cold rejection

MCO PhD program

Harvard’s MCO program. 4 years of research experience, 4 pubs including a first author review, 1 first author preprint, letters of rec from ONLY PIs and research collaborators.

MCB

From Molecules, Cells, and Organisms, Ph.D. program (separate from BBS) - received email at 2:30 EST for in-person recruitment during the last weekend in Jan

MCO program

MCO, MCB program

Received an email this afternoon for an interview invite.

Got a call from PI I mentioned on my SoP saying they're excited to have me at the interview!!! This is the BPH program

Full scholarship from HKS (tuition, fees, insurance, etc.) I'm so glad I tried my best, despite doubts about my GPA, GRE scores and general experiences. I never imaged I could have achieve such unexpectedly stellar results but I did. Believe in yourself!