<p>Yeah, neurokid, nice stats indeed. I'm waiting on Rockefeller, Weill Cornell, Princeton, WUSTL, and Rutgers (which I'll def get, I'm an undergrad there). I got an interview to UPenn Biomedical Graduate Studies, which is actually through their UPenn Med School, so I'm excited about that. Good luck with everything! I'm sure we'll all hear from our schools in a few weeks, at least I hope!</p>
<p>Miniwell, </p>
<p>My first three points may be hard for many internationals, but my 4th point is possible. Some international students do a master thesis where they can get a paper published before applying to top programs in US. Without a paper, I cannot imagine being admitted as an international student since most do not have the first three points.</p>
<p>Regarding the LORs, it helps the application if your letter writer is either 1) research chair in the country, or 2) NAS or HHMI member in the states. I say this because in most cases adcoms don't know your professor's name even if your professor is in US. However, they will be impressed to see titles like "Canada Research Chair" or "HHMI investigator", for example.</p>
<p>At this point, I feel sorry for those people applying from China and India, since there are so many qualified students who are denied admissions because they aren't so fortunate to have the resources (financial and mentorship) like we have in North America. The best they can do is to do a master at a US university to build up their publication records before they can apply to top PhD programs. I feel like in heaven living in Canada. :)</p>
<p>Regarding the publications, there is a stupid tradition in my country. It is part of our research ethics and morals. You have to list the names of your research supervisors before your name in any publication. I'm a masters student in my country and i'm expecting to publish 2 papers soon. These two are totally from my masters thesis but still i'll be the 4th author. I have 3 masters supervisors who will be the first, second and third author even though 2 of them don't even know what i'm working at . How am i supposed to explain to the admission committees that i did all the work though i'm the 4th author?</p>
<p>There's nothing you can do but explain it is originated by your design in your SOP.
btw,
are you from Korea?</p>
<p>Microgirl, if you choose your supervisor to be your letter writer (which is most likely the case), be sure to indicate in the letter that you have drafted the manuscript and you did most of the work in the paper.</p>
<p>Microgirl:</p>
<p>Sorry for you. In my country, supervisors are just corresponding authors. In addition, I think as long as you can talk (write) sensibly on your project, you can show your contribution in the paper.</p>
<p>bernardzhu:</p>
<p>Luckily I am in a "top university", and also got a letter from a HHMI. Despite these, I still have not heard from most schools that I am applying to.</p>
<p>Life is tough for international applicants. Good luck to everyone here!</p>
<p>Miniwell, </p>
<p>I think international students also have to deal with issues related to translating the courses on their transcript to English. And sometimes their LORs need to be translated too. The process is definitely a lot more complicated...</p>
<p>BTW, it is probably a little late to say this, I just realized that today was the Martin Luther King's day. No wonder I didn't get any news today.</p>
<p>So just received a rejection from UWisconsin Madison by post today!! It was dated 16th Jan. This is seriously disheartening. I am an international student and have no acceptances so far... :(</p>
<p>hang in there bio2009</p>
<p>just got formal rejection from Yale, was expecting this for about a week now</p>
<p>Interview: UPenn
Rejected: Yale
Likely rejected but still waiting: NYU, Harvard, UCSD
Waiting: Rockefeller, Michigan, Mount Sinai, MUSC</p>
<p>Sorry to hear that neurokid!! </p>
<p>Spoke to some of my friends yesterday.. most of them got their acceptances within the second half of March.. the earliest any of them heard was late feb.. and the latest would be end may/early june!! So I guess I'm in for a long agonizing wait!!</p>
<p>Just got my first acceptance from CMU today. Offered full tuition + 24k stipend every year. Is that typical for internationals? </p>
<p>here's my stats so far:</p>
<p>Accepted: CMU
Rejected: None
Pending: Northwestern, UCI, UCSD, USC, Penn State
Waiting but likely rejected: Stanford, Princeton</p>
<p>sidesever, congrats!</p>
<p>I think once accepted there's no differential between int'l and domestics.</p>
<p>congrats sidesever! it's awesome to know you are accepted into somewhere for sure.</p>
<p>I guess I will give an update myself.</p>
<p>Interview: UPenn and Mount Sinai
Rejected: Yale and UCSD
All other school still pending</p>
<p>Hi there,
Did or will any of you guys go for an interview at UCLA's ACCESS program? How was it?
I'll be getting there on the first weekend of March. It'll be great if knowing someone there...coz I'll go alone.</p>
<p>Just got a phone interview invitation from UMass Med</p>
<p>got a rejection from Columbia coordinated prog.. ahh well NYC is too expensive to live in anyway.. hows everyone else doing?</p>
<p>Hi</p>
<p>I am still thinking of applying for graduate studies abroad. I am still in the process of preparing my application but I read somewhere that it is really important to have an adviser from the school your interested in. Currently I am leaning towards the University of Michigan. My GPA is approximately only 3.2 but I am in the top 20 of my batch. I belong to the top university in my country (Philippines). I have not taken my GRE though. I do not have any published works yet nor do I have any work experience because I am just about to graduate this April 2009. What do I need to improve my chances? How do I get an adviser?</p>
<p>Thanks for all the help</p>