<p>@Merohedral, @feeshk
I just got an admission letter from Columbia Biosciences. I was at the open house, but wasn’t really expecting it. Good luck!</p>
<p>@SpinEcho</p>
<p>Congrats!! i am just hoping for the best but expecting the worst now</p>
<p>and good luck Merohedral we both need it :)</p>
<p>@feeshk</p>
<p>I did! I’m one of the two internationals but I went from Canada =) </p>
<p>I just got the admit letter too! OMG so thrilled!!! Totally didn’t expect it coming!!</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK GUYS!!!</p>
<p>I got an unofficial admit too!
mill37, I think I know who you are 
Congratulations, looking forward to seeing you again.</p>
<p>@Merohedral @mill37</p>
<p>yay i got the admit letter too!!! so excited!!! i guess i will see yall in the fall :)</p>
<p>@feeshk
Congrats!!
When did you receive it? One day after us?</p>
<p>People who have been accepted to UCLA ACCESS, have you received an email from the UCLA Graduate Division yet? I received the unofficial acceptance from the program 3 weeks ago, but I’m still waiting for the official email.</p>
<p>MIT Biology acceptance today via email. :)</p>
<p>Out of curiosity are there any current Berkeley MCB students or perspective students?</p>
<p>Didn’t realize this was the correct forum for this :</p>
<p>Just want to get a quick poll of people’s opinions…yes it is one of those posts where the someone puts up their stats to gauge admissibility to the top PhD programs in molecular biology.</p>
<p>Here they are:
Carleton College. Biology Major, Biochemistry concentration 3.65 GPA.
GRE: 165Q(92%ile)/165V(95%ile) AW: 5.0(92%ile)
-summer after sophomore year stint in history of medical ethics research (not science but related to genetics)
-Research experience in undergrad lab Junior&Senior year, as well as intervening summer full time, developmental genetics in model organism. 2nd author manuscript in preparation. Presented poster at international meeting.
-Took two years off to work in molecular genomics/epigenetics with the same model organism in the lab of a well known researcher at Cambridge University, UK. Some computational experience.
-Stellar letters of recommendation (perhaps strongest part of application)x4 (three professors in college, 1 from current research mentor).</p>
<p>Worry points:
-never took physics during undergrad. not a requirement, but mentioned by many program websites.
-freshman year GPA (3.3) and a ‘B-’ in multivariable calculus during first term.
-how valuable will taking the subject GRE be for me? how well would i need to do for it to enhance my application?</p>
<p>JHU BME acceptance via email. Funding information is complex, 50% tuition waiver with TA position, and have to find a supervisor for further funding like rest 50% of tuition fee and stipend as stated in the email. I couldn’t understand the language well.</p>
<p>The email was three days ago, and nothing else since then. I sent an email to a prof. asking a position in his lab, but no response yet.</p>
<p>Gave up my hope after being rejected from MIT, Minnesota, Wisconsin and UT Austin. However, I don’t know if I could join at JHU, the dream school for BME, due to esoteric funding issues :-(</p>
<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>Here is my story:
international student
GPA undergraduate 3.98/ GPA master’s 4.00;
research experience: more than 6 years;
one first author publication; 3 posters; 3 oral presentations at international conferences; Marie Curie fellowship
I have not taken the GRE test yet, but do you think that I have any chance to get in a graduate program (I am interested in Immunology) in some of the good US universities??</p>
<p>[Undergrad. University] small state school
[Undergrad. Major(s)] Biology
[Undergrad GPA] 3.32
[Grad. Major(s)] None
[Grad GPA] None
[Years of Research Experience] 1/2
[GRE Scores] 153V 160Q 3.5AW
[Prospective Graduate Program] Biotechnology
[Prospective Graduate Schools] WPI, Northeastern (accepted), UMass Lowell, Quinnipiac (accepted), UTDallas, UT San Antonio.</p>
<p>Well, here’s the final run-down of this season. I’m very glad it’s over and done with.</p>
<p>[Undergrad. University] Small public institution, very little research conducted
[Undergrad. Major(s)] Biology
[Undergrad GPA] 3.86, though I anticipate around 3.89 by semester’s end. 4.0 major.</p>
<p>[Years of Research Experience] 1.5 of independent study doing mostly ligation/transformation work, plus a summer program working with a gammaherpesvirus (cell cultures, miRNA work, and rtPCR).
[GRE Scores] 162V (89%) 165Q (92%) 5.0AW (92%)</p>
<p>[Prospective Graduate Schools]
Harvard - Virology
University of Washington - Pathobiology and Microbiology
UC Davis - Microbiology
UC Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus - Biomedical Sciences Program</p>
<p>Rejected - Harvard, UW Microbiology
Interviewed - UC Davis, UC Denver, UW Pathobiology
Rejected after interview - UC Denver, UW Pathobiology
Accepted - UC Davis</p>
<p>So looks like I’ll be going to UC Davis in the fall! No real regrets about the whole process, and knowing I’m going <em>somewhere</em> is a huge relief. As a former college drop-out, it feels like I finally got my life turned around, and that’s pretty cool.</p>