<p>Really? They asked me for 5 names, and I got 2 of them out of my 4 faculty interviews. Wait, you're interviewing on Friday? All of mine are on Thursday.</p>
<p>Sorry, I'm interviewing on Thursday also. I sent in a total of 13 names and got 2 from that list (3 total). I sent in 5 names initially, but then got an email asking for more, so I sent in 8 more names.</p>
<p>Aevertts,</p>
<p>It sounds like the first 5 names you chose were the "big shots" that are too busy and that's why they requested more names. Did you request a lot of people from Sloan-Kettering?</p>
<p>To All:
I requested 5 people and I am interviewing with 2 of those. I am also interviewing with other 2 that I did not request. (4 total). Those interviews will be on Thursday. Then on Friday I should interview with some people in my second choice (immunolog) but I have no information about this. In fact I have not heard anything since I submitted the names of people I would like to interview with.</p>
<p>For me Cornell Weill is definitely one of my top choices. But I only applied to 6 schools and already have a reject from Rockefeller which was my top choice.</p>
<p>That's funny, they didn't ask me who I wanted to interview with, but I'm interviewing with 4 of the people whose research I'm most interested in. Cornell's a great school, but I'm withholding my judgement til I've seen it more from the student side. I've been a tech there for 2.5 years, and you get a very different sense of the place as an employee. </p>
<p>Aevertts - i'm pretty sure they do guarantee housing for as long as it takes, and while it's "cheap" by upper east side NY standards, I think I recall my grad students paying like, $800 a month EACH for a 3-bedroom, so it's still not "cheap".</p>
<p>maco0708: I did ask to meet some well known faculty, so you're probably right. I managed to land an interview with Thomas Kelly though! </p>
<p>aldo003b: Thanks a lot for the housing info. I guess I could live with that price, but it's really not ideal.</p>
<p>I have a question about interview visits. I have not heard from the last three schools where I've interviewed, despite the fact that over a week has passed since the last visit. I had a wonderful time at those visits, and some of those schools are definitely top choices for me. From personal experience and reading this board, I know most programs respond within a week about admission. I'd really like to know if other people have heard back from these specific programs, so that I can change my interviewing style if I'm creating a bad impression.</p>
<p>Has anyone who attended Princeton MolBio 2/1, Harvard MCB 2/7, or MIT Bio 2/11 been offered admission? Don't be afraid to make me look bad :) Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>snowcap: i'm guessing, and could be completely wrong, but do those schools have multiple recruitment weekends? they might wait until they're done with all the weekends before they make offers (at least i hope so, because i'm in a similar boat!).</p>
<p>aevertts: i saw the cornell housing, and i was actually impressed with the prices they offered, especially for the location. also, if you get a corner unit high up, you'll have a great view.</p>
<p>Hey snowcapk. I'm in the same boat. I've interviewed at 3 schools so far and haven't heard back. 2 of the schools said around 2-3 weeks and its been more than 3 weeks for the first one so far (Columbia). I don't think that the other people I interviewed with (at least the ones i'm facebook friends with) have heard back yet either, so i'm trying not to read too much into it??</p>
<p>snowcapk,</p>
<p>how was MIT's weekend?</p>
<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I received a call from WashU on Friday from the Admissions chair of Molecular Cell Biology offering admission to the programme. Its a great place, amazing programme and as someone else noted, the stipend is very competitive...</p>
<p>I interviewed on 2/8 at WashU.</p>
<p>MIT's weekend was great! Same format as other weekends basically, except you stay with a grad student. What makes their program unique is that you have a semester of just coursework, followed by a month of professors' research talks, then several one-month rotations. I think it's a great idea, but I am still considering what it would mean for finding work this summer. (So much for an early first rotation.) I got to interview with the rockstar professors I asked to meet, so that's pretty awesome. First-years have a sweet new lounge with pool table, ping-pong table, computer lab, soft couches...very nice! I heard some hilarious stories about places they're not allowed to hold the annual retreat anymore :) Good times.</p>
<p>did any of the rockstar professors grill you during the interview?</p>
<p>Kael, I was really impressed with WashU. Did you meet up with autocell that weekend?</p>
<p>Maco, and others going to Weill/Cornell/SK tomorrow - I'm visiting pharmacology as my primary, but BCMB also asked me to interview with them since I put them as second on my application. It seems like a lot of the visit may involve recruits from all of the different programs.</p>
<p>tv, nope, no grilling. Didn't know an answer in one interview but finished responding in the thank-you note. That's been par for the course though...heh, maybe I am interviewing badly.</p>
<p>nickalternate,</p>
<p>Did you get any additional information from your secondary program regarding interviews? I haven't heard anything since the first e-mail. I am curious where they are going squeeze those interviews on Friday.</p>
<p>I also really enjoyed the MIT weekend! The professors were all very down to earth and approachable, and I like the program format of intense classes followed by short rotations. All in all, MIT seemed like a fun-loving, high intensity (in terms of science) place!</p>
<p>Just got a call from one of the profs at Wash U officially accepting me after interviewing this past weekend. Pretty exciting.</p>
<p>Accepted : UCSD-pchem, WashU-compbio
Interviews: UCSC-biochem, WakeForest-biochem
Waiting: MIT-compbio, UW-bioeng, RICE-bioeng</p>
<p>haha maco, we're both here right now, probably saw each other. not much info from the second program, but they did send me a name and a time to interview.</p>