton)</p>

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<p>@neuroticneuron1: Unh. You almost made me cry. :frowning: I applied directly to Molecular Biology, though.</p>

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<p>@neuroticneuron1: Did you ever post your stats?</p>

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<p>UCLA ACCESS interview by email!</p>

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<p>Thanks, sweetmuffin!</p>

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<p>@hopingforadmis Haven’t heard anything from TETRAD yet… Does anyone know if rejections are usually sent by email and how soon you get them? I’m sure they don’t mind prolonging the torture… :)</p>

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<p>@dnsoroka: Oh whewph. You’re in the same boat as me. :)</p>

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<p>GSK just sent an email to my PI thanking him for his LOR, saying they are “currently reviewing applications”. Not sure how that bodes for me…</p>

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<p>@ss2player: That sounds like a good sign!</p>

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<p>@ss2player at least one of my recommenders got the same e-mail. I’m hoping they only sent the cancer bio invites out yet and not all the rest. Hopefully netflix will be able to keep me from constantly refreshing my e-mail…</p>

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<p>Exact text: </p>

<p>"Dear ‘PI’s name’: thank you for providing a letter of recommendation for ss2player to support an application to the PhD at Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Our admissions committee is currently reviewing applications and considers letters of recommendation to be an essential measure of our applicants. We appreciate the submission of your letter in time for us to consider this application.</p>

<p>Please do not hesitate to contact me at <a href=“mailto:email@sloankettering.edu”>email@sloankettering.edu</a> if you have any questions.</p>

<p>Sincerely,
Kenneth Marians"</p>

<p>He’s the dean, so good sign, I hope!</p>

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<p>UCLA ACCESS by email :D</p>

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<p>@ss2player
was the email sent this morning?</p>

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<p>PiBS at Michigan just said no. </p>

<p>Ah, me.</p>

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<p>I saw so many people got their interviews but I only got a rejection letter, soooooooo nervous…</p>

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<p>I just realized that I put my school address as my mailing address and now I’m home for break. Would schools ever only send you a letter giving you an interview?</p>

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<p>@trickster31: Yes, they do.</p>

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<p>@unpoised</p>

<p>what do you mean “cancer bio invites”? don’t people apply to GSK in general?</p>

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<p>I just realized that this application process is a lesson in itself. Rejections and objectives going south… We all re-align our objectives to adapt best to our environvents</p>