International dentist, a few pubs, applied to the Oral Biology concentration. To the posters below: What were your concentrations?

To be clear, your application is on hold and has not been rejected, but it has not been chosen for an interview. In the event that we have available student slots in our class after our interview and acceptance process, we may contact you to set up an interview.

2.5 years working in a microbiology lab with no publications. This seems like a softcore rejection :/ "To be clear, your application is on hold and has not been rejected, but it has not been chosen for an interview."

Low GPA. 1 publication. Many scholarships + awards in undergrad. Joined NIH-PREP.

Low gpa, 5 pubs including one 1st author, 7 years post college research

We have received an exceptionally large number of outstanding applications for the Program in Biomedical Science (PiBs) this year and as such are forced to make the hard decision of who to invite for an interview. Unfortunately, your application was not chosen for an interview. However, we are keeping your application active. This indicates that your candidacy is still of interest to us and we are keeping it on hold for the time being. In the meantime, please feel free to update us on your progress in your application to PhD programs other than BU. To be clear, your application is on hold and has not been rejected, but it has not been chosen for an interview. In the event that we have available student slots in our class after our interview and acceptance process, we may contact you to set up an interview.

2 publications, 3 years of research. Said I wasn't chosen for interview but my application will be held after initial interviews

"To be clear, your application is on hold and has not been rejected, but it has not been chosen for an interview. In the event that we have available student slots in our class after our interview and acceptance process, we may contact you to set up an interview."

Has anyone heard from BU about interviews/know when they will be sending notifications out?

Thank you very much for your interest in the Clinical Program at UMass Boston. We are excited by all the wonderful applications we have been reviewing. We have not yet made final decisions for interviews, but we wanted to alert applicants to our time line for doing so. Due to our extended winter break, the recent COVID outbreak, and other challenges​​​, our admissions process unfolds somewhat later than other programs. We are currently in the process of finishing our review of applications. We will meet as a committee in mid-February to select applicants to invite to our interviews. If you are selected, you can expect a phone call and/or email from a potential mentor mid-February (at least two weeks before interviews days). *Our interview days are now Monday 2/28 and Friday 3/4*. Applicants invited for interviews have a full day of interviews with multiple faculty and students. All interviews will be conducted by Zoom. We thank you for your interest and look forward to meeting many of you.

I have MPH, 4.0 grad school, applied with 7 publications, 2 first authors, 6 first author conference presentations and 11 first author poster presentations, and 16 other co-author abstracts.

Any updates from BU BME. Has anyone received an interview invitation?