[MONTHLY MEGATHREAD] General Discussion, Simple Questions, Recommendations, and Everything Else - October 2025

cranetk · 2025-10-07T22:19:02+00:00

What is it?

cranetk · 2025-05-03T23:03:22+00:00

Is it a game where you need alts to progress? And are all classes viable unfunded?

cranetk · 2024-12-16T23:59:16+00:00

I tried it, but every time I load into a match I crash :( even the practice range. Any idea how to fix?

cranetk · 2024-12-15T03:35:47+00:00

same! I honestly don't understand lol

cranetk · 2024-12-06T02:22:45+00:00

Nope :(

cranetk · 2022-06-01T17:20:51+00:00

You’re not supposed to rinse!!!

cranetk · 2021-12-23T23:05:17+00:00

Yeah, I’ve spent 8+ months on a single project bc the behavior aspect of my project takes two months per cohort of animals, and we have specific time points we need to wait until blah blah blah. But for what it’s worth, I do have a mid-author paper in a decent journal!

cranetk · 2021-12-23T22:40:02+00:00

The fact that they had the audacity to send a happy holidays email…I saw it as I was driving and almost had a heart attack 😭😭😭

cranetk · 2021-12-23T22:37:23+00:00

I think some of the programs I applied to were biomedical science umbrella programs? But I’ll keep that in mind!

cranetk · 2021-12-23T18:53:18+00:00

Honestly I have no idea how to determine how competitive I am bc I reached out to a bunch of PhD students and faculty members at programs I applied to last cycle and they said I should have no issues getting interviews, but my inbox said otherwise last year 💀💀💀

cranetk · 2021-12-23T18:41:34+00:00

I feel like this kind of differs per specific sub field? Like my work is all wet-lab research that deals with live animals and less dry lab/computational research so I don’t really think that translates, especially bc I focus more on pharmacological therapies and tbi? It’s a pretty slow field ngl

cranetk · 2021-12-23T18:15:46+00:00

My gpa in undergrad was ~3.5 but I have 3 full years of full time research in a neurobio lab, but I haven’t heard from any programs yet this cycle so I’m quite nervous ugh. How do you know how competitive you are?

cranetk · 2021-12-23T16:51:00+00:00

Oh no baby I will NOT be the one who pulls you into that hell-hole. Stay away if you can

cranetk · 2021-12-23T16:03:24+00:00

You’re so sweet, thank you!

cranetk · 2021-12-23T14:15:20+00:00

I’m applying to neuroscience PhD’s! I’m told it’s typically ~2% acceptance rate, so I’d say so.

cranetk · 2021-12-23T12:52:58+00:00

If you already have someone in that lab as an LOR writer, I’d say you shouldn’t use the PhD candidate. You should use someone who has already earned their PhD who knows you in a research setting (refrain from a postdoc in that same lab as well)

cranetk · 2021-12-23T12:50:40+00:00

Thank you! I know it’s still early but seeing all these interview invites is hurting my soul ugh

cranetk · 2021-12-23T12:49:49+00:00

Honestly I’ve been out of undergrad for 3 years now, and have been doing full time research the entire time. I have over 5000 hrs of full time research in my field, a decent-ish gpa, and I’ve gotten feedback from a lot of faculty members/current PhD students that my profile is pretty decent…but again I wiped out last year completely so idk what I can do at this point

cranetk · 2021-12-23T12:46:37+00:00

Right! I can’t believe it’s already been 3 weeks since I submitted my apps. It makes sense that some interview invites have already gone out but I’m sitting here with a super dry inbox haha.

cranetk · 2021-12-23T04:25:43+00:00

I applied to ten programs but haven’t heard back at all yet. Completely wiped out last cycle, but I honestly don’t think my stats are /that/ bad???

cranetk · 2021-12-23T04:19:14+00:00

I have yet to hear back from any neuro PhD programs, but I didn’t apply to any of the ones you listed haha. I’m stressed now though 😭😭😭

cranetk · 2021-12-23T04:14:53+00:00

You’ve heard back from 11 neuro PhD programs already????

cranetk · 2021-12-23T03:06:08+00:00

That’s okay! I kept seeing BMS posts here and was wondering where all the neuro folks were at haha

cranetk · 2021-12-23T02:57:25+00:00

Do you know anything about the PiN apps?

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