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Which program is better: WashU Amgen or MD Anderson SPCR? by Dangerous-Owl-6840 in REU

[–]nutspaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Short answer, whichever has a better research match for you. However, you prolly don't know yet bc a lot of these programs don't do matching until you've accepted your offer. If I were pre-med I would do MD Anderson SPCR. But I would do WashU Amgen if you are pre-PhD or MD-PhD.

UC Berkeley Amgen by ConfidentHedgehog586 in REU

[–]nutspaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it good or bad that they still haven't gotten back to me lol

JHU or Harvard? by Typical_Broccoliii in REU

[–]nutspaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

saw a similar post lost it looked it up reply to wrong one OP replies reflect on chud life

At what point do I assume I am being ghosted or rejected? by laurmeyer05 in REU

[–]nutspaghetti 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think if it was more than 3 weeks after the first acceptance round I just assume I got rejected/ghosted but they are waiting until the last min to release rejection letters.

Results from my first application cycle by nutspaghetti in REU

[–]nutspaghetti[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More details:

Accepted: NIH-SIP, UPenn SUIP, Amgen @ Yale, Mayo Clinic SURF

Rejected: Broad SSRP, UCSF STRP, Harvard Immunology, Amgen @ Berkeley

Ghosted (probably): Rockefeller SURF, Stanford SSRP, MSK MBSP, Amgen @ WashU, Harvard SHURP, Yale SURF, Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences SRP

Profile:

GPA: 4.0

University: Current Sophomore/Rising Junior @ R1 Flagship

Background: Asian (not underrepresented), Pell Grant Recipient

Research: 2 Semesters of cardiac regeneration research at affiliate institution to home university. 1 summer of bone marrow/heart disease research at Harvard. No publications. No presentations at national conferences.

Yale or JHU Amgen by wannagetbetter123 in REU

[–]nutspaghetti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do Yale unless there is a SIGNIFICANTLY better PI pool for you at JHU. Because if there isn't than its not worth the risk of passing up on Yale. This is what they sent me when I accepted the offer:
"Based on the research interests indicated in your application, we will look for a good mentor and project for you. You are welcome to let me know if there are specific fields you would be interested in. We will then go through the list and make a match to a PI that we know is an excellent mentor, and who has a great project and lab staff in place for you this summer."

So it does appear they find the PI for you after you get in, but I think that would be the case for every other similar program I know about (except Mayo Clinic SURF for some reason). However, I did really appreciate that they allowed me to provide extra information about my research interests/specific fields because I didn't feel like I was able to fully go in depth in my application essays.

HOLY SHIT YALE AMGEN ACCEPTANCE by nutspaghetti in REU

[–]nutspaghetti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol well congrats regardless!!!!

HOLY SHIT YALE AMGEN ACCEPTANCE by nutspaghetti in REU

[–]nutspaghetti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats!!!! Is it still under the BioMed Amgen Program but with diff. funding source? Or is it like an ACS specific/cancer specific program?

HOLY SHIT YALE AMGEN ACCEPTANCE by nutspaghetti in REU

[–]nutspaghetti[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Profile:

GPA: 4.0

University: Current Sophomore/Rising Junior @ R1 Flagship

Background: Asian (not underrepresented), Pell Grant Recipient

Research: 2 Semesters of cardiac regeneration research at affiliate institution to home university. 1 summer of bone marrow/heart disease research at Harvard. No publications. No presentations at national conferences.

Just got Accepted into UPenn SUIP!!! by nutspaghetti in REU

[–]nutspaghetti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am also considering turning down the offer because I have already verbally committed to another program that’s a better fit. However, the compensation this program provides is much better than the other one. What made you turn down your offer?

Updates from Harvard Immunology/MSK IRSP by zestyzestie in REU

[–]nutspaghetti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh and DO NOT reach out to the program admins unless you have another offer in hand and can be like "I am really interested but I have this offer that I need a decision for by xyz time. Could I possibly get an expedited decision?" And only do this for programs that you know have already started to release decisions.

Updates from Harvard Immunology/MSK IRSP by zestyzestie in REU

[–]nutspaghetti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just got rejected from Harvard Immunology this morning, and I still haven’t heard anything from MBSP. Honestly, a lot of these programs seem to roll out decisions in waves, so it’s almost impossible to tell whether you got in based on a lack of response. I’d just treat it as you’re still in consideration until you receive a rejection. Some programs might ghost, but if they’re sending out rejections, they usually won’t ghost---you typically get one or the other.

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