<p>that was confusing..and apperantly that was what I should have applied.... why can't they just have one single biochemsitry program instead of scattering it around into other programs? I didn't even find that program you mentioned when I applied Columbia, all I saw on the application was Biological Science -> biochem subfield..and that's what I applied........</p>
<p>"hey buffkitten, I actually went to IU for undergrad and love the university and city. I'll be there for the 2/14-2/17 recruitment weekend. Since they accept students before the interview, it should be even more relaxed and just a great time to hear about research. Are you going?"</p>
<p>I didn't know that IU accepted students before the interview. That's good news then, because it means that I've been accepted somewhere. I will be in Indianapolis between 2/15 and 2/17. How many others are going? We should try to meet up while we're there.
And since I've not been logging in regularly, I'll post my stats and decisions.
Applied: JHU (BCMB and Cellular and Molecular Medicine), UPenn (CAMB), and U of Indiana (Micro and Immuno)
Interviews: JHU (CMM)
Accepted (I guess): U of Indiana.</p>
<p>Still waiting for UPenn.</p>
<p>anyone hear from Biomedical Engineering programs or Harvard's HBTM track? i started a separate forum if you are interested.</p>
<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>Cool forum! I was just wondering where I could get some opinions on this decision I need to make. I'm applying for MSc in Biology in several schools, one being Univ of Illinois Chicago. Got a call from them yesterday asking if whether I would be interested in applying for PhD instead. They want to nominate me for a fellowship, but since they give higher priority to PhD applicants my name be lower down the list even though I am apparently one of their top applicants. Do you guys think I should go for it? </p>
<p>My stats: International student, 710V/600Q, 4.5AW, 3.96 CGPA, 4.0 Major CGPA, graduating in 3 years</p>
<p>Experience: 2 undergrad projects - 6 months in Env Science topic; 9 months (up to 1 year) in Cancer biology.</p>
<p>9bull,</p>
<p>Yeah, it's frustrating and confusing. I had the same thing happen to me with Harvard. I checked the Columbia Biological Sciences website and it looks like all of the faculty in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Columbia Medical Center are listed there, so you should still have access to all of them.</p>
<p>I just found out that I have been invited for the "recruitment weekend" at University of Cincinnati for their Cell and Cancer biology program. Has anyone else applied to this?</p>
<p>Hi all, Great thread! I see that people have received interview invites from UCB-MCB, but has anyone heard from the neuro dept??</p>
<p>Hi all, </p>
<p>I just got word that I have been wait-listed at Yale's BBS (CBB).
Does anyone know if this means anything?
Any info you may have on any of the following would be much appreciated:</p>
<ul>
<li>How large is the list? </li>
<li>Do all non-invited people automatically go on it? </li>
<li>Do many people go off it in April?</li>
<li>Is it a "ranked" list or just a general depository of shrug-inducing applications? </li>
</ul>
<p>In short, is it worth getting my hopes up???</p>
<p>I'd call admissions, but I'm sure they have better things to do than answer my annoying questions, so I think I'll just wait quietly till April -- unless, of course, any of you nice people have any info!</p>
<p>Hey joshdbio - I think aevertts and I are both referring to IU-Bloomington. I don't know how IU-Indianapolis works. But, if you see the words "offer of admission" in the e-mail they sent you, you're probably in.</p>
<p>Hi, scatter</p>
<p>I am not sure if I should say congrats to you, but I'd take it as no bad news. I read a thread of this kind last year and somebody made comments that: they (this kind of big, top biomedical programs) tend to invite roughly 100 for interview, and make offers to 80 of them, and finally around 20-30 will take their offers. So it might be a matter of fluctuation of the offers taken I guess. But I am really not sure about the other questions. Do you have a faculty that you have contacted before and showed interest in you? At this point he might be able to help you a little bit?~ </p>
<p>By the way, did they tell you this voluntarily or on your request?</p>
<p>I got waitlisted at Yale BBS too. I won't hold my breath for them though I would love to visit. The only schools I haven't heard from now is UCSD-Biomed and Umass Worcester.</p>
<p>denny - they sent emails out and told us to log into our app for the decision.</p>
<p>To those still waiting, I just got a fedex "You're Accepted" shipment from Rockefeller today. No email, no phone call, just a package. I know some people heard from Rockefeller back in December. So I guess not all grad programs do their acceptances in one fell swoop. </p>
<p>Applied: MIT, Harvard (MCB and BBS), Yale (MCBGD), Stanford (Bio), Rockefeller, Hopkins</p>
<p>Interviews: Stanford (Biology), Harvard (MCB), MIT</p>
<p>Accepted: Yale (MCBGD), Harvard (BBS), Rockefeller</p>
<p>Hi dennycrane -- thanks for your reply...
Yes, I figured not many people come off the waitlist, regardless of whether it's a competitive list or a default dump-slot for all non-interviewees...</p>
<p>To answer your question, no, I did not ask for any info. I just got an e-mail entitled "Application Decision", which prompted me to check my online application. There, I found a letter from the Dean that said "We are unable to offer you admission at this time. On the strength of your credentials, however, we would like to keep your name on our waiting list for future consideration should openings occur later in the spring. In general, we hope to know shortly after April 15 whether it will be possible to admit additional students to the Department."
The letter ended with "I ask that you e-mail us whether or not you wish your name to remain on the waiting list</p>
<p>It sounds somewhat encouraging, but I strongly doubt it is...
In any case, thanks again!</p>
<p>scatter, yale has a site to check application status? would u please give me that link so that i can check mine? thx..</p>
<p>For those wondering about Stanford Biochem...I had an interview invite from the Biochemistry home program (Feb 27-March 2) in the mail last Tues and an email from a faculty member a few days later.</p>
<p>For interview weekends, so far I've heard that MIT has 3 weekends, UCSF 2, Berkeley 2 (second one is overly full!), don't know about Stanford or Harvard.</p>
<p>Applied: Harvard (MCB), MIT (Biology), UCB (MCB), UCSF (Tetrad), Stanford (Biochem, Structural Bio, Cancer Bio)</p>
<p>Interviews: Harvard (2/6-2/9), MIT (2/9-2/12), UCSF (2/22-2/23), UCB (2/23-2/26), Stanford (2/27-3/2)</p>
<p>Hey mollie,</p>
<p>Since you sound like such a Boston native, will it be way too cold to get around in a skirt for some of the dinners involving faculty? I'm terrified of the walk between cars/public transportation and heated buildings! Any time spent walking around campus, etc, I plan to LAYER excessively.</p>
<p>Do you remember if people wore suits for interviews at Harvard? All my west coast schools make a point of saying that they are casual/informal, but I fear that Harvard may be a bit more suit-like in attire.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Hi 9bull, </p>
<p>It's the same site that's used to fill the online application
( <a href="https://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/admissions/apply_online.html%5B/url%5D">https://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/admissions/apply_online.html</a> )
I'm rather doubtful it will work if you submitted a paper application...</p>
<p>Hi scatter,</p>
<p>thanks for the quick resposne...i checked mine and nothing was on there.... so i guess i will just have to wait agian....</p>
<p>In that case I didn't receive the waitlist notification. But I am myself over with Yale now. :)</p>
<p>So this waitinglist is probably after selection. Wait and see! These programs got rejected by their chosen applicants, even for top one.</p>
<p>Thanks for letting me know 9bull and dennycrane -- I really appreciate it.
Best of luck with everything!</p>