Can't believe it. Will almost certainly accept.

Wtf.

Did not expect the shortlist to be SO competitive. Congrats to those who got it! Excellent program.

Interview 1/14-1/16

A positive response from the professor, but rejected from the website soon after. Good luck to everyone who got an interview.

POI emailed me saying that they could not offer interview for ION program, instead I was offered an interview for the HPhy PhD program (POI's main department). Three years of RA experience in multiple labs and three great LOR.

Got a call from the graduate coordinator that I had been accepted! She said that I'd get an official email later on. I have below a 3.0 GPA but 6 years of research experience. 5 publications but none first author. So excited!

To the person below: thank you! And may we all have some good lucks in what's coming next!

Email silent, so I decided to reach out to program directors for updates. I was waitlisted for interview. However, "it is most likely that we will be unable to offer you at interview at this time". So it is pretty close to a rejection already. Really sad. Mayo is my dream school. My background might be too engineering for neuroscience tho: Two MSs in ENG from Top 30 school, 2 first-author journal publication, 1 second journal publication under review, 1 book third-author chapter, 1 US patent, 5 conference posters. 20 month Lab research in full time with official appointments. Clinical study coordinator, undergrad mentor, teaching assistant, all checked. Really sad. To those who really get in this program: Please don't waste your opportunity. Do something really good to the world.

Interviewed on jan 21st/22nd